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

Article Category: Expert Review

Published Online: Feb 18, 2017

Page range: 13 - 50

Received: Nov 23, 2016

Accepted: Dec 03, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jdis-2017-0002

Keywords

Patent citations, Scientific non-patent references, Inventor-author relations, Bibliometric mapping, Science and technology interface, Research evaluation, Technology-relevant publications

© 2017 Anthony F.J. van Raan

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