Research addressing emerging technological ideas has greater scientific impact

Seokbeom Kwon (), Xiaoyu Liu, Alan L. Porter and Jan Youtie

Research Policy, 2019, vol. 48, issue 9, -

Abstract: This study empirically examines the association between the extent of emerging technological ideas in a scientific publication and its future scientific impact measured by number of citations. We analyze metadata of scientific publications in three scientific domains: Nano-Enabled Drug Delivery, Synthetic Biology, and Autonomous Vehicles. By employing a bibliometric indicator for identifying and quantifying emerging technological ideas – as derived terms from the titles and abstracts – we measure the extent to which the publication contains emerging technological ideas in each domain. Then, we statistically estimate the size and statistical significance of the relationship between the publication-level technological emergence score and the normalized number of citations accruing to the publication.

Keywords: Emerging technology; Citation impact; Bibliometrics; Emergence score (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2019.103834

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