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Can Applied Science be ‘Good Science’? Exploring the Relationship between Patent Citations and Citation Impact in Nanoscience.

Meyer, Martin S., Debackere, Koenraad, Glänzel, Wolfgang (2010) Can Applied Science be ‘Good Science’? Exploring the Relationship between Patent Citations and Citation Impact in Nanoscience. Scientometrics, 85 (2). pp. 527-539. ISSN 0138-9130. (doi:10.1007/s11192-009-0154-3;) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:33686)

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11192-009-0154-3

Abstract

There is a rich literature on how science and technology are related to each other. Patent citation analysis is amongst the most frequently used to tool to track the strengths of links. In this paper we explore the relationship between patent citations and citation impact in nanoscience. Our observations indicate that patent-cited papers perform better in terms of standard bibliometric indicators than comparable publications that are not linked to technology in this way. More specifically, we found that articles cited in patents are more likely to be cited also by other papers. The share of highly cited papers is the most striking result. Instead of the average of 4% of all papers, 13.8% of the papers cited once or twice in patents fall into this category and even 23.5% of the papers more frequently cited in patents receive citation rates far above the standard. Our analyses further demonstrate the presence and the relevance of bandwagon effects driving the development of science and technology.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1007/s11192-009-0154-3;
Uncontrolled keywords: Nanoscience ? Nanotechnology ? Patent citations ? Citation impact ? Science–technology linkage
Subjects: H Social Sciences
H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
Divisions: Divisions > Kent Business School - Division > Kent Business School (do not use)
Depositing User: Martin Meyer
Date Deposited: 25 Apr 2013 09:40 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 10:11 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/33686 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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