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Industry Collaboration Index 2026 · University profile

Henan Polytechnic University

China · Asia-Pacific

#649World rank of 1,038
42.5ICI scoreout of 100
#97National rank, of 169 in China
#193Regional rank, of 343 in Asia-Pacific
456Verified industry works, 2021 to 2025
202Company groups worked with (59 on two or more works)

Henan Polytechnic University is ranked #649 of 1,038. Its strongest pillar is durability (75): 18 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; and by co-creation (36): 456 verified industry works against about 566 expected for its mix of fields.

Research Collaboration Index 2026: #1062 of 1,195 · View the RCI profile →

Why this position

Four pillars, as percentiles

Co-creation30% of the score
36

How often it co-authors with companies, compared with what its own mix of research fields would predict; size makes no difference. 456 verified works against about 566 expected for its fields (0.81 times the expected rate).

Durability20% of the score
75

How much of its industry work sits in sustained partnerships with the same company group. 18 sustained partnerships: five or more joint works in three or more of the five years.

Scale30% of the score
55

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. 59 company groups on two or more joint works; 18 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 (42.5) is the weighted average of the four percentiles. Rank 649 of 1,038 overall; 97 of 169 in China; 193 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

4.0%of its 11,415 research works in 2021 to 2025 were co-authored with a verified company
0.81Industry co-authorship rate: 0.81 times what its mix of research fields would predict (456 verified works; about 566 expected)
18sustained partnerships: the same company group on five or more joint works in three or more of the five years

In China

97 of 169 ranked universities in China

  1. #95 China Medical University world #634, score 43.3
  2. #96 Qingdao University of Science and Technology world #644, score 42.8
  3. #97 Henan Polytechnic University world #649, score 42.5
  4. #98 Sichuan Agricultural University world #656, score 42.1
  5. #99 Guizhou University world #658, score 41.9

All ranked universities →   Asia-Pacific: 193 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

#28 of 237Chemicals, Process and Resources121.5 verified works in the sector
#65 of 215Built Environment and Infrastructure69.5 verified works in the sector
Chemicals, Process and Resources
121.5#28 of 237
Built Environment and Infrastructure
69.5#65 of 215
Clean Energy Transition
17under 20 works
Climate, Environment and Sustainability
16.5under 20 works
Advanced Manufacturing and Industry 4.0
15under 20 works
Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology
15under 20 works
Next-Generation Communications
12.5under 20 works
Batteries and Energy Storage
8.5under 20 works
Artificial Intelligence
8under 20 works
Agriculture and Food Technology
6under 20 works
Software, Cloud and Data
5under 20 works
Automotive and Mobility
4under 20 works
Cybersecurity and Digital Trust
2.5under 20 works
Robotics and Autonomous Systems
2ranking withheld (under 10 eligible)
Semiconductors and Microelectronics
2under 20 works
Space and Satellite Technology
2under 20 works
Aerospace and Aviation
1under 20 works
Pharmaceuticals and Therapeutics
1under 20 works
Not in any of the 21 sectors
146counted in the overall index

310 of its 456 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

Henan Polytechnic University co-authored verified work with 202 company groups, consortium papers aside: 59 of them on two or more works, and 18 as sustained partners.

The largest 12 of its 202 company groups, by joint works

Company groupBased inCompany's main research fieldJoint worksYears with a joint work
China Coal Technology and Engineering Group CorpSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering535 of 5
China Coal Research InstituteSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering41.55 of 5
China Railway GroupSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering26.55 of 5
China State Construction EngineeringSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering195 of 5
China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC)STATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering184 of 5
State Grid Corporation of ChinaSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering17.55 of 5
Henan Energy & Chemical Industry GroupChinaEngineering144 of 5
SinopecSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering13.55 of 5
Tiandi Science & TechnologyChinaEngineering103 of 5
China Railway Construction CorporationSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering94 of 5
China Southern Power GridSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering85 of 5
China MobileSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering74 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

57.52021
59.52022
71.52023
99.52024
1682025

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: 1 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 (6 distinct companies). Company partners include: Arquitectura Industrializada Calderon SL, Bioxegy SAS, Carbon8 Systems, Niras AS, Ocean Blossom - Lda, Phyona Ltd.

  • CSTO2NE Biomimicry and carbon adsorbent eco-materials for a climate-neutral economy 2023, 6 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

551 verified company links

Each counted link (one work, this university and one company) was confirmed against the affiliation text its author wrote; 460 of 1,011 candidate links were set aside.

Why links were set aside
  • 390 company name not written in the author's affiliation
  • 37 ordinary-word name without a company suffix
  • 13 part of a university or public institute's own unit
  • 7 part of a street or district address
  • 5 a place or common word that failed its stricter rule
  • 3 excluded after hand audit: Matched from a university research centre
  • 5 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, Henan Polytechnic University ranks #1062 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.