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2026-09-02 · Partnerships · Rockefeller University · United States

Inside Rockefeller University's largest research partnership: Cornell University

Behind Rockefeller University's research output sits a defining relationship: 492 co-authored works with Cornell University (United States) in the five years to 2025, the university's single largest collaboration.

It anchors an unusually connected research base: 794 collaborating institutions across 70 countries, producing 6,535 joint works over the window, with international co-authors on 44% of output.

The collaborative work travels: its field-weighted citation impact stands at 5.19, 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.

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