A bibliometric portrait of the evolution, scientific roots and influence of the literature on university-industry links

• Tipo: Artigo em Revista Científica Internacional
• Data: 2012

Autores

Aurora A C Teixeira (Autor) FEP; Luisa Mota (Autor) Outra

Revista

Título: Scientometrics

Vol. 93 Nº 3

Páginas: 719-743

ISSN: 0138-9130

Editora: Springer Nature

Indexação

ISI Web of Knowledge - 64 Citações

ISI Web of Science

Scopus - 73 Citações

Classificação Científica

FOS: Ciências exactas e naturais > Ciências da computação e da informação

CORDIS: Ciências Sociais > Economia

Outras Informações

ID Authenticus: P-002-31A

DOI: 10.1007/s11192-012-0823-5

Abstract (EN): The study of university-industry (U-I) relations has been the focus of growing interest in the literature. However, to date, a quantitative overview of the existing literature in this field has yet to be accomplished. This study intends to fill this gap through the use of bibliometric techniques. By using three different yet interrelated databases-a database containing the articles published on U-I links, which encompass 534 articles published between 1986 and 2011; a 'roots' database, which encompasses over 20,000 references to the articles published on U-I relations; and a 'influences' database which includes more than 15,000 studies that cited the articles published on U-I relations-we obtained the following results: (1) 'Academic spin offs', 'Scientific and technological policies' and (to a greater extent) 'Knowledge Transfer Channels' are topics in decline; (2) 'Characteristics of universities, firms and scientists', along with 'Regional spillovers', show remarkable growth, and 'Measures and indicators' can be considered an emergent topic; (3) clear tendency towards 'empirical' works, although 'appreciative and empirical' papers constitute the bulk of this literature; (4) the multidisciplinary nature of the intellectual roots of the U-I literature-an interesting blending of neoclassical economics (focused on licensing, knowledge transfer and high-tech entrepreneurship) and heterodox approaches (mainly related to systems of innovation) is observed in terms of intellectual roots; (5) the influence of the U-I literature is largely concentrated on the industrialized world and on the research area of innovation and technology (i.e., some 'scientific endogamy' is observed).

Idioma: Inglês

Tipo (Avaliação Docente): Científica

Nº de páginas: 25