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Industry Collaboration Index 2026 · University profile

Tokyo Medical and Dental University

Japan · Asia-Pacific · Silver

#417World rank of 1,038
56.1ICI scoreout of 100
#35National rank, of 52 in Japan
#121Regional rank, of 343 in Asia-Pacific
469.5Verified industry works, 2021 to 2025
238Company groups worked with (92 on two or more works)

Tokyo Medical and Dental University is ranked #417 of 1,038, with Silver standing. Its strongest pillar is co-creation (66): 469.5 verified industry works against about 399 expected for its mix of fields. It is held back most by breadth (45): partners concentrated in a few research fields.

Research Collaboration Index 2026: #1015 of 1,195 · View the RCI profile →

Why this position

Four pillars, as percentiles

Co-creation30% of the score
66

How often it co-authors with companies, compared with what its own mix of research fields would predict; size makes no difference. 469.5 verified works against about 399 expected for its fields (1.18 times the expected rate).

Durability20% of the score
52

How much of its industry work sits in sustained partnerships with the same company group. 26 sustained partnerships: five or more joint works in three or more of the five years.

Scale30% of the score
56

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. 92 company groups on two or more joint works; 26 sustained partnerships.

Breadth20% of the score
45

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 (56.1) is the weighted average of the four percentiles. Rank 417 of 1,038 overall; 35 of 52 in Japan; 121 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

5.1%of its 9,144 research works in 2021 to 2025 were co-authored with a verified company
1.18Industry co-authorship rate: 1.18 times what its mix of research fields would predict (469.5 verified works; about 399 expected)
26sustained partnerships: the same company group on five or more joint works in three or more of the five years

In Japan

35 of 52 ranked universities in Japan

  1. #33 Gifu University world #384, score 57.5
  2. #34 Yokohama National University world #412, score 56.3
  3. #35 Tokyo Medical and Dental University world #417, score 56.1
  4. #36 Yamagata University world #422, score 55.9
  5. #37 Yamaguchi University world #430, score 55.1

All ranked universities →   Asia-Pacific: 121 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

#303 of 638Pharmaceuticals and Therapeutics80 verified works in the sector
Pharmaceuticals and Therapeutics
80#303 of 638
Medical Technology and Digital Health
28#217 of 323
Biotechnology and Advanced Therapies
19.5under 20 works
Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology
8under 20 works
Artificial Intelligence
4.5under 20 works
Quantum Technologies
2under 20 works
Climate, Environment and Sustainability
1under 20 works
Agriculture and Food Technology
0.5under 20 works
Not in any of the 21 sectors
326counted in the overall index

143.5 of its 469.5 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

Tokyo Medical and Dental University co-authored verified work with 238 company groups, consortium papers aside: 92 of them on two or more works, and 26 as sustained partners.

The largest 12 of its 238 company groups, by joint works

Company groupBased inCompany's main research fieldJoint worksYears with a joint work
TakedaJapanChemistry265 of 5
FujifilmJapanEngineering215 of 5
TXP Medical Co. LtdJapanMedicine114 of 5
Chugai Pharmaceutical Co.JapanMedicine105 of 5
EisaiJapanMedicine104 of 5
RicohJapanEngineering105 of 5
Topcon CorporationJapanMedicine9.55 of 5
TopconJapanMedicine9.55 of 5
FujitsuJapanEngineering8.54 of 5
PfizerUnited StatesMedicine8.55 of 5
Daiichi SankyoJapanMedicine8.54 of 5
SysmexJapanMedicine83 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

91.52021
1122022
1042023
1022024
602025

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

626 verified company links

Each counted link (one work, this university and one company) was confirmed against the affiliation text its author wrote; 319 of 945 candidate links were set aside.

Why links were set aside
  • 158 company name not written in the author's affiliation
  • 55 a place or common word that failed its stricter rule
  • 38 part of a university or public institute's own unit
  • 31 ordinary-word name without a company suffix
  • 6 excluded after hand audit: Matched from university rheumatology centres (King's College London)
  • 5 excluded after hand audit: Scripps Research is a non-profit research institute, not a company
  • 26 for other reasons: smaller hand-audit findings, and links the current open record no longer supports

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The other GRP index

Research Collaboration Index

In the Research Collaboration Index 2026, Tokyo Medical and Dental University ranks #1015 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.