Science-Metrix specializes in the measurement and evaluation of science, technology and innovation. Our data collection and assessment methods include bibliometrics, scientometrics, technometrics, surveys and interviews, environmental scans, monitoring and intelligence gathering. We perform program and policy evaluations, benchmarking and sector analyses, market studies and strategic planning.

Strategic decision making, especially in the areas of business intelligence and competitive intelligence, requires the acquisition of decision-relevant information pieces like market trends, fusions and company values. This information is extracted by pre-processing and querying multiple sources, combining and condensing the findings. It is characteristic that the extraction process is resource...

Advances in neuroscience and neurotechnology have necessitated discussions on the ways that such developments could be used as weapons in contexts of national security, intelligence, and defense. This paper defi nes the concept of neuroweapons, and elucidates operational issues associated with their use to aid informational and strategic intelligence, such as brain-machine interfaces to improve...

22 AI MAGAZINE Public policy issues cover a wide variety of fields: economy, education, environment, health, social welfare, and national and foreign affairs. They are extremely complex, occur in rapidly changing environments characterized by uncertainty, and involve conflicts among different interests. In the modern world, due to globalization, the political activity and intervention become mo...

One of the most important elements in decision-making is the availability of information which is used in the management of organizations. In this paper, we present the method SIMBIOSIS (System of Indicators for Managing Business Intelligence Oriented Strategic Information System). This method considers the two basic levels of decision-making in organizations; these levels are named strategic a...

How can scientometric mapping function as a tool of ’strategic intelligence’ to aid the governance of emerging technologies? The present paper aims to address this question by focusing on a set of recently developed scientometric techniques, namely overlay mapping. We examine the potential these techniques have to inform, in a timely manner, analysts and decision-makers about relevant dynamics ...