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Industry Collaboration Index 2026 · University profile

University of Arkansas at Fayetteville

United States · North America · Silver

#320World rank of 1,038
61.4ICI scoreout of 100
#84National rank, of 203 in United States
#94Regional rank, of 231 in North America
365Verified industry works, 2021 to 2025
212Company groups worked with (62 on two or more works)

University of Arkansas at Fayetteville is ranked #320 of 1,038, with Silver standing. Its strongest pillar is breadth (93): partners spread across many research fields. It is held back most by durability (35): 14 of its company groups are sustained partners (five or more joint works in three or more of the five years); and by scale (43): a network of 62 company groups on two or more joint works.

Research Collaboration Index 2026: #697 of 1,195 · View the RCI profile →

Why this position

Four pillars, as percentiles

Co-creation30% of the score
76

How often it co-authors with companies, compared with what its own mix of research fields would predict; size makes no difference. 365 verified works against about 278 expected for its fields (1.31 times the expected rate).

Durability20% of the score
35

How much of its industry work sits in sustained partnerships with the same company group. 14 sustained partnerships: five or more joint works in three or more of the five years.

Scale30% of the score
43

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. 62 company groups on two or more joint works; 14 sustained partnerships.

Breadth20% of the score
93

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 (61.4) is the weighted average of the four percentiles. Rank 320 of 1,038 overall; 84 of 203 in United States; 94 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

3.9%of its 9,321 research works in 2021 to 2025 were co-authored with a verified company
1.31Industry co-authorship rate: 1.31 times what its mix of research fields would predict (365 verified works; about 278 expected)
14sustained partnerships: the same company group on five or more joint works in three or more of the five years

In United States

84 of 203 ranked universities in United States

  1. #82 Tufts University world #318, score 61.6
  2. #83 University at Buffalo, State University of New York world #319, score 61.5
  3. #84 University of Arkansas at Fayetteville world #320, score 61.4
  4. #85 University of New Hampshire world #327, score 61.1
  5. #86 University of Tennessee at Knoxville world #334, score 60.7

All ranked universities →   North America: 94 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.

Strongest sector positions

#32 of 194Agriculture and Food Technology75.5 verified works in the sector
Agriculture and Food Technology
75.5#32 of 194
Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology
11.5under 20 works
Climate, Environment and Sustainability
10under 20 works
Pharmaceuticals and Therapeutics
10under 20 works
Built Environment and Infrastructure
8under 20 works
Clean Energy Transition
8under 20 works
Semiconductors and Microelectronics
8under 20 works
Artificial Intelligence
5under 20 works
Automotive and Mobility
4under 20 works
Advanced Manufacturing and Industry 4.0
3under 20 works
Chemicals, Process and Resources
3under 20 works
Medical Technology and Digital Health
3under 20 works
Next-Generation Communications
2.5under 20 works
Biotechnology and Advanced Therapies
2under 20 works
Quantum Technologies
2under 20 works
Cybersecurity and Digital Trust
1under 20 works
Robotics and Autonomous Systems
1ranking withheld (under 10 eligible)
Software, Cloud and Data
1under 20 works
Space and Satellite Technology
1under 20 works
Not in any of the 21 sectors
205.5counted in the overall index

159.5 of its 365 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

University of Arkansas at Fayetteville co-authored verified work with 212 company groups, consortium papers aside: 62 of them on two or more works, and 14 as sustained partners.

The largest 12 of its 212 company groups, by joint works

Company groupBased inCompany's main research fieldJoint worksYears with a joint work
Neurotrack TechnologiesUnited StatesMedicine32.55 of 5
Cobb-VantressUnited StatesAgricultural and Biological Sciences155 of 5
BayerGermanyMedicine144 of 5
BASFGermanyMaterials Science125 of 5
Asahi KaseiJapanEngineering93 of 5
AmazonUnited StatesComputer Science84 of 5
AB VistaUnited KingdomAgricultural and Biological Sciences85 of 5
Ford Motor CompanyUnited StatesEngineering74 of 5
Charlotte's WebUnited StatesMedicine63 of 5
ZinproUnited StatesAgricultural and Biological Sciences64 of 5
SyngentaSTATE-OWNEDSwitzerlandMedicine64 of 5
CJ AmericaUnited StatesAgricultural and Biological Sciences62 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

77.52021
722022
662023
64.52024
852025

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.

Clinical trials (reported, not scored)

6 industry-partnered clinical trials

Trials starting 2021 to 2025 in ClinicalTrials.gov in which a company and this university are the sponsor and a collaborator. Names are matched exactly, so a trial registered only under an affiliated hospital's own name is not counted here, and the count can be well below the university's real trial activity. Trials do not enter the score.

Examples:

  • NCT06098001 Bioavailability Study of Hemp Phenolics with Brightseed, 2023
  • NCT05389748 NanO2 for Large Vessel Occlusion Stroke with NuvOx LLC, 2023
  • NCT05125471 Cobimetinib In Extracranial Arteriovenous Malformations (COBI-AVM Study) with Genentech, Inc., 2022
  • NCT05096949 Implementing Cabenuva in Arkansas HIV Programs with ViiV Healthcare, 2022
  • NCT04493333 Vaginal Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) in Postmenopausal Breast Cancer Survivors on Aromatase Inhibitors with AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 2021
  • NCT04559789 Reducing Dementia Risk With Digital Health Coaching with Neurotrack Technologies, Inc., 2021

Evidence checked

465 verified company links

Each counted link (one work, this university and one company) was confirmed against the affiliation text its author wrote; 397 of 862 candidate links were set aside.

Why links were set aside
  • 172 company name not written in the author's affiliation
  • 109 ordinary-word name without a company suffix
  • 38 part of a university or public institute's own unit
  • 17 a place or common word that failed its stricter rule
  • 16 excluded after hand audit: Matched from surnames and a place name
  • 11 excluded after hand audit: Matched from street addresses (State Street)
  • 34 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, University of Arkansas at Fayetteville ranks #697 of 1,195. It measures the whole research network, not only industry.

View the RCI profile →

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