Daniele Rotolo, PhD
Professor in Science, Technology and Innovation Policy – SPRU, University of Sussex Business School
Associate Professor - Department of Mechanics, Mathematics and Management, Politecnico di Bari
Journal publications (peer-reviewed)
Rotolo, D., Natalicchio, A., Porter, A.L., Schoeneckc, D.J. (2025). Emerging technologies, institutional groups and inter-organisational networks: The case of microneedles. Technological Forecasting & Social Change, 213, 124006. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2025.124006
Aslan, Y., Yaqub, O., Sampat, B. N., & Rotolo, D. (2024). Unexpectedness in medical research. Research Policy, 53(8), 105075.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2024.105075
Martino, N., Ardito, L., Messeni Petruzzelli, A., Rotolo, D. (2024). Mapping the development of hydrogen-based technologies (HBTs) through patent analysis. EuroMed Journal of Business, in press.
https://doi.org/10.1108/EMJB-02-2023-0038
Rotolo, D., Hopkins, M., Grassano, N. (2023). Do funding sources complement or substitute? Examining the impact of cancer research publications. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 74(1), 50-66.
https://doi.org/10.1002/asi.24726
Rotolo, D., Camerani, R., Grassano, N., & Martin, B. R. (2022). Why do firms publish? A systematic literature review and a conceptual framework. Research Policy, 51(10), 104606.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2022.104606
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Kanger, L., Bone, F., Rotolo, D., Steinmueller, W. E., & Schot, J. (2022). Deep Transitions: A mixed Methods study of the historical evolution of mass production. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 177(April), 121491.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2022.121491
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Grassano, N., Rotolo, D., Hutton, J., Lang, F., & Hopkins, M. M. (2017). Funding data from publication acknowledgments: Coverage, uses, and limitations. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 68(4), 999–1017. https://doi.org/10.1002/asi.23737
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Rotolo, D., Rafols, I., Hopkins, M., & Leydesdorff, L. (2017). Strategic intelligence on emerging technologies: Scientometric overlay mapping. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 68(1), 214–233. https://doi.org/10.1002/asi.23631
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Petersen, A. M., Rotolo, D., & Leydesdorff, L. (2016). A triple helix model of medical innovation: Supply, demand, and technological capabilities in terms of Medical Subject Headings. Research Policy, 45(3), 666–681. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2015.12.004
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Leydesdorff, L., Heimeriks, G., & Rotolo, D. (2016). Journal portfolio analysis for countries, cities, and organizations: Maps and comparisons. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 67(3), 741–748. https://doi.org/10.1002/asi.23551
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Rotolo, D., Hicks, D., & Martin, B. R. (2015). What is an emerging technology? Research Policy, 44(10), 1827–1843. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2015.06.006
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Rotolo, D., & Leydesdorff, L. (2015). Matching Medline/PubMed data with Web of Science: A routine in R language. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 66(10), 2155–2159. https://doi.org/10.1002/asi.23385
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Messeni Petruzzelli, A., & Rotolo, D. (2015). Institutional diversity, internal search behaviour, and joint-innovations: Evidence from the US biotechnology industry. Management Decision, 53(9), 2088–2106. https://doi.org/10.1108/MD-05-2014-0256
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Messeni Petruzzelli, A., Rotolo, D., & Albino, V. (2015). Determinants of patent citations in biotechnology: An analysis of patent influence across the industrial and organizational boundaries. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 91(February), 208–221. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2014.02.018
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Rotolo, D., & Messeni Petruzzelli, A. (2013). When does centrality matter? Scientific productivity and the moderating role of research specialization and cross-community ties. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 34(5), 648–670. https://doi.org/10.1002/job.1822
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Leydesdorff, L., Rotolo, D., & de Nooy, W. (2013). Innovation as a nonlinear process, the scientometric perspective, and the specification of an ‘innovation opportunities explorer.’ Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, 25(6), 641–653. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537325.2013.801948
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Messeni Petruzzelli, A., Rotolo, D., & Albino, V. (2012). The impact of old technologies on innovation: The case of the US biotechnology industry. Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, 24(5), 453–466. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537325.2012.674668
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Leydesdorff, L., Rotolo, D., & Rafols, I. (2012). Bibliometric perspectives on medical innovation using the medical subject Headings of PubMed. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 63(11), 2239–2253. https://doi.org/10.1002/asi.22715
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Petruzzelli, A. M., Dangelico, R. M., Rotolo, D., & Albino, V. (2011). Organizational factors and technological features in the development of green innovations: Evidence from patent analysis. Innovation: Management, Policy and Practice, 13(3), 291–310. https://doi.org/10.5172/impp.2011.13.3.291
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Petruzzelli, A. M., Albino, V., Carbonara, N., & Rotolo, D. (2010). Leveraging learning behavior and network structure to improve knowledge gatekeepers’ performance. Journal of Knowledge Management, 14(5), 635–658. https://doi.org/10.1108/13673271011074818
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Albino, V., Messeni Petruzzelli, A., & Rotolo, D. (2010). Exploring and exploiting through external sources: the effect of learning and technological proximity. International Journal of Innovation and Learning, 8(1), 11–27. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJIL.2010.034011
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Book chapters
Hogarth, S., Hopkins, M. M., & Rotolo, D. (2016). Technological accretion in diagnostics: HPV testing and cytology in cervical cancer screening. In D. Consoli, A. Mina, R. R. Nelson, & R. Ramlogan (Eds.), Medical Innovation, Science, Technology and Practice (pp. 88–116). Routledge.
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Cattani, G., & Rotolo, D. (2013). An exploratory study of the role of publishing inventors in nanotechnology. In B. S. Aharonson, U. Stettner, T. L. Amburgey, S. Ellis, & I. Drori (Eds.), Understanding the Relationship Between Networks and Technology, Creativity and Innovation. Emerald Group Publishing Limited. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1479-067X(2013)0000013007
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Research reports
Rotolo, D. and Camerani, R. (2017). Scientific publication activity of 2014 Scoreboard Companies. Technical report, SPRU-University of Sussex (Brighton, UK) for IPTS, JRC, European Commission.
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Davé, A., Hopkins, M. M., Huon, J., Krčál, A., Kolarz, P., Martin, B., Nielsen, K., Rafols, I., Rotolo, D., Simmonds, P., and Stirling, A. (2016). Interdisciplinary research: Landscape and environment. Technical report, Technopolis (Brighton, UK) and SPRU-University of Sussex (Brighton, UK) for HEFCE.
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Digital Science and the Science Policy Research Unit (2015). The value of structural diversity: assessing diversity for a sustainable research base. Technical report, Digital Science (London, UK) and SPRU, University of Sussex (Brighton, UK), London, UK.
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Sussex, J., Garau, M., Rotolo, D., Hopkins, M., Grassano, N., Crane, P., Lang, F., Hutton, J., Pateman, C., Mawer, A., Farrell, C., and Sharp, T. (2014). Exploring the Interdependencies of Research Funders in the UK. Technical Report Research Paper 14/03, Office of Health Economics (London, UK) and SPRU-University of Sussex (Brighton, UK) for Cancer Research UK.
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