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Industry Collaboration Index 2026 · University profile

Chungnam National University

South Korea · Asia-Pacific · Silver

#408World rank of 1,038
56.4ICI scoreout of 100
#12National rank, of 28 in South Korea
#115Regional rank, of 343 in Asia-Pacific
586.5Verified industry works, 2021 to 2025
235Company groups worked with (79 on two or more works)

Chungnam National University is ranked #408 of 1,038, with Silver standing. Its strongest pillar is durability (73): 23 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 (45): partners concentrated in a few research fields; and by co-creation (49): 586.5 verified industry works against about 618 expected for its mix of fields.

Research Collaboration Index 2026: #997 of 1,195 · View the RCI profile →

Why this position

Four pillars, as percentiles

Co-creation30% of the score
49

How often it co-authors with companies, compared with what its own mix of research fields would predict; size makes no difference. 586.5 verified works against about 618 expected for its fields (0.95 times the expected rate).

Durability20% of the score
73

How much of its industry work sits in sustained partnerships with the same company group. 23 sustained partnerships: five or more joint works in three or more of the five years.

Scale30% of the score
61

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. 79 company groups on two or more joint works; 23 sustained partnerships.

Breadth20% of the score
45

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 (56.4) is the weighted average of the four percentiles. Rank 408 of 1,038 overall; 12 of 28 in South Korea; 115 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

4.1%of its 14,462 research works in 2021 to 2025 were co-authored with a verified company
0.95Industry co-authorship rate: 0.95 times what its mix of research fields would predict (586.5 verified works; about 618 expected)
23sustained partnerships: the same company group on five or more joint works in three or more of the five years

In South Korea

12 of 28 ranked universities in South Korea

  1. #10 Catholic University of Korea world #324, score 61.3
  2. #11 Pusan National University world #353, score 59.5
  3. #12 Chungnam National University world #408, score 56.4
  4. #13 Ajou University world #438, score 54.4
  5. #14 Kyungpook National University world #442, score 54.2

All ranked universities →   Asia-Pacific: 115 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

#218 of 481Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology46 verified works in the sector
Pharmaceuticals and Therapeutics
73.5#324 of 638
Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology
46#218 of 481
Clean Energy Transition
34.5#189 of 295
Agriculture and Food Technology
32.5#103 of 194
Batteries and Energy Storage
18under 20 works
Biotechnology and Advanced Therapies
14under 20 works
Next-Generation Communications
13under 20 works
Advanced Manufacturing and Industry 4.0
10.5under 20 works
Semiconductors and Microelectronics
10.5under 20 works
Built Environment and Infrastructure
9under 20 works
Artificial Intelligence
8under 20 works
Climate, Environment and Sustainability
8under 20 works
Medical Technology and Digital Health
8under 20 works
Aerospace and Aviation
6under 20 works
Automotive and Mobility
6under 20 works
Chemicals, Process and Resources
4.5under 20 works
Robotics and Autonomous Systems
2ranking withheld (under 10 eligible)
Space and Satellite Technology
2under 20 works
Cybersecurity and Digital Trust
1under 20 works
Not in any of the 21 sectors
279counted in the overall index

307.5 of its 586.5 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

Chungnam National University co-authored verified work with 235 company groups, consortium papers aside: 79 of them on two or more works, and 23 as sustained partners.

The largest 12 of its 235 company groups, by joint works

Company groupBased inCompany's main research fieldJoint worksYears with a joint work
SamsungSouth KoreaEngineering995 of 5
Hyundai MotorsSouth KoreaEngineering30.55 of 5
Hanwha SolutionsEngineering215 of 5
Korea Electric Power CorporationSTATE-OWNEDSouth KoreaEngineering20.55 of 5
CJ CheilJedangSouth KoreaAgricultural and Biological Sciences155 of 5
Korea Ginseng CorporationSouth KoreaBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology14.55 of 5
LGSouth KoreaEngineering12.55 of 5
Pohang Iron and SteelSouth KoreaEngineering10.55 of 5
Hanmi PharmaceuticalSouth KoreaMedicine94 of 5
LG ChemSouth KoreaEngineering93 of 5
Korea Hydro and Nuclear PowerSTATE-OWNEDSouth KoreaEngineering94 of 5
Daewoong PharmaceuticalSouth KoreaMedicine94 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

102.52021
1182022
1102023
119.52024
136.52025

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)

3 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:

  • NCT06436976 The Effect of Probiotics ATG-F4 in Cancer Patients with AtoGen Co. Ltd, 2024
  • NCT06088121 Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of ATNC-MDD V1(TMS With Cognitive Training) in Mild Alzheimer's Dementia with Advanced Technology & Communications, 2023
  • NCT05179889 Adjuvant mFOLFIRINOX for High-risk Stage III Colon Cancer with Boryung Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd, 2021

Evidence checked

699 verified company links

Each counted link (one work, this university and one company) was confirmed against the affiliation text its author wrote; 562 of 1,261 candidate links were set aside.

Why links were set aside
  • 337 company name not written in the author's affiliation
  • 124 part of a university or public institute's own unit
  • 60 ordinary-word name without a company suffix
  • 12 a place or common word that failed its stricter rule
  • 8 excluded after hand audit: Scripps Research is a non-profit research institute, not a company
  • 5 part of a street or district address
  • 16 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, Chungnam National University ranks #997 of 1,195. It measures the whole research network, not only industry.

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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.