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2026-09-09 · Research focus · Rochester Institute of Technology · United States

What drives Rochester Institute of Technology's research

Ask where Rochester Institute of Technology's research energy goes and the open scholarly record gives a precise answer: 7,422 co-authored works in five years, built with partners in 70 countries.

Its most distinctive research concentrations include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena; Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research; Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations.

The work's field-weighted citation impact is 2.98, 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.

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