Inside Tata Institute of Fundamental Research's largest research partnership: Indian Institute of Science Bangalore

Behind Tata Institute of Fundamental Research's research output sits a defining relationship: 308 co-authored works with Indian Institute of Science Bangalore (India) in the five years to 2025, the university's single largest collaboration.

It anchors an unusually connected research base: 824 collaborating institutions across 73 countries, producing 6,809 joint works over the window, with international co-authors on 48% of output.

The collaborative work travels: its field-weighted citation impact stands at 2.95, 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.