Top 100 corporate–academic collaborations

Partnerships between a corporate institution and an academic institution ranked by their bilateral collaboration score (CS) for the five-year period from 2012 to 2016. The CS sums the fractional count of collaborative papers from the two partnering institutions. Also shown is the article count (AC) of collaborative articles from the two partnering institutions over the same period.

Rank	Corporate institution	CS 2012–2016	Academic institution	CS 2012–2016	Bilateral CS 2012–2016	AC 2012–2016
1	Novartis International AG, Switzerland	44.91	University of Basel (UB), Switzerland	60.41	105.32	191
2	Samsung Group, South Korea	21.82	Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), South Korea	34.40	56.22	105
3	Novartis International AG, Switzerland	21.95	Harvard University, United States of America (USA)	24.23	46.18	83
4	BGI, China	37.26	University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Denmark	8.36	45.61	127
5	FiberHome Technologies Group, China	10.59	Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), China	32.00	42.59	93
6	China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC), China	10.23	Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), China	32.02	42.25	95
7	Thales S.A., France	16.69	University of Paris Sud (UPSud), France	20.06	36.75	114
8	Lockheed Martin Corporation, United States of America (USA)	13.22	University of Oslo (UiO), Norway	22.31	35.52	55
9	GNS Science, New Zealand	13.74	Victoria University of Wellington (Victoria), New Zealand	19.49	33.23	105
10	IBM Corporation, United States of America (USA)	20.91	Stanford University, United States of America (USA)	11.38	32.29	44
11	Samsung Group, South Korea	14.19	Seoul National University (SNU), South Korea	14.06	28.26	40
12	Serum Institute of India Ltd. (SII), India	0.86	Utrecht University (UU), Netherlands	25.15	26.01	71
13	Microsoft Corporation, United States of America (USA)	10.19	University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB), United States of America (USA)	15.10	25.29	53
14	GlaxoSmithKline plc. (GSK), United Kingdom (UK)	8.84	University of Oxford, United Kingdom (UK)	15.88	24.72	62
15	Toshiba Corporation, Japan	15.16	University of Cambridge, United Kingdom (UK)	9.21	24.37	26
16	Koninklijke Philips N.V. (Philips), Netherlands	6.38	Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), Netherlands	17.55	23.93	39
17	Amgen Inc., United States of America (USA)	15.81	University of Iceland, Iceland	6.58	22.39	83
18	Mitsubishi Group, Japan	5.26	The University of Tokyo (UTokyo), Japan	16.77	22.03	39
19	Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., China	1.98	Fudan University, China	19.73	21.71	88
20	Uni Research Ltd., Norway	7.56	University of Bergen (UIB), Norway	13.49	21.05	81
21	F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG, Switzerland	9.36	Harvard University, United States of America (USA)	11.59	20.95	55
22	Raytheon Company, United States of America (USA)	5.38	University of Washington (UW), United States of America (USA)	15.34	20.72	50
23	Center for Nanotechnology GmbH (CeNTech GmbH), Germany	7.41	University of Münster (WWU), Germany	13.12	20.52	36
24	Merck & Co., Inc., United States of America (USA)	7.27	University of Pennsylvania (Penn), United States of America (USA)	13.20	20.47	41
25	GNS Science, New Zealand	5.92	University of Otago, New Zealand	13.88	19.81	76
26	BGI, China	18.89	King Abdulaziz University (KAU), Saudi Arabia	0.61	19.49	61
27	Samsung Group, South Korea	12.78	Korea University (KU), South Korea	6.62	19.40	27
28	Polyera Corporation, United States of America (USA)	4.41	Northwestern University (NU), United States of America (USA)	14.42	18.83	27
29	Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT), Japan	6.77	The University of Tokyo (UTokyo), Japan	11.31	18.08	26
30	IBM Corporation, United States of America (USA)	11.53	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich), Switzerland	6.48	18.01	28
31	Hitachi, Ltd., Japan	5.96	University of Cambridge, United Kingdom (UK)	11.55	17.51	41
32	Mitsubishi Group, Japan	3.64	University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB), United States of America (USA)	13.37	17.01	19
33	Jinchuan Group Co., Ltd., China	3.16	Lanzhou University (LZU), China	13.39	16.55	19
34	Novo Nordisk A/S, Denmark	6.70	University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Denmark	9.18	15.89	34
35	Lockheed Martin Corporation, United States of America (USA)	8.00	Stanford University, United States of America (USA)	7.37	15.38	32
36	AstraZeneca plc, United Kingdom (UK)	5.25	The University of Manchester (UoM), United Kingdom (UK)	9.98	15.23	28
37	Samsung Group, South Korea	9.06	Yonsei University, South Korea	6.13	15.18	22
38	National Metrology and Testing (LNE), France	6.83	Pierre and Marie Curie University (UPMC) - Paris 6, France	8.17	15.01	58
39	Samsung Group, South Korea	3.36	Stanford University, United States of America (USA)	11.61	14.97	22
40	IBM Corporation, United States of America (USA)	6.98	Columbia University in the City of New York (CU), United States of America (USA)	7.76	14.74	28
41	The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Ltd, New Zealand	3.90	The University of Auckland, New Zealand	10.69	14.58	41
42	Samsung Group, South Korea	5.90	Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), South Korea	8.60	14.51	23
43	National Metrology and Testing (LNE), France	6.83	Paris Observatory, France	7.61	14.45	58
44	Pfizer Inc., United States of America (USA)	5.03	Harvard University, United States of America (USA)	9.33	14.36	32
45	Novartis International AG, Switzerland	4.11	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich), Switzerland	10.22	14.33	29
46	NYCB Real-Time Computing Inc., United States of America (USA)	0.54	Stanford University, United States of America (USA)	13.51	14.05	67
47	AstraZeneca plc, United Kingdom (UK)	4.36	University of Oxford, United Kingdom (UK)	9.62	13.98	25
48	Intel Corporation, United States of America (USA)	0.76	Northwestern University (NU), United States of America (USA)	13.10	13.86	19
49	BASF SE, Germany	2.88	University of Strasbourg, France	10.91	13.79	40
50	Thales S.A., France	1.47	Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore	12.06	13.53	25
51	Bruker Corporation, United States of America (USA)	2.68	University of Strasbourg, France	10.71	13.39	39
52	Formosa Plastics Group, Taiwan	4.78	National Taiwan University (NTU), Taiwan	8.13	12.91	28
53	GNS Science, New Zealand	5.65	The University of Auckland, New Zealand	6.75	12.41	73
54	GlaxoSmithKline plc. (GSK), United Kingdom (UK)	5.93	Harvard University, United States of America (USA)	6.19	12.12	59
55	D. E. Shaw Research, United States of America (USA)	10.36	Columbia University in the City of New York (CU), United States of America (USA)	1.74	12.10	22
56	Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd., Japan	2.36	The University of Tokyo (UTokyo), Japan	9.67	12.03	19
57	Otto Bock HealthCare GmbH (Ottobock), Germany	0.71	University of Göttingen, Germany	11.26	11.97	26
58	BASF SE, Germany	3.92	Heidelberg University (Uni Heidelberg), Germany	8.00	11.92	18
59	Génome Québec, Canada	1.31	McGill University, Canada	10.53	11.84	69
60	GNS Science, New Zealand	6.29	University of Canterbury (UC), New Zealand	5.48	11.77	73
61	Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., China	1.98	Zhejiang University (ZJU), China	9.73	11.71	88
62	GlaxoSmithKline plc. (GSK), United Kingdom (UK)	2.91	University of Cambridge, United Kingdom (UK)	8.70	11.61	58
63	Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., United States of America (USA)	3.56	University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego), United States of America (USA)	7.95	11.50	17
64	Rigaku Corporation, Japan	3.36	Nagoya Institute of Technology (NITech), Japan	8.11	11.47	12
65	Pfizer Inc., United States of America (USA)	3.13	University of Cambridge, United Kingdom (UK)	8.27	11.40	19
66	HexaTech, Inc., United States of America (USA)	2.72	North Carolina State University (NCSU), United States of America (USA)	8.62	11.34	15
67	F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG, Switzerland	5.60	University of California San Francisco (UCSF), United States of America (USA)	5.69	11.29	29
68	Leidos Holdings, Inc., United States of America (USA)	3.21	Harvard University, United States of America (USA)	7.78	10.99	62
69	GlaxoSmithKline plc. (GSK), United Kingdom (UK)	4.67	University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom (UK)	6.21	10.88	20
70	Sanofi, France	4.54	Harvard University, United States of America (USA)	6.19	10.72	35
71	AstraZeneca plc, United Kingdom (UK)	5.52	Karolinska Institute (KI), Sweden	5.18	10.70	22
72	F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG, Switzerland	2.67	University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego), United States of America (USA)	8.01	10.68	28
73	Zhejiang NHU Company Ltd., China	3.74	Zhejiang University (ZJU), China	6.91	10.65	11
74	Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT), Japan	6.59	Tohoku University, Japan	4.00	10.59	14
75	Raytheon Company, United States of America (USA)	4.55	University of Minnesota (UMN), United States of America (USA)	6.04	10.59	46
76	PrivaTran, Inc., United States of America (USA)	1.60	The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin), United States of America (USA)	8.86	10.45	11
77	IBM Corporation, United States of America (USA)	5.32	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), United States of America (USA)	4.97	10.29	16
78	Formosa Plastics Group, Taiwan	4.07	National Tsing Hua University (NTHU), Taiwan	6.21	10.28	16
79	Foxconn Technology Group, Taiwan	3.06	Tsinghua University (TH), China	7.18	10.24	17
80	AstraZeneca plc, United Kingdom (UK)	2.51	The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom (UK)	7.66	10.17	26
81	Samsung Group, South Korea	4.47	Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), South Korea	5.70	10.16	13
82	Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT), Japan	4.42	Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech), Japan	5.73	10.15	13
83	Novartis International AG, Switzerland	6.09	University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego), United States of America (USA)	4.05	10.14	32
84	F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG, Switzerland	4.34	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich), Switzerland	5.76	10.10	15
85	Aerodyne Research, Inc. (ARI), United States of America (USA)	1.27	University of Helsinki, Finland	8.79	10.06	25
86	AstraZeneca plc, United Kingdom (UK)	4.89	Uppsala University (UU), Sweden	5.16	10.04	24
87	F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG, Switzerland	5.37	Stanford University, United States of America (USA)	4.47	9.85	23
88	Novartis International AG, Switzerland	4.53	University of California San Francisco (UCSF), United States of America (USA)	5.26	9.79	23
89	Toyota Group, Japan	2.22	Kyoto University, Japan	7.56	9.78	13
90	Novartis International AG, Switzerland	4.51	Stanford University, United States of America (USA)	5.17	9.69	26
91	Lockheed Martin Corporation, United States of America (USA)	6.11	Harvard University, United States of America (USA)	3.56	9.67	27
92	Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., China	1.98	Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), China	7.67	9.64	88
93	GNS Science, New Zealand	4.94	Massey University, New Zealand	4.67	9.60	68
94	Amgen Inc., United States of America (USA)	3.15	Harvard University, United States of America (USA)	6.39	9.54	72
95	Novartis International AG, Switzerland	3.81	Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU), Germany	5.72	9.53	21
96	Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology (ACIB), Austria	3.70	Graz University of Technology (TU Graz), Austria	5.73	9.42	14
97	China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), China	0.85	University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), China	8.57	9.42	20
98	Tetranov International, Inc., United States of America (USA)	2.49	Zhengzhou University (ZZU), China	6.93	9.42	10
99	BGI, China	5.81	Peking University (PKU), China	3.41	9.22	21
100	Omega Optics, Inc., United States of America (USA)	3.12	The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin), United States of America (USA)	6.07	9.19	10