Assessment of Iran''''s Scientific Cooperation Capability in terms of University-Industry-Government relations on the ISI Web of Science Database

The purpose of this study is to determine the extent of scientific cooperation in Iran from the viewpoint of university-industry and government communication in the ISI Web of Science Information Center.

The research method is evaluative and applied. In this research, a triple-spiral model was used to measure the relationship between university, industry and government in the scientific production process of the country, and interactions between the triangular spiral organs were identified using Th.exe software. The statistical population consisted of all Iranian articles indexed in the World Wide Web of Science from 1983 to 2017; collecting information by census and reviewing all 348.047 Iranian articles indexed in the Web Science Database. Data analysis was performed using descriptive statistics and Excel 2010 software, drawing tables and graphs.

The findings showed that T (UIG) in the total scientific output of Iran was 3.12 The highest scientific output of Iran in all sciences related to scientific products with organizational affiliation was exclusively university (93.88%), the lowest scientific output Also, industry-government cooperation was close to zero percent (8 papers) and the degree of cooperation between the university and industry was 0.81 percent.

The results of this study showed a low level of interactions between the three universities-industry-government institutions. and the main role of science production is in universities.