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Industry Collaboration Index 2026 · University profile

Brigham Young University

United States · North America · Silver

#541World rank of 1,038
48.5ICI scoreout of 100
#134National rank, of 203 in United States
#153Regional rank, of 231 in North America
271Verified industry works, 2021 to 2025
192Company groups worked with (56 on two or more works)

Brigham Young University is ranked #541 of 1,038, with Silver standing. Its strongest pillar is breadth (87): partners spread across many research fields. It is held back most by durability (9): 7 of its company groups are sustained partners (five or more joint works in three or more of the five years); and by scale (32): a network of 56 company groups on two or more joint works.

Research Collaboration Index 2026: #852 of 1,195 · View the RCI profile →

Why this position

Four pillars, as percentiles

Co-creation30% of the score
66

How often it co-authors with companies, compared with what its own mix of research fields would predict; size makes no difference. 271 verified works against about 230 expected for its fields (1.18 times the expected rate).

Durability20% of the score
9

How much of its industry work sits in sustained partnerships with the same company group. 7 sustained partnerships: five or more joint works in three or more of the five years.

Scale30% of the score
32

The size of its industry network: company groups on two or more works, sustained partnerships, and its place in the worldwide network of universities and companies. 56 company groups on two or more joint works; 7 sustained partnerships.

Breadth20% of the score
87

How varied its partners are, judged by each company's main research field. Measured across the main research fields of all the company groups it worked with.

Each pillar is a percentile among the 1,038 ranked universities: a value of 80 means a higher value than about 80 in every 100 of them. The ICI score (48.5) is the weighted average of the four percentiles. Rank 541 of 1,038 overall; 134 of 203 in United States; 153 of 231 in North America. Standing bands: Platinum for ranks 1 to 100, Gold 101 to 300, Silver 301 to 600. How the index is built →

In numbers

The evidence behind the position

3.3%of its 8,311 research works in 2021 to 2025 were co-authored with a verified company
1.18Industry co-authorship rate: 1.18 times what its mix of research fields would predict (271 verified works; about 230 expected)
7sustained partnerships: the same company group on five or more joint works in three or more of the five years

In United States

134 of 203 ranked universities in United States

  1. #132 University of New Mexico world #538, score 48.6
  2. #133 Temple University world #539, score 48.6
  3. #134 Brigham Young University world #541, score 48.5
  4. #135 University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences world #545, score 48.3
  5. #136 Montana State University world #547, score 48.2

All ranked universities →   North America: 153 of 231 →

Where it works with industry

Sector strengths

Verified industry works by sector, with its position in each sector ranking. A university is ranked in a sector once it has at least 20 verified works there; sectors with fewer than 50 eligible universities are provisional.

Not yet ranked in any sector: a sector ranking needs at least 20 verified works in the sector. Its largest sector is Advanced Manufacturing and Industry 4.0, with 11.

Advanced Manufacturing and Industry 4.0
11under 20 works
Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology
11under 20 works
Climate, Environment and Sustainability
9.5under 20 works
Agriculture and Food Technology
8.5under 20 works
Artificial Intelligence
8under 20 works
Built Environment and Infrastructure
7under 20 works
Aerospace and Aviation
6.5under 20 works
Pharmaceuticals and Therapeutics
5under 20 works
Software, Cloud and Data
5under 20 works
Chemicals, Process and Resources
4under 20 works
Semiconductors and Microelectronics
4under 20 works
Biotechnology and Advanced Therapies
3under 20 works
Clean Energy Transition
3under 20 works
Automotive and Mobility
3under 20 works
Next-Generation Communications
2under 20 works
Batteries and Energy Storage
1under 20 works
Not in any of the 21 sectors
179.5counted in the overall index

91.5 of its 271 verified industry works fall within the 21 sectors. The rest have research topics that belong to no industry sector (basic science, for example) or are consortium papers with 100 or more authors, which the sector indices leave out; all of them count fully in the overall index.

Who it works with

Company partners, 2021 to 2025

Brigham Young University co-authored verified work with 192 company groups, consortium papers aside: 56 of them on two or more works, and 7 as sustained partners.

The largest 12 of its 192 company groups, by joint works

Company groupBased inCompany's main research fieldJoint worksYears with a joint work
Blue Ridge Research and ConsultingUnited StatesEngineering12.54 of 5
Spectral SciencesUnited StatesPhysics and Astronomy95 of 5
NielsenUnited StatesPhysics and Astronomy85 of 5
ChevronUnited StatesEngineering84 of 5
RestekUnited StatesChemistry63 of 5
GoogleUnited StatesComputer Science5.55 of 5
Eigenvector ResearchUnited StatesNot recorded53 of 5
SiemensGermanyEngineering52 of 5
BiogenUnited StatesMedicine53 of 5
Berry ConsultantsUnited StatesMedicine54 of 5
Phillips 66United StatesEngineering43 of 5
Bristol-Myers SquibbUnited StatesMedicine43 of 5

A company group brings together a company's subsidiaries and research labs under one name. A work counts half when its only company author also holds a post at this university. Consortium papers with 100 or more authors are left out of this table.

Examples of its work with industry

Most-cited verified joint works

Its most-cited verified works with 30 or fewer authors, leaving out guidelines and consensus statements. Citation counts are those of the open scholarly record at harvest. Each title links to the work.

Over time

Verified industry works by year

71.52021
572022
53.52023
49.52024
39.52025

2025 is not yet complete: papers published late in the year are still being added to the open record, and coverage may not be equally complete for every university, so compare years with care. A work counts half when its only company author also holds a post at the university, so some totals end in .5.

Clinical trials (reported, not scored)

2 industry-partnered clinical trials

Trials starting 2021 to 2025 in ClinicalTrials.gov in which a company and this university are the sponsor and a collaborator. Names are matched exactly, so a trial registered only under an affiliated hospital's own name is not counted here, and the count can be well below the university's real trial activity. Trials do not enter the score.

Examples:

  • NCT05966883 SpermQT Prospective Observational Trial with Inherent Biosciences, 2023
  • NCT05056753 Heterodyned Whole-Body Vibration in Treatment of Opioid Withdrawal-Induced Anxiety with PhotoPharmics, Inc., 2022

Evidence checked

359 verified company links

Each counted link (one work, this university and one company) was confirmed against the affiliation text its author wrote; 301 of 660 candidate links were set aside.

Why links were set aside
  • 151 company name not written in the author's affiliation
  • 52 ordinary-word name without a company suffix
  • 27 part of a university or public institute's own unit
  • 24 a place or common word that failed its stricter rule
  • 11 excluded after hand audit: Matched from Hartford HealthCare (a hospital system) and the city of Hartford
  • 8 excluded after hand audit: Matched from street addresses (State Street)
  • 28 for other reasons: smaller hand-audit findings, and links the current open record no longer supports

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Research Collaboration Index

In the Research Collaboration Index 2026, Brigham Young University ranks #852 of 1,195. It measures the whole research network, not only industry.

View the RCI profile →

Something wrong? Every figure comes from the public record and can be checked. If a partner is missing or should not be there, tell us and we will review it with the evidence. The 2027 edition will be calculated with the same published methodology. The window for universities to submit data for it is open now: submit data for the 2027 edition. The index is free, public and independent. No commercial relationship with any university or company changes any position, and no one can pay to be included, excluded or moved.