TRIPLE HELIX | Database

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This page aims to disseminate the project “database of communications about Triple Helix of university-company-government linkages.” It is an action of the Triple HelixResearchGroup (THERG-Brazil), coordinated by Professor Marcelo Amaral.

In addition to publicizing the project, the site seeks to collect communications made by researchers and professionals about Triple Helix. In this sense, we count on the authors’ collaboration to send their communications to us. Please use this form.

Communications published in the Triple Helix – A Journal of University-Industry-Government Innovationand Entrepreneurship and in the conferences organized by the Triple Helix Association are automatically included by the project team.

What is the communications database’s purpose?

The bank has several possible uses, but the main objective is to allow the analysis of the evolution of the TH movement. This analysis can be made using descriptive statistics or bibliometric techniques. It is, therefore, a set of helpful information for:

academic researchers, who can find sources for literature review and gaps/problems for academic research/discussion, and
managers of scientific events, for the preparation of the call for papers and organization of scientific sessions.

Technical aspects of the communications database

The database is organized in an MS Excel file. Each column represents one of the metadata collected from scientific communications. For this, it is essential to understand the concept of “scientific communication.” The research opts for this construct rather than “publication”, “paper,” or “article” as the key element of “entry” into the database. The term aims to differentiate what is scientific from what is not, excluding non-academic communications. Like opinion articles or articles published in newspapers; and essays that do not have the character and structure of scientific production. Additionally, it allows broadening the scope of research, covering articles published in indexed journals and publications related to academic conferences, which provided the original motivation for the project. The term “entry” is also used as a synonym for “communication” (ROSA et al., 2018).

Table 1 explains each of the metadata.

Table 1: Constituent metadata of the communications database

Metadata	Description/Categories
Entry	Reference number (defined by the database managers)
Year	Publicationyear
Typeofcommunication	Book/book chapter; conference paper (identified which TH or just conference if another); journal paper (with special identification if it is the Triple Helix Journal); Monograph, Dissertation or Thesis; discussion text or working paper; presentation, lecture or keynote in scientific event. In the case of TH conferences, all events were included, and several regional events were also included.
Session/themes	In the case of conferences, there is a set of themes in the call for papers. Later, reflected in the program sessions.
Authors	Author’s full name, where each author is equivalent to one line in the database (that is, if a paper has four authors, it will be four lines in the bank)
Institution	Author’s affiliation institution at the time of publication
Country	Country of origin or headquarters of the institution -> It can be a university, research center, government agency, company, or similar. The country of the first author counts communications with multiple authors from different countries.
Keywords	Words that identify the area of publication, common in conferences and journal papers. Also serve to classify books. The field has no size limit, and a comma separates the words.
Sources	It informs the source of the publication (if a journal informs the name of the journal, volume, number and pages) or the link where the publication can be found.
Title	Title.
Database	Informs in which database the publication was found (if it is indexed). Ex: Scopus, Web of Science.
DOIor ISBN	Identification for indexed publications aiming at easy access to it. It is possible to present the link to the journal page or place of publication also.

Source: Amaral & Messias, 2020.

History

The scientific communications database on TH began to be developed in 2009 as part of the initiatives related to the VIII International TH Conference organization. The conference was held in October 2010 in Madrid, Spain, in which Professor Marcelo Amaral was co-chairman.

The conference organizing team identified the need to learn about previous events’ academic production to define the most relevant themes for the call for papers. The idea was to get to know the traditional or common themes present in the previous conferences. Moreover, which theme authors involved with the theme would be able to submit manuscripts easily. Then, combine with new themes of interest to the organizers of the VIII conference and its stakeholders (financiers, local governments, among others).

Additionally, the communication database serves as a business intelligence tool to identify the primary authors and institutions researching on TH. In order to invite them to participate (and lead activities) in the conference and also find out which institutions with activities on the theme were not participating in the events and involve them (AMARAL and FERREIRA, 2013).

In 2011 it became a project/product of the Triple Helix Research Group (THERG-Brazil), a research group created in 2008, headquartered in the Master Program in Administration at the Fluminense Federal University (UFF).

Over the years, updates have been made available to scholars, THA, and conference organizers. The versions were made available in 2010, 2013, 2017, and 2018 (ROSA et al., 2018).

Project financers

La Salle Campus Madrid – 2009-2010
UFF – scientific initiation project (PIBIC notice) – several years
FAPERJ – Carlos Chagas Foundation for Research Support in the State of Rio de Janeiro – digital content project (public notice 7/2020) – 2021

References

Several publications have been made using the communications database. To know:

AMARAL, M. G.; MESSIAS, N. R.; CARRARO, E. R. (2021). Beyond a Bibliometric Analysis and Literature Review: The Comprehension and Uses of Triple Helix Approach in Brazil In: XIX Triple Helix Conference – Innovation for a Sustainable World., 2021, São Paulo.

AMARAL, M. G.; MESSIAS, N. R. (2020). A evolução do movimento da triple helix: uma análise das comunicações científicas por meio de técnica bibliométrica. International Journal of Innovation, v.8, pp.250-275.

AMARAL, M. G.; MESSIAS, N. R. (2018). Análise das Comunicações Científicas Sobre a Abordagem e o Movimento da Triple Helix. In: XXI SEMEAD – Seminários em Administração, 2018, São Paulo.

ROSA, J. A. A.; MESSIAS, N. R.; AMARAL, M. G. (2018). The Triple Helix Movement: An Analysis of Academic Communications In: XVI Triple Helix Conference, 2018, Manchester.

AMARAL, M. G.; FERREIRA, A. (2013). Triple Helix Movement Evolution: a Database from Academic Communications. In: Triple Helix International Conference 2013

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Updated August 2021.