Pattern and trend of scientific knowledge production in North Korea by a semantic network analysis of papers in journal titled technological innovation
- Authors
- Yoon, Jungwon; Park, Han Woo
- Issue Date
- Aug-2020
- Publisher
- SPRINGER
- Keywords
- Scientific knowledge production; Science and technology policy; Scientometrics; Semantic network analysis; North Korea
- Citation
- SCIENTOMETRICS, v.124, no.2, pp.1421 - 1438
- Indexed
- SCIE
SSCI
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- SCIENTOMETRICS
- Volume
- 124
- Number
- 2
- Start Page
- 1421
- End Page
- 1438
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/hanyang/handle/2021.sw.hanyang/145278
- DOI
- 10.1007/s11192-020-03497-3
- ISSN
- 0138-9130
- Abstract
- This study aims to examine current trends and patterns of North Korea's knowledge production in science and technology (S&T) by employing scientometrics analysis. In order to capture the distinctive nature and characteristics of S&T activities in the Global South, this study analyzes co-occurring keywords of papers in the North Korean journal titled Technological Innovation to construct and visualize semantic and network structure of scientific knowledge. Although S&T has long been emphasized as an important means of rebuilding the economy and society in the country, research and development (R&D) activities have been veiled in the shadows, mainly due to difficulties in accessing adequate data and information. The results found that the terms "use" and "method" are predominately associated with a variety of keywords concerning urgent domestic issues regarding energy resources, agriculture, virus, and industrial automation. This pattern of knowledge production is manifested in the national S&T policy framework that has primarily focused on applied and problem-solving knowledge and techniques responding to social and economic needs. While North Korea has embraced S&T as a strategic means to cope with challenges encountered in its autarkic economy, a close and interactive relationship has established between science, technology and society.
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