Author: VPInstitute
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Puberty in the Last 25 Years: A Retrospective Bibliometric Analysis (FULL-TEXT)
Puberty research has been highly productive in the past few decades and is gaining momentum. We conducted an analysis of bibliographic data, including titles, abstracts, keywords, indexing terms, and citation data to assess the sheer numbers, audience and reach, publication types, and impact of puberty‐related publications. Findings suggest that puberty‐related publications are increasing in sheer…
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South-south collaboration on HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment research: when birds of a feather rarely flock together (FULL-TEXT)
South-south collaboration on health and development research is a critical mechanism for social and economic progress. It allows sharing and replicating experiences to find a “southern solution” to meet shared health challenges, such as access to adequate HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment. This study aimed to generate evidence on the dynamics of south-south collaboration in HIV/AIDS…
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Identification and Prediction of Interdisciplinary Research Topics: A Study Based on the Concept Lattice Theory
Formal concept analysis (FCA) and concept lattice theory (CLT) are introduced for constructing a network of IDR topics and for evaluating their effectiveness for knowledge structure exploration. We introduced the theory and applications of FCA and CLT, and then proposed a method for interdisciplinary knowledge discovery based on CLT. As an example of empirical analysis,…
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Technological prospection of second generation ethanol production processes: an overview through the analysis of patent applications (full-text)
Ethanol produced from lignocellulosic biomass of composition is not a new concept. However, the increase in the population and industrial activity in the world, the energy demand and environmental impacts brought to light the need for new energy sources. At the beginning of this new millennium, ethanol and biomass gained notoriety as sources that could sustainably complement the energy…
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An approach to identify emergent topics of technological convergence: A case study for 3D printing
Technological Convergence (TC) reflects developmental processes that overlap different technological fields. It holds promise to yield outcomes that exceed the sum of its subparts. Measuring emergence for a TC environment can inform innovation management. This paper suggests a novel approach to identify Emergent Topics (ETopics) of the TC environment within a target technology domain using…
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UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY COOPERATION NETWORK IN ACADEMIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL PRODUCTIVITY (full-text)
Knowing the gear of the triple-helix is fundamental to analyze the impact of public policies in the scenario of a country, especially when the variables linked to innovation refer to the chronological production of the facts. In this perspective, an analysis was assembled from intentional samples per regions of Brazil linked to the engineering areas,…
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Characterization of strategic emerging technologies: the case of big data
Current enterprises face organizational and cultural barriers to adopt and harness the potential of strategic emerging technologies. Late adoption of these technologies will affect competitiveness from which it will be hard to recover. Within the frame of technology analysis field, the present work aims at introducing an approach to obtain the characterization of emerging technologies,…
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Trends on rapid detection technology of food microorganisms based on web of science database (full-text)
Rapid detection technology of food microorganisms is more and more a hot research topic in the field of agricultural, food safety and environmental sciences. In order to understand the current status of world-wide research on rapid detection technology of food microorganisms, research literature during the period of 1925-2018 was retrieved from the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) database…
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Mapping the Brazilian microscopy landscape: A bibliometric and network analysis
Understanding how a technology is introduced and shared in a society has a strategic value for the planning of technological development and assessing new market opportunities. Among other technologies, microscopy has had a significant role in advancing different fields of science. In Brazil, its use spans from biomedical to engineering areas. Here, we used social…
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How is Data Science Involved in Policy Analysis?: A Bibliometric Perspective
What are the implications of big data in terms of big impacts? Our research focuses on the question, “How are data analytics involved in policy analysis to create complementary values?” We address this from the perspective of bibliometrics. We initially investigate a set of articles published in Nature and Science, seeking cutting-edge knowledge to sharpen…