Paper Potential
What are these measures?
Commercial potential estimates how likely it is that a paper's knowledge will be picked up by industry, through patents, licensing deals, or product development. Papers that closely cite existing patents, cover topics adjacent to engineering applications, or appear in journals that industry actively monitors tend to score higher.
Scientific potential captures the complementary dimension: how likely a paper is to seed future breakthroughs within science itself, regardless of commercial relevance. High scientific potential papers are typically foundational, opening new questions rather than closing existing ones.
Why does this matter? Citation counts tell you a paper was noticed; commercial potential and scientific potential tell you how it was noticed and by whom. A field with high commercial potential but modest scientific potential is commercially mature, with knowledge being absorbed by industry. High scientific potential but low commercial potential signals frontier science not yet close to application. Sweden's position on both dimensions reveals whether its ATMP research is driving toward the lab bench, the clinic, or the market.
Data source: Masclans, R., Hasan, S., and Cohen, W. M. (2025). Measuring the Commercial Potential of Science. Strategic Management Journal, 46(9), 2199–2236. Dataset: https://zenodo.org/records/17912043
Commercial potential: v3 release, full corpus coverage.
Scientific potential: v2 release only; this score was removed in v3. Expect reduced paper counts in scientific potential sections compared to commercial potential.
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All ATMP papers: commercial and scientific potential
Metric selector: sections below
Compot = commercial potential (v3, full coverage). Scipot = scientific potential (v2, reduced coverage; removed from v3 dataset).
Commercial/scientific potential distribution: Fundamental ATMP technology domains
Each panel is one Fundamental ATMP technology domain plus an All Fundamental summary. Domain classification: F1 = DNA tailoring, F2 = Identity and Fate reprogramming, F3 = Delivery, F4 = Sensing and Control systems. A paper assigned to multiple domains appears in multiple panels. Global excludes Swedish papers. See the All ATMP chart above for full source and metric definitions. Analysis: Yotam Sofer, House of Innovation, Stockholm School of Economics.
Commercial/scientific potential distribution: Enabling ATMP technology domains
Each panel is one Enabling ATMP technology domain plus an All Enabling summary. Domain classification: E1 = Phenotyping, E2 = Bioprocessing, E3 = Preclinical modelling, E4 = Manufacturing. A paper assigned to multiple domains appears in multiple panels. Analysis: Yotam Sofer, House of Innovation, Stockholm School of Economics.