Inside State University of Malang's largest research partnership: University of Brawijaya

Behind State University of Malang's research output sits a defining relationship: 721 co-authored works with University of Brawijaya (Indonesia) in the five years to 2025, the university's single largest collaboration.

It anchors an unusually connected research base: 380 collaborating institutions across 52 countries, producing 32,396 joint works over the window, with international co-authors on 7% of output.

The collaborative work travels: its field-weighted citation impact stands at 0.99, 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.