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RESEARCH POLICY
Research PolicyPolicy and management studies of science, technology and innovation

Editors:
M. Bell, M. Callon, H. Grupp, F. Kodama, S. Kuhlmann, B. Martin, W.W. Powell, S. Thomke, N. Von Tunzelmann
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Description


Research and development (R&D) and innovation today absorb very considerable resources. These activities have great influence on the policies of industrial firms, government departments, universities and nations. Research Policy is a multi-disciplinary journal devoted to the policy and management problems posed by innovation, R&D, technology and science, and related activities concerned with the acquisition of knowledge (learning) and its exploitation. Its papers examine the interaction between these activities and economic, social, political and institutional processes. Many of the papers are empirically focused but others are more theoretical. They are written by both academic analysts and practitioners of R&D and innovation processes. The journal is international in scope and reaches an audience of academics, industrialists, government officials and others interested in these issues. Its leading academic status and influence are reflected in a high 'impact factor' for a social science journal.

Main Subjects Covered:
Competence/Capability (e.g. core, dynamic), Entrepreneur/Entrepreneurship, Evolutionary/Schumpeterian Economics, Industrial Clusters, Innovation Management/Policy/Strategy, Knowledge (creation, transfer, exploitation etc.), System(s) of Innovation (national, regional, sectoral etc.) , Learning (e.g. organisational) and Experimentation, Problem-solving, Product and Process Development, R&D Management, Research and Development (R&D), Research Policy, Science Policy, Technology Management/Policy/Strategy.

Research Policy's impact factor has been increasing year on year (2003: 1.404, 2004: 1.536 & 2005: 1.835) and is currently ranked 8th among the world's top journals in "Management" and 2nd in the Planning & Development category as ranked by Thompson Scientific, Social Sciences Citation Index® (© Thomson Scientific Journal Citation Reports, 2006). Furthermore, Research Policy's Impact factor compares extremely well with leading journals in the fields of Economics, Law, Political Science, and other interdisciplinary social science journals.

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ISSN: 0048-7333
Imprint: ELSEVIER
Commenced publication 1972

Subscriptions for the year 2008, Volume 37, 10 issues

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Impact factor of this journal
2006: 1.328
Journal Citation Reports® 2007, published by Thomson Scientific



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