ABS: Tijssen, In Search of the European Paradox

[Gretchen Whitney]

RJW Tijssen: tijssen at cwts.leidenuniv.nl


TITLE:          In search of the European Paradox: an international
comparison of Europe's scientific performance and knowledge
flows in information and communication technologies research
AUTHOR  Tijssen RJW, van Wijk E
JOURNAL RESEARCH POLICY 28: (5) 519-543 JUN 1999

 Document type: Article
Language: English

Abstract:
This article deals with the scientific performance of the European Union
(EU) in what is now perhaps the most important enabling technology
worldwide: information and communication technologies (ICT). The performance
measures are based on the stock and flows of scientific knowledge embodied
in research papers published in international scientific and technical
journals. Quantitative data derived from these papers are used to examine
and compare the performance of the EU science base with the US and Japan-two
leading scientific nations in ICT research, and major competitors in ICT
industries. These bibliometric indicators characterize and compare these
three ICT research bases in terms of research output, international
scientific quality, transnational knowledge flows, and domestic and
international cooperation patterns. The analysis focuses on the key issue
whether or not these data bear evidence of the perceived 'European Paradox'
which is, among others, characterized by a strong EU public sector science
base coupled to a relatively weak R&D performance of EU firms. The findings
provide empirical confirmation for the existence of this Paradox in both ICT
research domains under investigation: computers and data processing, and
telecommunications. (C) 1999
Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

Author Keywords:
information and communication technologies, bibliometric indicators,
research output, scientific cooperation, citation analysis

KeyWords Plus:
RESEARCH-AND-DEVELOPMENT, ACADEMIC RESEARCH, SCIENCE BASE, NETWORKS,
INNOVATIONS, ENGINEERS, INDUSTRY,
JAPANESE

Addresses:
Tijssen RJW, Leiden Univ, CWTS, Ctr Sci & Technol Studies, Wassenaarseweg
9555, POB 9555, NL-2300 RB Leiden, Netherlands.
Leiden Univ, CWTS, Ctr Sci & Technol Studies, NL-2300 RB Leiden,
Netherlands.

Publisher:
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, AMSTERDAM

IDS Number:
209HJ

ISSN:
0048-7333
                                         Copyright © 1999 Institute for
Scientific Information



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