Handbook of Quantitative Science and Technology Research

1. Front Matter

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2. Editors’ Introduction

   1. Editors’ Introduction

      • Henk F. Moed, Wolfgang Glänzel, Ulrich Schmoch

      Pages 1-15

3. Disciplinary Approaches

   1. Measuring Science

      • Anthony F.J. van Raan

      Pages 19-50

   2. Econometric Approaches to the Analysis of Productivity of R&D Systems

      • Andrea Bonaccorsi, Cinzia Daraio

      Pages 51-74

   3. Indicators for National Science and Technology Policy

      • Hariolf Grupp, Mary Ellen Mogee

      Pages 75-94

   4. Keeping the Gates of Science Journals

      • Tibor Braun

      Pages 95-114

   5. S&T Indicators for Policy Making in a Changing Science-Society Relationship

      • Rémi Barré

      Pages 115-131

   6. Paradigms and Trajectories of Technological Opportunities 1890–1990

      • Birgitte Andersen

      Pages 133-161

   7. Science on the Periphery: Bridging the Information Divide

      • Subbiah Arunachalam

      Pages 163-183

4. General Methodology

   1. Data Mining and Text Mining for Science & Technology Research

      • Edda Leopold, Michael May, Gerhard Paaß

      Pages 187-213

   2. Opening the Black Box

      • Sybille Hinze, Ulrich Schmoch

      Pages 215-235

   3. Science Maps Within a Science Policy Context

      • C. M. Noyons

      Pages 237-255

   4. Analysing Scientific Networks Through Co-Authorship

      • Wolfgang Glänzel, András Schubert

      Pages 257-276

   5. Patent Citations and the Economic Value of Patents

      • Bhaven N. Sampat, Arvids A. Ziedonis

      Pages 277-298

   6. Scientific and Technological Performance by Gender

      • Fulvio Naldi, Daniela Luzi, Adriana Valente, Ilaria Vannini Parenti

      Pages 299-314

   7. The Use of Input Data in the Performance Analysis of R&D Systems

      • Marc Luwel

      Pages 315-338

   8. Methodological Issues of Webometric Studies

      • Peter Ingwersen, Lennart Björneborn

      Pages 339-369

5. The Science System

   1. Descriptive Versus Evaluative Bibliometrics

      • Thed van Leeuwen

      Pages 373-388

   2. What Happens When Funding is Linked to Publication Counts?

      • Linda Butler

      Pages 389-405

   3. Internationalisation in Science in the Prism of Bibliometric Indicators

      • Michel Zitt, Elise Bassecoulard

      Pages 407-436

This handbook offers a state-of-the-art overview of quantitative science and technology research. It focuses on the development and application of indicators derived from data on scientific or scholarly publications and patents. It comprises 34 chapters written by leading specialists in the various sub-domains. These chapters deal with theoretical and methodological issues, illustrate applications, and highlight their policy context and relevance. Authors present a survey of the research topics they address, and show their most recent achievements. The 34 chapters are arranged into 5 parts: Disciplinary Approaches; General Methodology; The Science System; The Technology System; and The Science–Technology Interface. The Editor’s Introduction provides a further specification of the handbook’s scope and of the main topics addressed in its chapters. This handbook aims at four distinct groups of readers: – practitioners in the field of science and technology studies; – research students inthis field; – scientists, scholars and technicians who are interested in a systematic, thorough analysis of their activities; – policy makers and administrators who wish to be informed about the potentialities and limitations of the various approaches and about their results.

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• performance
• science and technology
• technology policy

• Centre for Science and Technology Studies, University of Leiden, The Netherlands

  Henk F. Moed

• Steunpunt O&O Statistieken, K.U. Leuven, Belgium

  Wolfgang Glänzel

• Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research, Karlsruhe, Germany

  Ulrich Schmoch

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