A study of collaborations in solar cell science and technology

Author

Chen, Dar-Zen ; Dong, Huei-Ru ; Huang, Mu-Hsuan

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mech. Eng., Nat. Taiwan Univ., Taipei, Taiwan

fYear

2010

fDate

2-5 June 2010

Firstpage

794

Lastpage

799

Abstract

This study attempts to explore the collaborations in solar cell science from the perspectives of science and technology, focusing on the productivity and citations of papers and patents. The study tries to find out: Is the trend of collaborations in papers increasing? Does the trend of collaborations work for patents? After thorough research, this study finds that although most papers and patents are collaborative efforts, the collaboration rate of paper is higher. At the same time, the collaboration in patents on an international scale is not active. The overall trends for the past 30 years show international collaborations have the best performance, but the performance for the single-authored papers is better in the recent period.

Keywords

international collaboration; patents; productivity; solar cells; citations; collaboration rate; international collaborations; international scale; patents; productivity; science and technology; single-authored papers; solar cell science; Bibliometrics; Collaborative tools; Collaborative work; Information science; International collaboration; Libraries; Mechanical engineering; Paper technology; Photovoltaic cells; Productivity; PV system; collaboration; paper; patent; solar cell;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Management of Innovation and Technology (ICMIT), 2010 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Singapore

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-6565-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-6566-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICMIT.2010.5492789

Filename

5492789