Assessment of China's and India's science and technology literature - introduction, background, and approach

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1519-1538

  Kostoff, Ronald N ^a   Bhattacharya, Sujit ^b   Pecht, Michael ^c  

^a OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b National Institute of Science Technology and Development Studies India   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Bibliometrics; China; Computational linguistics; Core competency; Correlation mapping; Document clustering; Factor analysis; India; Research assessment; Research evaluation; Science and technology; Technology assessment; Text mining

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; CHINA; COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS; CORRELATION METHODS; INDIA; PERSONNEL; PRODUCTION; ROBOTICS; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

BIBLIOMETRICS; DOCUMENT CLUSTERING; ENHANCED HUMAN LABOR CAPABILITIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS; RESEARCH ASSESSMENT; RESEARCH EVALUATION;

SOCIAL SCIENCES;

AUTOMATION; FACTOR ANALYSIS; LABOR; MAPPING; RESEARCH; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 36249031599     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2007.02.004     Document Type: Short Survey

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