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Industry Collaboration Index 2026 · University profile

Oregon State University

United States · North America · Gold

#215World rank of 1,038
68.0ICI scoreout of 100
#67National rank, of 203 in United States
#72Regional rank, of 231 in North America
648Verified industry works, 2021 to 2025
423Company groups worked with (121 on two or more works)

Oregon State University is ranked #215 of 1,038, with Gold standing. Its strongest pillar is breadth (99): partners spread across many research fields. It is held back most by durability (23): 22 of its company groups are sustained partners (five or more joint works in three or more of the five years).

Research Collaboration Index 2026: #343 of 1,195, Silver standing · View the RCI profile →

Why this position

Four pillars, as percentiles

Co-creation30% of the score
80

How often it co-authors with companies, compared with what its own mix of research fields would predict; size makes no difference. 648 verified works against about 477 expected for its fields (1.36 times the expected rate).

Durability20% of the score
23

How much of its industry work sits in sustained partnerships with the same company group. 22 sustained partnerships: five or more joint works in three or more of the five years.

Scale30% of the score
65

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. 121 company groups on two or more joint works; 22 sustained partnerships.

Breadth20% of the score
99

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 (68.0) is the weighted average of the four percentiles. Rank 215 of 1,038 overall; 67 of 203 in United States; 72 of 231 in North America. 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

4.5%of its 14,460 research works in 2021 to 2025 were co-authored with a verified company
1.36Industry co-authorship rate: 1.36 times what its mix of research fields would predict (648 verified works; about 477 expected)
22sustained partnerships: the same company group on five or more joint works in three or more of the five years

In United States

67 of 203 ranked universities in United States

  1. #65 Weill Cornell Medicine world #203, score 68.9
  2. #66 Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis world #204, score 68.8
  3. #67 Oregon State University world #215, score 68.0
  4. #68 Vanderbilt University world #216, score 68.0
  5. #69 University of Maryland, Baltimore world #229, score 67.0

All ranked universities →   North America: 72 of 231 →

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

#41 of 194Agriculture and Food Technology73 verified works in the sector
#111 of 373Climate, Environment and Sustainability44 verified works in the sector
Agriculture and Food Technology
73#41 of 194
Climate, Environment and Sustainability
44#111 of 373
Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology
20.5#447 of 481
Built Environment and Infrastructure
18under 20 works
Software, Cloud and Data
17.5under 20 works
Clean Energy Transition
15under 20 works
Pharmaceuticals and Therapeutics
14under 20 works
Advanced Manufacturing and Industry 4.0
13.5under 20 works
Artificial Intelligence
11under 20 works
Batteries and Energy Storage
11under 20 works
Next-Generation Communications
5.5under 20 works
Space and Satellite Technology
4.5under 20 works
Chemicals, Process and Resources
4under 20 works
Medical Technology and Digital Health
3.5under 20 works
Robotics and Autonomous Systems
3.5ranking withheld (under 10 eligible)
Semiconductors and Microelectronics
2.5under 20 works
Biotechnology and Advanced Therapies
2under 20 works
Cybersecurity and Digital Trust
1under 20 works
Automotive and Mobility
1under 20 works
Not in any of the 21 sectors
383counted in the overall index

265 of its 648 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

Oregon State University co-authored verified work with 423 company groups, consortium papers aside: 121 of them on two or more works, and 22 as sustained partners.

The largest 12 of its 423 company groups, by joint works

Company groupBased inCompany's main research fieldJoint worksYears with a joint work
GoogleUnited StatesComputer Science195 of 5
Hewlett-PackardUnited StatesComputer Science183 of 5
WeyerhaeuserUnited StatesEnvironmental Science17.55 of 5
Lockheed MartinUnited StatesEngineering174 of 5
MicrosoftUnited StatesComputer Science144 of 5
IntelUnited StatesEngineering105 of 5
BayerGermanyMedicine105 of 5
JacobsUnited StatesPhysics and Astronomy9.55 of 5
Tetra TechUnited StatesEnvironmental Science94 of 5
SyngentaSTATE-OWNEDSwitzerlandMedicine8.54 of 5
MetaUnited StatesComputer Science7.53 of 5
IDEXX LaboratoriesUnited StatesMedicine74 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

142.52021
1352022
1312023
1182024
121.52025

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

840 verified company links

Each counted link (one work, this university and one company) was confirmed against the affiliation text its author wrote; 783 of 1,623 candidate links were set aside.

Why links were set aside
  • 317 company name not written in the author's affiliation
  • 171 ordinary-word name without a company suffix
  • 77 part of a university or public institute's own unit
  • 76 a place or common word that failed its stricter rule
  • 29 excluded after hand audit: Matched almost only from the Flatiron Institute, a non-profit research institute
  • 27 excluded after hand audit: Matched from surnames and a place name
  • 86 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, Oregon State University ranks #343 of 1,195, with Silver standing. 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.