The goal of this study is to analyze the variability of topics in research fields of technologies to explain scientific and technological evolution. Empirical research focuses on quantum technologies (quantum optics, metrology, imaging and sensing) to explain characteristics of the variation...

The purpose of this paper is an introduction to scientific methods that are organized and systematic scientific approaches used by scholars for controlled investigations and experiments to efficiently solve theoretical and practical problems, generate discoveries and/or advance scientific...

Interest in the role that science and scientific research play in economics and the other social sciences has exploded in the last fifty years. This attention undoubtedly reflects the increased importance that scientific research is contributing more and more to employment and economic growth,...

This study explains aspects and strategies of critical decision in crisis management. Critical decisions enable organizations to cope with consequential environmental threats or take advantage of important opportunities in the presence of highly restricted time. In particular, critical decisions...

Science plays a fundamental role in society. Social studies of science have analyzed the nature of scientific research and the fruitful effects for innovation, employment and economic growth of nations. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the origins, nature, evolution and structure of...

The goal of this study is to analyze the relation between funded and unfunded papers, and citations in different scientific fields to explain causes of scientific development. Findings here reveal general properties of science dynamics and diffusion : a) Funded articles in journals receive...

Interest in the role that science and scientific research play in economics and the other social sciences has exploded in the last fifty years. This attention undoubtedly reflects the increased importance that scientific research is contributing more and more to employment and economic growth,...

A new discipline analyses the role of science in society: the economics of scientific research. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the origins, nature, evolution and structure of the economics of scientific research. The paper suggests that one of the first scholars that has tried to...

The goal of this paper is to determine the probability of discovery to explain the processes of discovery in different research fields over time and space. This study applies a probabilistic model of Poisson to assess the probability of discoveries in the research fields of medicine and physics....