Lithuania SmartS Schema in InCites
The Lithuania Smart Specialization (SmartS) schema in InCites was developed in collaboration with the Research Council of Lithuania to evaluate research output and impact in line with the country’s national research, development and innovation (R&D&I) priorities.
Smart Specialisation Strategies (S3) are an EU policy framework designed to help regions and countries focus research and investment on areas of unique strength and potential, rather than spreading resources too thinly. Lithuania’s Smart Specialisation strategy defines national priorities in line with this approach, linking research with economic development goals and supporting the EU’s broader innovation, green, and digital agendas.
The schema organizes publications from the Web of Science Core Collection into 15 thematic fields, structured across two levels:
- The 254 Web of Science categories are mapped to one of the 15 R&D&I Thematic Fields.
- Categories that do not align with any thematic field are classified under “Other”.
- These 15 thematic fields are further grouped into three overarching R&D&I priority areas.
The complete mapping is available for download here.
| R&D&I priority | Smart specialization thematic field |
| Health technologies, biotechnologies and safe food | Advanced applied technologies for personal and public health |
| Advanced medical engineering for early diagnosis and treatment | |
| Molecular technologies for medicine and biopharmaceuticals | |
| Safe food and sustainable agrobiological resources | |
| ICT technologies, inclusive and creative society | Artificial intelligence, big and distributed data, multidisciplinary analysis, processing and implementation |
| Audiovisual media, design technologies and social innovation | |
| Cyber security | |
| Financial technologies and block chains | |
| Smart transport systems | |
| The Internet of Things | |
| New production processes, materials and energy efficiency | Advanced materials and constructions |
| Flexible product development, production and process management technologies | |
| Photonic and laser technologies | |
| Strengthening energy efficiency and smart energy solutions | |
| Use of renewable energy sources | |
| Other | Other |