Technological Impact of Funded Research: A Case Study of Non-Patent References

IF 4.1 Q1 INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE

Quantitative Science Studies Pub Date : 2024-01-03 DOI:10.1162/qss_a_00281

Justin Quemener, Luis Miotti, Abdelghani Maddi

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Research funding is essential to expand knowledge, foster innovation, and address the complex challenges that shape our future. The scientific literature has extensively addressed the relationship between research funding and the academic impact. More recently, several studies have analyzed the technological impact of funded research as measured through citations in patents, known as Non-Patent References (NPRs). But there remains much to know about NPRs and the multiplication of case studies is necessary to characterize them. Here we analyze a sample of 7065 publications funded by the French Health Research Foundation (FRM) and the citations of these publications in patents. This study shows the high scientific and technological impacts of FRM funding. Indeed, the publications funded by FRM, which are cited in patents, are 3.5 times more frequently cited by other publications than the global average (for funded publications in the entire database, this ratio is 2.6). Furthermore, our results also indicate that USPTO patents citing these publications exhibit high-quality indicators. Moreover, five of these patents have led to approved drug products by the USA Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This study provides further evidence of the positive influence that research funding can have on both scientific and technological advancements. https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway/wos/peer-review/10.1162/qss_a_00281

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受资助研究的技术影响：非专利引用案例研究

科研经费对于拓展知识、促进创新和应对塑造我们未来的复杂挑战至关重要。科学文献广泛论述了研究经费与学术影响之间的关系。最近，有几项研究分析了通过专利引用（即非专利引用（NPRs））衡量的受资助研究的技术影响。但是，关于非专利引用（NPRs）仍有许多问题需要了解，因此有必要开展更多的案例研究，以确定其特征。在此，我们分析了由法国卫生研究基金会（FRM）资助的 7065 篇出版物样本，以及这些出版物在专利中的引用情况。这项研究表明，法国卫生研究基金会的资助产生了巨大的科技影响。事实上，FRM 资助的出版物被专利引用的频率是其他出版物被引用频率的 3.5 倍，高于全球平均水平（对于整个数据库中受资助的出版物，这一比率为 2.6）。此外，我们的研究结果还表明，引用这些出版物的美国专利商标局专利显示出高质量的指标。此外，这些专利中有五项已被美国食品和药物管理局 (FDA) 批准为药品。这项研究进一步证明了科研经费对科技进步的积极影响。https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway/wos/peer-review/10.1162/qss_a_00281。

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Quantitative Science Studies INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE-

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12.10

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12.50%

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22 weeks

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