Inside Indian Institute of Science Bangalore's largest research partnership: Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

Behind Indian Institute of Science Bangalore's research output sits a defining relationship: 308 co-authored works with Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (India) in the five years to 2025, the university's single largest collaboration.

It anchors an unusually connected research base: 936 collaborating institutions across 72 countries, producing 21,703 joint works over the window, with international co-authors on 28% of output.

The collaborative work travels: its field-weighted citation impact stands at 1.81, 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.