Science quality and the value of inventions
Abstract
Despite decades of research, the relationship between the quality of science and the value of inventions has remained unclear. We present the result of a large-scale matching exercise between 4.8 million patent families and 43 million publication records. We find a strong positive relationship between the quality of the scientific contributions referenced in patents and the value of the respective inventions. We rank patents by the quality of...
Paper Details
Title
Science quality and the value of inventions
Published Date
Dec 1, 2019
Journal
Volume
5
Issue
12
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