Based on 1 767 documents retrieved from CNKI database, CiteSpace software is used to analyze the knowledge graph of the literature. The research results show that the development of the innovation consortium has experienced three stages: the budding exploration period, the rapid development period and the stable and perfect period. The high-yield authors of the research have not formed a cooperation network, and the high-yield institutions have initially formed two typical cooperation networks. Research hotspots are mainly analyzed from the perspectives of industrial technology innovation strategic alliance, innovation performance, collaborative innovation, research consortium, knowledge transfer, etc. The research fronts focus on collaborative innovation, breakthrough innovation, evolutionary games, and grounded theory.