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Citation impact of public and private funding on nanotechnology-related publications

Leila Tahmooresnejad and Catherine Beaudry

Article (2019)

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This paper analyses the effects of public and private funding on the subsequent scientific output of academic research in nanotechnology. We investigate whether public grants increase the citation of publications, as well as whether private funding is complementary in enhancing citation impact. Using panel data, we compare autoregression models, binary case and continuous treatment analysis to find evidence that funding can positively affect the citation rate of scientific publications. The results show that the influence of public grants on the number of citations follows almost an inverted U shape curve, which has a positive impact proportional to the amount of public funding received. In contrast, industry funding does not exhibit robust effectiveness on citations. The estimates suggest that private research funding from industry can be detrimental to publication impact.

Uncontrolled Keywords

research funding; private funding; scientific papers; citations; nanotechnology

Subjects: 2700 Information technology > 2700 Information technology
2700 Information technology > 2714 Mathematics of computing
Department: Department of Mathematics and Industrial Engineering
Funders: Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada
Grant number: 430-2012-0849, 435-2013-1220
PolyPublie URL: https://publications.polymtl.ca/41777/
Journal Title: International Journal of Technology Management (vol. 79, no. 1)
Publisher: Inderscience
DOI: 10.1504/ijtm.2019.096511
Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1504/ijtm.2019.096511
Date Deposited: 18 Apr 2023 15:02
Last Modified: 13 Jan 2025 11:09
Cite in APA 7: Tahmooresnejad, L., & Beaudry, C. (2019). Citation impact of public and private funding on nanotechnology-related publications. International Journal of Technology Management, 79(1), 21-59. https://doi.org/10.1504/ijtm.2019.096511

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