Mora-Valentín, Eva-MaríaNájera-Sánchez, Juan-JoséOrtiz-de-Urbina-Criado, Marta2024-10-252024-10-252022Mora-Valentín, E.-M.; Nájera-Sánchez, J.-J.; Ortiz-de-Urbina-Criado, M.; (2022): Assessment of Success in University-Industry Cooperation Literature: A Bibliographic Coupling Analysis. Science and Public Policy, vol. 49, nº 5 (pp. 686-698). https://doi.org/10.1093/scipol/scac0190302-3427.https://hdl.handle.net/10115/40663Our paper makes several contributions. First, based on a theoretical model (motivations and benefits of both partners), we carried out a cluster analysis using the bibliographic coupling technique. Even though some previous studies have used bibliometric techniques to analyze the literature about university–industry cooperation, we have found no study focused on university–industry relationship success using this technique. Second, we have identified the main topics in the literature. Third, we compared our cluster results to the previous studies (McMillan et al. 2016) in order to identify future research avenues. Fourth, we propose an interpretative framework for analyzing success in university–industry cooperation. All these contributions can be used for academics, practitioners and policymakers in the management of these cooperative relations.University–industry relationships have been central in technology and management innovation literature for decades. Success has been one of the most relevant topics in this field, driving a high proportion of this research. Our objective is to analyze this literature. Based on a framework of the motivations and expected benefits of the partners, classifying them into six categories (technological, strategic, financial, educational, political and epistemological), we have carried out a bibliographic coupling analysis to determine the topic’s knowledge structure. We show how these themes have evolved, with some remaining central during the entire timeframe and others gaining academics’ attention in recent years. We offer a research schedule and a dynamic, interpretative model that classifies and organizes the motivations of success for university–industry collaboration. This analysis can help in the formulation and implementation of public and private programs that aim to promote cooperation between firms and universities.engOUP has self-archiving policies that permit authors to take advantage of green open access by depositing their accepted manuscript (i.e. the post-acceptance version, before copyediting) into a non-commercial repository. In non-commercial repositories, articles can become freely available after the proscribed embargo period. Find out more about OUP green OA for journals.Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/academic-industry linksuniversity–firm cooperationsuccessiterature reviewbibliographic couplinginfo:eu-repo/semantics/article10.1093/scipol/scac019info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess