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Industry Collaboration Index 2026 · University profile

Nagoya Institute of Technology

Japan · Asia-Pacific · Silver

#433World rank of 1,038
54.8ICI scoreout of 100
#38National rank, of 52 in Japan
#125Regional rank, of 343 in Asia-Pacific
317Verified industry works, 2021 to 2025
171Company groups worked with (74 on two or more works)

Nagoya Institute of Technology is ranked #433 of 1,038, with Silver standing. Its strongest pillar is co-creation (99): 317 verified industry works against about 136 expected for its mix of fields. It is held back most by breadth (13): partners concentrated in a few research fields; and by durability (36): 17 of its company groups are sustained partners (five or more joint works in three or more of the five years).

Research Collaboration Index 2026: #1168 of 1,195 · View the RCI profile →

Why this position

Four pillars, as percentiles

Co-creation30% of the score
99

How often it co-authors with companies, compared with what its own mix of research fields would predict; size makes no difference. 317 verified works against about 136 expected for its fields (2.33 times the expected rate).

Durability20% of the score
36

How much of its industry work sits in sustained partnerships with the same company group. 17 sustained partnerships: five or more joint works in three or more of the five years.

Scale30% of the score
51

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. 74 company groups on two or more joint works; 17 sustained partnerships.

Breadth20% of the score
13

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 (54.8) is the weighted average of the four percentiles. Rank 433 of 1,038 overall; 38 of 52 in Japan; 125 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

9.8%of its 3,221 research works in 2021 to 2025 were co-authored with a verified company
2.33Industry co-authorship rate: 2.33 times what its mix of research fields would predict (317 verified works; about 136 expected)
17sustained partnerships: the same company group on five or more joint works in three or more of the five years

In Japan

38 of 52 ranked universities in Japan

  1. #36 Yamagata University world #422, score 55.9
  2. #37 Yamaguchi University world #430, score 55.1
  3. #38 Nagoya Institute of Technology world #433, score 54.8
  4. #39 Nagasaki University world #441, score 54.2
  5. #40 Osaka Prefecture University world #452, score 53.8

All ranked universities →   Asia-Pacific: 125 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

#143 of 481Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology58 verified works in the sector
#133 of 295Clean Energy Transition30 verified works in the sector
#60 of 126Batteries and Energy Storage25 verified works in the sector
Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology
58#143 of 481
Clean Energy Transition
30#133 of 295
Batteries and Energy Storage
25#60 of 126
Advanced Manufacturing and Industry 4.0
21#161 of 201
Next-Generation Communications
15.5under 20 works
Semiconductors and Microelectronics
15under 20 works
Climate, Environment and Sustainability
14under 20 works
Chemicals, Process and Resources
12under 20 works
Built Environment and Infrastructure
10.5under 20 works
Artificial Intelligence
6.5under 20 works
Biotechnology and Advanced Therapies
4under 20 works
Medical Technology and Digital Health
2.5under 20 works
Cybersecurity and Digital Trust
2under 20 works
Software, Cloud and Data
2under 20 works
Agriculture and Food Technology
1under 20 works
Not in any of the 21 sectors
98counted in the overall index

219 of its 317 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

Nagoya Institute of Technology co-authored verified work with 171 company groups, consortium papers aside: 74 of them on two or more works, and 17 as sustained partners.

The largest 12 of its 171 company groups, by joint works

Company groupBased inCompany's main research fieldJoint worksYears with a joint work
Toenec CorporationJapanEngineering114 of 5
UACJ CorporationJapanEngineering105 of 5
PanasonicJapanEngineering94 of 5
Toyota Central Research and Development LaboratoriesJapanMedicine94 of 5
NGK InsulatorsJapanEngineering94 of 5
TosohJapanMaterials Science94 of 5
Tosoh Finechem CorporationJapanEngineering84 of 5
Mitsui ChemicalsJapanEngineering84 of 5
ToagoseiJapanBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology74 of 5
Frontier Laboratories Ltd.JapanEngineering73 of 5
DaikinUnited StatesEngineering62 of 5
NTTJapanEngineering63 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

69.52021
712022
692023
48.52024
592025

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

399 verified company links

Each counted link (one work, this university and one company) was confirmed against the affiliation text its author wrote; 115 of 514 candidate links were set aside.

Why links were set aside
  • 60 company name not written in the author's affiliation
  • 31 a place or common word that failed its stricter rule
  • 10 ordinary-word name without a company suffix
  • 6 part of a university or public institute's own unit
  • 3 refresh_university_not_on_work
  • 1 excluded after hand audit: Matched from surnames
  • 4 for other reasons: smaller hand-audit findings, and links the current open record no longer supports

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The other GRP index

Research Collaboration Index

In the Research Collaboration Index 2026, Nagoya Institute of Technology ranks #1168 of 1,195. It measures the whole research network, not only industry.

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