This paper presents a new global patent map that represents all technological categories and method to locate data of individual organizations fields on the map. overlay technique may support competitive intelligence policy decision making. The is based similarities in citing‐to‐cited relationships between I nternational P atent C lassification ( IPC ) E uropean O ffice EPO patents from 2000 2006. set, extracted PATSTAT database, includes 760,000 records 466 ‐based categories. We compare...

Efforts to involve data science in policy analysis can be traced back decades but transforming analytic findings into decisions is still far from straightforward task. Data-driven decision-making requires understanding approaches, practices, and research results many disciplines, which makes it interesting investigate whether are moving parallel or their pathways have intersected. Our investigation, a bibliometric perspective, driven by comprehensive set of questions, we designed an...

How can national capabilities to develop emerging technologies be measured? We use INSPEC and EI Compendex class codes examine 33 countries' research development activity. select candidate based on the Rand Corporation's categories. screen these tally those that show strong recent, increasing, R&D publication rates. The resulting measures convergence; indeed, their lack of divergence is unsettling. Our suggest China now stands forth as an 'emerging technology' power comparable Germany, UK,...

To assess the success of National Science Foundation's Research Coordination Network (RCN) program, a set publication measures and visualization tools were used to determine how effective program is in enhancing interdisciplinary information sharing. The patterns researchers compared before after receiving RCN awards. These analyses show significant increases basic collaboration measures—authors per paper institutions paper—following support. Various indications suggest increased linkage...

Abstract This paper compares three selected indicator series that address national, technology-based competitiveness. The 'traditional' Georgia Tech High Indicators (HTI) have been comparing 33 nations with respect to current and future prospects at exporting high tech products since the late 1980s. Those indicators blend expert opinion statistical time data. Second, we introduce 'statistics only' HTI, a revised formulation addresses knowledge-based service export capabilities as well...

Counting research and development publication patent activity can help generate competitive technical intelligence. Combining such counts with content analyses oriented toward "innovation success factors" greatly enrich the intelligence value. The authors offer a framework of three types technological innovation indicators—life cycle, contextual influences, value chain/market prospects. They illustrate how these aid case analysis application ceramics to tank automotive engines. demonstrates...

This paper introduces a new measure of patent value – Maintenance Renewal Score (MRSc) reflecting assignee valuing the by paying successive renewal fees. We generate MRSc's for nanotechnology patents issued US Patent Office from 1999 through 2009, with assignees and inventors. Patenting increases over this period, coincident increased funding R&D. compare maintenance rates against comparison set all USPTO grants to inventors/assignees. find differences in propensity maintain nanopatents...

Indicators of technological emergence promise valuable intelligence to those determining R&D priorities. We present an implemented algorithm calculate scores for topical terms from abstract record sets. offer a family indicators deriving scores. Primary identify "hot topic" terms, then we use generate secondary that reflect organizations, countries, or authors especially active at research frontiers in target domain. also flag records (papers patents) rich emergent technology content, and...

A new bibliometric technique enables one to distinguish high emergence topical content. This can be applied sets of research publication abstracts reflecting a given technical domain (here, nanotechnology) score cutting edge terms. The resulting terms warrant special consideration in setting R&D priorities. researchers (individuals, organizations, or countries) whose publications address those emergent heavily deserve as possible leaders that domain. paper studies nanotechnology using the...

Georgia Tech's Technology Policy and Assessment Center, with support from the US National Science Foundation, has been generating High-Tech Indicators (HTI) — measures of national technology-based export competitiveness since 1987. This paper reports HTI results for 33 nations in 1999 comparison those 1990, 1993 1996. includes four 'input indicators' a key 'output indicator' technological standing. We construct new composite input indicator here examine its predictive capability. Input...

This mini-review arrays the pertinent tools and purposes of “Tech Mining” – shorthand for empirical analyses Science, Technology Innovation (ST&I) data. The intent is to introduce range tools, show how they can complement each other. Tech Mining aims generate powerful intelligence help manage R&D innovation processes. We offer a 5-part array relate analytical elements. An overview case study Hybrid Electric Vehicles illustrates complexities involved potential valuable “intel.”