Patent filings versus articles published: A review of the literature in the context of Multicriteria Decision Aid

The objective of this work is to conduct a comparative study of the patents indexed in the base Derwent Innovation Index and the articles published in the ISI Web of Science database related to multicriteria. The results pointed to 10,643 articles and 209 patents on multicriteria. While universities were more prominent in the publishing of articles, companies stood out in patent applications. This work points to a misalignment between the articles published and the filing of patents, initiating an important discussion that could contribute to the production of innovation and guide future research about the subject.