Science-Metrix launches the Nanotechnology World R&D Report 2008
April 10 2008 - 7:37AM
PR Newswire (US)
MONTREAL, April 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Science-Metrix, the science and
technology measurement and evaluation firm that created R&D
Reports(TM), today announced the launch of the Nanotechnology World
R&D Report 2008. This off-the-shelf report, based on Scopus(R)
and USPTO data, enables its users to rapidly determine where and by
whom cutting-edge R&D on the nanoscale is being conducted. The
Nanotechnology World R&D Report shows that US and Japanese
companies and universities have traditionally led developments in
this field. For instance, California is by far the biggest hotspot,
particularly in nanoelectronics, but the report also illustrates
the tightly knit collaboration networks within Japan. With some
exceptions, Europe is failing to catch up with the US and Japan in
nanoscale R&D, while China and Taiwan, Korea, India, and
Singapore are rapidly becoming scientific and technological powers
to contend with. In the report, analysts can thus rapidly see how
well 25 countries, 130 companies and 125 universities from around
the world score based on scientific and technological output,
research intensity and impact in nanoscale R&D. This new
benchmarking tool examines the intellectual property position in
the US and the scientific output, as indexed in Elsevier's Scopus
database, to highlight strengths and collaboration patterns in
eight key domains of nanotechnology and nanoscience research. "It
is high time that senior decision makers in companies, universities
and government gain access to information that clearly spells out
where excellence in research and development can be found", says
Eric Archambault, Ph.D., President, Science-Metrix. He adds that
"traditionally, decision makers had to commission reports that were
expensive and took a long time to produce." The solution is a new
off-the-shelf tool that offers the cost benefits of syndicated
research with the peace of mind afforded by statistics
independently produced by a firm with established scientific and
technical expertise. R&D Reports are typically purchased by
analysts, consultants, managers, directors, and VPs in business
development, finance, discovery research, clinical development,
strategic planning, science and technology policy, portfolio
management, new product planning, program evaluation, and
marketing. The first report in this series focuses on domains
within nanoscale R&D that have a high level activity in both
science and technology: electronics and computing, metrology,
energy, optics and photonics, environment, NEMS, materials, and
medicine and biology. These domains are examined on four levels:
the world, countries, companies and universities. "We are very
pleased that once again Scopus has been able to support the
production of comprehensive, reliable and insightful reports that
can be of great use to governments, academics and industry" says
Niels Weertman, Director of Scopus. About R&D Reports R&D
Reports is a division of Science-Metrix that produces off-the-shelf
reports on R&D performed in research-intensive fields. Using
bibliometric methods, the data and analyses in each report are
independently-produced, robust, objective and reproducible. Based
on scientometrics, R&D Reports locates and ranks the world's
research hotspots through careful examination of scientific
publications and, based on technometrics, compares the IP portfolio
of leading countries, organizations and researchers, and reveals
the interrelationships between these leading organizations. For
more information, please visit http://www.rd-reports.com/ About
Science-Metrix In six years, Science-Metrix has completed about two
hundred projects commissioned by science-based government
departments and agencies, technology transfer and liaison centers,
universities, and private companies. Science-Metrix provides
custom-made analyses and measures R&D using scientometric and
technometric statistics on research output. The company also
conducts S&T performance audits, program evaluations, and
develops performance and evaluation frameworks and indicators. For
more information, please visit http://www.science-metrix.com/ About
Scopus Covering the world's research literature, Scopus is the
largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature,
with smart tools to track, analyze and visualize research. Scopus
contains abstracts and references from 15,000 peer-reviewed
journals from more than 4,000 publishers worldwide, ensuring broad
interdisciplinary coverage. In addition, Scopus integrates web and
patent searches directly from its clean and simple interface. For
more information, please visit http://www.info.scopus.com/ About
Elsevier Elsevier is a world-leading publisher of scientific,
technical and medical information products and services. Elsevier's
7,000 employees in over 70 offices worldwide publish more than
2,000 journals and 1,900 new books per year, in addition to
offering a suite of innovative electronic products. Elsevier
(http://www.elsevier.com/) is headquartered in Amsterdam, The
Netherlands. Elsevier is part of Reed Elsevier Group plc
(http://www.reedelsevier.com/), a world-leading publisher and
information provider. Operating in the science and medical, legal,
education and business-to-business sectors, Reed Elsevier provides
high-quality and flexible information solutions to users, with
increasing emphasis on the Internet as a means of delivery. Reed
Elsevier's ticker symbols are REN (Euronext Amsterdam), REL (London
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Science-Metrix CONTACT: Media Contact: Eric Archambault, President,
Science-Metrix, (514) 495 6505, ext. 111,
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