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Publication metrics for the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Investigator grant

Use this guide to access example statements and instructions for finding key evidence to include in your NHMRC Investigator Grant application.

Example statement for patent citations via The Lens

I have 27 articles that are cited in 60 patent documents (24 granted patent, 32 patent applications, 4 search reports) – jurisdictions include the United States and Patent Trademark Office (US), World Intellectual Property Organisation (WO) And EP European Patent Office (EP) (PatCite -The Lens, MMM YYYY).

Note:

  • Citations from patents may provide evidence that your research has commercial influence.
  • Patent citations to scholarly output indicate a connection between research and industry, with original research as an input into innovation.
  • It is not possible to see from patents whether the results of the research are eventually commercially exploited, but research cited by patents is a strong indicator of the relevance that it could have to industry.

Find patent citations

Use the Digital Object Identifier (DOI) or PubMed Identifier (PMID) of a publication, or the patent identifier to discover patent related citations.

Using PatCite via The Lens (YouTube, 3m43s) explains how to find information about the patent documents that have cited your publications: