IRIS - Institutional Research Information System

Beyond Citations: Measuring Novel Scientific Ideas and their Impact in Publication Text

New scientific ideas drive progress, yet measuring scientific novelty remains challenging. We use natural language processing to detect the origin and impact of new ideas in scientific publications. To validate our methods, we analyze Nobel Prize-winning papers, which likely pioneered impactful new ideas, and literature review papers, which typically consolidate existing knowledge. We also show that novel papers have more intellectual neighbors published after them, indicating they are ahead ...

The role of green networks for environmental innovation in European regions

This paper investigates the role of green research networks in green innovation capabilities (proxied by green patents) in European regions. Our hypothesis is based on the idea that cross-border collaboration facilitates the diffusion of knowledge, thereby favouring the green innovation of the regions belonging to the network. We exploit information contained in the European Framework Programmes by looking at the role of intra and extra-regional collaborations and at the diversity of institut...

On star-k-PCGs: exploring class boundaries for small k values

Green research networks and environmental innovation: the role of regional absorptive capacity

This paper focuses on how R&D investment enhances absorptive capacity by facilitating knowledge transfer in green research networks across European regions. The study takes into account potential nonlinear effects by estimating the moderating impact of R&D deciles on the elasticity of patents to the variation in regional participation in green networks over the period 2003 to 2021. The results suggest a minimum threshold level of R&D investment for regions to benefit from particip...