Abstract
This paper analyzed the dynamics of Japanese R & D using bibliometric data and patent data. The fields studied were robotics (robots and industrial robots) and genetic engineering.Firstly, Japan was in the same phase as the rest of the world in robotics, concerning both original paper publications representing R & D results and general article publications representing information diffusion. However, Japan lagged behind the world by one year concerning genetic engineering R & D. Secondly, information diffusion had a time lead against R & D in industrial robots but they occurred at the same time in the other cases. Thirdly, in Japan, R & D in robots showed an earlier trend than R & D industrial robots by one year while the opposite was the case in the rest of the world. Fourthly, the trend of Japanese overseas patents showed a clear time lead against the domestic ones, and finally, it was observed that the Japanese trend of patent applications had an earlier phase than the world trend.
