An analysis of the evolution of science-technology linkage in biomedicine

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Highlights：

• Patent-to-paper citations in a 37-year period are analyzed.

• There is an exponential growth of patent-to-paper citations, doubling every 2.9 years.

• Different dimensions of cited science are studied.

• For the majority of companies, more than half of citations in their patents are authored by public research.

摘要

•Patent-to-paper citations in a 37-year period are analyzed.•There is an exponential growth of patent-to-paper citations, doubling every 2.9 years.•Different dimensions of cited science are studied.•For the majority of companies, more than half of citations in their patents are authored by public research.

论文关键词：Patent-to-paper citation,Non-patent reference,Science-technology interaction,Biomedical research,Public science

论文评审过程：Received 16 May 2019, Revised 13 June 2020, Accepted 24 June 2020, Available online 3 July 2020, Version of Record 3 July 2020.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2020.101074