Analysis of Search Results for the Clarification and Identification of Technology Emergence (AR-CITE)

Conference · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2013

OSTI ID:1087490

Abercrombie, Robert K ^[1]; Schlicher, Bob G ^[1]; Sheldon, Frederick T ^[1]

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This work examines a scientometric model that clarifies and identifies the technology of emergence from initial discovery (via original scientific and conference literature), through critical discoveries(via original scientific, conference literature and patents), transitioning through Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs) and ultimately on to commercial application. The purpose of this study therefore, is to address the relationships among multiple disparate sources of information as a way to explain systematically the emergence of new technologies from innovation on through to commercial application. In one example, we investigate the combinations of four distinct and separate searchable on-line networked sources (i.e., scholarly publications and citation, patents, news archives, and on-line mapping networks) as they are assembled to become one collective network (a data set for analysis of relations). In another example, we investigate the combinations of five distinct sources (i.e., university R&D, industry R&D, product emergence, and two levels of annual market revenue [$1B and $10B]). These established networks and relationship become the basis from which to quickly analyze the temporal flow of activity (searchable events) for multiple example subject domains we investigated.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: Work for Others (WFO)
• DOE Contract Number: DE-AC05-00OR22725
• OSTI ID: 1087490
• Resource Relation: Conference: 14th International Society of Scientometrics and Informetrics Conference, Vienna, Austria, 20130715, 20130719
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English