Tracing Long-Term Outcomes of Basic Research Using Citation Networks.

ABSTRACT: In recent years, the science of science policy has been facilitated by the greater availability of and access to digital data associated with the science, technology, and innovation enterprise. Historically, most of the studies from which such data are derived have been econometric or "scientometric" in nature, focusing on the development of quantitative data, models, and metrics of the scientific process as well as outputs and outcomes. Broader definitions of research impact, however, necessitate the use of qualitative case-study methods. For many years, U.S. federal science agencies such as the National Institutes of Health have demonstrated the impact of the research they support through tracing studies that document critical events in the development of successful technologies. A signi

SUBMITTER: Onken J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8028394 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature