In search of a “Non-citation index” indicator for scientific activity assessment in less developed countries. Case study of Croatia/Yugoslavia

Inventors Dynamics in Balkanic Area: Evidences by a Network Analysis

“…Starting from this research, Pravdic et al studied the academic report of a peripheral country such as (former) Yugoslavia using three different factors: possibilities and limits of the evaluation of scientific activity; problem of the form and dimensions of science as a human activity in general; specificity of communication systems in science [6]. Crescenzi et al in their work examine the characteristics of collaborations between inventors in the United Kingdom (UK) by observing which types of proximity -geographic, organizational, cognitive, social and culturalethnic -among inventors are prevalent in the partnerships that ultimately has led to technological progress [7].…”