Inside National University of Sciences and Technology's largest research partnership: COMSATS University Islamabad

Behind National University of Sciences and Technology's research output sits a defining relationship: 788 co-authored works with COMSATS University Islamabad (Pakistan) in the five years to 2025, the university's single largest collaboration.

It anchors an unusually connected research base: 928 collaborating institutions across 74 countries, producing 14,425 joint works over the window, with international co-authors on 52% of output.

The collaborative work travels: its field-weighted citation impact stands at 2.76, 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.