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Searching for adverse drug reactions at the margin of scientific fields

The scientometric detection of peripheral but potentially innovative developments in pharmaceutical research

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Results are presented of a scientometric analysis focusing on peripheral dynamics in a scientific field. We evaluate different techniques on their appropriateness for detecting relations between aspects that seem to be not of central interest but are important in innovative research. We do so in order to quantify the role that adverse drug reactions can play as trigger points in innovative drug research.

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  1. Groningen Centre for Drug Research, A. Deusinglaan 2, 9713 AW, Groningen, (The Netherlands)

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Rikken, F., Vos, R. Searching for adverse drug reactions at the margin of scientific fields. Scientometrics 30, 187–199 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02017222

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