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Industry Collaboration Index 2026 · University profile

Philadelphia University

United States · North America

#1028World rank of 1,038
14.4ICI scoreout of 100
#203National rank, of 203 in United States
#231Regional rank, of 231 in North America
123Verified industry works, 2021 to 2025
83Company groups worked with (17 on two or more works)

Philadelphia University is ranked #1028 of 1,038. It is held back most by scale (2): a network of 17 company groups on two or more joint works; and by breadth (6): partners concentrated in a few research fields.

Research Collaboration Index 2026: #751 of 1,195 · View the RCI profile →

Why this position

Four pillars, as percentiles

Co-creation30% of the score
37

How often it co-authors with companies, compared with what its own mix of research fields would predict; size makes no difference. 123 verified works against about 152 expected for its fields (0.81 times the expected rate).

Durability20% of the score
8

How much of its industry work sits in sustained partnerships with the same company group. 1 sustained partnership: five or more joint works in three or more of the five years.

Scale30% of the score
2

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. 17 company groups on two or more joint works; 1 sustained partnership.

Breadth20% of the score
6

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 (14.4) is the weighted average of the four percentiles. Rank 1028 of 1,038 overall; 203 of 203 in United States; 231 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

3.0%of its 4,044 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 (123 verified works; about 152 expected)
1sustained partnership: the same company group on five or more joint works in three or more of the five years

In United States

203 of 203 ranked universities in United States

  1. #199 Loyola University Chicago world #921, score 26.3
  2. #200 Oakland University world #924, score 26.3
  3. #201 Old Dominion University world #925, score 26.3
  4. #202 Illinois College world #1000, score 20.0
  5. #203 Philadelphia University world #1028, score 14.4

All ranked universities →   North America: 231 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.

Sector positions

#576 of 638Pharmaceuticals and Therapeutics37 verified works in the sector
Pharmaceuticals and Therapeutics
37#576 of 638
Advanced Manufacturing and Industry 4.0
2under 20 works
Biotechnology and Advanced Therapies
2under 20 works
Medical Technology and Digital Health
2under 20 works
Chemicals, Process and Resources
1.5under 20 works
Built Environment and Infrastructure
1under 20 works
Not in any of the 21 sectors
77.5counted in the overall index

45.5 of its 123 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

Philadelphia University co-authored verified work with 83 company groups, consortium papers aside: 17 of them on two or more works, and 1 as sustained partner.

The largest 12 of its 83 company groups, by joint works

Company groupBased inCompany's main research fieldJoint worksYears with a joint work
BayerGermanyMedicine165 of 5
Travere TherapeuticsUnited StatesMedicine62 of 5
AstraZenecaUnited KingdomMedicine43 of 5
Day One BiopharmaceuticalsUnited StatesNot recorded42 of 5
Bristol-Myers SquibbUnited StatesMedicine32 of 5
RegeneronUnited StatesMedicine33 of 5
NovartisSwitzerlandMedicine33 of 5
AmgenUnited StatesMedicine32 of 5
Johnson & JohnsonUnited StatesMedicine2.52 of 5
SiemensGermanyEngineering22 of 5
GlaxoSmithKlineUnited KingdomMedicine22 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

28.52021
262022
20.52023
282024
202025

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

178 verified company links

Each counted link (one work, this university and one company) was confirmed against the affiliation text its author wrote; 465 of 643 candidate links were set aside.

Why links were set aside
  • 170 refresh_university_not_on_work
  • 159 company name not written in the author's affiliation
  • 48 ordinary-word name without a company suffix
  • 33 part of a university or public institute's own unit
  • 15 a place or common word that failed its stricter rule
  • 9 excluded after hand audit: Matched almost only from the Flatiron Institute, a non-profit research institute
  • 31 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, Philadelphia University ranks #751 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.