Missing links: Timing characteristics and their implications for capturing contemporaneous technological developments
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Highlights：
• Missing links refer to patents without citation but strongly bibliographic coupled.
• Missing links often occur among patents with highly overlapped application processes.
• Missing links capture patent relatedness where citations may fail to detect.
• Missing links identify patents embodying contemporaneous technology developments.
摘要
•Missing links refer to patents without citation but strongly bibliographic coupled.•Missing links often occur among patents with highly overlapped application processes.•Missing links capture patent relatedness where citations may fail to detect.•Missing links identify patents embodying contemporaneous technology developments.
论文关键词：Missing link,Citation,Bibliographic coupling,Patent citation network,Main path analysis
论文评审过程：Received 2 August 2017, Revised 15 January 2018, Accepted 15 January 2018, Available online 22 February 2018, Version of Record 22 February 2018.
论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2018.01.005
