Knowledge generation and diffusion in science & technology: an empirical study of SiC-MOSFET based on scientific papers and patents

Scientific papers and patents are reliable sources of knowledge carriers for measuring science and technology advances, predicting technological trends, and formulating technology strategies. Although the idea of entirely using the two knowledge carriers is rapidly emerging in academic discussion, a...

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Published in:Technology analysis & strategic management 2024-07, Vol.36 (7), p.1587-1603
Main Authors: Pan, Weiwei, Jian, Lirong, Liu, Tao
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bibliometrics
Citation analysis
Comorbidity
Cooperation
Empirical analysis
Field effect transistors
Geographic distribution
Geographical distribution
global main path analysis
knowledge diffusion
Metals
MOSFETs
Science and technology
Semiconductor devices
SiC-MOSFET
Silicon carbide
Tracking
Trends
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Summary:Scientific papers and patents are reliable sources of knowledge carriers for measuring science and technology advances, predicting technological trends, and formulating technology strategies. Although the idea of entirely using the two knowledge carriers is rapidly emerging in academic discussion, a theoretical framing of the comparisons is still not present in literature. This study conducts bibliometrics on 2986 patent families and 4755 scientific papers related to silicon carbide metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (SiC-MOSFET) to identify its technological trends and compare the similarities and differences in knowledge generation and diffusion in science and technology. Our methodological framework consists of a combination of geographic distribution (identifying the research developments and distribution), cooperation networks (analyzing organisation collaboration and individual research cooperation), noun phrase co-occurrence clusters (discovering hot research topics), and the global main path analyses of citation networks (tracking the trajectory of knowledge flows). Ultimately, our results contribute to recent bibliometric paradigms beyond discovering the role of scientific papers and patents in promoting science and technology integration.
ISSN:0953-7325
1465-3990
DOI:10.1080/09537325.2022.2106419