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Dissertation
The publications of U.S. industrial scientists: a company and industry analysis
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Drexel University
1986
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17918/00009059
Abstract
This study examines the relationship between the volume of scientific and technical publications (papers) by industrial scientists, and the characteristics of the corporations in which they work. Specifically the study examines: (1) the relationship between several key financial characteristics of U.S. industrial firms and the production of scientific papers; (2) the relationship between the amount of scientific papers published by industrial scientists, and the publication of patents; (3) the relationship between the quality of the scientists employed by U.S. industrial firms and the firms' output of scientific publications. Data from 225 U.S. corporations are collected for the years 1975 through 1983. The corporations chosen for the study all have a history of consistent expenditure of funds for research and development. There is a substantial correlation between patenting and the publication of scientific papers for the group of 225 U.S. corporations in this study although there is considerable industry variation in the relationship. Large firms in the study, as measured by their annual sales, produce proportionately fewer scientific papers than do small firms. Although R&D expenditures and the publication of scientific papers are highly correlated, there appears to be no pattern between R&D and paper publication over time. R&D "productivity" (the annual number of papers published divided by constant dollar annual R&D expenditures) has remained fairly constant between 1975 and 1983. The number of elite scientists in a corporation is more highly correlated with the publication of scientific papers than with the publication of patents.
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Details
- Title
- The publications of U.S. industrial scientists
- Creators
- Michael Robert Halperin
- Awarding Institution
- Drexel University
- Degree Awarded
- Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
- Publisher
- Drexel University; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Number of pages
- xi, 120 pages
- Resource Type
- Dissertation
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- College of Information Studies (1984-1995); Drexel University
- Other Identifier
- 991021888862804721