In studying cross-citation, it is interesting to see whether private sector scientists preferentially cite public sector researchers and vice versa and identify research communities with a low level of information asymmetry.
Mr. Bernanke listed options available: direct financing to research institutions, grants to universities or private sector researchers, contracts for specific projects and tax incentives.
"The crime scene sector, researchers and undergraduates are all going to have to work more collaboratively in future," says Smith.
Mr. Lu, an evangelist for the technology, meets scientists and private sector researchers to convince them that the age of ocean-borne sensors is nigh.
As infrastructure ages, the maintenance cost of highways is becoming a major international concern that hitherto has been overlooked by public sector researchers.
The committee will host a meeting this fall in Washington, D.C., to discuss its findings, followed by regional events in 2013 to foster collaborations among government agencies, nonprofit organizations, the private sector, researchers, and the general public.
While ex-public sector researchers took advantage of their vast experience in wheat to start their own breeding programs, multinational corporations have not formally entered the Brazilian wheat market, although interviewees indicated that it is known that Nidera, Syngenta, Bayer, and Dow work with wheat improvement.
Recent concern over the Zika virus -- specifically the need for an effective treatment and vaccine to help address its spread -- is a prime example of the need for close collaboration among public and private sector researchers.
While there are dominant disciplines in each sector, researchers working within separate health sector and transport sector evidentiary paradigms already appear to draw upon a mix of disciplinary perspectives.
