Technology is a key factor for the competitiveness of the world-leading companies. Collaborating with and funding other research organisations are effective and economical ways to improve their innovation performance. This study aims to investigate the roles of companies in scientific research, as an author and as a funder, and the inner links. Big companies in the agrobiotechnology sector have made great efforts to drive the development of genetically modified techniques. Genetically modified maize, as one of the commercialised genetically modified organisms, is selected as the case study. From an investigation of data available from the Web of Science database, we find that companies’ publications are important in terms of quality and quantity. Companies collaborate with various types of organisations, and build international funding networks. These publications involve in a wide range of emerging topics, and company-authored publications have higher citations. Implications for further research are discussed.

Quantum communication is a key to information security, which has a wide range of applications in military, financial, and social development. Understanding the technological emergence in advance would contribute to gain full socio-economic benefits and reducing risk. This research attempts to explore the emergence of quantum communication from the bibliometric perspective. By analyzing the patent from the Derwent Innovation Index, this research analyzes the development phase, the technology emergence, the main contributors’ network, the distribution of regions, and technology categories of quantum communication. The results show that quantum communication is in the growth phase according to the theory of the technology life cycle. China, the United States, and Japan are the leading countries. This research also identifies the main patent assignees and their collaboration networks. By introducing the technological emergence indicators, this research identifies four emerging topics in quantum communication and analyzes the layout of main patent assignees within these topics. This research would contribute to the endeavour of scientific communities toward the development of quantum communication.