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Industry Collaboration Index 2026 · University profile

Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine

China · Asia-Pacific

#743World rank of 1,038
36.6ICI scoreout of 100
#116National rank, of 169 in China
#232Regional rank, of 343 in Asia-Pacific
205.5Verified industry works, 2021 to 2025
104Company groups worked with (32 on two or more works)

Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine is ranked #743 of 1,038. Its strongest pillar is breadth (69): partners spread across many research fields. It is held back most by co-creation (10): 205.5 verified industry works against about 516 expected for its mix of fields; and by scale (26): a network of 32 company groups on two or more joint works.

Research Collaboration Index 2026: #985 of 1,195 · View the RCI profile →

Why this position

Four pillars, as percentiles

Co-creation30% of the score
10

How often it co-authors with companies, compared with what its own mix of research fields would predict; size makes no difference. 205.5 verified works against about 516 expected for its fields (0.40 times the expected rate).

Durability20% of the score
59

How much of its industry work sits in sustained partnerships with the same company group. 11 sustained partnerships: five or more joint works in three or more of the five years.

Scale30% of the score
26

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. 32 company groups on two or more joint works; 11 sustained partnerships.

Breadth20% of the score
69

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 (36.6) is the weighted average of the four percentiles. Rank 743 of 1,038 overall; 116 of 169 in China; 232 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

1.8%of its 11,645 research works in 2021 to 2025 were co-authored with a verified company
0.40Industry co-authorship rate: 0.40 times what its mix of research fields would predict (205.5 verified works; about 516 expected)
11sustained partnerships: the same company group on five or more joint works in three or more of the five years

In China

116 of 169 ranked universities in China

  1. #114 Yunnan University world #740, score 37.1
  2. #115 Tianjin Medical University world #741, score 37.1
  3. #116 Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine world #743, score 36.6
  4. #117 Hebei Medical University world #746, score 36.3
  5. #118 Northeast Agricultural University world #747, score 36.2

All ranked universities →   Asia-Pacific: 232 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.

Sector positions

#439 of 638Pharmaceuticals and Therapeutics47.5 verified works in the sector
Pharmaceuticals and Therapeutics
47.5#439 of 638
Medical Technology and Digital Health
15under 20 works
Artificial Intelligence
5.5under 20 works
Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology
4.5under 20 works
Biotechnology and Advanced Therapies
4.5under 20 works
Climate, Environment and Sustainability
1.5under 20 works
Agriculture and Food Technology
1under 20 works
Chemicals, Process and Resources
1under 20 works
Next-Generation Communications
1under 20 works
Not in any of the 21 sectors
124counted in the overall index

81.5 of its 205.5 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

Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine co-authored verified work with 104 company groups, consortium papers aside: 32 of them on two or more works, and 11 as sustained partners.

The largest 12 of its 104 company groups, by joint works

Company groupBased inCompany's main research fieldJoint worksYears with a joint work
BGI GroupChinaBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology26.55 of 5
PhilipsNetherlandsEngineering10.53 of 5
Guangzhou Electronic TechnologyChinaEngineering93 of 5
SiemensGermanyEngineering83 of 5
China ResourcesSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering7.53 of 5
Jiangsu Hengrui MedicineChinaMedicine7.54 of 5
Tasly Holding GroupChinaMedicine73 of 5
BaxterUnited StatesMedicine73 of 5
GenetechSri LankaMedicine5.54 of 5
3D MedicinesChinaMedicine53 of 5
InfinitusChinaAgricultural and Biological Sciences54 of 5
Jiangxi Qingfeng Pharmaceutical Co.ChinaBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology43 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

23.52021
35.52022
38.52023
46.52024
61.52025

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.

Evidence checked

255 verified company links

Each counted link (one work, this university and one company) was confirmed against the affiliation text its author wrote; 389 of 644 candidate links were set aside.

Why links were set aside
  • 306 company name not written in the author's affiliation
  • 25 excluded after hand audit: The Guangzhou Institute of Chemistry is a Chinese Academy of Sciences institute (government)
  • 15 part of a university or public institute's own unit
  • 12 ordinary-word name without a company suffix
  • 9 a place or common word that failed its stricter rule
  • 5 excluded after hand audit: Generic name matched from other company names
  • 17 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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The other GRP index

Research Collaboration Index

In the Research Collaboration Index 2026, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine ranks #985 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.