Data and Performance
Number of Patents Citing Research
This line graph presents the number of patents citing university research from 2020 to 2024, showing an overall downward trend followed by a modest recovery. The number of patents decreased from 133 in 2020 to 126 in 2021, then dropped to 81 in 2022 and 63 in 2023. In 2024, the figure rose to 76, representing a 20.6% increase compared with the previous year. Despite this recent recovery, the number of patents citing university research remained 42.9% below the 2020 level, highlighting the opportunity to strengthen the translation of academic research into technological innovation and industrial applications.
SDG 9 Scholarly Output of Thammasat University
This bar chart illustrates the SDG 9 Scholarly Output of Thammasat University from 2022 to 2026, showing a consistent upward trend in research related to industry, innovation, and infrastructure. Scholarly output increased from 293 in 2022 to 319 in 2023 and 363 in 2024, before rising to 447 in 2025. In 2026, output reached 576, representing a 28.9% increase compared with the previous year. This growth indicates an expanding body of research that contributes to sustainable industrial development and innovation under SDG 9.
Research in SDG 9
Thammasat University published 577 Scopus-indexed works on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 9, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, between 2021 and 2025. Output rose each year: 71, 80, 98, 140 and 188. A synthesis of titles and abstracts yields nine thematic clusters:
- Smart manufacturing and Industry 4.0 (99; 9.2, 9.4, 9.5): Industry 4.0 readiness of Thai manufacturers, production scheduling and machining.
- Sustainable supply chains and corporate sustainability (89; 9.2, 9.4): green and circular supply chain practices and packaging supply chains.
- Waste valorisation and clean processes (79; 9.4, 9.5): adsorbents and catalysts from industrial waste, and industrial wastewater treatment.
- Sustainable construction materials and structures (70; 9.1, 9.4): fly ash and geopolymer concrete, and recycled aggregates for roads.
- Low-carbon industry and electric mobility (65; 9.4): Thailand’s net-zero pathways, industrial carbon capture and electric vehicle adoption.
- Urban infrastructure and transport (62; 9.1): transit accessibility in Bangkok and flood resilience.
- Firm innovation and digital access (51; 9.5, 9.b, 9.c): product innovation in Thai firms and digital divides in education.
- Health product technologies (35; 9.5): dental materials and 3D-printed medical devices.
- Industrial development, trade and labour (27; 9.2, 9.3): special economic zones, free trade agreements and manufacturing wages.
The disciplines behind the research
Researchers from 25 Thammasat units contributed, spanning engineering, natural sciences, business, architecture and planning, economics, health sciences, social sciences and law. Each cluster has an anchor unit:
- Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology (SIIT): 53 of the 99 manufacturing and 32 of the 65 low-carbon publications, and 173 publications overall, the most of any unit.
- Thammasat Business School: 47 of the 89 supply chain publications.
- Faculty of Architecture and Planning: 41 of the 62 urban publications.
- Faculty of Science and Technology: 40 of the 79 waste valorisation publications.
- Faculty of Engineering and SIIT: the main contributors to the construction materials cluster (36 and 31 of 70).
- Faculty of Economics: 14 of the 27 industrial development publications.
Twenty-six publications involve two or more Thammasat units. In one, the Faculty of Engineering and Thammasat Business School rank the factors enabling Internet of Things adoption in digital supply chains, serving target 9.5 on industrial technological capability.
Source: SciVal/Scopus, Publications at Thammasat University within SDG 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure (2025), 2021–2025 (exported 27 September 2026).
