Inside Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul's largest research partnership: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Behind Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul's research output sits a defining relationship: 1,904 co-authored works with Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil) in the five years to 2025, the university's single largest collaboration.

It anchors an unusually connected research base: 686 collaborating institutions across 70 countries, producing 11,298 joint works over the window, with international co-authors on 22% of output.

The collaborative work travels: its field-weighted citation impact stands at 1.31, 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.