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Citations
20721
World Ranking
2229
National Ranking
397

Overview

Ben R. Martin is affiliated with the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple disciplines including economics, econometrics, sociology, political science, statistics, philosophy, and global planetary change.

Their work covers a range of topics with a primary focus on privacy, security, and data protection. Other significant topics include scientometrics and bibliometrics research, innovation policy and R&D, innovation and knowledge management, wastewater treatment and nitrogen removal, microbial fuel cells and bioremediation, and anaerobic digestion and biogas production.

Ben R. Martin's recent publications include the following:

  • "Why do firms publish? A systematic literature review and a conceptual framework" (2022, Research Policy)
  • "Techno-economic analysis of sidestream ammonia removal technologies: Biological options versus thermal stripping" (2022, Environmental Science and Ecotechnology)
  • "Standing on the shoulders of bias: lack of transparency and reporting of critical rigor characteristics in pain research" (2023, Pain)
  • "Retraction of Predatory publishing in Scopus: evidence on cross-country differences lacks justification" (2022, Scientometrics)
  • "Richard R Nelson (1930-2025): Evolutionary economist and innovation scholar" (2025, Research Policy)

Frequent coauthors of Ben R. Martin include:

  • Daniele Rotolo
  • Roberto Camerani
  • Nicola Grassano
  • Pascal Ochs
  • Eve Germain-Cripps

Their research has been published in the following venues:

  • Research Policy
  • Environmental Science and Ecotechnology
  • Pain
  • Scientometrics
  • Digital Humanities in the Nordic and Baltic Countries Publications

Ben R. Martin is also an author of books, having published "GDPR for Startups and Scaleups" in 2023 with Edward Elgar Publishing.

Best Publications

  • What is research collaboration

    J.Sylvan Katz;Ben R. Martin

  • The economic benefits of publicly funded basic research: a critical review

    Ammon J. Salter;Ben R. Martin

  • Foresight in science and technology

    Ben R. Martin

  • University Research Evaluation and Funding: An International Comparison

    Aldo Geuna;Ben R. Martin

  • Assessing basic research: Some partial indicators of scientific progress in radio astronomy

    Ben R. Martin;John Irvine

  • What is an emerging technology

    Daniele Rotolo;Diana Hicks;Ben Martin

  • Foresight in Science: Picking the Winners

    John Irvine;Ben R. Martin

  • The Research Excellence Framework and the ‘impact agenda’: are we creating a Frankenstein monster?

    Ben R Martin

  • The evolution of science policy and innovation studies

    Ben R. Martin;Ben R. Martin

  • THE USE OF MULTIPLE INDICATORS IN THE ASSESSMENT OF BASIC RESEARCH

    Ben R. Martin

  • Technology policy and global warming: Why new policy models are needed (or why putting new wine in old bottles won¿t work)

    David C. Mowery;Richard R. Nelson;Richard R. Nelson;Ben R. Martin

  • Technology foresight for wiring up the national innovation system: experiences in Britain, Australia and New Zealand

    Ben R Martin;Ron Johnston

  • Research Foresight: Priority-Setting in Science

    Ben R. Martin;John Irvine

  • The Origin and Evolution of the University Species

    Ben R Martin;Henry Etzkowitz

  • Gross Chromosomal Rearrangements and Elevated Recombination at an Inducible Site-Specific Replication Fork Barrier

    Sarah Lambert;Adam Watson;Daniel M. Sheedy;Ben Martin

  • The Changing Social Contract for Science and the Evolution of the University

    Ben Martin

  • Twenty challenges for innovation studies

    Ben R. Martin

  • The origins of the concept of ‘foresight’ in science and technology: An insider's perspective

    Ben R. Martin;Ben R. Martin

  • Are universities and university research under threat? Towards an evolutionary model of university speciation

    Ben R. Martin

  • Creative knowledge environments. The influences on creativity in research and innovation

    Sven Hemlin;Carl Martin Allwood;Ben R Martin

  • Assessing Basic Research : Some Partial Indicators of Scientific Progress in Radio Astronomy : Research Policy

    Ben R. Martin;John Irvine

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael D. Mumford
Michael D. Mumford University of Oklahoma
John T. S. Irvine
John T. S. Irvine University of St Andrews
John P. Walsh
John P. Walsh Georgia Institute of Technology
Francis Narin
Francis Narin CHI Research
Karl Deisseroth
Karl Deisseroth Stanford University
Huda Akil
Huda Akil University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Stanley J. Watson
Stanley J. Watson University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Andrew Stirling
Andrew Stirling University of Sussex
Antony M. Carr
Antony M. Carr University of Sussex
Francis S. Lee
Francis S. Lee Cornell University

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