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The first and most basic tenet of science and technology indicators is activity measurement: that counts of patents and counts of papers provide valid indicators of R&D activity in the subject areas of those patents or papers, and at the institutions from which they originate.
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Smith, V.M. (1997). Technological Patent Indicators as an Advanced Tool to Assess Technological Performance. In: Rabkin, Y.M. (eds) Diffusion of New Technologies in the Post-Communist World. NATO ASI Series, vol 13. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5770-4_8
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