Pilkington, A; Lee, LL; Chan, CK; Ramakrishna, S Defining key inventors: A comparison of fuel cell and nanotechnology industries TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE, 76 (1): 118-127 Sp. Iss. SI JAN 2009

[Eugene Garfield]

E-mail Address: a.pilkington at rhul.ac.uk

Author(s): Pilkington, A (Pilkington, Alan); Lee, LL (Lee, Linda L.); 
Chan, CK (Chan, Casey K.); Ramakrishna, S (Ramakrishna, Seerarn) 

Title: Defining key inventors: A comparison of fuel cell and 
nanotechnology industries 

Source: TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE, 76 (1): 118-127 Sp. 
Iss. SI JAN 2009 

Language: English 

Document Type: Article 

Author Keywords: Nanotechnology; Fuel cell; Patent analysis; Key inventor; 
Bibliometrics 

KeyWords Plus: PATENT STATISTICS; EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; INNOVATIVE 
ACTIVITIES; SCIENCE; INDICATORS; HYDROGEN; ADOPTION; POLICY; ENTRY; FIRMS 

Abstract: This paper defines the notion of key inventors - those whose 
patenting is simultaneously highly productive and also widely cited. By 
implication. key inventors should be the leaders in any developing new 
field and we investigate the validity of the notion through an exploration 
of two emerging technological fields: fuel cell and nanotechnology. The 
nature of the two groups is compared to discuss the differences between 
the technological groups. (C) 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. 

Addresses: [Pilkington, Alan] Univ London, Sch Management, Egham TW20 0EX, 
Surrey, England; [Lee, Linda L.; Chan, Casey K.; Ramakrishna, Seerarn] 
Natl Univ Singapore, Nanosci & Nanotechnol Initiat, Singapore 0511, 
Singapore 

Reprint Address: Pilkington, A, Univ London, Sch Management, Egham Hill, 
Egham TW20 0EX, Surrey, England. 

E-mail Address: a.pilkington at rhul.ac.uk 

Cited Reference Count: 49 

Times Cited: 0 

Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC 

Publisher Address: 360 PARK AVE SOUTH, NEW YORK, NY 10010-1710 USA 

ISSN: 0040-1625 

DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2008.03.015 

29-char Source Abbrev.: TECHNOL FORECAST SOC CHANGE 

ISO Source Abbrev.: Technol. Forecast. Soc. Chang. 

Source Item Page Count: 10 

Subject Category: Business; Planning & Development 

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