Category: Research evaluation

  • Effects of International Collaboration and Knowledge Moderation on China’s Nanotechnology Research Impacts

    Recent studies have consistently reported that China is becoming a leading nation in scientific output, notably in the emerging field of nanotechnology. Given the existence of Chinese diaspora and reverse migration, the driver of such growth is presumed to be international collaboration. However, little evidence shows collaboration to be the principal determinant. The purpose of…

  • Composing technology roadmapping according to bibliometrics: hybrid model and empirical study

    Technology roadmapping is considered a powerful instrument for technology assessment and forecasting, and the composing model for technology roadmapping is also a hot topic in the field of technology visualization. This paper tries to introduce a bibliometric method involving with terms frequency analysis and association analysis to construct the objects and their relationships in the…

  • Using TechMining for designing research policy in a Colombian Higher Education Institution

    Extended Abstract – NEW INDICATORS session at “1st Global TechMining Conference” 2011 Author(s):Jenny Marcela Sanchez-Torres (Universidad Nacional de Colombia) The most important Higher Education Institution –HEI- of Colombia has designed a model for measuring its R&D activities which has a set of indicators, some of them are calculated using techmining techniques. Its results as used…

  • Predicting Breakthrough Papers: Ranking Statistics, Patterns, and Visualization

    Extended Abstract – NEW INDICATORS session at “1st Global TechMining Conference” 2011 Author(s): Ilya V. Ponomarev, Duane E. Williams, Joshua Schnell, Laurel L. Haak Research progress may be either gradual or abrupt. While both ways are important, major advances in science strongly depend upon explosive breakthrough discoveries. Currently, analyses of emerging or breakthrough areas are rarely…