Table 1 Databases and search terms

PubMed

(medical OR medicine OR biomedical OR pharmaceutical OR biotech) AND (university OR academic OR universities OR facult* OR public institut*) AND (Technology OR innovation OR knowledge) AND (Transfer OR Translation OR commercialization OR License OR ((Joint OR collaborative OR contract) AND research)) AND (industry OR “private sector” OR company)

Web of Science

(medic* OR biomedical OR pharmaceutical* OR biotech) AND (universit* OR academic OR facult* OR publicly funded OR public institution) AND (Technology OR innovation* OR knowledge) AND (Transfer OR Translation Or commercialization OR License OR ((Joint OR collaborative OR contract) research)) AND (industry OR “private sector” OR company)

ProQuest

AB((medical OR biomedical OR pharmaceutical) AND (university OR academic* OR faculty* OR (public* NEAR/2 fund* NEAR/2 research) OR “public institution”) AND (Technology OR innovation) AND (Transfer OR Translation OR commercialization OR (University NEAR/5 Industry near/5 collabor*)) AND (industry OR “private sector” OR compan*))

DiVa

(medical OR biomedical OR pharmaceutical) AND (university OR academic OR faculty OR “publicly funded research” OR “public institution”) AND (Technology OR innovation) AND (Transfer ORTranslation OR commercialization OR collabor*) AND (industry OR “private sector”)

DART - Europe

(medical OR biomedical OR pharmaceutical) AND (university OR academic OR faculty OR “public institution”) AND (Technology OR innovation) AND (Transfer OR Translation OR commercialization OR collabor* OR industry OR “private sector”)