An academic landscape of patent & innovation research for policy reform

The global intellectual property system is currently being revolutionized by changes in innovation and the quantitative expansion in patenting. There is an expectation of applying the results of academic patents studies to the reformation of the intellectual property system. On the other hand, the rapid quantitative expansion in academic knowledge is posing difficulties for the application of conventional techniques to extract required knowledge or apply a suitable synthesis. This article has the purpose of effective implementation of large volumes of knowledge for policy formation and examines the methodology for specifying academic growth fronts, important research domains or comprehension of the academic landscape. We specify that research fronts have a profound association with issues surrounding reform of the system.