IS TECHNOLOGY BECOMING SCIENCE

NARIN, F

doi:10.1007/BF02017155

1985-03-01

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NARIN, F

NOMA, E

DOI：10.1007/BF02017155

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Citation and referencing data from recent biotechnology patients and bioscience papers is used to show that the bibliometric properties in these 2 realms are quite similar. Specifically, it is shown that the time distribution of references from both patients and papers are similar, with peak citing at 2-4 yr prior to publication or issue. This is shown to hold for patents citing patents, for papers citing papers, and for patents citing papers. There is a very skewed distribution of cited material in both patents and papers, with a relatively small number of highly cited patents and papers, and a relatively large number of documents which are cited only once or twice, or not at all. There is a substantial amount of citation from biotechnology patents to the central scientific literature. Science and technology are far more closely linked today than is normally perceived, and in fact, the division between leading edge biotechnology and modern bioscience has almost completely disappeared.