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A Global Map of Science Based on the ISI Subject Categories
, 2007
"... The ISI subject categories classify journals included in the Science Citation Index (SCI). The aggregated journal-journal citation matrix contained in the Journal Citation Reports can be aggregated on the basis of these categories. This leads to an asymmetrical transaction matrix (citing versus cite ..."
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The ISI subject categories classify journals included in the Science Citation Index (SCI). The aggregated journal-journal citation matrix contained in the Journal Citation Reports can be aggregated on the basis of these categories. This leads to an asymmetrical transaction matrix (citing versus cited) which is much more densely populated than the underlying matrix at the journal level. Exploratory factor analysis leads us to opt for a fourteen-factor solution. This solution can easily be interpreted as the disciplinary structure of science. The nested maps of science (corresponding to 14 factors, 172 categories, and 6,164 journals) are brought online at
Creating knowledge: the power and logic of articulation’’,
- Industrial and Corporate Change,
, 2007
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How Do Emerging Technologies Conquer the World? An Exploration of Patterns of Diffusion and Network Formation
"... Grasping the fruits of “emerging technologies ” is an objective of many government priority programs in a knowledge-based and globalizing economy. We use the publication records (in the Science Citation Index) of two emerging technologies to study the mechanisms of diffusion in the case of two innov ..."
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Grasping the fruits of “emerging technologies ” is an objective of many government priority programs in a knowledge-based and globalizing economy. We use the publication records (in the Science Citation Index) of two emerging technologies to study the mechanisms of diffusion in the case of two innovation trajectories: small interference RNA (siRNA) and nano-crystalline solar cells (NCSC). Methods for analyzing and visualizing geographical and cognitive diffusion are specified as indicators of different dynamics. Geographical diffusion is illustrated with overlays to Google Maps; cognitive diffusion is mapped using an overlay to a map based on the ISI Subject Categories. The evolving geographical networks show both preferential attachment and small-world characteristics. The strength of preferential attachment decreases over time, while the network evolves into an oligopolistic control structure with small-world characteristics. The transferability of the research technology in cognitive terms—that is, the transition from “mode-1 ” to “mode-2 ” research—is suggested as the crucial difference in explaining the different rates of diffusion between siRNA and NCSC.
The Local Emergence and Global Diffusion of Research Technologies: An Exploration of Patterns of Network Formation Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (in press)
"... Grasping the fruits of “emerging technologies ” is an objective of many government priority programs in a knowledge-based and globalizing economy. We use the publication records (in the Science Citation Index) of two emerging technologies to study the mechanisms of diffusion in the case of two innov ..."
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Grasping the fruits of “emerging technologies ” is an objective of many government priority programs in a knowledge-based and globalizing economy. We use the publication records (in the Science Citation Index) of two emerging technologies to study the mechanisms of diffusion in the case of two innovation trajectories: small interference RNA (siRNA) and nano-crystalline solar cells (NCSC). Methods for analyzing and visualizing geographical and cognitive diffusion are specified as indicators of different dynamics. Geographical diffusion is illustrated with overlays to Google Maps; cognitive diffusion is mapped using an overlay to a map based on the ISI Subject Categories. The evolving geographical networks show both preferential attachment and small-world characteristics. The strength of preferential attachment decreases over time, while the network evolves into an oligopolistic control structure with small-world characteristics. The transition from disciplinary-oriented (“mode-1”) to transfer-oriented (“mode-2”) research is suggested as the crucial difference in explaining the different rates of diffusion between siRNA and NCSC.
Tokamaks and turbulence: research ensembles, policy and technoscientific work”, Research Policy 33(5):747–767
, 2004
"... Abstract A comparative analysis of two fusion energy research facilities is used to examine how the ensemble of research technologies (materials, methods, instruments, techniques, and the like) constructed and used by a group not only connects the group to other researchers and policymakers but als ..."
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Abstract A comparative analysis of two fusion energy research facilities is used to examine how the ensemble of research technologies (materials, methods, instruments, techniques, and the like) constructed and used by a group not only connects the group to other researchers and policymakers but also influences the group's trajectory, performance, and the work of its members. We use a combination of historical, interview, and questionnaire data to describe the two facilities, position them within the field, and examine the working conditions and job satisfaction of their members. We develop the idea of research ensemble, characterize it in comparison with related concepts, explain how it reflects policy priorities and provides a new way for research groups to accumulate advantage and disadvantage. Using multiple regression models, we demonstrate how differences in research ensembles lead to differences in working conditions and job satisfactions. Some implications are proposed for policy in fast-changing, large-scale fields of science and technology.
Information accelerated radical innovation: From principles to operational methodology
- In Industrial Geographer 3(1
, 2005
"... Recognition since the mid 20th Century that scientific technology is the key driver of economic development and job growth, has sparked increasing collaboration of government, industry and academia in commercial areas outside the historical focus areas of defense, public health and transportation. N ..."
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Recognition since the mid 20th Century that scientific technology is the key driver of economic development and job growth, has sparked increasing collaboration of government, industry and academia in commercial areas outside the historical focus areas of defense, public health and transportation. Notwithstanding, theories and tools to anticipate innovation with certainty are limited primarily to those instances of incremental innovation, for which historical project analysis provides a sound basis for planning. The capability for real time computation and telecommunication makes rapid development and commercialization of breakthrough innovations imperative for competitive success in the globally connected 21st Century environment. This paper assesses the course of technology from its empirical base in antiquity through the initial scientific technology stage of the 19th and 20th Centuries, to the 21st Century environment governed increasingly by technologies of thinking. It examines the need for and benefits from a new information technology enabled
The scientometrics of a Triple Helix of university–industry–government relations (Introduction to the topical issue
- Scientometrics
, 2007
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Nigeria’s Research System and the Culture of Patenting
"... This paper presents the result of a study on the urge and willingness of Nigerian researchers to patent their inventions. The study focused on Pharmaceutical studies, Food Science and Technology, and Metallurgy and Materials Science in universities. The study revealed that the Nigerian government wa ..."
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This paper presents the result of a study on the urge and willingness of Nigerian researchers to patent their inventions. The study focused on Pharmaceutical studies, Food Science and Technology, and Metallurgy and Materials Science in universities. The study revealed that the Nigerian government was the major financier of research activities of the researchers, some of who had generated some inventions/research breakthroughs. The study found that about 95 % of the researchers were willing to patent their inventions, but about 10 % of them had applied for patents. Researchers in pharmaceutical studies were most active in patenting of inventions, followed by those in Food Science and Technology, and least in Metallurgy and Materials Studies. Busy schedules of the researchers, ignorance of procedure of obtaining patents for inventions, waiting time for the grant of patent, and government sponsorship of the researches that generated the inventions, discouraged the researchers from patenting the inventions. The researchers had poor knowledge of patents and did not consult patent documents in the course of their research activities. The study concluded that inadequate information on patent matters, lack of institutional infrastructure and unfavourable patent ownership structure led to the poor patenting culture among Nigerian researchers. To address the problems, it is recommended that adequate patent education should be mounted in Nigerian institutions. Technology brokerage organisations should also be established in the institutions, while the government is urged to offer part-ownership of patents to researchers and the institutions/institutes, where they are generated. 1.
