Patent Citations Analysis and Its Value in Research Evaluation: A Review and a New Approach to Map Technology-relevant Research

Purpose: First, to review the state-of-the-art in patent citation analysis, particularly characteristics of patent citations to scientific literature (scientific non-patent references, SNPRs). Second, to present a novel mapping approach to identify technology-relevant research based on the papers ci...

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Main Author: Anthony F.J. van Raan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Chinese Academy of Sciences 2017-01-01
Series:Journal of Data and Information Science
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Online Access:https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/jdis.2017.2.issue-1/jdis-2017-0002/jdis-2017-0002.xml?format=INT