Science linkages between scientific articles and patents for leading scientists in the life and medical sciences field: the case of Japan

We analyze the distributions of paper–paper and paper-patent citations and estimate the relationship between them, based on a 4763-paper sample among the top 100 researchers in the life and medical sciences fields in Japan. We find that paper–paper citations peak at a 4-year average, while the corresponding lag for paper-patent citations is 6 years. Moreover, we show that paper quality is important for being cited by a patent. An inverse U-shaped relationship exists between the research grant and research quality, whereas a U-shaped relationship exists between research quality and total number of papers.

[1]  Ugo Finardi,et al.  Time relations between scientific production and patenting of knowledge: the case of nanotechnologies , 2011, Scientometrics.

[2]  Sudeep Sarkar,et al.  Changing the academic culture: Valuing patents and commercialization toward tenure and career advancement , 2014, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

[3]  Whitney K. Newey,et al.  Efficient estimation of limited dependent variable models with endogenous explanatory variables , 1987 .

[4]  Gaétan de Rassenfosse.  Do firms face a trade-off between the quantity and the quality of their inventions? , 2013 .

[5]  Szu-chia S. Lo,et al.  Scientific linkage of science research and technology development: a case of genetic engineering research , 2009, Scientometrics.

[6]  Wolfgang Glänzel,et al.  Towards a model for diachronous and synchronous citation analyses , 2004, Scientometrics.

[7]  M. Meyer.  Does science push technology? Patents citing scientific literature , 2000 .

[8]  魏屹东,et al.  Scientometrics , 2018, Encyclopedia of Big Data.

[9]  Diana Hicks,et al.  Research excellence and patented innovation , 2000 .

[10]  D. Harhoff,et al.  Citation Frequency and the Value of Patented Inventions , 1999, Review of Economics and Statistics.

[11]  Koenraad Debackere,et al.  Linking science to technology: Using bibliographic references in patents to build linkage schemes , 2004, Scientometrics.

[12]  Naomi Fukuzawa,et al.  Effects of large-scale research funding programs: a Japanese case study , 2013, Scientometrics.

[13]  Thed N. van Leeuwen,et al.  Technological Relevance of Science: An Assessment of Citation Linkages between Patents and Research Papers , 2000, Scientometrics.

[14]  Edwin Mansfield,et al.  Academic research and industrial innovation , 1991 .

[15]  Ugo Finardi,et al.  On the time evolution of received citations, in different scientific fields: An empirical study , 2014, J. Informetrics.

[16]  Patrice Laget,et al.  Is correspondence reflected in the author position? A bibliometric study of the relation between corresponding author and byline position , 2011, Scientometrics.

[17]  D. Harhoff,et al.  Citation Frequency and the Value of Patented Innovation , 1997 .

[18]  Michael R. Darby,et al.  Capturing Technological Opportunity Via Japan's Star Scientists: Evidence from Japanese Firms' Biotech Patents and Products , 1998 .

[19]  Kremena Slavova,et al.  When publications lead to products: the open science conundrum in new product development , 2014 .

[20]  Peter Thompson,et al.  Patent Citations and the Geography of Knowledge Spillovers: Evidence from Inventor- and Examiner-added Citations , 2006, The Review of Economics and Statistics.

[21]  R. Dellavalle,et al.  The write position , 2007, EMBO reports.

[22]  Bart Van Looy,et al.  Sources of inspiration? Making sense of scientific references in patents , 2014, Scientometrics.

[23]  Henk F. Moed,et al.  An exploration of the science base of recent technology , 1990 .

[24]  Ying He,et al.  Patent-bibliometric analysis on the Chinese science — technology linkages , 2007, Scientometrics.

[25]  Kimberly S. Hamilton,et al.  The increasing linkage between U.S. technology and public science , 1997 .

[26]  E. Mansfield.  Academic Research Underlying Industrial Innovations , 1995 .

[27]  Vincent Larivière,et al.  The lengthening of papers’ life expectancy: a diachronous analysis , 2013, Scientometrics.

[28]  Francis Narin,et al.  Human genetic technology: exploring the links between science and innovation , 1996 .

[29]  Francis Narin,et al.  Linkage between patents and papers: An interim EPO/US comparison , 2006, Scientometrics.

[30]  David L. Deeds,et al.  An Analysis of the Critical Role of Public Science in Innovation: The Case of Biotechnology , 2000 .