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Industry Collaboration Index 2026 · University profile

Jiangnan University

China · Asia-Pacific · Silver

#501World rank of 1,038
51.0ICI scoreout of 100
#70National rank, of 169 in China
#148Regional rank, of 343 in Asia-Pacific
763Verified industry works, 2021 to 2025
359Company groups worked with (114 on two or more works)

Jiangnan University is ranked #501 of 1,038, with Silver standing. Its strongest pillar is scale (72): a network of 114 company groups on two or more joint works. It is held back most by co-creation (24): 763 verified industry works against about 1,196 expected for its mix of fields.

Research Collaboration Index 2026: #630 of 1,195 · View the RCI profile →

Why this position

Four pillars, as percentiles

Co-creation30% of the score
24

How often it co-authors with companies, compared with what its own mix of research fields would predict; size makes no difference. 763 verified works against about 1,196 expected for its fields (0.64 times the expected rate).

Durability20% of the score
50

How much of its industry work sits in sustained partnerships with the same company group. 24 sustained partnerships: five or more joint works in three or more of the five years.

Scale30% of the score
72

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. 114 company groups on two or more joint works; 24 sustained partnerships.

Breadth20% of the score
59

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 (51.0) is the weighted average of the four percentiles. Rank 501 of 1,038 overall; 70 of 169 in China; 148 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

2.5%of its 30,390 research works in 2021 to 2025 were co-authored with a verified company
0.64Industry co-authorship rate: 0.64 times what its mix of research fields would predict (763 verified works; about 1,196 expected)
24sustained partnerships: the same company group on five or more joint works in three or more of the five years

In China

70 of 169 ranked universities in China

  1. #68 Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics world #473, score 52.4
  2. #69 Soochow University world #480, score 52.1
  3. #70 Jiangnan University world #501, score 51.0
  4. #71 Hebei University of Technology world #511, score 50.6
  5. #72 Shanghai University world #513, score 50.5

All ranked universities →   Asia-Pacific: 148 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

#19 of 194Agriculture and Food Technology93 verified works in the sector
#127 of 481Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology84.5 verified works in the sector
#149 of 373Climate, Environment and Sustainability39 verified works in the sector
Agriculture and Food Technology
93#19 of 194
Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology
84.5#127 of 481
Climate, Environment and Sustainability
39#149 of 373
Chemicals, Process and Resources
35.5#155 of 237
Pharmaceuticals and Therapeutics
33#491 of 638
Artificial Intelligence
26#209 of 292
Clean Energy Transition
26#215 of 295
Semiconductors and Microelectronics
17under 20 works
Built Environment and Infrastructure
15under 20 works
Medical Technology and Digital Health
14.5under 20 works
Batteries and Energy Storage
12.5under 20 works
Advanced Manufacturing and Industry 4.0
12under 20 works
Next-Generation Communications
11under 20 works
Software, Cloud and Data
9under 20 works
Biotechnology and Advanced Therapies
8under 20 works
Cybersecurity and Digital Trust
4under 20 works
Robotics and Autonomous Systems
2.5ranking withheld (under 10 eligible)
Automotive and Mobility
2under 20 works
Not in any of the 21 sectors
317.5counted in the overall index

445.5 of its 763 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

Jiangnan University co-authored verified work with 359 company groups, consortium papers aside: 114 of them on two or more works, and 24 as sustained partners.

The largest 12 of its 359 company groups, by joint works

Company groupBased inCompany's main research fieldJoint worksYears with a joint work
SinopecSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering60.55 of 5
Luzhou LaojiaoChinaAgricultural and Biological Sciences34.55 of 5
Midea GroupChinaEngineering244 of 5
QualcommUnited StatesEngineering214 of 5
China Electronics Technology Group CorporationSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering16.55 of 5
InfinitusChinaAgricultural and Biological Sciences165 of 5
State Grid Corporation of ChinaSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering165 of 5
Beijing Chemical Industry Research InstituteSTATE-OWNEDChinaMaterials Science165 of 5
Inner Mongolia Electric Power Survey & Design InstituteChinaEngineering14.53 of 5
Little SwanChinaEngineering124 of 5
FrieslandCampinaNetherlandsAgricultural and Biological Sciences10.55 of 5

1 further partner group is not named here because the open record gives an address, a person's name or other text in place of an organisation's name; its joint works still count in every figure on this page.

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

81.52021
95.52022
1212023
213.52024
251.52025

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)

1 industry-partnered clinical trial

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.

The trial:

  • NCT06980376 Milk Free From A1-Type β-Casein on Inflammation, Gastrointestinal Tolerance, and Pregnancy Outcomes with a2 Milk Company Ltd., 2025

Evidence checked

912 verified company links

Each counted link (one work, this university and one company) was confirmed against the affiliation text its author wrote; 715 of 1,627 candidate links were set aside.

Why links were set aside
  • 537 company name not written in the author's affiliation
  • 65 ordinary-word name without a company suffix
  • 33 part of a university or public institute's own unit
  • 18 excluded after hand audit: Matched from a university research centre
  • 15 not an industry organisation
  • 8 excluded after hand audit: Generic name matched from other company names
  • 39 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, Jiangnan University ranks #630 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.