---
title: "PATSTAT: papers using this data, journals and trends"
description: "From Nov 2023 to Oct 2026, 95 archived papers mentioned PATSTAT in their title, abstract or keywords (the search of earlier months' full texts is still under way), most of them in Mar 2024 (6)."
url: https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/patstat
markdown_url: https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/patstat.md
license: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/)
share_text: "From Nov 2023 to Oct 2026, 95 archived papers mentioned PATSTAT in their title, abstract or keywords (the search of earlier months' full texts is still under way), most of them in Mar 2024 (6). (as of 2026-11-05)"
data_url: https://scholar4ai.com/data/rankings.json
updated: 2026-11-05T06:02:37+09:00
window: 2026-10-07 to 2026-11-05
source: OpenAlex (CC0)
---

# PATSTAT

[Browse dataset profiles](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/directory/page/5.md)

Patent applications, grants and citations, and research and development records.

- data category: Patents and innovation data
- 0 papers in the last 7 days
- Names searched for: PATSTAT

Most-used data: https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/datasets.md · All Patents and innovation data datasets: https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/patents-and-innovation-data.md



## Key findings

- From Nov 2023 to Oct 2026, 95 archived papers mentioned PATSTAT in their title, abstract or keywords (the search of earlier months' full texts is still under way), most of them in Mar 2024 (6).
- PATSTAT was mentioned in 1 paper in the last 30 days (2026-10-07 to 2026-11-05), ranking #165 of the 246 datasets mentioned.
- By journal category: Economics (1).
- Most of them appeared in Research Policy (1).
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), PATSTAT was mentioned in 108 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (51), management (29) and higher education and research (18).
- 19 of them were published in 2025, against 2 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were KU Leuven (8), United Nations University – Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (6) and Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (6).
- The journals publishing most of them were Research Policy (16), Scientometrics (12) and The Journal of Technology Transfer (8).
- The most-cited of them is “Scientific novelty and technological impact” (Research Policy, 2019), with 139 citations.
- Papers use PATSTAT most often with European Patent Office / WIPO (70), USPTO / PatentsView (45) and Eurostat (25); it has 19 partners in the code and data network, in the group around World Development…, Eurostat, International Energy….

## Mentions over 36 months

*Papers mentioning it by publication month, Nov 2023 to Oct 2026 (titles, abstracts and keywords; the full texts of earlier months are still being searched)*

| Trend | Nov 23–Oct 24 | Nov 24–Oct 25 | Nov 25–Oct 26 | 36 months |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|
|  | 32 | 22 | 41 | 95 |

## Papers per year

*Papers per publication year and category*

| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 7 | 22 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 8 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| All categories | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 32 | 19 | 39 |

## Where the papers come from

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Research Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/research-policy.md) | 16 |
| 2 | [Scientometrics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/scientometrics.md) | 12 |
| 3 | [The Journal of Technology Transfer](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-journal-of-technology-transfer.md) | 8 |
| 4 | [Technological Forecasting and Social Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technological-forecasting-and-social-change.md) | 6 |
| 5 | [Small Business Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/small-business-economics.md) | 4 |
| 6 | [Technovation](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technovation.md) | 3 |
| 7 | [International Journal of Industrial Organization](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-industrial-organization.md) | 3 |
| 8 | [The Annals of Regional Science](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/the-annals-of-regional-science.md) | 3 |
| 9 | [Journal of Evolutionary Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-evolutionary-economics.md) | 3 |
| 10 | [Structural Change and Economic Dynamics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/structural-change-and-economic-dynamics.md) | 3 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [KU Leuven](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/ku-leuven.md) | 8 |
| 2 | United Nations University – Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology | 6 |
| 3 | [Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/universita-cattolica-del-sacro-cuore.md) | 6 |
| 4 | Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition | 5 |
| 5 | Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna | 5 |
| 6 | [Eindhoven University of Technology](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/eindhoven-university-of-technology.md) | 4 |
| 7 | [Lancaster University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/lancaster-university.md) | 4 |
| 8 | [Leiden University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/leiden-university.md) | 4 |
| 9 | [Maastricht University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/maastricht-university.md) | 4 |
| 10 | University of Bremen | 4 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Italy | 26 |
| 2 | Germany | 23 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 20 |
| 4 | Netherlands | 17 |
| 5 | Belgium | 13 |
| 6 | France | 12 |
| 7 | United States | 11 |
| 8 | Spain | 8 |
| 9 | China | 6 |
| 10 | Switzerland | 5 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [innovation](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/innovation.md) | 15 |
| 2 | patents | 12 |
| 3 | innovation policy | 10 |
| 4 | [multinational corporations](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/multinational-corporations.md) | 9 |
| 5 | patent quality | 9 |
| 6 | patent citations | 8 |
| 7 | patenting | 7 |
| 8 | [artificial intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/artificial-intelligence.md) | 6 |
| 9 | environmental technology | 6 |
| 10 | [green innovation](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/green-innovation.md) | 6 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 139 | 1.5 | [Scientific novelty and technological impact](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2019.01.019) | [Research Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/research-policy.md) | 2019-02-22 | Reinhilde Veugelers, Jian Wang |
| 2 | 90 | 0.8 | [Location determinants of green technological entry: evidence from European regions](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-017-9938-7) | [Small Business Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/small-business-economics.md) | 2017-09-30 | Carlo Corradini |
| 3 | 67 | 1.9 | [Environmental Policies and directed technological change](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeem.2023.102916) | [Journal of Environmental Economics and Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-environmental-economics-and-management.md) | 2023-12-19 | Klaus Peter Gugler, Florian Szücs, Thomas Wiedenhofer |
| 4 | 55 | 1.0 | [The diffusion of energy technologies. Evidence from renewable, fossil, and nuclear energy patents](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2022.121566) | [Technological Forecasting and Social Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technological-forecasting-and-social-change.md) | 2022-02-24 | Ana Fernández, Esther Ferrándiz, Jennifer Medina |
| 5 | 46 | 1.4 | [Financial market integration and the effects of financing constraints on innovation](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2024.104988) | [Research Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/research-policy.md) | 2024-03-07 | David Heller |

## Used together with

Papers use PATSTAT most often with European Patent Office / WIPO (70), USPTO / PatentsView (45) and Eurostat (25); it has 19 partners in the code and data network, in the group around World Development…, Eurostat, International Energy….

*What papers use PATSTAT together with (at least 3 papers; lift 1 = chance)*

| Used with | Type | Papers using both | Lift |
|---|---|---:|---:|
| [European Patent Office / WIPO](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/european-patent-office-wipo.md) | Dataset | 70 | 85.3 |
| [USPTO / PatentsView](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/uspto-patentsview.md) | Dataset | 45 | 64.1 |
| [Eurostat](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/eurostat.md) | Dataset | 25 | 7.5 |
| [NBER patent data](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/nber-patent-data.md) | Dataset | 16 | 130.0 |
| [Orbis (Bureau van Dijk)](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/orbis-bureau-van-dijk.md) | Dataset | 13 | 33.6 |
| [International Energy Agency (IEA)](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/international-energy-agency-iea.md) | Dataset | 7 | 3.3 |
| [China patent office (CNIPA / SIPO)](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/china-patent-office-cnipa-sipo.md) | Dataset | 6 | 22.1 |
| [Compustat](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/compustat.md) | Dataset | 6 | 4.2 |
| [China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS)](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/china-health-and-nutrition-survey-chns.md) | Dataset | 5 | 9.8 |
| [Crunchbase](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/crunchbase.md) | Dataset | 5 | 16.3 |
| [Google Patents](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/google-patents.md) | Dataset | 5 | 42.2 |
| [OECD statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/oecd-statistics.md) | Dataset | 5 | 6.3 |

The whole network: https://scholar4ai.com/code/network.md

## Papers

*Papers mentioning PATSTAT in the last 30 days, newest first.*

| Date | Title | Journal | Authors | Affiliations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-08 | [Combining digital and green technologies in regions: How to close the gap with respect to the frontier?](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2026.105636) | [Research Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/research-policy.md) | Stefano Basilico, Alberto Marzucchi, Sandro Montresor | University of Southern Denmark; Gran Sasso Science Institute; University of Trento |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). PATSTAT. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/patstat

```bibtex
@misc{scholar4ai-datasets-patstat,
  author = {{Scholar4AI}},
  title = {PATSTAT},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/patstat}},
  urldate = {2026-11-05},
  note = {Journal and Conference Research Rankings; data from OpenAlex (CC0); licensed CC BY-NC 4.0}
}
```

License: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).