Abstract
The statistical analysis of academic literature, also known as “bibliometrics”, is being increasingly applied to analyse research trends, to identify emerging areas of science and to fi nd out where and how often specifi c articles are cited. The aim of this study was to identify technological innovation trend patterns in the aerospace sector applying bibliometric analysis over the period 2008 – 2015. In this study the keywords space technology, satellite, space launch vehicle, spacecraft, rocket and space station were used to scrutinize the database Web of Science (ISI). The obtained records were analysed using the Patent Insight Pro software (2015). It was observed that the researches related to aerospace technological development has been focused in satellites, giving also some directions for satellite launch vehicles. Bibliometric analysis revealed concern on new lowcost technologies development, and the applied logistic fi t suggests that over the next fi ve years the continuity on new space technologies development will be mostly related to small satellites, with also contributions associated with high-resolution imagery in order to improve Earth observation in low orbit.
Highlights
In recent decades, the production of knowledge and technological innovation have been dictated by the countries’ development policies, making innovation the vehicle of transformation and enrichment of knowledge, contributing to improve the quality of society’s life (MCTI 2014).The development of technological monitoring, as a technological forecasting tool, trying to anticipate future events, has become of great value to the consolidation of the knowledge-based economy.One of the existing technological monitoring challenges is the search for patterns and explanations for unstructured behaviours
The use of tools developed by bibliometrics for measure and interpret the scientific and technological advances, depending on the examined sources, allows the monitoring methodology to produce useful information about the research, development and innovation activities (Watts and Porter 1997)
Bibliometrics is the statistical analysis of bibliographic data including books, articles or other publications, measuring the scientific activity in a subject category, journal, country or other area of interest (Thomson Reuters 2008)
Summary
The production of knowledge and technological innovation have been dictated by the countries’ development policies, making innovation the vehicle of transformation and enrichment of knowledge, contributing to improve the quality of society’s life (MCTI 2014).The development of technological monitoring, as a technological forecasting tool, trying to anticipate future events, has become of great value to the consolidation of the knowledge-based economy.One of the existing technological monitoring challenges is the search for patterns and explanations for unstructured behaviours. The production of knowledge and technological innovation have been dictated by the countries’ development policies, making innovation the vehicle of transformation and enrichment of knowledge, contributing to improve the quality of society’s life (MCTI 2014). The development of technological monitoring, as a technological forecasting tool, trying to anticipate future events, has become of great value to the consolidation of the knowledge-based economy. The use of tools developed by bibliometrics for measure and interpret the scientific and technological advances, depending on the examined sources, allows the monitoring methodology to produce useful information about the research, development and innovation activities (Watts and Porter 1997). Bibliometrics is the statistical analysis of bibliographic data including books, articles or other publications, measuring the scientific activity in a subject category, journal, country or other area of interest (Thomson Reuters 2008). It helps researchers to understand the developments in a field within the scope of the worldwide research community
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