Category: Research profiling

  • Combined biological and health effects of electromagnetic fields and other agents in the published literature

    Electromagnetic field (EMF) radiation exerts both stand-alone and combined effects on biological systems. The present study examines the scope of the combined effects; i.e., identify effects on biological systems from combined exposure to electromagnetic fields/radiation and at least one other agent. Only articles in which the presence of EMF had some effect (beneficial or adverse)…

  • On the Assignment of Biopharmaceutical Patents

    This study focuses on the patent assignments for six selected biopharmaceuticals: filgrastim, infliximab, somatropin, imiglucerase, betainterferon and factor VIII. These very expensive proteins are not currently produced in Brazil, and their production would enhance Brazilian technological capacity. Accordingly, we characterized the current profiles of the patent holders for these proteins.

  • Technological Forecasting on Phytotherapics Development in Brazil

    The prospective analysis is presented as an important tool to identify the most relevant opportunities and needs in research and development from planned interventions in innovation systems.   This study chose Phyllanthus niruri, known as “stone break” to describe the knowledge about the specie, by using biotechnological forecasting through the software Vantage Point. It can be…

  • Applications of Nanotechnology to the Brain and Central Nervous System

    In Reshaping the Human Condition: Exploring Human Enhancement, a recent report by the Rathenau Institute,

  • Trends in nanotechnology patents applied to the health sector

    The aim of the article is to present a method for identifying trends in patent applications for nanotechnology applied to the health sector around the world, based on the International Patent Classification.

  • Biodiesel: Innovation and Intellectual Property

    Global concern about climate change and the increasing demand for energy has drawn the attention of scientists, policymakers and various other stakeholders to look for alternative sources of clean and renewable energy, especially transportation fuel.

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

    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.

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

    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…

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

    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.

  • Nanobiomedical science in China: a research field on the rise

    Medical and health care applications of nanotechnology have increasingly attracted research and innovation attention. Nano-biomedical science (NBMS) is a term we use to define this emerging domain.