Author: VPInstitute

  • Patentometric analysis of the process technologies of Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (CSN)

    This article aims at profiling the technological development of production processes of Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (CSN). It analyzes the deposits of patent of CSN between the years of 1971 and 2009, classifying them in product technologies and process technologies. It was concluded that the CSN has made more deposit of patent for process technology than…

  • International Faculty Contribution to Local Research Capacity Building: A View from Publication Data

    This descriptive single case study uses a combination of bibliometric, social network analysis, and content analysis methods to explore how international faculty members employed at a flagship university in Kazakhstan contribute to local research capacity building. The database for the study includes 361 scholarly articles retrieved from the Thompson Reuters Web of Science database, in…

  • Tracking the emergence of synthetic biology (full-text)

    Synthetic biology is an emerging domain that combines biological and engineering concepts and which has seen rapid growth in research, innovation, and policy interest in recent years. This paper contributes to efforts to delineate this emerging domain by presenting a newly constructed bibliometric definition of synthetic biology. Our approach is dimensioned from a core set…

  • An indicator of technical emergence

    Developing useful intelligence on scientific and technological emergence challenges those who would manage R&D portfolios, assess research programs, or manage innovation. Recently, the U.S. Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity Foresight and Understanding from Scientific Exposition Program has explored means to detect emergence via text analyses. We have been involved in positing conceptual bases for emergence,…