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Industry Collaboration Index 2026 · University profile

China University of Petroleum, East China

China · Asia-Pacific · Gold

#123World rank of 1,038
73.5ICI scoreout of 100
#7National rank, of 169 in China
#21Regional rank, of 343 in Asia-Pacific
2,760Verified industry works, 2021 to 2025
315Company groups worked with (117 on two or more works)

China University of Petroleum, East China is ranked #123 of 1,038, with Gold standing. Its strongest pillar is durability (100): 33 of its company groups are sustained partners (five or more joint works in three or more of the five years). It is held back most by breadth (0): partners concentrated in a few research fields.

Research Collaboration Index 2026: #878 of 1,195 · View the RCI profile →

Why this position

Four pillars, as percentiles

Co-creation30% of the score
100

How often it co-authors with companies, compared with what its own mix of research fields would predict; size makes no difference. 2,760 verified works against about 902 expected for its fields (3.06 times the expected rate).

Durability20% of the score
100

How much of its industry work sits in sustained partnerships with the same company group. 33 sustained partnerships: five or more joint works in three or more of the five years.

Scale30% of the score
79

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. 117 company groups on two or more joint works; 33 sustained partnerships.

Breadth20% of the score
0

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 (73.5) is the weighted average of the four percentiles. Rank 123 of 1,038 overall; 7 of 169 in China; 21 of 343 in Asia-Pacific. 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

16.6%of its 16,672 research works in 2021 to 2025 were co-authored with a verified company
3.06Industry co-authorship rate: 3.06 times what its mix of research fields would predict (2,760 verified works; about 902 expected)
33sustained partnerships: the same company group on five or more joint works in three or more of the five years

In China

7 of 169 ranked universities in China

  1. #5 North China Electric Power University world #107, score 74.5
  2. #6 Shanghai Jiao Tong University world #118, score 73.9
  3. #7 China University of Petroleum, East China world #123, score 73.5
  4. #8 Chongqing University world #130, score 73.2
  5. #9 China University of Mining and Technology world #139, score 72.8

All ranked universities →   Asia-Pacific: 21 of 343 →

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.

Strongest sector positions

#3 of 237Chemicals, Process and Resources1,391.5 verified works in the sector
#43 of 295Clean Energy Transition101.5 verified works in the sector
#86 of 481Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology212.5 verified works in the sector
Chemicals, Process and Resources
1,391.5#3 of 237
Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology
212.5#86 of 481
Climate, Environment and Sustainability
106.5#69 of 373
Clean Energy Transition
101.5#43 of 295
Built Environment and Infrastructure
98#73 of 215
Artificial Intelligence
62#84 of 292
Advanced Manufacturing and Industry 4.0
58.5#70 of 201
Batteries and Energy Storage
34.5#53 of 126
Next-Generation Communications
12.5under 20 works
Software, Cloud and Data
11.5under 20 works
Cybersecurity and Digital Trust
5under 20 works
Automotive and Mobility
4under 20 works
Space and Satellite Technology
3under 20 works
Aerospace and Aviation
2.5under 20 works
Robotics and Autonomous Systems
2.5ranking withheld (under 10 eligible)
Agriculture and Food Technology
2under 20 works
Medical Technology and Digital Health
1under 20 works
Semiconductors and Microelectronics
1under 20 works
Pharmaceuticals and Therapeutics
0.5under 20 works
Not in any of the 21 sectors
638counted in the overall index

2,122 of its 2,760 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

China University of Petroleum, East China co-authored verified work with 315 company groups, consortium papers aside: 117 of them on two or more works, and 33 as sustained partners.

The largest 12 of its 315 company groups, by joint works

Company groupBased inCompany's main research fieldJoint worksYears with a joint work
SinopecSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering1,2785 of 5
China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC)STATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering7115 of 5
China National Offshore Oil CorporationSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering227.55 of 5
State Grid Corporation of ChinaSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering375 of 5
Chambroad Chemical Industry Research InstituteChinaEngineering335 of 5
CNPC Offshore EngineeringSTATE-OWNEDChinaNot recorded335 of 5
Shaanxi Yanchang PetroleumSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering30.55 of 5
Hefei General Machinery Research InstituteChinaEngineering24.55 of 5
Saudi AramcoSTATE-OWNEDSaudi ArabiaEngineering205 of 5
Haier GroupChinaEngineering19.54 of 5
China Electronics Technology Group CorporationSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering15.55 of 5
Wanhua ChemicalChinaMaterials Science145 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

4002021
4942022
5362023
646.52024
683.52025

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.

Funded partnerships (reported, not scored)

Publicly funded research projects with companies

European Union: 2 Horizon projects with company partners

Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe projects starting 2021-2025 in which this university and at least one company take part (4 distinct companies). Company partners include: Cip Technology Ltd, Drillstar Industries, Enebula BV, Greensphere Unipessoal Lda.

  • ORCHYD Novel Drilling Technology Combining Hydro-Jet and Percussion for ROP Improvement in deep geothermal drilling 2021, 1 company
  • INITIATE Intelligent and Sustainable Aerial-Terrestrial IoT Networks 2022, 3 companies

Shown for context from the public grant registries; they do not enter the score in Edition 1. Comparable open registries of company partners exist for the European Union and the United Kingdom but not yet for most other research systems, and in some countries national research organisations take part on behalf of university laboratories, so these counts are not comparable between countries.

Evidence checked

3,347 verified company links

Each counted link (one work, this university and one company) was confirmed against the affiliation text its author wrote; 1,449 of 4,796 candidate links were set aside.

Why links were set aside
  • 1,224 company name not written in the author's affiliation
  • 60 ordinary-word name without a company suffix
  • 49 part of a university or public institute's own unit
  • 35 only inside the university's own affiliation text
  • 27 excluded after hand audit: Matched from a university research centre
  • 11 excluded after hand audit: Matched from the Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center (Texas A&M)
  • 43 for other reasons: smaller hand-audit findings, and links the current open record no longer supports

If a partner is missing or should not be here, send the evidence; corrections are free and reviewed against the public record.

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Research Collaboration Index

In the Research Collaboration Index 2026, China University of Petroleum, East China ranks #878 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.