Year: 2023
Type: article
Abstract: Technologies providing for cybersecurity at all levels of both public and private sphere infrastructure became one of the key strategic commodities which are essential for maintaining the functionality, survivability, and resilience of all systemic, economic, and societal structures. The aim of this contribution is to evaluate research and development (R&D) in this field based on the analysis of the world publication and patent activities. The whole world’s publication activity in the field of cybersecurity increased almost 17 times since the turn of the millennium and their share in the world output grew almost sixfold. The largest number of publications comes from China, the USA, India, and the United Kingdom, which produced in years 2016 - 2020 approximately half of the world output. In the Czech Republic, the share of the cybersecurity publications in the country’s output is approximately on par with the European countries and its dynamics follows the world trend. The world’s number of priority patent applications grew since the turn of the millennium more than threefold. The largest increase occurred in China: In years 2016–2020, the Chinese Patent Office (CNIPA) registered more than 60 % and the American patent office (USPTO) registered approximately 14 % of the world’s number of priority patent applications. Cybersecurity covers almost 2 % of the world’s patent applications. In Europe, Finland, Estonia, Sweden, Ireland, the United Kingdom, and France have the highest share of patent applications in cybernetic security. In the Czech Republic, the share of these patent applications is, on the European scale, slightly above average. However, the number of patent applications grows faster than in the other EU countries. This indicates a significant growth of cybernetic security R&D in the Czech Republic.
Authors: Faťun Martin, Kučera Zdeněk, Vondrák Tomáš
Institution: Technology Centre Prague
Language: English
Subfield: Library and Information Sciences
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4385291981