Collaborating Authors: Publications and Patents for Four Chinese Cities, 2016-2025

Hua Song compiled over 39,000 Web of Science publications and nearly 10,000 patent records from 2016 to 2025. The data covers four Chinese cities—Wuhan, Chengdu, Hangzhou, and Tianjin—and four high-tech domains: AI, fiber-optic communication, intelligent connected vehicles, and storage chips. The dataset was last updated on 2026-05-14.

Use Cases

• Compare urban innovation trajectories based on publication and patent data across four cities.
• Analyze technological specialization and research priorities in domains like AI and fiber-optic communication.
• Map collaboration networks among authors and inventors within and between the studied cities.
• Benchmark the application of LLMs for keyword cleaning and topic identification in large-scale textual metadata.

Strengths

• Contains over 39,000 publication records and nearly 10,000 patent records.
• Covers a defined time range from 2016 to 2025.
• Focuses on four specific Chinese cities and four defined technological domains.
• Uses an integrated analytical framework combining bibliometrics, network modeling, and LLM-assisted interpretation.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset is very small at 13.5 KB, indicating limited scope or aggregated summary data.

Provenance

Source

Hua Song via figshare.

Collection Method

Compiled from Web of Science publications and a national patent database.

Time Range

2016-2025

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 17:26:44; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Four Chinese cities: Wuhan, Chengdu, Hangzhou, Tianjin.