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World R&D Report 2008

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"Traditionally, analysts had to commission this type of report, which could only be obtained through a long and sometimes tedious process. It is high time that senior decision makers in companies, universities and government have access to off-the-shelf information that clearly spells out where excellence in R&D can be found"
Eric Archambault, Ph.D., President, Science-Metrix Inc.

 

This bibliometric report examines scientific activity in nanoscience using scientific papers, as well as intellectual property in nanotechnology using patents granted by the United States Patents and Trademark Office (USPTO). The central aim of the scientometric and technometric analyses is to identify areas in which high-output, high-intensity, and high-impact research is being conducted. For this purpose, emphasis is placed on ranking research at the country, company and university levels. In addition, the report examines how nanoscale research and technology are evolving over time and features detailed analyses of eight non-mutually exclusive domains of nanoscale R&D.

Featured Nanoscale R&D Domains

  • General Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
  • Materials
  • Electronics and Computing
  • Optics and Photonics
  • Nanoelectromechanical Systems (NEMS)
  • Medicine and Biology
  • Energy
  • Environment
  • Metrology

R&D Indicators and Data Visualization Tools

  • Published Papers Indexed in Scopus
  • Patents Granted by the USPTO
  • Research Intensity – Level of Specialization
  • Research Impact – Number of Citations
  • Most Cited Papers/Patents
  • Collaboration Networks
  • Multicriteria Rankings
  • Positional Analyses
  • Dashboards

BIBLIOMETRIC METHODS

Bibliometrics can be defined as the application of statistical and informational processing methods to the analysis of bibliographic data, such as that contained in books, papers and patents. Although the definition of scientometrics could be expanded to include the quantification of everything that pertains to science, it is more commonly understood as the use of bibliometric methods in the measurement of scientific com­munication. In a symmetrical manner, technometrics is defined as the use of bibliometric methods in the measurement of inventions and intellectual property protection.

Bibliometric methods can be used to measure and compare R&D at various levels of aggregation, including institutions, sectors, provinces and countries. They can also be used to measure research collaborations, map collaboration networks and monitor the evolution of science and technology (S&T) fields. Scientometric indicators give policy makers objective, reproducible and certifiable information that goes beyond the anecdotal.

Bibliometric methods are extremely useful for evaluating research output and conducting position and foresight studies in S&T. They are frequently used to conduct scientific, strategic, technological, technical or competitive bench­marking and monitoring.


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INSIGHT PROVIDED BY THE NANOTECHNOLOGY R&D REPORT

The Nanotechnology World R&D Report 2008 will help analysts and decision makers to:

  • Identify industry leaders in eight domains of nanoscience and nanotechnology
  • Identify innovators and competitors, and estimate industry R&D capacity
  • Find commercialization and scaling-up partners
  • Gather competitive intelligence on S&T activities
  • Find collaboration partners
  • Identify takeover targets
  • Identify where the best researchers are
  • Identify and prioritize investment opportunities
  • Identify the best locations to expand R&D facilities
  • Compare an IP position with that of a competitor
  • Anticipate threats to existing nanotechnology activities
  • Gain insight into national dynamics and trends in emerging nanotechnologies

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ABOUT NANOTECHNOLOGY

Nanoscience and nanotechnology are hotbeds of R&D wherein emergent properties of matter, which are present only at extremely small feature scales, are discovered and exploited. As scientists gain the ability to reach down to the nanoscale level and manipulate atoms, nanotechnology will likely engender scientific breakthroughs and, as Schumpeter would put it, waves of creative destruction. Advances in nanoscale S&T could help solve some important and diverse problems with broad societal impacts, such as the global energy crisis, environmental pollution and the high cost of many medical treatments.

Nanoscale, Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Nanoscale: Devices, processes and phenomena at the atomic, molecular or macromolecular levels, where feature size is between 1 and 100 nanometres, and where differentiating properties and functions are sought. In some cases, the critical-length scale for novel properties and phenomena may be under 1 nm (e.g., manipulation of atoms at ~0.1 nm) or larger than 100 nm (e.g., nanoparticle reinforced polymers have the unique feature at ~200-300 nm of being able to act as local bridges or bonds between the nano particles and the polymer). Nanoscale R&D includes the controlled manipulation of structures and their integration into larger material components, systems and architectures.

Nanoscience: Scientific research at the nanoscale. Provides a fundamental understanding of phenomena and materials at the nanoscale.

Nanotechnology: Research and commercial activities at the nanoscale. Creates and uses structures, devices and systems that have novel properties and functions because of their small and/or intermediate size.

Although there are clearly mounting challenges that call for more social science research, the emphasis in the present report is on R&D in the natural sciences and engineering and on research that has potential for industrial applications.

The report focuses on eight domains within nanoscale R&D in which the level of scientific and technological activity is high (see descriptions on the next page).

To help clients identify present-day innovators, industry leaders, and start-up companies, as well as relevant scientific research, vital concepts, tools and applications were identified and highlighted through finely tuned searches for terms like atomic force microscopes, molecular motor, quantum dot, spintronics and nanotubes.


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THE EXPERTISE BEHIND R&D REPORTS

About R&D Reports www.rd-reports.com

R&D Reports provide insightful reports on R&D performed in key research fields using bibliometric data and methods. The reports are written by experts in science and technology measurement whose aim is to shed light on the salient issues in science and technology at the international, national and organizational levels. The data and analyses in each report are independently produced, robust, objective and reproducible. R&D Reports locates and ranks the world's research hotspots through careful examination of the scientific publications and intellectual property of leading countries, organizations and researchers. R&D Reports also reveals the interrelationships between these leading organizations. R&D Reports are designed for pharmaceutical, biotech, electronics, photonics diagnostic, consulting and financial companies as well as for analysts working for governments, universities and NGOs who need to keep abreast of the latest advances in R&D, rapidly identify industry movers and shakers and know how fields are evolving both scientifically and technologically. Typical purchasers are analysts, consultants, managers, directors and VPs in business development, finance, mergers and acquisitions, stock market analysis, discovery research, clinical development, research management and planning, strategic planning, science and technology policy, portfolio management, new product planning, program evaluation and marketing.

About Science-Metrix www.science-metrix.com

Since its founding six years ago, Science-Metrix has completed well over one hundred projects commissioned by science-based government departments and agencies, technology transfer and liaison centers, universities and private companies. Science-Metrix measures R&D using scientometric and technometric statistics on research output, scope and impact. The company also offers a growing S&T evaluation service—in addition to conducting performance audits and program evaluations, Science-Metrix also helps its clients to build and implement performance and evaluation frameworks and indicators.

About Scopus www.info.scopus.com

Elsevier, the producer of the Scopus database, and Science-Metrix, the producer of R&D Reports, have entered into an agreement that gives R&D Reports access to scientific research data that are of unprecedented depth and quality. Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of research literature, designed to find the information researchers need. Quick, easy and comprehensive, Scopus provides superior support to the literature research process. Updated daily, Scopus comprises 15,000 peer-reviewed journals from more than 4,000 publishers and 16 million records, including references that date from 1996. Science-Metrix uses its expertise in scientometric analysis to extract thematic data from this vast digital warehouse. These data are a key element of R&D Reports’ capacity to identify leading research institutions, whether they are universities, health facilities, government laboratories or companies. The quality of the data provided by Scopus also gives Science-Metrix the ability to examine research impact through citation analysis with a level of precision that was impossible to attain prior to the existence of the database.

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CONTENTS

Contents i
Tables iii
Figures iv
Dashboards v
Acronyms and Methodological Considerations vi
Presentation ix
PART I – SUMMARY AND MAIN FINDINGS 1
At the world level 2
At the national level 2
At the university level 4
At the company level 5
At the company level 7
PART II – SCIENTOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF NANOSCIENCE, 1996–2006 11
Methods for the Analysis of Scientific Research at the Nanoscale 11
1 Research in Nanoscience 17
1.1 Key findings 17
1.2 Evolution of nanoscience 19
1.3 Evolution of nanoscience 20
1.4 Collaboration of leading nanoscience organizations 23
1.5 Most cited nanoscience papers 24
2 Materials Nanoscience 27
2.1 Key findings 27
2.2 Evolution of nanomaterials 28
2.3 Leading countries in nanomaterials 29
2.4 Leading organizations in nanomaterials 32
2.5 Collaboration network of leading nanomaterials organizations 37
2.6 Most cited nanomaterials papers 38
3 Electronics and Computing Nanoscience 41
3.1 Key findings 41
3.2 Evolution of nanoelectronics 43
3.3 Leading countries in nanoelectronics 44
3.4 Leading organizations in nanoelectronics 46
3.5 Collaboration network of leading nanoelectronics organizations 52
3.6 Most cited nanoelectronics papers 53
4 Optics and Photonics Nanoscience 57
4.1 Key findings 57
4.2 Evolution of nanophotonics 59
4.3 Leading countries in nanophotonics 59
4.4 Leading organizations in nanophotonics 62
4.5 Collaboration network of leading nanophotonics organizations 67
4.6 Most cited nanophotonics papers 68
5 NEMS Nanoscience 71
5.1 Key findings 71
5.2 Evolution of NEMS 72
5.3 Leading countries in NEMS 73
5.4 Leading organizations in NEMS 75
5.5 Collaboration network of leading NEMS organizations 78
5.6 Most cited NEMS papers 79
6 Medicine and Biology Nanoscience 81
6.1 Key findings 81
6.2 Evolution of nanobiology 82
6.3 Leading countries in nanobiology 83
6.4 Leading organizations in nanobiology 85
6.5 Collaboration network of leading nanobiology organizations 91
6.6 Most cited nanobiology papers 92
7 Energy Nanoscience 95
7.1 Key findings 95
7.2 Evolution of nanoenergy 96
7.3 Leading countries in nanoenergy 97
7.4 Leading organizations in nanoenergy 100
7.5 Collaboration network of leading nanoenergy organizations 103
7.6 Most cited nanoenergy papers 104
8 Environment Nanoscience 107
8.1 Key findings 107
8.2 Evolution of nanoenvironment 108
8.3 Leading countries in nanoenvironment 108
8.4 Leading organizations in nanoenvironment 111
8.5 Most cited nanoenvironment papers 112
9 Metrology Nanoscience 115
9.1 Key findings 115
9.2 Evolution of nanometrology 116
9.3 Leading countries in nanometrology 116
9.4 Leading organizations in nanometrology 118
9.5 Most cited nanometrology papers 120
PART III - TECHNOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF NANOTECHNOLOGY, 1981-2006 125
Methods for the Analysis of Technological Research at the Nanoscale 125
10 Nanotechnology 131
10.1 Key findings 131
10.2 Evolution of nanotechnology 133
10.3 NEMS, nanoenergy, nanoenvironment, and nanometrology 138
10.4 Leading countries in nanotechnology 141
10.5 Leading companies in nanotechnology 144
10.6 Leading universities in nanotechnology 146
10.7 Leading government organizations in nanotechnology 147
10.8 Most cited nanotechnology patents 148
11 Materials Nanotechnology 151
11.1 Key findings 151
11.2 Evolution of nanomaterials 152
11.3 Leading countries in nanomaterials 153
11.4 Leading organizations in nanomaterials 155
11.5 Most cited nanomaterials patents 158
12 Electronics and Computing Nanotechnology 161
12.1 Key findings 161
12.2 Evolution of nanoelectronics 162
12.3 Leading countries in nanoelectronics 163
12.4 Leading organizations in nanoelectronics 165
12.5 Most cited nanoelectronics patents 168
13 Optics and Photonics Nanotechnology 171
13.1 Key findings 171
13.2 Evolution of nanophotonics 172
13.3 Leading countries in nanophotonics 173
13.4 Leading organizations in nanophotonics 174
13.5 Most cited nanophotonics patents 177
14 Medicine and Biology Nanotechnology 179
14.1 Key findings 179
14.2 Evolution of nanobiology 180
14.3 Leading countries in nanobiology 181
14.4 Leading organizations in nanobiology 183
14.5 Most cited nanobiology patents 185

 

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TABLES

Table I Leading countries in nanoscale R&D 3
Table II Leading universities in nanoscale R&D 6
Table III Leading companies in nanoscale R&D 6
Table IV Growth in nanoscience papers, 1996-2006 20
Table V Most cited papers published in nanoscience, 1996-2006 26
Table VI Specialization of companies in nanomaterials, 1996-2006 32
Table VII Specialization of universities in nanomaterials, 1996-2006 35
Table VIII Most cited papers published in nanomaterials, 1996-2006 40
Table IX Specialization of companies in nanoelectronics, 1996-2006 47
Table X Specialization of universities in nanoelectronics, 1996-2006 50
Table XI Most cited papers published in nanoelectronics, 1996-2006 55
Table XII Specialization of companies in nanophotonics, 1996-2006 62
Table XIII Specialization of universities in nanophotonics, 1996-2006 65
Table XIV Most cited papers published in nanophotonics, 1996-2006 70
Table XV Specialization of companies in NEMS, 1996-2006 76
Table XVI Specialization of universities in NEMS, 1996-2006 77
Table XVII Most cited papers published in NEMS, 1996-2006 80
Table XVIII Specialization of companies in nanobiology, 1996-2006 86
Table XIX Specialization of universities in nanobiology, 1996-2006 89
Table XX Most cited papers published in nanobiology, 1996-2006 94
Table XXI Specialization of companies in nanoenergy, 1996-2006 100
Table XXII Specialization of universities in nanoenergy, 1996-2006 101
Table XXIII Most cited papers published in nanoenergy, 1996-2006 105
Table XXIV Specialization of universities in nanoenvironment, 1996-2006 111
Table XXV Most cited papers published in nanoenvironment, 1996-2006 113
Table XXVI Specialization of companies in nanometrology, 1996-2006 119
Table XXVII Specialization of universities in nanometrology, 1996-2006 120
Table XXVIII Most cited papers published in nanometrology, 1996-2006 121
Table XXIX Growth rate of patents granted in nanotechnology, 1981-2006 137
Table XXX Specialization of companies in nanometrology, 1987-2006 141
Table XXXI US patents in nanotechnology per country per five-year period, 1982-2006 142
Table XXXII Most cited nanotechnology patents, 1987-2006 149
Table XXXIII US patents in nanomaterials per country per five-year period, 1982-2006 154
Table XXXIV Specialization of companies in nanomaterials, 1987-2006 156
Table XXXV Specialization of universities in nanomaterials, 1987-2006 158
Table XXXVI Specialization of government organizations in nanomaterials, 1987-2006 158
Table XXXVII Most cited nanomaterials patents, 1987-2006 159
Table XXXVIII US patents in nanoelectronics per country per five-year period, 1982-2006 164
Table XXXIX Specialization of companies in nanoelectronics, 1987-2006 166
Table XL Specialization of universities in nanoelectronics, 1987-2006 168
Table XLI Specialization of government organizations in nanoelectronics, 1987-2006 168
Table XLII Most cited nanoelectronics patents, 1987-2006 169
Table XLIII US patents in nanophotonics per country per five-year period, 1982-2006 173
Table XLIV Specialization of companies in nanophotonics, 1987-2006 175
Table XLV Specialization of universities in nanophotonics, 1987-2006 176
Table XLVI Specialization of government organizations in nanophotonics, 1987-2006 177
Table XLVII Most cited nanophotonics patents, 1987-2006 178
Table XLVIII US patents in nanobiology per country per five-year period, 1982-2006 182
Table XLIX Specialization of companies in nanobiology, 1987-2006 184
Table L Specialization of universities in nanobiology, 1987-2006 185
Table LI Specialization of government organizations in nanobiology, 1987-2006 185
Table LII Most cited nanobiology patents, 1987-2006 186

 

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Figures

Figure 1 Papers in nanoscience and proportion of world publications, 1996–2006 19
Figure 2 Position of countries in nanoscience, 1997–2006 22
Figure 3 Collaboration network of leading nanoscience organizations, 1996–2006 24
Figure 4 Papers in nanomaterials and proportion within nanoscience papers, 1996–2006 29
Figure 5 Position of countries in nanomaterials, 1997–2006 31
Figure 6 Position of companies in nanomaterials, 1997–2006 34
Figure 7 Position of universities in nanomaterials, 1997–2006 37
Figure 8 Collaboration network of leading nanomaterials organizations, 1996–2006 38
Figure 9 Papers in nanoelectronics and proportion within nanoscience papers, 1996–2006 43
Figure 10 Position of countries in nanoelectronics, 1997–2006 46
Figure 11 Position of companies in nanoelectronics, 1997–2006 49
Figure 12 Position of universities in nanoelectronics, 1997–2006 52
Figure 13 Collaboration network of leading organizations in nanoelectronics, 1996–2006 53
Figure 14 Papers in nanophotonics and proportion within nanoscience papers, 1996–2006 59
Figure 15 Position of countries in nanophotonics, 1997–2006 61
Figure 16 Position of companies in nanophotonics, 1997–2006 64
Figure 17 Position of universities in nanophotonics, 1997–2006 67
Figure 18 Collaboration network of leading nanophotonics organizations, 1996–2006 68
Figure 19 Papers in NEMS and proportion within nanoscience papers, 1996–2006 73
Figure 20 Position of countries in NEMS, 1997–2006 75
Figure 21 Collaboration network of leading NEMS organizations, 1996–2006 79
Figure 22 Papers in nanobiology and proportion within nanoscience papers, 1996–2006 83
Figure 23 Position of countries in nanobiology, 1997–2006 85
Figure 24 Position of companies in nanobiology, 1997–2006 88
Figure 25 Position of universities in nanobiology, 1997–2006 91
Figure 26 Collaboration network of leading nanobiology organizations, 1996–2006 92
Figure 27 Papers in nanoenergy and proportion within nanoscience papers, 1996–2006 97
Figure 28 Position of countries in nanoenergy, 1997–2006 99
Figure 29 Position of universities in nanoenergy, 1997–2006 103
Figure 30 Collaboration network of leading nanoenergy organizations, 1996–2006 104
Figure 31 Papers in nanoenvironment and proportion within nanoscience papers, 1996–2006 108
Figure 32 Position of countries in nanoenvironment, 1997–2006 110
Figure 33 Papers in nanometrology and proportion within nanoscience papers, 1996–2006 116
Figure 34 Position of countries in nanometrology, 1997-2006 118
Figure 35 US patents granted in the field of nanotechnology, 1981–2006 133
Figure 36 US patents granted in nanotechnology class 977, 1981–2006 134
Figure 37 Percentage of nanotechnology among US patents granted, 1981–2006 136
Figure 38 Relative growth of nanotechnology patents (fastest domains), 1981–2006 137
Figure 39 Relative growth of nanotechnology patents (slowest domains), 1981–2006 138
Figure 40 US patents granted in NEMS, 1981–2006 139
Figure 41 US patents granted in nanoenergy, 1981–2006 139
Figure 42 US patents granted in nanoenvironment, 1981–2006 140
Figure 43 US patents granted in nanometrology, 1981–2006 140
Figure 44 US patents granted in nanomaterials, 1981–2006 153
Figure 45 US patents granted in nanoelectronics, 1981–2006 163
Figure 46 US patents granted in nanophotonics, 1981–2006 173
Figure 47 US patents granted in nanobiology, 1981–2006 181

 

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DASHBOARDS

Dashboard 1 Leading countries in nanoscience, 1996–2006 21
Dashboard 2 Leading countries in nanomaterials, 1996–2006 30
Dashboard 3 Leading companies in nanomaterials, 1996–2006 33
Dashboard 4 Leading universities in nanomaterials, 1996–2006 36
Dashboard 5 Leading countries in nanoelectronics, 1996–2006 44
Dashboard 6 Leading companies in nanoelectronics, 1996–2006 48
Dashboard 7 Leading universities in nanoelectronics, 1996–2006 51
Dashboard 8 Leading countries in nanophotonics, 1996–2006 60
Dashboard 9 Leading companies in nanophotonics, 1996–2006 63
Dashboard 10 Leading universities in nanophotonics, 1996–2006 66
Dashboard 11 Leading countries in NEMS, 1996–2006 74
Dashboard 12 Leading universities in NEMS, 1996–2006 78
Dashboard 13 Leading countries in nanobiology, 1996–2006 84
Dashboard 14 Leading companies in nanobiology, 1996–2006 87
Dashboard 15 Leading universities in nanobiology, 1996–2006 90
Dashboard 16 Leading countries in nanoenergy, 1996–2006 98
Dashboard 17 Leading universities in nanoenergy, 1996–2006 102
Dashboard 18 Leading countries in nanoenvironment, 1996–2006 109
Dashboard 19 Leading countries in nanometrology, 1996–2006 117
Dashboard 20 Patent portfolios per country in nanotechnology, 1987–2006 143
Dashboard 21 Patent portfolios per company in nanotechnology, 1987–2006 146
Dashboard 22 Patent portfolios per university in nanotechnology, 1987–2006 146
Dashboard 23 Patent portfolios per government organization in nanotechnology, 1987–2006 147
Dashboard 24 Patent portfolios per country in nanomaterials, 1987–2006 155
Dashboard 25 Patent portfolios per company in nanomaterials, 1987–2006 157
Dashboard 26 Patent portfolios per country in nanoelectronics, 1987–2006 165
Dashboard 27 Patent portfolios per company in nanoelectronics, 1987–2006 167
Dashboard 28 Patent portfolios per country in nanophotonics, 1987–2006 174
Dashboard 29 Patent portfolios per company in nanophotonics, 1987–2006 176
Dashboard 30 Patent portfolios per country in nanobiology, 1987–2006 183
Dashboard 31 Patent portfolios per company in nanobiology, 1987–2006 184

 

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NANOSCALE R&D DOMAINS

To provide precise information on R&D activities, Science-Metrix delimited the field of nanoscale S&T into eight domains:

  • Materials (nanomaterials) includes research on materials that have structured components of less than 100nm, such as coatings, nanowires, nanotubes, nanoparticles (such as colloids and quantum dots), nanocrystalline materials and nanometre-sized grains
  • Electronics and computing (nanoelectronics) includes research on electronic and spintronic devices, molecular electronics, quantum well structures and quantum computing devices
  • Optics and photonics (nanophotonics) refers to research concerned with the interactions between nanostructures and light or with the manipulation and detection of nanoscale structures, such as solar cells, charge-coupled devices, quantum-well based optoelectronic structures and ultraviolet or x-ray lithography
  • Nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) includes nanoscale devices that act as sensors, actuators, motors or manipulators in various applications such as nanofluidics, molecular motors, micromirrors and optical switches
  • Medicine and biology (nanobiology) refers to research into living organisms, including nanoscale devices and processes used in drug delivery, disease diagnosis and molecular imaging
  • Energy (nanoenergy) encompasses the study of nanoscale devices or processes that act upon energy in its various forms (thermal, chemical, electrical, radiant, nuclear, etc.) for energy generation, transmission, use, and storage in electrical-, hydrogen-, solar- or biofuel-based applications
  • Environment (nanoenvironment) encompasses research on the interactions between nanostructures and the environment in order to develop devices and processes for pollution control, remediation and waste treatment and management
  • Metrology (nanometrology) refers to the study of the precise measurement of quantities, the calibration of instruments, and the determination of uncertainty and traceability of a measurement at the nanoscale

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INDICATORS

  • The number of published papers/granted patents is an indicator of the number of published papers in the Scopus database or of granted patents in the USPTO database
  • The specialization index (SI) is an indicator of research intensity that can be calculated at the geographic and organizational levels (e.g., country or company). The SI is a proportion between two percentages. For example, if 10% of a country’s papers are in the field of nanoscience and this percentage is 5% at the world level, then the country has an SI score of 2, meaning that its scientific activity in this field is twice as intense as that at the world level
  • The average of relative citations (ARC) is an indicator of the scientific (or technological) impact of papers (patents) produced by (granted to) a given entity (e.g., a country or an institution). It indicates the number of times papers or patents of a given country or organization are cited relative to that of the world’s (or another reference value, when appropriate), taking into consideration the rate of citation in the papers’ field or the patents’ class. An ARC value of 2 means that papers (or patents) are cited twice as often as the world average, and a value of 0.5 means that papers (or patents) are cited only half as often.

R&D-Reports uses these indicators to produce multicriteria rankings presented in dashboards, collaboration networks and X-Y graphs that show, at a glance, leaders' scientific and technological positions. The indicators are also used to examine the evolution of fields and domains using time series data.

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COUNTRIES IN THE REPORT

(Numbers in bracket represent the occurrence of countries and organizations in dashboards, tables and figures)

25 Countries

Australia (21)
Austria (12)
Belgium (17)
Brazil (11)
Canada (25)
China (20)
Denmark (12)
France (28)
Germany (28)
India (16)
Israel (20)
Italy (21)
Japan (28)
Korea (25)
Netherlands (24)
Poland (14)
Russia (15)
Singapore (14)
Spain (14)
Sweden (19)
Switzerland (21)
Taiwan (25)
UK (28)
Ukraine (11)
US (28)

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COMPANIES IN THE REPORT

(Numbers in bracket represent the occurrence of countries and organizations in dashboards, tables and figures)

130 Companies

3M (6)
Abbott Laboratories (1)
Advanced Technology Materials (1)
Aerospace Corp (1)
Affymetrix (3)
Agilent (8)
Akzona (2)
Alcatel-Lucent (21)
AMD (8)
Amgen (1)
Angstrom (1)
Applied Materials (2)
AstraZeneca (2)
AT&T (2)
BASF (5)
Battelle (3)
Bayer (5)
BioForce Nanosciences (1)
Biomaterials Universe (1)
Bristol-Myers Squibb (2)
Caliper Life Sciences (1)
Canon (7)
Cellomics (1)
CFD Research (1)
Chartered (1)
Chunghwa Telecom (2)
Corning (5)
CSEM (1)
Daimler (2)
Digital Bio Tech (1)
Dow Chemical (4)
Dow Corning (2)
DuPont (13)
D-Wave Systems (3)
E Ink (4)
Eastman Kodak (9)
ECD Ovonics (1)
Elan (2)
Eli Lilly (1)
Eloret (1)
Exxon Mobil (2)
FEI (1)
Forschungszentrum Jülich (11)
France Telecom (3)
Freescale (2)
Fuji Electric (7)
Fuji Xerox (3)
Fujitsu (18)
Furukawa Electric (7)
GE (6)
Genentech (1)
General Nanotechnology (2)
GlaxoSmithKline (3)
GM (4)
Hewlett-Packard (21)
Hitachi (21)
Hon Hai Precision (1)
Honeywell (5)
Hyperion Catalysis (7)
Hyundai Electronics (3)
IBM (26)
Infineon (9)
Intel (17)
Ise Electronics (1)
I-Stat Corporation (1)
JEOL (2)
Johnson & Johnson (5)
JTEKT (2)
Kimberly-Clark (4)
KLA-Tencor (1)
Konarka (2)
Leibniz-INM (2)
LG (9)
Lockheed Martin (8)
L'Oreal (5)
LSI (7)
Lubomir Institut Fur Neue Materialien Gemeinnutzige (1)
Matsushita (17)
Medtronic (3)
Merck & Co (3)
Micron (5)
Mitsubishi (20)
Motorola (15)
MVSystems (1)
NanoEnergy (1)
Nanogen (6)
NanoGram (2)
NanoProducts (4)
Nanosphere (7)
NanoSystems (2)
Nanotech (1)
Nantero (2)
National Semiconductor (1)
Nichia (10)
Nortel (4)
Novartis (7)
NTT (12)
Olympus (3)
Pfizer (4)
Philips (17)
Procter & Gamble (5)
Rhodia (1)
Roche (7)
Rohm and Haas (2)
SAIC (2)
Samsung (20)
Sanofi-Aventis (5)
Sarnoff (2)
Seagate (3)
Seiko Epson (7)
Sematech (3)
Sharp (7)
Shin-Etsu Handotai (1)
Siemens (6)
Sony (16)
Sterling Drug (3)
STMicroelectronics (6)
Sumitomo (23)
Telcordia (3)
Texas Instruments (10)
Thales (10)
Toshiba (21)
Toyota (5)
TSMC (3)
Ultrapointe (1)
UMC (1)
US Nanocorp (1)
UT-Battelle (3)
Veeco (6)
Xerox (10)
Zyvex (1)

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UNIVERSITIES IN THE REPORT

(Numbers in bracket represent the occurrence of countries and organizations in dashboards, tables and figures)

125 Universities

Arizona State U (2)
Boston U (1)
Brown (2)
Caltech (16)
Cambridge (14)
Carnegie Mellon (1)
Chalmers (1)
Cornell (8)
Delft U of Tech (3)
Duke (2)
Eindhoven U of Tech (3)
ETH Zürich (21)
Fudan U (4)
Georgia Tech (18)
Hanyang U (1)
Harbin Inst of Tech (1)
Harvard (18)
Hokkaido U (2)
Huazhong U of Sci & Tech (1)
Imperial College London (6)
Indian Inst of Tech (4)
Jilin U (4)
Johannes Kepler U (4)
Johns Hopkins (4)
Kansas State U (1)
Kyoto U (4)
Kyushu U (5)
Lehigh U (1)
Louisiana State U (1)
Michigan State (3)
MIT (30)
Moscow State U (7)
Nagoya U (3)
Nanjing U (8)
Nankai U (1)
Nanyang Tech U (5)
Natl Chiao Tung U (6)
Natl Taiwan U (12)
Natl Tsing Hua U (2)
Natl U of Singapore (14)
North Carolina State U (1)
Northwestern (14)
Ohio State U (2)
Osaka U (18)
Oxford (1)
Peking U (10)
Penn State (12)
Poznan U of Tech (1)
Princeton (2)
Purdue (7)
Queensland U of Tech (1)
Rice (5)
Rutgers (2)
Seoul Natl U (16)
Shanghai Jiao Tong U (1)
Stanford (21)
State U of New York (1)
Stockholm U (1)
Tech U of Denmark (2)
Tech U of Ilmenau (1)
Tech U of Munich (2)
Texas A&M (2)
Tianjin U (1)
Tohoku U (15)
Tokyo Tech (14)
Tsinghua U (15)
Tufts U (1)
U of Alberta (1)
U of Birmingham (1)
U of California (9)
U of California Irvine (1)
U of Chicago (1)
U of Cincinnati (2)
U of Colorado Boulder (3)
U of Connecticut (3)
U of Edinburgh (1)
U of Florida (7)
U of Groningen (5)
U of Helsinki (1)
U of Illinois (4)
U of Illinois at U-C (17)
U of Iowa (1)
U of Kentucky (1)
U of Kyoto (10)
U of Maryland College Park (2)
U of Miami (1)
U of Michigan (17)
U of Minnesota (6)
U of New Mexico (1)
U of North Carolina (1)
U of North Carolina Charlotte (1)
U of Notre Dame (3)
U of Oklahoma (1)
U of Pennsylvania (10)
U of Sheffield (3)
U of South Carolina (1)
U of South Florida (1)
U of Texas Austin (6)
U of Texas El Paso (1)
U of Texas System (4)
U of Tokyo (19)
U of Toronto (7)
U of Tsukuba (3)
U of Twente (1)
U of Utah (2)
U of Warwick (1)
U of Waterloo (1)
U of Wisconsin (2)
U of Wisconsin-Madison (3)
U of Wollongong (1)
U of Wurzburg (4)
U Paris-Sud (1)
U Pierre et Marie Curie (2)
UC Berkeley (22)
UC Davis (1)
UC San Diego (5)
UC San Francisco (4)
UC Santa Barbara (10)
UCLA (14)
Uppsala U (2)
Wisconsin U (1)
Worcester Polytechnic Institute (1)
Wuhan U of Sci & Tech (1)
Xiamen U (1)
Zhejiang U (6)

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GOVERNEMENT ORGANIZATIONS IN THE REPORT

(Numbers in bracket represent the occurrence of countries and organizations in dashboards, tables and figures)

15 Government Organizations (Patents Only)

AIST (1)
CEA (1)
CNRS (2)
CSIR (2)
ETRI (3)
ITRI (4)
JST (4)
KIST (2)
NASA (3)
NRC-Canada (2)
NSC (1)
Sandia (3)
US Air Force (2)
US Army (4)
US HHS (2)
US Navy (5)

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