Tech mining: Text mining and visualization tools, as applied to nanoenhanced solar cells

Title: Tech mining: Text mining and visualization tools, as applied to nanoenhanced solar cells
Format: Journal Article
Publication Date: December 2011
Published In: Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery
Description: 'Tech mining' is a multistep process for the analysis of science, technology, & innovation ('ST&I') information resources. It uses text mining, visualization, and communication tools to provide the empirical knowledge necessary to address management of technology questions. Tech mining can help assess mature or emerging fields of science and technology, such as nanotechnology. Here, we depict select analyses and visualizations of relevant ST&I data on the topics of nanoenhanced, thin-film solar cells and dye-sensitized solar cells. These analyses help identify complementary and competitive research activity, evaluate research productivity, assess research interdisciplinarity, understand nanotechnology developmental trajectories, and identify and forecast promising nanoapplications. © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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Citation: Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery. 1. Issue 2. 172 - 181. ISSN 1942-4787. DOI 10.1002/widm.7.
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