• STI Policy Review
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• v.1 no.1
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• pp.63-92
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• 2010

Recent years have seen an intensified discussion in many OECD countries about the role and mission of public research in the innovation system. This discussion takes place in quite specific national contexts, but should benefit from international experience. However, whereas voluminous literatures address the changing governance methods, organizational forms and missions of universities, much less attention has been devoted to developing a common understanding of the challenges faced by non-university public research institutions. The main goals of this paper is to contribute to clarifying the nature of these challenges, outlines possible policy answers and draws some implications for Korea. In the first section, the paper uses available internationally comparable indicators to review trends in the contribution of government research institutes (GRIs) to R&D and innovation activities. In the second section, the paper identifies the current major changes in the dynamics of innovation that may call for further adjustments in the positioning, organization and steering of public research institutes. Finally, the paper outlines some strategic objectives and orientations for the reform of public research institutes as part of the broader agenda of the Korean innovation strategy.

• 기계와재료
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• v.22 no.1
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• pp.84-93
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• 2010

본 고에서는 소재분야의 기술수준을 정확히 파악하고, 앞으로 나아갈 R&D 정책방향을 설정하는 데 도움이 되도록 하기 위해 NS(National Science Indicators) DB와 Web of Science DB의 재료과학(Materials Science) 분야를 토대로 논문분석을 수행하였다. 최근 10년간(1999-2008년) 소재 분야에 대한 분석결과 양적 지표인 논문수는 연평균 12%로 지속적으로 증가하였으며, 세계순위는 1999년 9위에서 2008년 4위까지 상승하였다. 질적지표인 논문1편당 피인용횟수는 세계 평균 대비 1999년 94.7%(한국 9.35건, 세계 9.87건)에서 2008년 88.4%(한국 0.23건, 세계 0.26건)로 낮아진 것으로 나타났다. 최근 10년간 연구주체간 협력 논문수를 살펴보면 대학-대학간 이 4,337편(39.8%)으로 가장 많으며, 대학-공공연구기관간은 3,135건(28.8%), 대학-기업은 2,295건(21.1%)으로 전체의 약 90%를 차지하고 있다. 또한 해외 협력논문수는 전체 논문에서 약 26%를 차지하고 있다. 결과적으로 기초연구성과의 실용화 연계 지원책 마련, 질중심 논문평가의 강화, 국내외 협력주체간 협력 연수의 강화, 주기적 논문분석을 통한 소재 R&D 정책 수립 및 연구사업기획에의 활용강화 필요하다.

• 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2005.06a
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• pp.600-603
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• 2005

U.S. National Research Council proposed benefits framework for energy R&D project as economic benefits, environmental benefits, security benefits and knowledge benefits. Following this framework, U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory evaluated the projected benefits of Federal Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Programs in the indicators of energy-expenditure savings, energy system cost savings, $CO_2$ emissions reductions. oil savings, natural gas saving and avoided additions to central conventional power. As this result, geothermal energy have predominant position in the energy-expenditure savings, natural gas saving and avoided addi t ions to central conventional power to FY2050. The projected benefits, in monetary value, of the whole supply-potential of geothermal energy in Korea were evaluated as 480.2 billion Won, 43.1 billion Won and 135.8 billion Won for the private energy-cost savings, social environmental-cost savings, and import energy-cost saving, respectively.

• Journal of Technology Innovation
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.55-71
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• 2005

We attempt to make three composite Science and Technology (S&T) indices for overall understanding of national S&T by aggregation of various S&T indicators using fuzzy set theory and then use these Indices to compare the S&T activities of Korea with those of five developed countries (France, Germany, Japan, the U.K., the U.S.). The overall results suggest that although the S&T indices of Korea still lag behind those of developed countries, they have grown rapidly and continuously and, as a result, the S&T gaps between Korea and developed countries have narrowed. However, the capability of Korea to transform its R&D input into final economic output has not yet matched that of developed countries.

• Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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• v.32 no.4
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• pp.197-228
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• 2001

The purpose of this study lies in evaluating the quality of Website user interface, with emphasis on the users'perspectives. To the end, we developed an user-oriented evaluation criteria and indicators, and on the basis of these criteria and indicators, conducted a systematic evaluation on the websites of KOSEF's 21 Research Information Centers, which were selected as samples for this study In particular, this study attempted to identify both examples and variables which causes the User group's dissatification on the interface of the sampled websites. Finally suggested are the strategies and methods for improving the quality of user interface in R&D websites.

• Journal of the Korea Safety Management & Science
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• v.25 no.1
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• pp.1-6
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• 2023

This study tried to analyze the keywords of the papers published in the Korea Safety Management Science by using the social network analysis. In order to extract the keywords, information on journal articles published from 2018 to 2021 was extracted from the SCIENCE ON. Among the keywords extracted from a total of 129 papers, the keywords with similar meanings were standardized. The keywords used in the same paper were visualized by connecting them through a network. Four centrality indicators of the social network analysis were used to analyze the effect of the keyword. Safety, Safety management, Apartment, Fire hose, SMEs, Virtual reality, Machine learning, Waterproof time, R&D capability, and Job crafting were selected as the keywords analyzed with high influence in the four centrality indicators.

• Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice
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• v.3 no.3
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• pp.17-44
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• 2015

Due to the oil business, settlements in the Gulf Region developed into prosperous cities. But in the near future, oil is off. The plans of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states bank on diversified and knowledge-intensive economies. Are those development plans realistic? What is the state of the art of knowledge institutions in the GCC countries? Applying the theoretical frameworks of Knowledge City and Science Indicators research, we empirically and theoretically studied the emerging Gulf cities Kuwait City (Kuwait), Manama (Bahrain), Doha (Qatar), Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah (all UAE), and Muscat (Oman). Our methodological framework includes grounded theory, ethnographic field study, ServQual-like quantitative questionnaires and semi-standardized qualitative interviews conducted on-site with informed people, informetrics, and, finally, the use of official statistics. In particular, we describe and analyze the cities' knowledge infrastructures, their academics, and expenditure on R&D as input indicators; and publications as well as graduates as output indicators. A further crucial aspect of a knowledge society is the transition of graduates into knowledge-intensive public services and private companies.

• Journal of Korea Technology Innovation Society
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.26-51
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• 2006

Recently technology commercialization has been the focus of technology Promotion Policy in Korea. This paper tries to develop a composite indicator for measuring trends and prospects of national technology commercialization through integrating large amount of information into easily understood formats. The indicator is composed of five sector indicators including activity, cooperation or networking, performance, environment, and psychology indicators, each of which aggregates five individual variables. The statistical method of standardizing and weighting variables in the aggregation process are also mentioned. This indicator is expected to be a useful monitoring and policy tool for the Korean technology market.

• Korean Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• v.42 no.4
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• pp.441-451
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• 2009

The major objectives of this study were to evaluate trophic state of reservoirs using major water quality variables and its relations in terms of trophic guilds and tolerance guilds with dominant lentic fishes. For this study, we selected 6 artificial reservoirs such as Namyang Reservoir ($N_yR$), Youngsan Reservoir ($Y_sR$), Daechung Reservoir ($D_cR$), Chungju Reservoir ($Cj_R$), Chungpyung Reservoir ($C_pR$), and Paldang Reservoir ($P_dR$), and collected fish during 2000~2007 along with data analysis of water quality monitored by the ministry of environment, Korea. Biological oxygen demand (BOD) and chemical oxygen demand (COD), indicators of organic matter pollution, varied depending on types of the reservoirs and the spatial patterns in terms of trophic gradients were similar to patterns of nutrients, Secchi depth and chlorophyll-a. Analysis of trophic state index (TSI) showed that reservoirs of $D_cR$ and $C_jR$ were mesotrophy and other 4 reservoirs were eutrophic state. The relations of trophic relations showedthat TSI (Chl-a) had a positive linear function [TSI (CHL)=0.407 TSI (TP)+28.2, n=138, p<0.05] with TSI (TP) but had a weak relation with TSI (TN). Also, TSI (TP) were negatively correlated ($R^2=0.703$, p<0.05) with TSI (SD), whereas TSI (TN) was not significant (p>0.05) relations with TSI (SD). Tolerance guilds of lentic fishes, based on three types of the reservoirs, reflected the exactly water quality in the TN, TP, BOD, and COD, and similar trends were shown in the fish feeding/trophic guilds.

• Journal of Hydrogen and New Energy
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• v.25 no.2
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• pp.173-182
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• 2014

Dimethyl ether (DME) is a new clean fuel as an environmentally-being energy resources. DME has similar characteristics to those of LPG and can be substituted Diesel fuel. KOGAS has investigated and developed new innovative DME synthesis process from synthesis gas with KOGAS's own technologies. KOGAS had finished the construction of 10ton/day DME demonstration plant in 2008, we have established the basic design of commercial plant which can produce 3,000ton/day DME. Specifically, an economic model for a commercial DME project will be presented. It accounts for all the major cost factors that are considered in a commercial scale project as the model input for performing cash flow analysis, after which key economic indicators are produced including the internal rate of return (IRR), net present value (NPV). Sensitivity analysis is performed to identify dominant cost factors to the project economics and quantify their impact. The inputs to the economic analysis will be based on representative cost factors from the commercial-scale design of KOGAS' direct DME process supplemented by literature data. Case study results will be presented based on recent commercialization projects.