What drives MIT University's research

Ask where MIT University's research energy goes and the open scholarly record gives a precise answer: 16,699 co-authored works in five years, built with partners in 67 countries.

Its most distinctive research concentrations include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies; Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis; Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics.

The work's field-weighted citation impact is 2.37, against a world average of 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.