IEEE Information Drives New Optics Patents

Studies conducted by the independent research organization 1790 Analytics have shown that IEEE scientific and technical articles are cited more than six times as often as articles from any other publisher.

In the Optics field, IEEE publications lead the pack as the top scientific-technical source of patent citations – 17% of all patent citations, versus 12% for the number-two organization, SPIE, and just 11% for the number-three publisher, OSA.

The figures are even more impressive over time. Looking at the broader period of 1983 to 2003, an earlier study illustrates that organizations securing optics-related patents cited IEEE publications 20.7% of the time.

(Source: 1790 Analytics LLC, Copyright 2005. Publishers compiled from all journals referenced 100+ times from organizations in 2004 US Patent Office Filings.)