Inside Brunel University of London's largest research partnership: Imperial College London

Behind Brunel University of London's research output sits a defining relationship: 413 co-authored works with Imperial College London (United Kingdom) in the five years to 2025, the university's single largest collaboration.

It anchors an unusually connected research base: 995 collaborating institutions across 75 countries, producing 12,865 joint works over the window, with international co-authors on 52% of output.

The collaborative work travels: its field-weighted citation impact stands at 3.65, where the world average is 1.0.

The Research Collaboration Index, the first global account of how universities actually collaborate, publishes its first full edition on Tuesday 15 September at 09:00 UK.

Every figure derives from the open global research record and is checkable at source.