Prediction of emerging technologies based on analysis of the US patent citation network

Scientometrics

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 225-242

  Érdi, Péter ^a,b   Makovi, Kinga ^a,b,d   Somogyvári, Zoltán ^b   Strandburg, Katherine ^e   Tobochnik, Jan ^a   Volf, Péter ^b,c,f   Zalányi, László ^a,b  

^a KALAMAZOO COLLEGE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^c BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW   (United States)

^f NOKIA SIEMENS NETWORKS   (Finland)

Author keywords

Co citation clustering; Network; Patent citation; Technological evolution

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874796359     PISSN: 01389130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-012-0796-4     Document Type: Article

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