1. Obituary

   Announcement 14 March 2017 Pages: 1 - 1

   

2. Combining SAO semantic analysis and morphology analysis to identify technology opportunities

   • Xuefeng Wang
   • Pingping Ma
   • Zhinan Wang

   OriginalPaper 04 February 2017 Pages: 3 - 24

   

3. Structure of a patent transaction network

   • Hung-Chun Huang
   • Hsin-Yu Shih
   • Tsung-Han Ke

   OriginalPaper 04 February 2017 Pages: 25 - 45

   

4. Forecasting and identifying multi-technology convergence based on patent data: the case of IT and BT industries in 2020

   • Jeeeun Kim
   • Sungjoo Lee

   OriginalPaper 11 February 2017 Pages: 47 - 65

   

5. Effective R&D investment planning based on technology spillovers: the case of Korea

   • Jungkyu Park
   • Eunnyeong Heo
   • Dongjun Lee

   OriginalPaper 10 February 2017 Pages: 67 - 82

   

6. Technological capabilities in Central and Eastern Europe: an analysis based on priority patents

   • Iciar Dominguez Lacasa
   • Alexander Giebler
   • Slavo Radošević

   OriginalPaper 10 February 2017 Pages: 83 - 102

   

7. The beauty of brimstone butterfly: novelty of patents identified by near environment analysis based on text mining

   • Lothar Walter
   • Alfred Radauer
   • Martin G. Moehrle

   OriginalPaper 06 February 2017 Pages: 103 - 115

   

8. Scientific linkage and technological innovation capabilities: international comparisons of patenting in the solar energy industry

   • Xia Fan
   • Wenjie Liu
   • Guilong Zhu

   OriginalPaper 10 February 2017 Pages: 117 - 138

   

9. IP portfolios and evolution of biomedical additive manufacturing applications

   • Amy J. C. Trappey
   • Charles V. Trappey
   • Curry L. S. Chung

   OriginalPaper 10 February 2017 Pages: 139 - 157

   

10. The relation of patent description and examination with validity: an empirical study

    • Yutaka Niidome

    OriginalPaper 04 February 2017 Pages: 159 - 183

11. A hybrid method to trace technology evolution pathways: a case study of 3D printing

    • Ying Huang
    • Donghua Zhu
    • Ying Guo

    OriginalPaper 07 February 2017 Pages: 185 - 204

    

12. Patent research in the field of library and information science: Less useful or difficult to explore?

    • Zhao Qu
    • Shanshan Zhang
    • Chunbo Zhang

    OriginalPaper 07 February 2017 Pages: 205 - 217

    

13. Personalizing papers using Altmetrics: comparing paper ‘Quality’ or ‘Impact’ to person ‘Intelligence’ or ‘Personality’

    • Brett Buttliere
    • Jürgen Buder

    OriginalPaper 03 February 2017 Pages: 219 - 239

    

14. Geographic mobility and research productivity in a selection of top world economics departments

    • Pedro Albarrán
    • Raquel Carrasco
    • Javier Ruiz-Castillo

    OriginalPaper 21 January 2017 Pages: 241 - 265

    

15. Context of altmetrics data matters: an investigation of count type and user category

    • Houqiang Yu

    OriginalPaper 28 January 2017 Pages: 267 - 283

    

16. A first look at multiple institutional affiliations: a study of authors in Germany, Japan and the UK

    • Hanna Hottenrott
    • Cornelia Lawson

    OriginalPaper Open access 28 January 2017 Pages: 285 - 295

    

17. Development trend forecasting for coherent light generator technology based on patent citation network analysis

    • Hanlin You
    • Mengjun Li
    • Hante Duan

    OriginalPaper 02 February 2017 Pages: 297 - 315

    

18. Do interdisciplinary research teams deliver higher gains to science?

    • Giovanni Abramo
    • Ciriaco Andrea D’Angelo
    • Flavia Di Costa

    OriginalPaper 28 January 2017 Pages: 317 - 336

19. On the effects of the reunification on German researchers’ publication patterns

    • Antoine Archambault
    • Philippe Mongeon
    • Vincent Larivière

    OriginalPaper 28 January 2017 Pages: 337 - 347

    

20. What we can learn from tweets linking to research papers

    • Xuan Zhen Liu
    • Hui Fang

    OriginalPaper 06 February 2017 Pages: 349 - 369

21. Citation analysis with microsoft academic

    • Sven E. Hug
    • Michael Ochsner
    • Martin P. Brändle

    Letter 21 January 2017 Pages: 371 - 378

22. Do types of collaboration change citation? A scientometric analysis of social science publications in South Africa

    • Radhamany Sooryamoorthy

    OriginalPaper 03 February 2017 Pages: 379 - 400

23. Identity and publication in non-university settings: academic co-authorship and collaboration

    • Therese Kennelly Okraku
    • Raffaele Vacca
    • Christopher McCarty

    OriginalPaper 06 February 2017 Pages: 401 - 416

    

24. Does an expert-based evaluation allow us to go beyond the Impact Factor? Experiences from building a ranking of national journals in Poland

    • Emanuel Kulczycki
    • Ewa A. Rozkosz

    OriginalPaper Open access 01 February 2017 Pages: 417 - 442

    

25. An examination of research data sharing and re-use: implications for data citation practice

    • Hyoungjoo Park
    • Dietmar Wolfram

    OriginalPaper 30 January 2017 Pages: 443 - 461

    

26. Scientific literature analysis on big data and internet of things applications on circular economy: a bibliometric study

    • Gustavo Cattelan Nobre
    • Elaine Tavares

    OriginalPaper 07 February 2017 Pages: 463 - 492

    

27. Evolutionary patterns of national disciplinary profiles in research: 1996–2015

    • Ning Li

    OriginalPaper 03 February 2017 Pages: 493 - 520

    

28. A multiple-link, mutually reinforced journal-ranking model to measure the prestige of journals

    • Dejian Yu
    • Wanru Wang
    • Rongyu Liu

    OriginalPaper 02 February 2017 Pages: 521 - 542

    

29. Characteristics of highly cited researchers 2015 in Germany

    • Lutz Bornmann
    • Johann Bauer
    • Elisabeth Maria Schlagberger

    Letter 28 January 2017 Pages: 543 - 545

30. Nested self-citation: the citation of a paper’s least divisible unit

    • Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva

    Letter 31 January 2017 Pages: 547 - 552

    

31. CiteScore: A cite for sore eyes, or a valuable, transparent metric?

    • Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva
    • Aamir Raoof Memon

    Letter 21 January 2017 Pages: 553 - 556