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Tracking techno-science networks: A case study of fuel cells and related hydrogen technology R&D in Norway

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This study explores boundary-crossing networks in fuel-cell science and technology. We use the case of Norwegian fuel cell and related hydrogen research to explore techno-science networks. Standard bibliometric and patent indicators are presented. Then we explore different types of network maps — maps based on co-authorship, co-patenting and co-activity data. Different network configurations occur for each type of map. Actors reach different levels of prominence in the different maps, but most of them are active both in science and technology. This illustrates that to appreciate fully the range of science-technology interplay, all three analyses need to be taken into account.

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  1. NIFU-STEP — Studies in Innovation, Research and Education, Wergelandsveien 7, NO-0167, Oslo, Norway

    Antje Klitkou

  2. Division of Innovation, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

    Stian Nygaard

  3. University of Sussex, SPRU, Brighton, UK

    Martin Meyer

  4. Institute of Strategy and International Business, Helsinki University of Technology, Espoo, Finland

    Martin Meyer

  5. Steunpunt O&O Statistieken, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

    Martin Meyer

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Klitkou, A., Nygaard, S. & Meyer, M. Tracking techno-science networks: A case study of fuel cells and related hydrogen technology R&D in Norway. Scientometrics 70, 491–518 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-007-0213-6

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