Inside Henan Polytechnic University's largest research partnership: China University of Mining and Technology

Behind Henan Polytechnic University's research output sits a defining relationship: 530 co-authored works with China University of Mining and Technology (China) in the five years to 2025, the university's single largest collaboration.

It anchors an unusually connected research base: 572 collaborating institutions across 61 countries, producing 13,991 joint works over the window, with international co-authors on 12% of output.

The collaborative work travels: its field-weighted citation impact stands at 2.3, 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.