Methodology for the scientific and patent landscaping of modern food irradiation technologies

Abstract

In the modern world, there is a need to develop new approaches to the assessment of scientific and technological achievements and players in the domestic and global technology market. In the research we used the modern information technologies and methods of full-text search, publication and patent analysis of Russian and foreign patents, which allowed us to identify the key centers of competence for radiation technologies for irradiating food and raw materials and to assess the distribution of scientific and technological reserves for the analyzed technologies. The article presents approaches to the construction of scientific and patent landscapes of modern radiation technologies for food irradiation to assess the existing scientific and technological potential for expanding food export supplies. Scopus and LexisNexis were used as tools for evaluating global patent and scientific reserves; Analysis and Information System “Priorities” was used for analyzing reserves in the United States and Russia.