2021 VOLUME 1 ISSUE 3
RESEARCH ARTICLE
Understanding more about non-patent references
AUTHOR
Xiaojun Hu, Yushuang Lv, Zixuan Zhao, Xian Li
ABSTRACT
Non-patent references (NPRs) play an important role in the interaction between science and technology. In this contribution, we compare the characteristics of NPRs traced from patents on "metabolic engineering" to those received by the 10% most-cited articles (cited in scientific publications and excluding NPRs) in the same field. We observe that there is a low rate of co-citing articles between the two groups, and many NPRs have a better citation performance than TOP 10% articles. Our results provide preliminary clues to discover new characteristics of NPRs and to better understand the interface between science and technology.
KEYWORDS
Citation studies; Non-patent references; Metabolic engineering; Co-citing articles; Sci-tech boundary; Patent data analysis