Science-Metrix launches the Nanotechnology World R&D Report 2008

MONTREAL, April 10 /PRNewswire/ - Science-Metrix, the science and
technology measurement and evaluation firm that created R&D Reports(TM), today
announced the launch of the Nanotechnology World R&D Report 2008. This
off-the-shelf report, based on Scopus(R) and USPTO data, enables its users to
rapidly determine where and by whom cutting-edge R&D on the nanoscale is being
conducted.
The Nanotechnology World R&D Report shows that US and Japanese companies
and universities have traditionally led developments in this field. For
instance, California is by far the biggest hotspot, particularly in
nanoelectronics, but the report also illustrates the tightly knit
collaboration networks within Japan. With some exceptions, Europe is failing
to catch up with the US and Japan in nanoscale R&D, while China and Taiwan,
Korea, India, and Singapore are rapidly becoming scientific and technological
powers to contend with.
In the report, analysts can thus rapidly see how well 25 countries, 130
companies and 125 universities from around the world score based on scientific
and technological output, research intensity and impact in nanoscale R&D. This
new benchmarking tool examines the intellectual property position in the US
and the scientific output, as indexed in Elsevier's Scopus database, to
highlight strengths and collaboration patterns in eight key domains of
nanotechnology and nanoscience research.
"It is high time that senior decision makers in companies, universities
and government gain access to information that clearly spells out where
excellence in research and development can be found", says Eric Archambault,
Ph.D., President, Science-Metrix. He adds that "traditionally, decision makers
had to commission reports that were expensive and took a long time to
produce." The solution is a new off-the-shelf tool that offers the cost
benefits of syndicated research with the peace of mind afforded by statistics
independently produced by a firm with established scientific and technical
expertise.
R&D Reports are typically purchased by analysts, consultants, managers,
directors, and VPs in business development, finance, discovery research,
clinical development, strategic planning, science and technology policy,
portfolio management, new product planning, program evaluation, and marketing.
The first report in this series focuses on domains within nanoscale R&D that
have a high level activity in both science and technology: electronics and
computing, metrology, energy, optics and photonics, environment, NEMS,
materials, and medicine and biology. These domains are examined on four
levels: the world, countries, companies and universities.
"We are very pleased that once again Scopus has been able to support the
production of comprehensive, reliable and insightful reports that can be of
great use to governments, academics and industry" says Niels Weertman,
Director of Scopus.
About R&D Reports
R&D Reports is a division of Science-Metrix that produces off-the-shelf
reports on R&D performed in research-intensive fields. Using bibliometric
methods, the data and analyses in each report are independently-produced,
robust, objective and reproducible. Based on scientometrics, R&D Reports
locates and ranks the world's research hotspots through careful examination of
scientific publications and, based on technometrics, compares the IP portfolio
of leading countries, organizations and researchers, and reveals the
interrelationships between these leading organizations. For more information,
please visit www.rd-reports.com
About Science-Metrix
In six years, Science-Metrix has completed about two hundred projects
commissioned by science-based government departments and agencies, technology
transfer and liaison centers, universities, and private companies.
Science-Metrix provides custom-made analyses and measures R&D using
scientometric and technometric statistics on research output. The company also
conducts S&T performance audits, program evaluations, and develops performance
and evaluation frameworks and indicators. For more information, please visit
www.science-metrix.com
About Scopus
Covering the world's research literature, Scopus is the largest abstract
and citation database of peer-reviewed literature, with smart tools to track,
analyze and visualize research. Scopus contains abstracts and references from
15,000 peer-reviewed journals from more than 4,000 publishers worldwide,
ensuring broad interdisciplinary coverage. In addition, Scopus integrates web
and patent searches directly from its clean and simple interface. For more
information, please visit www.info.scopus.com
About Elsevier
Elsevier is a world-leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical
information products and services. Elsevier's 7,000 employees in over 70
offices worldwide publish more than 2,000 journals and 1,900 new books per
year, in addition to offering a suite of innovative electronic products.
Elsevier (http://www.elsevier.com/) is headquartered in Amsterdam, The
Netherlands. Elsevier is part of Reed Elsevier Group plc
(http://www.reedelsevier.com/), a world-leading publisher and information
provider. Operating in the science and medical, legal, education and
business-to-business sectors, Reed Elsevier provides high-quality and flexible
information solutions to users, with increasing emphasis on the Internet as a
means of delivery. Reed Elsevier's ticker symbols are REN (Euronext
Amsterdam), REL (London Stock Exchange), RUK and ENL (New York Stock
Exchange).
SOURCE Science-Metrix

Media Contact: Eric Archambault, President, Science-Metrix, (514) 495 6505,
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