RT Journal Article
T1 The citation impact of social sciences and humanities upon patentable technology
A1 Moya‑Anegon, Felix
A1 López Illescas, María Del Carmen
A1 Guerrero‑Bote, Vicente
A1 Moed, Henk
AB This paper examines the citation impact of papers published in scientific-scholarly journals upon patentable technology, as reflected in examiner- or inventor-given references in granted patents. It analyses data created by SCImago Research Group, linking PATSTAT’s scientific non-patent references (SNPRs) to source documents indexed in Scopus. The frequency of patent citations to journal papers is calculated per discipline, year, institutional sector, journal subject category, and for “top” journals. PATSTAT/Scopus-based statistics are compared to those derived from Web of Science/USPTO linkage. A detailed assessment is presented of the technological impact of research publications in social sciences and humanities (SSH). Several subject fields perform well in terms of the number of citations from patents, especially Library and Information Science, Language and Linguistics, Education, and Law, but many of the most cited journals find themselves in the interface between SSH and biomedical or natural sciences. Analyses of the titles of citing patents and cited papers are presented that shed light upon the cognitive content of patent citations. It is proposed to develop more advanced indicators of citation impact of papers upon patents, and ways to combine citation counts with citation content and context analysis.
PB Springer
SN 1588-2861
YR 2020
FD 2020
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/99605
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/99605
LA eng
NO Moya‑Anegon, F, Lopez‑Illescas, C, Guerrero‑Bote, V, Moed, H F. The citation impact of social sciences and humanities upon patentable technology. Scientometrics. 2020 May 28; 125(2):1665-87. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-020-03530-5
DS Docta Complutense
RD 14 dic 2025