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2026-08-24 · Research focus · The Graduate Center, CUNY · United States

What drives The Graduate Center, CUNY's research

Ask where The Graduate Center, CUNY's research energy goes and the open scholarly record gives a precise answer: 9,995 co-authored works in five years, built with partners in 75 countries.

Its most distinctive research concentrations include HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions; Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications; LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy.

The work's field-weighted citation impact is 3.5, 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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