Research in food science and technology in Catalonia (2000-2009): an approach from public information sources

Authors

  • Llorenç Arguimbau-Vivo Observatori de la Recerca (OR-IEC). Institut d’Estudis Catalans
  • Cristina Ruiz-Abella Observatori de la Recerca (OR-IEC). Institut d’Estudis Catalans
  • Maria Rodríguez-Palmero Associació Catalana de Ciències de l’Alimentació (ACCA). Institut d’Estudis Catalans
  • Montserrat Rivero-Urgell Associació Catalana de Ciències de l’Alimentació (ACCA). Institut d’Estudis Catalans

Abstract

Research, development and innovation in food science and technology are key factors to competitiveness in the Catalan food industry. For that reason, the Associació Catalana de Ciències de l’Alimentació’s (Catalan Association of Food Science, ACCA) Food Research Group has carried out a documentation project on research and development indicators in the area of food science and technology in the 2000-2009 period, teaming up with the Observatori de la Recerca (Research Observatory) of the Institut d’Estudis Catalans (Institute for Catalan Studies) (OR-IEC). Themain results of this work are announced in this publication. On top of offering descriptive data on bodies and human and economic resources on food, this document analyses the scientific output during this period and the data on European patent application,which are key indicators for knowledge transfer and innovation in this field. Results show that scientific output has progressively increased over the 2000-2009 period, as well as the quality of the articles published, due to the significant increase in the number of quotations per article, up to the standard of most developed European countries. The increase in the number of European patent applications registered in the food field in the period studied is also interesting. In summary, this work represents a starting point in the knowledge and follow-up of the situation of food research in Catalonia. In the future, this work is to be continued and to focus on data collection and interpretation, and including other related areas such as nutrition will also be considered.

KEYWORDS: Catalonia, food science and technology, entities, human resources, financial resources, papers, patents, doctoral theses.

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Published

2012-05-30

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Arguimbau-Vivo, L., Ruiz-Abella, C., Rodríguez-Palmero, M., & Rivero-Urgell, M. (2012). Research in food science and technology in Catalonia (2000-2009): an approach from public information sources. TECA: Tecnologia I Ciència Dels Aliments, 25–41. Retrieved from https://revistes.iec.cat/index.php/TECA/article/view/54762

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Vol. 13, Núm. 2 : desembre 2011

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