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Industry Collaboration Index 2026 · University profile

The University of Texas at San Antonio

United States · North America · Silver

#446World rank of 1,038
54.1ICI scoreout of 100
#111National rank, of 203 in United States
#126Regional rank, of 231 in North America
357Verified industry works, 2021 to 2025
199Company groups worked with (54 on two or more works)

The University of Texas at San Antonio is ranked #446 of 1,038, with Silver standing. Its strongest pillar is co-creation (95): 357 verified industry works against about 205 expected for its mix of fields. It is held back most by scale (29): a network of 54 company groups on two or more joint works; and by durability (21): 8 of its company groups are sustained partners (five or more joint works in three or more of the five years).

Research Collaboration Index 2026: #237 of 1,195, Gold standing · View the RCI profile →

Why this position

Four pillars, as percentiles

Co-creation30% of the score
95

How often it co-authors with companies, compared with what its own mix of research fields would predict; size makes no difference. 357 verified works against about 205 expected for its fields (1.74 times the expected rate).

Durability20% of the score
21

How much of its industry work sits in sustained partnerships with the same company group. 8 sustained partnerships: five or more joint works in three or more of the five years.

Scale30% of the score
29

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. 54 company groups on two or more joint works; 8 sustained partnerships.

Breadth20% of the score
63

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 (54.1) is the weighted average of the four percentiles. Rank 446 of 1,038 overall; 111 of 203 in United States; 126 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

5.4%of its 6,666 research works in 2021 to 2025 were co-authored with a verified company
1.74Industry co-authorship rate: 1.74 times what its mix of research fields would predict (357 verified works; about 205 expected)
8sustained partnerships: the same company group on five or more joint works in three or more of the five years

In United States

111 of 203 ranked universities in United States

  1. #109 University of Central Florida world #443, score 54.1
  2. #110 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute world #445, score 54.1
  3. #111 The University of Texas at San Antonio world #446, score 54.1
  4. #112 The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston world #447, score 54.0
  5. #113 Mississippi State University world #448, score 53.9

All ranked universities →   North America: 126 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

#574 of 638Pharmaceuticals and Therapeutics32.5 verified works in the sector
#480 of 481Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology21 verified works in the sector
Pharmaceuticals and Therapeutics
32.5#574 of 638
Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology
21#480 of 481
Built Environment and Infrastructure
10.5under 20 works
Cybersecurity and Digital Trust
9under 20 works
Software, Cloud and Data
9under 20 works
Medical Technology and Digital Health
8.5under 20 works
Artificial Intelligence
6.5under 20 works
Advanced Manufacturing and Industry 4.0
4under 20 works
Climate, Environment and Sustainability
4under 20 works
Chemicals, Process and Resources
3under 20 works
Clean Energy Transition
3under 20 works
Next-Generation Communications
3under 20 works
Space and Satellite Technology
3under 20 works
Biotechnology and Advanced Therapies
2under 20 works
Robotics and Autonomous Systems
2ranking withheld (under 10 eligible)
Aerospace and Aviation
1.5under 20 works
Batteries and Energy Storage
1under 20 works
Automotive and Mobility
1under 20 works
Quantum Technologies
1under 20 works
Semiconductors and Microelectronics
1under 20 works
Not in any of the 21 sectors
230counted in the overall index

127 of its 357 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

The University of Texas at San Antonio co-authored verified work with 199 company groups, consortium papers aside: 54 of them on two or more works, and 8 as sustained partners.

The largest 12 of its 199 company groups, by joint works

Company groupBased inCompany's main research fieldJoint worksYears with a joint work
Lockheed MartinUnited StatesEngineering345 of 5
AbbottUnited StatesMedicine182 of 5
Murphy Oil CorporationUnited StatesMedicine175 of 5
EvestraUnited StatesMedicine105 of 5
Boston ScientificUnited StatesMedicine84 of 5
AstraZenecaUnited KingdomMedicine64 of 5
NovartisSwitzerlandMedicine53 of 5
Bristol-Myers SquibbUnited StatesMedicine55 of 5
IntelUnited StatesEngineering54 of 5
Calico Life SciencesUnited StatesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology51 of 5
RegeneronUnited StatesMedicine42 of 5
GlaxoSmithKlineUnited KingdomMedicine43 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

61.52021
672022
652023
75.52024
882025

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

436 verified company links

Each counted link (one work, this university and one company) was confirmed against the affiliation text its author wrote; 478 of 914 candidate links were set aside.

Why links were set aside
  • 212 company name not written in the author's affiliation
  • 95 part of a university or public institute's own unit
  • 60 ordinary-word name without a company suffix
  • 28 excluded after hand audit: Matched almost only from the Flatiron Institute, a non-profit research institute
  • 19 a place or common word that failed its stricter rule
  • 13 a contractor staffing a federal laboratory
  • 51 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, The University of Texas at San Antonio ranks #237 of 1,195, with Gold 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.