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Industry Collaboration Index 2026 · University profile

Yangzhou University

China · Asia-Pacific

#789World rank of 1,038
33.9ICI scoreout of 100
#126National rank, of 169 in China
#252Regional rank, of 343 in Asia-Pacific
471Verified industry works, 2021 to 2025
276Company groups worked with (83 on two or more works)

Yangzhou University is ranked #789 of 1,038. Its strongest pillar is scale (58): a network of 83 company groups on two or more joint works. It is held back most by co-creation (13): 471 verified industry works against about 1,042 expected for its mix of fields; and by durability (22): 15 of its company groups are sustained partners (five or more joint works in three or more of the five years).

Research Collaboration Index 2026: #626 of 1,195 · View the RCI profile →

Why this position

Four pillars, as percentiles

Co-creation30% of the score
13

How often it co-authors with companies, compared with what its own mix of research fields would predict; size makes no difference. 471 verified works against about 1,042 expected for its fields (0.45 times the expected rate).

Durability20% of the score
22

How much of its industry work sits in sustained partnerships with the same company group. 15 sustained partnerships: five or more joint works in three or more of the five years.

Scale30% of the score
58

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. 83 company groups on two or more joint works; 15 sustained partnerships.

Breadth20% of the score
42

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 (33.9) is the weighted average of the four percentiles. Rank 789 of 1,038 overall; 126 of 169 in China; 252 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

1.8%of its 26,480 research works in 2021 to 2025 were co-authored with a verified company
0.45Industry co-authorship rate: 0.45 times what its mix of research fields would predict (471 verified works; about 1,042 expected)
15sustained partnerships: the same company group on five or more joint works in three or more of the five years

In China

126 of 169 ranked universities in China

  1. #124 Fujian Medical University world #779, score 34.3
  2. #125 Anhui Medical University world #780, score 34.2
  3. #126 Yangzhou University world #789, score 33.9
  4. #127 Jiangsu University of Science and Technology world #794, score 33.7
  5. #128 Dalian Maritime University world #796, score 33.6

All ranked universities →   Asia-Pacific: 252 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

#186 of 481Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology59 verified works in the sector
Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology
59#186 of 481
Clean Energy Transition
38#210 of 295
Built Environment and Infrastructure
32#139 of 215
Climate, Environment and Sustainability
28.5#215 of 373
Agriculture and Food Technology
26.5#152 of 194
Pharmaceuticals and Therapeutics
23#601 of 638
Batteries and Energy Storage
22#77 of 126
Advanced Manufacturing and Industry 4.0
16under 20 works
Chemicals, Process and Resources
15under 20 works
Biotechnology and Advanced Therapies
11.5under 20 works
Artificial Intelligence
11under 20 works
Next-Generation Communications
5under 20 works
Medical Technology and Digital Health
5under 20 works
Automotive and Mobility
4.5under 20 works
Robotics and Autonomous Systems
3ranking withheld (under 10 eligible)
Semiconductors and Microelectronics
3under 20 works
Cybersecurity and Digital Trust
2under 20 works
Aerospace and Aviation
1under 20 works
Software, Cloud and Data
1under 20 works
Not in any of the 21 sectors
163counted in the overall index

308 of its 471 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

Yangzhou University co-authored verified work with 276 company groups, consortium papers aside: 83 of them on two or more works, and 15 as sustained partners.

The largest 12 of its 276 company groups, by joint works

Company groupBased inCompany's main research fieldJoint worksYears with a joint work
SinopecSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering245 of 5
China National Pharmaceutical Group CorporationSTATE-OWNEDChinaMedicine175 of 5
Jiangsu Yangnong Chemical GroupChinaNot recorded135 of 5
CITIC GroupSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering113 of 5
SamsungSouth KoreaEngineering84 of 5
BGI GroupChinaBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology74 of 5
PowerChinaSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering74 of 5
Beijing Chemical Industry Research InstituteSTATE-OWNEDChinaMaterials Science73 of 5
State Grid Corporation of ChinaSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering73 of 5
China State Construction EngineeringSTATE-OWNEDChinaEngineering63 of 5
Brewer ScienceUnited StatesEngineering64 of 5
Berry OncologyChinaMedicine63 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

57.52021
82.52022
772023
100.52024
153.52025

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

554 verified company links

Each counted link (one work, this university and one company) was confirmed against the affiliation text its author wrote; 643 of 1,197 candidate links were set aside.

Why links were set aside
  • 491 company name not written in the author's affiliation
  • 38 excluded after hand audit: Canadian Light Source is a national research facility
  • 37 part of a university or public institute's own unit
  • 28 ordinary-word name without a company suffix
  • 24 a place or common word that failed its stricter rule
  • 8 refresh_university_not_on_work
  • 17 for other reasons: smaller hand-audit findings, and links the current open record no longer supports

If a partner is missing or should not be here, send the evidence; corrections are free and reviewed against the public record.

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The other GRP index

Research Collaboration Index

In the Research Collaboration Index 2026, Yangzhou University ranks #626 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.