Knowledge Structure of IPR as Reflected by the Content Analysis of Papers Published in Journal of Intellectual Property Rights.

This paper reports analysis of the contents of more than 700 papers published in the Journal of Intellectual Property Rights during 1996-2014 to understand the knowledge structure in the field of IPR. The contents of all the titles are classified into different subject fields related to IPR with the help of title or keywords or abstract of each paper. The analysis indicates that the journal covers almost all the areas specified under Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) as well as the contributions from all over world. It is also reflected that the utility of IPR and the interest of people in this area have increased for better and efficient protection of their work. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]