visualization of national and international inter-institutional collaboration in publications the islamic republic of iran from scopus : triple helix model.

triple helix model (th) collaborations involving university, industry and government provide a networked infrastructure for shaping the dynamic fluxes of knowledge base of innovations locally and these fluxes remain emergent within the domains. in this article first the knowledge-based economy, national system of innovation, and three models of uig relations which represent different triple helix configurations are introduced. then we analyze the national and international inter-institutional collaboration among university, industrial, and governmental addresses (u-i-g) at the country level in publications of the islamic republic of iran from scopus database and maps the network of inter-institutional collaboration by vos software for visualization in social sciences and active institutes are defined.this map is used for policy makers in different institutional applicants to progress the sufficient inter-section collaboration in iran. the evolution process of innovation systems was explored, from etatistic model, followed by improved ‘‘laissez-faire’’ model, and then shifting toward triple helix model.