Information resources and indicators to evaluate innovation potential of scientific research fields

The paper deals with the methods of calculating quantitative indicators of linkages of scientific research fields and priority domains of technology development to forecast linkage change and the choice of priority research fields aimed at the solution of application problems. The foreign experience of calculating the meaning of quantitative indicators of linkages with the use of full-text patent resources is analyzed. An approach to develop and localize foreign methods to calculate indicators of linkages based on Russian information resources is suggested.