Invention patent, as a kind of patent, is the patent type with the highest gold content.

SCI four-area papers belong to international core papers, and the gold content is the lowest in SCI.

It is difficult to define who is good and who is bad simply by comparing invention patents with SCI papers. Some people use invention patents better, while others use SCI four-zone papers higher.

When evaluating professional titles, papers in four fields of SCI will get extra points, usually no less than one invention patent. In this respect alone, the SCI four-zone paper is better.