This study presents the evolution of the Triple Helix thematic using social network analysis. Our research covered 1,122 publications from the Web of Science database between 1995 and 2022. To analyze the data, we adopted the CiteSpace software, from which we interpreted the general properties of the co-citation network and the countries’ network. We also explored a set of nodes’ centralities to identify relevant publications and countries. The results showed two trends related to the literature relevance across different innovation systems. The first one is a possible theoretical replacement by authors who publish mainly about relationships between entities in economically developed countries that are leaders in innovation, whose research migrated from the Triple Helix model to the Quadruple Helix model. The second trend relates to the studies’ continuity based on the prior model by authors investigating innovation systems in less advanced technological ecosystems with newborn or young relationships.

本研究介绍了使用社交网络分析的三螺旋主题的演变。我们的研究涵盖了 1995 年至 2022 年间 Web of Science 数据库中的 1,122 篇出版物。为了分析数据，我们采用了 CiteSpace 软件，从中我们解释了共引网络和国家网络的一般属性。我们还探索了一组节点的中心性，以确定相关的出版物和国家。结果显示了两种与不同创新系统的文献相关性相关的趋势。第一个是可能的理论替代，作者主要发表关于创新领导者的经济发达国家实体之间的关系，他们的研究从三重螺旋模型迁移到四重螺旋模型。