SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE (STCI)

Exhaustive documentary research is an essential first step for tackling many questions in science, technology and innovation. For instance, research management agencies often want to learn from the experiences of similar organizations rather than run the risk of reinventing the wheel or developing an original but inadequate solution. Many agencies also need periodically to monitor scientific and technical production in their fields. S&T monitoring and STCI are highly valuable strategic tools that can meet these needs.

The Science-Metrix team has solid experience in the retrieval, structuring, synthesis and monitoring of scientific, technological and strategic information. When integrated with S&T measurement methods (scientometrics and technometrics), STCI can be used to check up on or more precisely describe research and development trends (R&D) in various fields.

While Science-Metrix usually integrates S&T monitoring into its work, it can also offer its expertise for more specific information research projects. To conduct its monitoring activities, Science-Metrix has access to numerous specialized information sources, public and private, national and international. Our main information sources are:

Scientific and technical publications databases (Medline, SCI expanded, SCI/SSCI/AHCI, Conference and Workshop Proceedings)

Databases on R&D funding

Patents databases (USPTO, OEB, OPIC, OMPI)

Sectoral market research and analyses

Economic and socio-political data

Specialized projects and institutional repertories

Specialized data and information websites

Survey data

Science-Metrix offers unique and advantageous monitoring and STCI solutions and delivers results in the form of referenced analyses or on CD-ROM. The information is indexed, standardized and referenced to let users conduct their own instantaneous local searches on hundreds of documents.