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Industry Collaboration Index 2026 · University profile

Southwest Jiaotong University

China · Asia-Pacific · Gold

#223World rank of 1,038
67.6ICI scoreout of 100
#24National rank, of 169 in China
#52Regional rank, of 343 in Asia-Pacific
1,755.5Verified industry works, 2021 to 2025
397Company groups worked with (151 on two or more works)

Southwest Jiaotong University is ranked #223 of 1,038, with Gold standing. Its strongest pillar is durability (98): 50 of its company groups are sustained partners (five or more joint works in three or more of the five years). It is held back most by breadth (2): partners concentrated in a few research fields.

Research Collaboration Index 2026: #694 of 1,195 · View the RCI profile →

Why this position

Four pillars, as percentiles

Co-creation30% of the score
74

How often it co-authors with companies, compared with what its own mix of research fields would predict; size makes no difference. 1,755.5 verified works against about 1,364 expected for its fields (1.29 times the expected rate).

Durability20% of the score
98

How much of its industry work sits in sustained partnerships with the same company group. 50 sustained partnerships: five or more joint works in three or more of the five years.

Scale30% of the score
84

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. 151 company groups on two or more joint works; 50 sustained partnerships.

Breadth20% of the score
2

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 (67.6) is the weighted average of the four percentiles. Rank 223 of 1,038 overall; 24 of 169 in China; 52 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

6.3%of its 27,769 research works in 2021 to 2025 were co-authored with a verified company
1.29Industry co-authorship rate: 1.29 times what its mix of research fields would predict (1,755.5 verified works; about 1,364 expected)
50sustained partnerships: the same company group on five or more joint works in three or more of the five years

In China

24 of 169 ranked universities in China

  1. #22 University of Science and Technology of China world #219, score 67.9
  2. #23 Huazhong University of Science and Technology world #220, score 67.8
  3. #24 Southwest Jiaotong University world #223, score 67.6
  4. #25 Chengdu University of Technology world #225, score 67.4
  5. #26 Beijing University of Chemical Technology world #226, score 67.2

All ranked universities →   Asia-Pacific: 52 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

#8 of 215Built Environment and Infrastructure441.5 verified works in the sector
#3 of 72Automotive and Mobility239.5 verified works in the sector
#18 of 201Advanced Manufacturing and Industry 4.0136.5 verified works in the sector
Built Environment and Infrastructure
441.5#8 of 215
Automotive and Mobility
239.5#3 of 72
Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology
144.5#48 of 481
Advanced Manufacturing and Industry 4.0
136.5#18 of 201
Clean Energy Transition
128.5#29 of 295
Artificial Intelligence
48#107 of 292
Climate, Environment and Sustainability
47.5#117 of 373
Next-Generation Communications
41.5#76 of 188
Chemicals, Process and Resources
37#120 of 237
Software, Cloud and Data
21.5#129 of 167
Aerospace and Aviation
20.5#14 of 17 provisional
Batteries and Energy Storage
7under 20 works
Biotechnology and Advanced Therapies
4under 20 works
Space and Satellite Technology
3under 20 works
Semiconductors and Microelectronics
2.5under 20 works
Agriculture and Food Technology
2under 20 works
Cybersecurity and Digital Trust
2under 20 works
Medical Technology and Digital Health
2under 20 works
Pharmaceuticals and Therapeutics
2under 20 works
Robotics and Autonomous Systems
1.5ranking withheld (under 10 eligible)
Not in any of the 21 sectors
413.5counted in the overall index

1,342 of its 1,755.5 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

Southwest Jiaotong University co-authored verified work with 397 company groups, consortium papers aside: 151 of them on two or more works, and 50 as sustained partners.

The largest 12 of its 397 company groups, by joint works

Company groupBased inCompany's main research fieldJoint worksYears with a joint work
China Railway GroupSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering446.55 of 5
CRRCSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering131.55 of 5
China Railway Design CorporationSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering79.55 of 5
China Railway Construction CorporationSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering60.55 of 5
PowerChinaSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering475 of 5
China Southern Power GridSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering435 of 5
State Grid Corporation of ChinaSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering41.55 of 5
CCCC Highway ConsultantsSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering36.55 of 5
China Electronics Technology Group CorporationSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering28.54 of 5
China Railway Major Bridge Reconnaissance & Design InstituteSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering27.55 of 5
Chongqing Construction Engineering Investment HoldingChinaEngineering27.55 of 5
China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC)STATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering265 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

201.52021
2312022
358.52023
4032024
561.52025

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

2,286 verified company links

Each counted link (one work, this university and one company) was confirmed against the affiliation text its author wrote; 912 of 3,198 candidate links were set aside.

Why links were set aside
  • 759 company name not written in the author's affiliation
  • 49 part of a university or public institute's own unit
  • 28 ordinary-word name without a company suffix
  • 16 a place or common word that failed its stricter rule
  • 14 only inside the university's own affiliation text
  • 13 part of a street or district address
  • 33 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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Research Collaboration Index

In the Research Collaboration Index 2026, Southwest Jiaotong University ranks #694 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.