Identification and characterisation of technological topics in the field of Molecular Biology

Ivana Roche (), Dominique Besagni (), Claire François (), Marianne Hörlesberger () and Edgar Schiebel ()
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Ivana Roche: INIST-CNRS
Dominique Besagni: INIST-CNRS
Claire François: INIST-CNRS
Marianne Hörlesberger: AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Tech Gate Vienna
Edgar Schiebel: AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Tech Gate Vienna

Scientometrics, 2010, vol. 82, issue 3, No 17, 663-676

Abstract: Abstract Following up the European project PromTech the aim of which was to detect emerging technologies by studying the scientific literature, we chose one field, Molecular Biology, to identify and characterize emerging topics within that domain. We combined two analytical approaches: the first one introduces a model of the terminological evolution of the field based on bibliometric indicators and the second one operates a diachronic clustering analysis. Our objective is to bring answers to questions such as: Which technological aspects can be detected? Which of them are already established and which of them are new? How are the topics linked to each other?

Keywords: Emerging technologies; Bibliometric indicators; Terminology evolution; Diffusion model; Diachronic cluster analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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