Our methodology is based on four principle criteria: patent approval success rate, global reach of a patent portfolio, influence as measured by patent citations (removing self cites) and overall patent volume.
"[T]he average man self-cites 56% more often than … the average woman," write Molly King, a sociology Ph.D. student at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, and co-authors in Men set their own cites high: Gender and self-citation across fields and over time, the draft paper presented at the meeting.
The rate of self-citation could influence our analysis if there are gender differences in the propensity to self-cite.
We also found that UK researchers were less likely to self-cite compared to all other countries, only 15% of their citations were self-citations (χ = 8.7, d.f. = 1, p = 0.032).
Like most self-respecting think-tankers, Lind haughtily self-references, citing a New Republic article quoting himself discussing this "Greater New England" concept.
After pleading self-defence, citing Florida's "stand your ground" law, Zimmerman was acquitted of all charges.
Many keep them for self-defence, citing the country's spectacular crime rate, but triggering an inevitable arms race with criminals.
Seeking to quell any legal questions about the raid, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. said, "It was justified as an act of national self-defense," citing Bin Laden's role as the architect of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
Police Superintendent Michael Harrison would not say whether Hayes claimed self-defense, citing the ongoing investigation.
We invaded a country on the basis of preemptive self-defense, citing remarkably dubious evidence.
