Patent ID: 6385611
Filing Date: 2002-05-07
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of analyzing research trends, comprising:(a) selecting plurality of keywords associated with a trend; (b) searching a database of preselected keywords, wherein the preselected keywords are generated from a plurality of publications; (c) associating each keyword with a value indicative of the prestige of the publications in which the keywords appear; (d) determining a quantified value by summing the value indicative of the prestige associated with each unique keyword, thereby creating a prestige total associated with each unique keyword, summing the number of times a keyword appears in the plurality publications, thereby creating a frequency total for each unique keyword, and multiplying each frequency total with the prestige total associated with each unique keyword, thereby creating the quantified value; and (e) determining the research trends based on the quantified value.