The use of bibliometrics in the development of technology roadmaps: Planning for industrial impact of emerging technologies

Bibliometric analysis is very useful in evaluating the trends in research capacity. Its recent applications include spotting emerging technology trends and also to support the development of technology roadmaps. The exploratory research in this paper aims to match the market, products as well as research on emerging technologies through the use of bibliometrics. The emerging frameworks on the use of bibliometrics for technology roadmapping are complemented by developing a framework that determines the future industrial impact of emerging technologies. The proposed framework is used to determine the nanotechnology impact on selected manufacturing industries.