Intellectual Property and Patents
Intellectual Property and Patents is a research topic within Management of Technology and Innovation. Science Explorer counts 19k research works in it since 1950. 16.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the analysis of intellectual property rights, particularly patents, and their impact on innovation, market value, technology roadmapping, knowledge spillovers, licensing, and R&D incentives. It explores topics such as patent citations, global patent protection, and the relationship between a firm's patent quality and its market value.
- Patent Analysis
- Intellectual Property Rights
- Innovation
- Technology Roadmapping
- Patent Citations
- Market Value
- Knowledge Spillovers
- Licensing
- R&D Incentives
- Global Patent Protection
- Research works
- 19k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 3.2k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 16.7% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -14% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Intellectual Property and Patents research?
By volume, the United States and China publish the most (508 and 442 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 508 works
- 2 China 442 works
- 3 India 258 works
- 4 United Kingdom 147 works
- 5 Germany 106 works
- 6 Italy 86 works
- 7 Brazil 85 works
- 8 France 82 works
- 9 Indonesia 75 works
- 10 South Korea 73 works
How concentrated that is
The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Intellectual Property and Patents research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Georgetown University publishes the most Intellectual Property and Patents research, followed by Victoria University of Wellington and O. P. Jindal Global University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Georgetown University United States 35 works
- 2 Victoria University of Wellington New Zealand 15 works
- 3 O. P. Jindal Global University India 13 works
- 4 University of Utah United States 12 works
- 5 Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial Brazil 11 works
- 6 Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Germany 11 works
- 7 University of Cambridge United Kingdom 11 works
- 8 Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur India 11 works
- 9 University of California, Berkeley United States 10 works
- 10 Nanjing University of Science and Technology China 10 works
Who are the leading researchers in Intellectual Property and Patents?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Intellectual Property and Patents include Donald S. Siegel and Richard R. Nelson.
- 1 Donald S. Siegel 2.7k citations
- 2 Richard R. Nelson 2.5k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Intellectual Property and Patents research done?
The largest centres of Intellectual Property and Patents research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Washington D.C. (United States), London (United Kingdom) and Shanghai (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Washington D.C..
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- Washington D.C.US · 70.1 works6.9×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Intellectual Property and Patents than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Intellectual Property and Patents?
Among universities, judged by research, O. P. Jindal Global University, University of Bremen and Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | O. P. Jindal Global University India | 65.5 | 12.0% | 51.8× | 13 | +642.2% |
| 2 | University of Bremen Germany | 62.2 | 33.6% | 12.8× | 8 | +8.8% |
| 3 | Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Italy | 56.2 | 29.4% | 10.8× | 8 | -21.6% |
| 4 | Queensland University of Technology Australia | 55.2 | 15.6% | 10.7× | 10 | +37.2% |
| 5 | University of Cambridge United Kingdom | 55.0 | 32.3% | 3.7× | 11 | +89.8% |
| 6 | Georgetown University United States | 49.4 | 1.1% | 39.7× | 35 | -38.0% |
| 7 | Victoria University of Wellington New Zealand | 49.4 | 1.7% | 27.6× | 15 | +56.8% |
| 8 | Nanjing University of Science and Technology China | 44.5 | 36.1% | 4.7× | 10 | -30.6% |
| 9 | University of Utah United States | 43.2 | 5.0% | 7.0× | 12 | +284.2% |
| 10 | Chicago Kent College of Law United States | 41.0 | 2.9% | 204.9× | 9 | +136.1% |
Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.
Is Intellectual Property and Patents research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 14% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2012. The fastest-growing topics are Intellectual Property and Patents.
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
Which topics inside it are moving
Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.