Category Archives: Research profiling

Applying text-mining to personalization and customization research literature – Who, what and where?

Research profiling

Personalization and customization have numerous definitions that are sometimes used interchangeably in the literature. This study combines a text-mining approach for profiling personalization and customization research with a traditional literature review in order to distinguish the main characteristics of these two research streams. Continue reading Applying text-mining to personalization and customization research literature – Who, what and where? →

Big Pharma, Little Science? A bibliometric perspective on big pharma’s R&D decline

Research profiling

There is a widespread perception that pharmaceutical R&D is facing a productivity crisis characterised by stagnation in the numbers of new drug approvals in the face of increasing R&D costs. This study explores pharmaceutical R&D dynamics by examining the publication activities of all R&D laboratories of the major European and US pharmaceutical firms during the period 1995-2009. Continue reading Big Pharma, Little Science? A bibliometric perspective on big pharma’s R&D decline →

Tracking the evolution of waste recycling research using overlay maps of science

Research profiling, Science mapping

Tracking the evolution of research in waste recycling science (WRS) can be valuable for environmental agencies, as well as for recycling businesses. Maps of science are visual, easily readable representations of the cognitive structure of a branch of science, a particular area of research or the global spectrum of scientific production. Continue reading Tracking the evolution of waste recycling research using overlay maps of science →

Knowledge Management and Analysis of Scientific Biotechnology Trends in Venezuela

Network analysis, Research profiling, S&T lit, ST&I indicators

This paper presents a study on knowledge management and analysis of scientific biotechnology trends in Venezuela, providing an overview of the science profile as well as regional development and its relation to issues of topics covered by Biotechnology based on the analysis of scientific publications for the period of 1995 to 2010. Continue reading Knowledge Management and Analysis of Scientific Biotechnology Trends in Venezuela →

Technology Prospecting on Enzymes for the Pulp and Paper Industry

CTI, Patents, Research profiling, S&T lit, ,

The use of enzymes in the pulp and paper industry was introduced in the 1986. However, their use has been relatively minor. This prospective study aims at enhancing the understanding of the most important advances regarding the use of enzymes in this industry and to identify the future trends of this technology. Information gathered from the Web of Science shows a growing number of papers published on this topic indicating an increased interest in this issue. A study on patents also displayed a high number documents related to this technology. Cellulase, xylanase, laccase and lipase are the most important enzymes that can be used in the pulp and paper processes. Furthermore, the key objectives of enzymes development have been in the bleaching boosting with xylanases and fiber modification with cellulases. The current and future trends on the development of enzymes are focused on increasing their thermostability and their alkalinity strength. Continue reading Technology Prospecting on Enzymes for the Pulp and Paper Industry →