Structural characteristics of China's COVID-19 patent cooperation network at the province, city, and patent applicant levels
The Chinese Plan has provided an important model for the global fight against COVID-19 since its outbreak. The present study describes the structural characteristics of China's COVID-19 patent cooperation network at the province, city, and applicant levels by using social network analysis based...
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| author | Wei Xia Zilin Wang Jindou Zhang Jianping Yu Liping Qiu Zedong Yang |
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| description | The Chinese Plan has provided an important model for the global fight against COVID-19 since its outbreak. The present study describes the structural characteristics of China's COVID-19 patent cooperation network at the province, city, and applicant levels by using social network analysis based on data from the Incopat global patent database since 2020, which helps to clarify the current technology accumulation in this field in China, and provide patent information support for the scientific efforts to fight against COVID-19. The findings are as follows: First, the inter-regional cooperation level in China's COVID-19 patent cooperation network shows a decreasing trend from eastern to central to western regions. At the inter-applicant cooperation level, kinship-based cooperation is the strongest, business-based cooperation has the widest scope, while proximity-based cooperation exists throughout these two main models of cooperation. Second, coastal provinces and cities occupy a core position in the network, and play an important role in utilizing structural holes and bridging. Patent applicants with high centrality are mostly firms. Research institutes and universities mainly play the role of bridges. Third and lastly, there is no large number of cliques at the province and city levels. However, there is a tendency for cliques to develop at the applicant level. Hence, actions are needed to prevent the development of information barriers. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9aff7eebbd404cf3b2963e4d8f06d5be2022-12-22T02:16:07ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652022-08-011010.3389/fpubh.2022.985576985576Structural characteristics of China's COVID-19 patent cooperation network at the province, city, and patent applicant levelsWei Xia0Zilin Wang1Jindou Zhang2Jianping Yu3Liping Qiu4Zedong Yang5Institute of International Business and Economics Innovation and Governance, Shanghai University of International Business and Economics, Shanghai, ChinaSchool of Trade Negotiations, Shanghai University of International Business and Economics, Shanghai, ChinaSchool of Management, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, ChinaSchool of Business Administration, Jimei University, Xiamen, ChinaChina Center for Economic Research, East China Normal University, Shanghai, ChinaXinjiang Innovation Management Research Center, Xinjiang University, Urumqii, ChinaThe Chinese Plan has provided an important model for the global fight against COVID-19 since its outbreak. The present study describes the structural characteristics of China's COVID-19 patent cooperation network at the province, city, and applicant levels by using social network analysis based on data from the Incopat global patent database since 2020, which helps to clarify the current technology accumulation in this field in China, and provide patent information support for the scientific efforts to fight against COVID-19. The findings are as follows: First, the inter-regional cooperation level in China's COVID-19 patent cooperation network shows a decreasing trend from eastern to central to western regions. At the inter-applicant cooperation level, kinship-based cooperation is the strongest, business-based cooperation has the widest scope, while proximity-based cooperation exists throughout these two main models of cooperation. Second, coastal provinces and cities occupy a core position in the network, and play an important role in utilizing structural holes and bridging. Patent applicants with high centrality are mostly firms. Research institutes and universities mainly play the role of bridges. Third and lastly, there is no large number of cliques at the province and city levels. However, there is a tendency for cliques to develop at the applicant level. Hence, actions are needed to prevent the development of information barriers.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.985576/fullCOVID-19patent cooperationsocial networkChinastructural characteristics |
| spellingShingle | Wei Xia Zilin Wang Jindou Zhang Jianping Yu Liping Qiu Zedong Yang Structural characteristics of China's COVID-19 patent cooperation network at the province, city, and patent applicant levels Frontiers in Public Health COVID-19 patent cooperation social network China structural characteristics |
| title | Structural characteristics of China's COVID-19 patent cooperation network at the province, city, and patent applicant levels |
| title_full | Structural characteristics of China's COVID-19 patent cooperation network at the province, city, and patent applicant levels |
| title_fullStr | Structural characteristics of China's COVID-19 patent cooperation network at the province, city, and patent applicant levels |
| title_full_unstemmed | Structural characteristics of China's COVID-19 patent cooperation network at the province, city, and patent applicant levels |
| title_short | Structural characteristics of China's COVID-19 patent cooperation network at the province, city, and patent applicant levels |
| title_sort | structural characteristics of china s covid 19 patent cooperation network at the province city and patent applicant levels |
| topic | COVID-19 patent cooperation social network China structural characteristics |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.985576/full |
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