| 1975 to 1984 | 1985 to 1994 | 1995 to 2004 |
---|---|---|---|
Knowledge utilization | Caplan | Bozeman | Backer |
 | Glaser | Backer | Caplan |
 | Havelock | Caplan | Havelock |
 | Merton | Dunn | Weiss |
 | Mitroff | Glaser |  |
 | Rich | Havelock |  |
 | Vandevall | Rich |  |
 | Weiss | Weiss |  |
 | Yin |  |  |
Diffusion of innovations | Aiken | Kimberly | Brown |
 | Brown | March | Coleman |
 | Coleman | Rogers | Katz |
 | Downs | Zaltman | Rogers |
 | Feller |  | Zaltman |
 | Hage |  |  |
 | March |  |  |
 | Rogers |  |  |
 | Utterback |  |  |
 | Zaltman |  |  |
Technology transfer | Allen | Allen | Allen |
 | Federal Insurance | Bass | Mansfield |
 | Corporation | Jensen | Mahajan |
 | Mahajan | Mahajan | Nelson |
 | Mansfield | Mansfield | Rosenberg |
 | Vernon | Nelson |  |
 |  | Reinganum |  |
 |  | Rosenberg |  |
 |  | Sharif |  |
 |  | Teece |  |
Evidence-based medicine | Â | Eddy | Chalmers |
 |  | Haynes | Davis |
 |  | Lomas | Eddy |
 |  |  | Grimshaw |
 |  |  | Guyatt |
 |  |  | Haynes |
 |  |  | Lomas |
 |  |  | Oxman |
 |  |  | Sackett |
 |  |  | UK Dept Health |
 |  |  | Woolf |
Other | Burt | Â | Â |