Abstract:

The cooperative relationship among universityindustrygovernment(UIG)in communications and information industry, based on the data from the Science Citation Index Expanded(SCIE)is examined The triple helix algorithm is applied for the quantitative analysis The result shows that, the dominant collaboration pattern is universitygovernment collaboration in communications industry; the industrygovernment collaboration and the universityindustrygovernment collaboration are both weak But, compared to the other industries, in communications industry, the universityindustry collaboration and universityindustrygovernment collaborations are stronger, while the universitygovernment and industrygovernment collaborations are weaker than other sectors

Key words: communication and information industry, the triple helix algorithm, universityindustrygovernment, SCIE