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Industry Collaboration Index 2026 · University profile

Xidian University

China · Asia-Pacific · Silver

#401World rank of 1,038
56.8ICI scoreout of 100
#56National rank, of 169 in China
#112Regional rank, of 343 in Asia-Pacific
1,004Verified industry works, 2021 to 2025
256Company groups worked with (84 on two or more works)

Xidian University is ranked #401 of 1,038, with Silver standing. Its strongest pillar is durability (96): 32 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 (10): partners concentrated in a few research fields; and by co-creation (48): 1,004 verified industry works against about 1,067 expected for its mix of fields.

Research Collaboration Index 2026: #643 of 1,195 · View the RCI profile →

Why this position

Four pillars, as percentiles

Co-creation30% of the score
48

How often it co-authors with companies, compared with what its own mix of research fields would predict; size makes no difference. 1,004 verified works against about 1,067 expected for its fields (0.94 times the expected rate).

Durability20% of the score
96

How much of its industry work sits in sustained partnerships with the same company group. 32 sustained partnerships: five or more joint works in three or more of the five years.

Scale30% of the score
70

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. 84 company groups on two or more joint works; 32 sustained partnerships.

Breadth20% of the score
10

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 (56.8) is the weighted average of the four percentiles. Rank 401 of 1,038 overall; 56 of 169 in China; 112 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

4.4%of its 22,949 research works in 2021 to 2025 were co-authored with a verified company
0.94Industry co-authorship rate: 0.94 times what its mix of research fields would predict (1,004 verified works; about 1,067 expected)
32sustained partnerships: the same company group on five or more joint works in three or more of the five years

In China

56 of 169 ranked universities in China

  1. #54 Beijing Institute of Technology world #383, score 57.5
  2. #55 Guangxi University world #395, score 57.0
  3. #56 Xidian University world #401, score 56.8
  4. #57 East China University of Science and Technology world #404, score 56.6
  5. #58 China Agricultural University world #414, score 56.2

All ranked universities →   Asia-Pacific: 112 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 188Next-Generation Communications268.5 verified works in the sector
#28 of 292Artificial Intelligence151 verified works in the sector
#11 of 109Semiconductors and Microelectronics70.5 verified works in the sector
Next-Generation Communications
268.5#2 of 188
Artificial Intelligence
151#28 of 292
Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology
80.5#133 of 481
Semiconductors and Microelectronics
70.5#11 of 109
Cybersecurity and Digital Trust
44.5#4 of 21 provisional
Software, Cloud and Data
41#46 of 167
Clean Energy Transition
26#244 of 295
Advanced Manufacturing and Industry 4.0
22.5#193 of 201
Space and Satellite Technology
13under 20 works
Built Environment and Infrastructure
12under 20 works
Automotive and Mobility
9under 20 works
Medical Technology and Digital Health
7under 20 works
Chemicals, Process and Resources
6under 20 works
Batteries and Energy Storage
5under 20 works
Robotics and Autonomous Systems
5ranking withheld (under 10 eligible)
Climate, Environment and Sustainability
4under 20 works
Quantum Technologies
4under 20 works
Aerospace and Aviation
2.5under 20 works
Pharmaceuticals and Therapeutics
1.5under 20 works
Biotechnology and Advanced Therapies
1under 20 works
Not in any of the 21 sectors
228.5counted in the overall index

775.5 of its 1,004 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

Xidian University co-authored verified work with 256 company groups, consortium papers aside: 84 of them on two or more works, and 32 as sustained partners.

The largest 12 of its 256 company groups, by joint works

Company groupBased inCompany's main research fieldJoint worksYears with a joint work
China Electronics Technology Group CorporationSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering206.55 of 5
Huawei TechnologiesChinaComputer Science85.55 of 5
China MobileSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering615 of 5
ZTEChinaEngineering515 of 5
Beijing Institute of Radio Metrology and MeasurementSTATE-OWNEDEngineering42.55 of 5
TencentChinaComputer Science27.55 of 5
Alibaba GroupChinaComputer Science265 of 5
China TelecomSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering245 of 5
State Grid Corporation of ChinaSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering19.55 of 5
Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC)STATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering17.55 of 5
China Southern Power GridSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering164 of 5
China Aerospace Science and Industry CorporationSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering14.55 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

148.52021
1802022
179.52023
2322024
2642025

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.

Funded partnerships (reported, not scored)

Publicly funded research projects with companies

European Union: 1 Horizon projects with company partners

Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe projects starting 2021-2025 in which this university and at least one company take part (3 distinct companies). Company partners include: Ranplan Wireless Network Design Ltd, Telefonica Innovacion Digital SL, West Aquila Srl.

  • UNITE Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Non-Terrestrial Communications and Sensing 2023, 3 companies

Shown for context from the public grant registries; they do not enter the score in Edition 1. Comparable open registries of company partners exist for the European Union and the United Kingdom but not yet for most other research systems, and in some countries national research organisations take part on behalf of university laboratories, so these counts are not comparable between countries.

Evidence checked

1,180 verified company links

Each counted link (one work, this university and one company) was confirmed against the affiliation text its author wrote; 679 of 1,859 candidate links were set aside.

Why links were set aside
  • 526 company name not written in the author's affiliation
  • 72 ordinary-word name without a company suffix
  • 32 part of a university or public institute's own unit
  • 12 part of a street or district address
  • 6 excluded after hand audit: Flanders Make is a non-profit strategic research centre
  • 5 excluded after hand audit: A public research centre
  • 26 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, Xidian University ranks #643 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.