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Power Law Distributions of Patents as Indicators of Innovation
The total number of patents produced by a country (or the number of patents produced per capita) is often used as an indicator for innovation. Here we present evidence that the distribution of patents amongst applicants within many countries is well-described by power laws with exponents that vary b...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2012
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3515563/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23227144 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0049501 |