RT journal article
T1 Are the Major Knowledge‐producing Countries Converging in Science and Technology Capabilities?
A1 Barrios, Candelaria
A1 Flores Varo, María Ester
A1 Martínez Navarro, María Ángeles
A1 Ruiz Martínez, Marta
A2 Economía General
A2 Organización de Empresas
K1 Science and technology capabilities
K1 Scientific publications
K1 Patents
K1 Club convergence
AB The global production of scientific and technology knowledge continues to grow. Advanced Western countries such as the USA and the EU countries continue to lead science and technology (S&T) in the world. The emergence of other knowledge- producing countries that occupy prominent positions in knowledge production have been changing the geography of world science and technology. By investigating the production of scientific publications and patents from a sample of traditional S&T powerhouses and the main emerging knowledge-producing countries, this paper attempts to test whether the remarkable development of S&T systems in the lat- ter in the past few decades has led to a convergence with the former countries in S&T capabilities. The empirical analysis of convergence highlights the presence of clubs of convergence instead of absolute convergence. Four groups of countries have been identified as converging regarding their scientific publications per capita, and six convergence clubs have emerged when the production of patents per capita is considered.
PB SPRINGER
SN 1868-7873
YR 2022
FD 2022
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/31254
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/31254
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 08-nov-2026