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Industry Collaboration Index 2026 · University profile

University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

China · Asia-Pacific · Gold

#153World rank of 1,038
71.6ICI scoreout of 100
#12National rank, of 169 in China
#29Regional rank, of 343 in Asia-Pacific
4,888Verified industry works, 2021 to 2025
1,156Company groups worked with (421 on two or more works)

University of Chinese Academy of Sciences is ranked #153 of 1,038, with Gold standing. Its strongest pillar is scale (99): a network of 421 company groups on two or more joint works. It is held back most by co-creation (35): 4,888 verified industry works against about 6,168 expected for its mix of fields.

Research Collaboration Index 2026: #153 of 1,195, Gold standing · View the RCI profile →

Why this position

Four pillars, as percentiles

Co-creation30% of the score
35

How often it co-authors with companies, compared with what its own mix of research fields would predict; size makes no difference. 4,888 verified works against about 6,168 expected for its fields (0.79 times the expected rate).

Durability20% of the score
98

How much of its industry work sits in sustained partnerships with the same company group. 164 sustained partnerships: five or more joint works in three or more of the five years.

Scale30% of the score
99

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. 421 company groups on two or more joint works; 164 sustained partnerships.

Breadth20% of the score
59

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 (71.6) is the weighted average of the four percentiles. Rank 153 of 1,038 overall; 12 of 169 in China; 29 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

3.2%of its 152,900 research works in 2021 to 2025 were co-authored with a verified company
0.79Industry co-authorship rate: 0.79 times what its mix of research fields would predict (4,888 verified works; about 6,168 expected)
164sustained partnerships: the same company group on five or more joint works in three or more of the five years

In China

12 of 169 ranked universities in China

  1. #10 Beijing Jiaotong University world #140, score 72.7
  2. #11 Zhejiang University world #141, score 72.7
  3. #12 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences world #153, score 71.6
  4. #13 China University of Petroleum, Beijing world #159, score 71.3
  5. #14 Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications world #169, score 70.8

All ranked universities →   Asia-Pacific: 29 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

#2 of 373Climate, Environment and Sustainability283.5 verified works in the sector
#4 of 292Artificial Intelligence363.5 verified works in the sector
#2 of 126Batteries and Energy Storage128 verified works in the sector
Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology
364#11 of 481
Artificial Intelligence
363.5#4 of 292
Chemicals, Process and Resources
327#9 of 237
Climate, Environment and Sustainability
283.5#2 of 373
Clean Energy Transition
221.5#11 of 295
Pharmaceuticals and Therapeutics
202#170 of 638
Biotechnology and Advanced Therapies
194.5#29 of 220
Built Environment and Infrastructure
142#31 of 215
Batteries and Energy Storage
128#2 of 126
Agriculture and Food Technology
121#17 of 194
Semiconductors and Microelectronics
74#4 of 109
Medical Technology and Digital Health
72#104 of 323
Software, Cloud and Data
69#28 of 167
Next-Generation Communications
66#28 of 188
Advanced Manufacturing and Industry 4.0
54.5#63 of 201
Cybersecurity and Digital Trust
29.5#8 of 21 provisional
Automotive and Mobility
29.5#46 of 72
Quantum Technologies
24.5#31 of 40 provisional
Space and Satellite Technology
21#14 of 15 provisional
Robotics and Autonomous Systems
17ranking withheld (under 10 eligible)
Aerospace and Aviation
7under 20 works
Not in any of the 21 sectors
2,067.5counted in the overall index

2,820.5 of its 4,888 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 Chinese Academy of Sciences co-authored verified work with 1,156 company groups, consortium papers aside: 421 of them on two or more works, and 164 as sustained partners.

The largest 12 of its 1,156 company groups, by joint works

Company groupBased inCompany's main research fieldJoint worksYears with a joint work
BGI GroupChinaBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6305 of 5
SinopecSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering329.55 of 5
China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC)STATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering137.55 of 5
Huawei TechnologiesChinaComputer Science1215 of 5
TencentChinaComputer Science1115 of 5
China Electronics Technology Group CorporationSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering109.55 of 5
China Three Gorges CorporationSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering105.55 of 5
PowerChinaSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering101.55 of 5
State Grid Corporation of ChinaSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering925 of 5
China Railway GroupSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering845 of 5
Alibaba GroupChinaComputer Science61.55 of 5
China MobileSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering52.55 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

876.52021
9292022
9482023
9912024
1,143.52025

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

5,839 verified company links

Each counted link (one work, this university and one company) was confirmed against the affiliation text its author wrote; 4,801 of 10,640 candidate links were set aside.

Why links were set aside
  • 2,439 company name not written in the author's affiliation
  • 435 ordinary-word name without a company suffix
  • 285 excluded after hand audit: The Chengdu Institute of Organic Chemistry is a Chinese Academy of Sciences institute (government)
  • 283 excluded after hand audit: The Guangzhou Institute of Chemistry is a Chinese Academy of Sciences institute (government)
  • 283 excluded after hand audit: Matched from a university research centre
  • 236 part of a university or public institute's own unit
  • 840 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 Chinese Academy of Sciences ranks #153 of 1,195, with Gold standing. It measures the whole research network, not only industry.

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