Strategic Intelligence for the Future 2

5 Examples of Bibliometric Analysis of Scientific Information and Patents

In this chapter, there is no question, whether for scientific publications or patents, of presenting in detail everything that can be achieved in bibliographic searches. If the reader wishes to learn more on this specific point in detail, they can consult a general work that explores the possibilities of information research more deeply, particularly when using Google [DOU 17] and the Internet [BON 18], as well as various publications and books. In the previous chapter, we saw that [DES 11, WAY 94] the purpose is initially to move away from a pointed and reductionist vision, and toward a global and holistic vision of the subject. It is only after this that analysis of results makes it possible to refine research according to the needs of the user, which may differ from what they were at the outset depending on the new directions detected during general analysis. In this chapter, we will address three aspects:

• – a global vision starting with specialist search engines;
• – analyzing scientific publications using two examples: the Web of Science (WoS) [WIK 18a] and Google Scholar [FLA 14];
• – information taken from patents.

In the references cited throughout these three topics, the reader will find all the information needed to explore this domain in more depth. On the other hand, so far as possible, we will use free sources or information processing software that present the best compromise between efficiency, ...