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Industry Collaboration Index 2026 · University profile

Shanxi University

China · Asia-Pacific

#1016World rank of 1,038
17.7ICI scoreout of 100
#165National rank, of 169 in China
#334Regional rank, of 343 in Asia-Pacific
222Verified industry works, 2021 to 2025
139Company groups worked with (37 on two or more works)

Shanxi University is ranked #1016 of 1,038. It is held back most by co-creation (12): 222 verified industry works against about 504 expected for its mix of fields; and by breadth (11): partners concentrated in a few research fields.

Research Collaboration Index 2026: #900 of 1,195 · View the RCI profile →

Why this position

Four pillars, as percentiles

Co-creation30% of the score
12

How often it co-authors with companies, compared with what its own mix of research fields would predict; size makes no difference. 222 verified works against about 504 expected for its fields (0.44 times the expected rate).

Durability20% of the score
22

How much of its industry work sits in sustained partnerships with the same company group. 5 sustained partnerships: five or more joint works in three or more of the five years.

Scale30% of the score
26

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. 37 company groups on two or more joint works; 5 sustained partnerships.

Breadth20% of the score
11

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 (17.7) is the weighted average of the four percentiles. Rank 1016 of 1,038 overall; 165 of 169 in China; 334 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

1.6%of its 13,445 research works in 2021 to 2025 were co-authored with a verified company
0.44Industry co-authorship rate: 0.44 times what its mix of research fields would predict (222 verified works; about 504 expected)
5sustained partnerships: the same company group on five or more joint works in three or more of the five years

In China

165 of 169 ranked universities in China

  1. #163 Xuzhou Medical College world #1011, score 18.4
  2. #164 University of South China world #1015, score 17.8
  3. #165 Shanxi University world #1016, score 17.7
  4. #166 Shandong Normal University world #1023, score 15.8
  5. #167 Shaanxi Normal University world #1026, score 15.3

All ranked universities →   Asia-Pacific: 334 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.

Sector positions

#426 of 481Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology29 verified works in the sector
Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology
29#426 of 481
Clean Energy Transition
18under 20 works
Chemicals, Process and Resources
15.5under 20 works
Built Environment and Infrastructure
13under 20 works
Climate, Environment and Sustainability
11.5under 20 works
Batteries and Energy Storage
11under 20 works
Pharmaceuticals and Therapeutics
8.5under 20 works
Next-Generation Communications
8under 20 works
Advanced Manufacturing and Industry 4.0
6under 20 works
Agriculture and Food Technology
4.5under 20 works
Artificial Intelligence
3under 20 works
Quantum Technologies
2under 20 works
Semiconductors and Microelectronics
2under 20 works
Aerospace and Aviation
1under 20 works
Cybersecurity and Digital Trust
1under 20 works
Medical Technology and Digital Health
1under 20 works
Automotive and Mobility
1under 20 works
Robotics and Autonomous Systems
1ranking withheld (under 10 eligible)
Software, Cloud and Data
1under 20 works
Not in any of the 21 sectors
84counted in the overall index

138 of its 222 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

Shanxi University co-authored verified work with 139 company groups, consortium papers aside: 37 of them on two or more works, and 5 as sustained partners.

The largest 12 of its 139 company groups, by joint works

Company groupBased inCompany's main research fieldJoint worksYears with a joint work
SinopecSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering245 of 5
China Electronics Technology Group CorporationSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering135 of 5
China Coal Research InstituteSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering104 of 5
State Grid Corporation of ChinaSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering7.54 of 5
Shanxi Zhendong PharmaceuticalChinaBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology73 of 5
Huawei TechnologiesChinaComputer Science43 of 5
China MobileSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering43 of 5
Synfuels ChinaChinaNot recorded42 of 5
Central Research Institute of Building and ConstructionSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering43 of 5
China North Industries Group CorporationSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering43 of 5
SinosteelSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering32 of 5
Taiyuan Iron and Steel GroupSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering31 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

Over time

Verified industry works by year

302021
33.52022
392023
50.52024
692025

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

255 verified company links

Each counted link (one work, this university and one company) was confirmed against the affiliation text its author wrote; 412 of 667 candidate links were set aside.

Why links were set aside
  • 289 company name not written in the author's affiliation
  • 46 ordinary-word name without a company suffix
  • 30 part of a university or public institute's own unit
  • 10 refresh_university_not_on_work
  • 7 excluded after hand audit: Canadian Light Source is a national research facility
  • 4 excluded after hand audit: A public research centre
  • 26 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, Shanxi University ranks #900 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.