Swarming of innovations, fractal patterns, and the historical time series of US patents

Gregory G. Brunk

Scientometrics, 2003, vol. 56, issue 1, No 4, 80 pages

Abstract: Abstract While most of us who study intellectual and technical advancement believe that innovations tend to swarm, the details of this process are not well understood. The aggregate-level behavior of US patents is examined as a way to better infer the process that generates innovation. The amount of swarming decreases as the observational period increases, which indicates that the process of innovation is not perfectly self-similar. Instead, the effects of innovations are mostly contained within specialized areas, and do not often trigger further advances in other fields.

Date: 2003
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