[fre] Pour mieux comprendre la nature des interactions entre science et technologie, il est important d'analyser les réseaux à travers lesquels circulent les compétences et les connaissances tacites, les matériaux et les objets. Les réseaux informels qui organisent les échanges de...

Science is increasingly produced in collaborative teams, but collaborative teams in science are self-assembled and fluid. Such characteristics call for a network approach to account for external activities responsible for team product but taking place beyond closed team boundaries in the open...

As this volume demonstrates, a wide variety of methodologies exist to evaluate particularly the objectives and outcomes of research and development programs. These include surveys, statistical and econometric estimations, patent analyses, bibliometrics, scientometrics, network analyses, case...

The university research environment has been undergoing profound change in recent decades and performance-based research funding systems (PRFSs) are one of the many novelties introduced. This paper seeks to find general lessons in the accumulated experience with PRFSs that can serve to enrich...

Research evaluation in the USA historically tended to rely more heavily on peer review than on bibliometric method, but interest in quantitative methods including bibliometrics appears to be growing. In this paper, we discuss the use of bibliometric techniques of research evaluation by the US...

Co-citation analysis requires frurther development and problems remain with current maps. With the help of seven basic questions it is hoped to allow a more critical examination of these maps and to bridge the gap between the true believers and the radical critics. Copyright , Beech Tree Publishing.

DuPont's citation and co-authoring links are tabulated and displayed in an exploration of the possibilities and problems inherent in a ‘360 degree’ citation analysis. It becomes apparent that to produce this type of analysis regularly demands a high level of database infrastructure. The...