Cranfield University's research now spans 78 countries
Research at Cranfield University is a global undertaking: the university co-authors with 863 institutions in 78 countries, and international collaborators appear on 41% of its output.
Its largest single research relationship is with Jiangsu University in China, at 109 joint works. Across the network, five-year output reaches 8,381 co-authored works.
Connectivity of this kind is increasingly the currency of modern science, and it is measurable: the open scholarly record makes every one of these relationships public and checkable.
The Research Collaboration Index, the first global account of how universities actually collaborate, published its first full edition on 15 September 2026. The full results are public.
Every figure derives from the open global research record and is checkable at source.
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The Collaboration and Funding Blueprint
Your institution's collaboration network, funding evidence and partner opportunities, mapped in one document. Three options, one document, from the team behind the index. Sample Blueprints are open to read.