New quantitative methods for science and technology analysis
Call for paper –
Special Issue Revue d’Economie Industrielle
New quantitative methods for science and technology analysis
Guest editors:
Stefano BIANCHINI (BETA, université de Strasbourg)
Jean‐Marc DELTORN (CEIPI‐BETA, université de Strasbourg)
Dominique GUELLEC (OST)
Julien PENIN (BETA, université de Strasbourg)
Context and aims of the special issue
Recent advances in access to data and information processing techniques are revolutionizing data‐based methods in social sciences and humanities. Among the most advanced techniques are machine learning, text analysis (Natural Language Processing – NLP), image and graph analysis. These methods make it possible not only to process very large data sets (Big Data) but also to use new, unstructured sources of information. In the field of economics of innovation and industrial organization, patent and scientific publication data have been used for several decades in empirical research. Their advantages and disadvantages are now well known. With the new methods available, researchers can now overcome several limitations and thus improve existing indicators (e.g., technology diffusion), design new ones (e.g., novelty) and supplement data with alternative sources, often through web scraping techniques. Data‐driven approaches for science and technology analysis can be extremely powerful, but need to be well understood if their potential is to be fully exploited and their pitfalls avoided. For that purpose, more experience needs to be accumulated and its results shared in the community of researchers. In this context, the objective of this special issue is to bring together a selection of studies using new quantitative methods for exploiting patent data, scientific publications and others. Articles can reflect both methodological research on new quantitative techniques, or applications of these techniques to specific issues in economics, management or other approaches to science and technology. Due to the novelty of these techniques, we welcome early, exploratory research, as well as interdisciplinary research conducted with, for instance, linguists, computer scientists, engineers, etc.
Suggested topics :
Submitted papers should deal with the following topics (list not exhaustive, other topics are welcome): ‐ Methodological issues related to the use of machine learning, NLP or graph analysis with patent, scientific publication data or others (Aristodemou & Tietze, 2018; Balsmeier et al., 2018); ‐ How new quantitative methods impact technology forecasting (Lee et al., 2018) and/or market sector dynamics forecasting (von Hippel & Kaulartz, S., 2020); ‐ How new quantitative methods improve our understanding of the innovation process (Cockburn et al., 2018; Feng, 2020; Guerzoni et al., 2020; von Hippel and Cann, 2020) ‐ How new quantitative methods impacts science and its relations with industry (Bianchini et al., 2020); ‐ How new quantitative methods contribute to design new indicators and improve the measurement of innovation (Fredström et al., 2021) ‐ How new quantitative methods can improve design, monitoring and evaluation practices of public policy?
Timing and submission process
‐ October 31, 2021: Submission of article proposals (full versions) ‐ January 2022: Return of the first evaluation ‐ May 2022: Submission of the modified versions ‐ End of 2022: Publication of the special issue Authors are asked to send an intention of submission (title and abstract of the proposal) to the editors of the special issue before June 18, 2021 (contact: penin@unistra.fr)
Proposals for articles should be submitted on the platform:
https://journals.sfu.ca/rei/index.php/rei Authors must select the tab "New quantitative methods for science and technology analysis" as the journal section's choice (step 1 of the submission process). Articles must be submitted in English.
References
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