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Nanotechnology – Interdisciplinarity, Patterns of Collaboration and Differences in Application

Meyer, Martin S., Persson, Olle (1998) Nanotechnology – Interdisciplinarity, Patterns of Collaboration and Differences in Application. Scientometrics, 42 (2). pp. 195-205. ISSN 0138-9130. (doi:10.1007/BF02458355) (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:33733)

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Abstract

Nanotechnology is a novel technological field said to be one of the key technologies in the 21st century revolutionizing information technology, materials and medicine. Bibliometric quantification is a way to show the emergence of a new technology. Braun et al. ~ could establish an exponential growth pattern of publications in nano-science and technology starting in the early 1990s. Using their study as basis we intend to further characterize uanotechnology using bibliometric as well as patent data. We can show that the share of boundary-spanning publications is exceptionally high in the field of nanotechnology. Our co-authorship analysis indicates that countries foIlow different patterns of collaboration. Some countries tend to have bilateral relations while others collaborate with a much larger array of nations. Patent data in

combination with bibliometric reveals differences in the application of science. In our conclusion we raise a number of questions requiting an analysis using also other types of data. Still, a closer investigation and disaggregation of bibliometric data may come up with additional findings.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1007/BF02458355
Subjects: 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: 26 Apr 2013 15:00 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 10:11 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/33733 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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