Inside Harvard University's largest research partnership: Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian

Behind Harvard University's research output sits a defining relationship: 19,297 co-authored works with Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian (United States) in the five years to 2025, the university's single largest collaboration.

It anchors an unusually connected research base: 1,184 collaborating institutions across 81 countries, producing 169,606 joint works over the window, with international co-authors on 41% of output.

The collaborative work travels: its field-weighted citation impact stands at 3.76, 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.