Research into plastic recycling is rapidly increasing as ocean and land pollution and
ecosystem degradation from plastic waste is becoming a serious concern. In this study, we …

Abstract Technological Forecasting and Social Change (TFSC) is one of the main outlets in
the literature on technological change. To assist its editors and future contributors in …

Sustainability science is a rapidly expanding field, particularly given the current ecological
crises facing many parts of the globe today. To generate a snapshot of the state of …

Technology and innovation management is vital emerging research fields. Technological
Forecasting and Social Change (TFSC) has worked as a major forum in this field and is …

Computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) has been a promising area of research over the last two
decades. However, CAD is a very complicated subject because it involves a number of …

Detecting potential opportunities for scientific advancement and technological progress is
vital for academia and technology-based firms. While patent data have become an …

The interaction between scientific and technological knowledge facilitates exploration of
new technological opportunities; however, gaps between them typically impede exploration …

Abstract This paper investigates Literature Based Discovery (LBD) approach to reveal
linkages between technology and social issue to elucidate plausible contribution of science …

In this paper, we investigate the performance of different types of weighted citation networks
for detecting emerging research fronts by a comparative study. Three citation patterns …

The detection of promising academic research is vital for firms in a variety of sectors.
Bibliometric tools can be used to detect such research hidden in a pile of papers and …