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Technological trends in the area of fullerenes using bibliometric analysis of patents

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Patents are a useful source of scientific and technological information. The bibliometrics analysis of patents has been made to identify technological trends in the area of fullerenes and study other parameters like growth of the patenting activity, active players in the field from industry, academia and government research institutions. It indicates that firms and R&D organisations in developing countries could undertake similar study on specific topics of their interests and obtain relevant insights.

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Gupta, V.K. Technological trends in the area of fullerenes using bibliometric analysis of patents. Scientometrics 44, 17–31 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02458475

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