Robert Duane Shelton 

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Dissertations and Theses Supervised

Some Pre-Internet Papers

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Recent Seminars:

R&D Caucus, US House of Representatives, Jul., 2010

Heritage Foundation, Aug., 2010

American Chemical Society, Oct., 2010

US-China Economic and Security Review Commission, US Congress, Mar., 2011

National Academy of Sciences, Sep., 2011

NSF Engineering Directorate, Executive Committee, Jan. 2012


Coordinates:

World Technology Evaluation Center, Inc. (WTEC), CEO

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 Reviewer for:

Science, Scientometrics, Research Evaluation, Science and Public Policy, Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, International Conference on Scientometrics and Informetrics.



What's New (2003-2010):

The US-EU Race for Leadership of Science and Technology: Quantitative and Qualitative Indicators  Paper , Slides. Scientometrics , Vol. 60. No. 3, pp. 353-363. (2004).   Also 9th International Conference on Scientometrics and Informetrics , Beijing, Aug., 2003. With G. Holdridge.

Relations Between National Research Investment Input and Publication Output: Application to an American Paradox, 9th International Conference on S&T Indicators, Leuven, Sept., 2006 and Scientometrics  Vol. 74 No. 2, 191-205, Feb., 2008.

National Efficiencies in Publishing Scientific Papers.  10th International Conference on S&T Indicators, Vienna, Sept. 2008.  With P. Foland.

Do New SCI Journals have a Different National Bias?  11th International Conference of the International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics, Madrid, June, 2007, and  Scientometrics Vol. 79 Nos. 1-2, April - May, 2009.  With P. Foland and R. Gorelskyy.

The Race for World Leadership of Science and Technology: Status and ForecastsScience Focus Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 1-9 (Feb. 2010) in Chinese.  Also, Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Scientometrics and Informetrics, pp. 369-380, Rio de Janeiro, July, 2009.  With P. Foland.  

Why is Europe so Efficient at Publishing Scientific Papers, And Does This Explain the European Paradox? 11th International Conference on S&T Indicators, Leiden, Sept. 2010.  With P. Foland.




What's Newer (2011-2012):

Bibliometric Evidence for Empirical Trade-offs in National Funding Strategies, Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Scientometrics and Informetrics, pp. 763-774. July, 2011, Durban. With L. Leydesdorff. PowerPoints

Why the US Lost Leadership in the Scientific Paper Indicator. Atlanta Conference on Science and Innovation Policy, Sept., 2011. With L. Miller.

Scientometric Secrets of Efficient Countries: Turkey, Greece, Poland, and Slovakia , Collnet Conference, Istanbul, Sept., 2011. With H. Ali. PowerPoints

Scientometrics and the Diplomacy of Science, First International Conference of the Pyongyang University of Science and Technology. Pyongyang, Oct. 2011. With L. Miller.

Publish or Patent: Bibliometric Evidence for Empirical Trade-offs in National Funding Strategies. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. Vol. 63(3): 498-511. With L. Leydesdorff. (2012)

Input-Output Modeling and Simulation of Scientific Indicators: A Focus on Patents, Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Science and Technology Indicators, pp. 756-767. Montreal, September 5-8, 2012. With Sam Monbo. Slideshow




In Progress (2013):

Scientific Collaboration as a Window and Door onto North Korea. Presented at the 13th Collnet Conference, Seoul, October 23-26, 2012. With Grant Lewison. Slideshow To be published in Scientometrics in 2013.

Scientometric Insight on a Bottom Line of Innovation: High-Technology Exports.

Validation of Forecasts of Scientific Indicators: The Case of National Leadership.

© 2013 R. D. Shelton, Last updated  3/15/13
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