Ebook: Handbook of Quantitative Science and Technology Research: The Use of Publication and Patent Statistics in Studies of S&T Systems

This handbook offers a state-of-the-art overview of quantitative science and technology research. It focuses on the development and application of indicators derived from data on scientific or scholarly publications and patents. It comprises 34 chapters written by leading specialists in the various sub-domains. These chapters deal with theoretical and methodological issues, illustrate applications, and highlight their policy context and relevance. Authors present a survey of the research topics they address, and show their most recent achievements. The 34 chapters are arranged into 5 parts: Disciplinary Approaches; General Methodology; The Science System; The Technology System; and The Science–Technology Interface. The Editor’s Introduction provides a further specification of the handbook’s scope and of the main topics addressed in its chapters. This handbook aims at four distinct groups of readers: – practitioners in the field of science and technology studies; – research students in this field; – scientists, scholars and technicians who are interested in a systematic, thorough analysis of their activities; – policy makers and administrators who wish to be informed about the potentialities and limitations of the various approaches and about their results.

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This handbook offers a state-of-the-art survey of quantitative science and technology research. It focuses on the development and application of indicators derived from data on scientific publications and patents. Many contributions introduce new challenging approaches in the use of these indicators. The work deals with theoretical and methodological issues, and presents applications.

Scientific or technological performance and productivity of the S&T system and S&T institutions are central to the underlying concept of this handbook, which illustrates how these measures can be used at the macro-level as well as in the management of organisations. In this context, various topics such as quality control in knowledge production, internationalisation of research, collaboration, knowledge networks and knowledge flows, multi- or interdisciplinarity, knowledge specialisation and integration, and participation of women are discussed. Several contributions address the crucial question of the relevance and use of S&T indicators in a policy context.

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This handbook offers a state-of-the-art survey of quantitative science and technology research. It focuses on the development and application of indicators derived from data on scientific publications and patents. Many contributions introduce new challenging approaches in the use of these indicators. The work deals with theoretical and methodological issues, and presents applications.

Scientific or technological performance and productivity of the S&T system and S&T institutions are central to the underlying concept of this handbook, which illustrates how these measures can be used at the macro-level as well as in the management of organisations. In this context, various topics such as quality control in knowledge production, internationalisation of research, collaboration, knowledge networks and knowledge flows, multi- or interdisciplinarity, knowledge specialisation and integration, and participation of women are discussed. Several contributions address the crucial question of the relevance and use of S&T indicators in a policy context.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-x
Editors’ Introduction....Pages 1-15
Measuring Science....Pages 19-50
Econometric Approaches to the Analysis of Productivity of R&D Systems....Pages 51-74
Indicators for National Science and Technology Policy....Pages 75-94
Keeping the Gates of Science Journals....Pages 95-114
S&T Indicators for Policy Making in a Changing Science-Society Relationship....Pages 115-131
Paradigms and Trajectories of Technological Opportunities 1890–1990....Pages 133-161
Science on the Periphery: Bridging the Information Divide....Pages 163-183
Data Mining and Text Mining for Science & Technology Research....Pages 187-213
Opening the Black Box....Pages 215-235
Science Maps Within a Science Policy Context....Pages 237-255
Analysing Scientific Networks Through Co-Authorship....Pages 257-276
Patent Citations and the Economic Value of Patents....Pages 277-298
Scientific and Technological Performance by Gender....Pages 299-314
The Use of Input Data in the Performance Analysis of R&D Systems....Pages 315-338
Methodological Issues of Webometric Studies....Pages 339-369
Descriptive Versus Evaluative Bibliometrics....Pages 373-388
What Happens When Funding is Linked to Publication Counts?....Pages 389-405
Internationalisation in Science in the Prism of Bibliometric Indicators....Pages 407-436
Analysis of Cross-Disciplinary Research Through Bibliometric Tools....Pages 437-456
Citations to Papers from Other Documents....Pages 457-472
The Four Literatures of Social Science....Pages 473-496
Evaluation of Research Performance and Scientometric Indicators in China....Pages 497-514
Decomposing National Trends in Activity and Impact....Pages 515-528
National Patterns of Technology Accumulation: Use of Patent Statistics....Pages 531-551
Using Patent Citation Indicators to Manage a Stock Portfolio....Pages 553-568
Patent Data for Monitoring S&T Portfolios....Pages 569-585
Patent Profiling for Competitive Advantage....Pages 587-612
Knowledge Networks from Patent Data....Pages 613-643
Measuring the Internationalisation of the Generation of Knowledge....Pages 645-662
Patents and Publications....Pages 665-694
Measuring and Evaluating Science—Technology Connections and Interactions....Pages 695-715
The Technological Output of Scientific Institutions....Pages 717-731
Specialisation and Integration....Pages 733-758
Science and Technology Systems in Less Developed Countries....Pages 759-778
Back Matter....Pages 779-800

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This handbook offers a state-of-the-art survey of quantitative science and technology research. It focuses on the development and application of indicators derived from data on scientific publications and patents. Many contributions introduce new challenging approaches in the use of these indicators. The work deals with theoretical and methodological issues, and presents applications.

Scientific or technological performance and productivity of the S&T system and S&T institutions are central to the underlying concept of this handbook, which illustrates how these measures can be used at the macro-level as well as in the management of organisations. In this context, various topics such as quality control in knowledge production, internationalisation of research, collaboration, knowledge networks and knowledge flows, multi- or interdisciplinarity, knowledge specialisation and integration, and participation of women are discussed. Several contributions address the crucial question of the relevance and use of S&T indicators in a policy context.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-x
Editors’ Introduction....Pages 1-15
Measuring Science....Pages 19-50
Econometric Approaches to the Analysis of Productivity of R&D Systems....Pages 51-74
Indicators for National Science and Technology Policy....Pages 75-94
Keeping the Gates of Science Journals....Pages 95-114
S&T Indicators for Policy Making in a Changing Science-Society Relationship....Pages 115-131
Paradigms and Trajectories of Technological Opportunities 1890–1990....Pages 133-161
Science on the Periphery: Bridging the Information Divide....Pages 163-183
Data Mining and Text Mining for Science & Technology Research....Pages 187-213
Opening the Black Box....Pages 215-235
Science Maps Within a Science Policy Context....Pages 237-255
Analysing Scientific Networks Through Co-Authorship....Pages 257-276
Patent Citations and the Economic Value of Patents....Pages 277-298
Scientific and Technological Performance by Gender....Pages 299-314
The Use of Input Data in the Performance Analysis of R&D Systems....Pages 315-338
Methodological Issues of Webometric Studies....Pages 339-369
Descriptive Versus Evaluative Bibliometrics....Pages 373-388
What Happens When Funding is Linked to Publication Counts?....Pages 389-405
Internationalisation in Science in the Prism of Bibliometric Indicators....Pages 407-436
Analysis of Cross-Disciplinary Research Through Bibliometric Tools....Pages 437-456
Citations to Papers from Other Documents....Pages 457-472
The Four Literatures of Social Science....Pages 473-496
Evaluation of Research Performance and Scientometric Indicators in China....Pages 497-514
Decomposing National Trends in Activity and Impact....Pages 515-528
National Patterns of Technology Accumulation: Use of Patent Statistics....Pages 531-551
Using Patent Citation Indicators to Manage a Stock Portfolio....Pages 553-568
Patent Data for Monitoring S&T Portfolios....Pages 569-585
Patent Profiling for Competitive Advantage....Pages 587-612
Knowledge Networks from Patent Data....Pages 613-643
Measuring the Internationalisation of the Generation of Knowledge....Pages 645-662
Patents and Publications....Pages 665-694
Measuring and Evaluating Science—Technology Connections and Interactions....Pages 695-715
The Technological Output of Scientific Institutions....Pages 717-731
Specialisation and Integration....Pages 733-758
Science and Technology Systems in Less Developed Countries....Pages 759-778
Back Matter....Pages 779-800
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