The Open University: #226 in the world for Arts & Humanities collaboration

The Open University stands at #226 of 1,195 universities worldwide on the Arts & Humanities collaboration index, the strongest of its 26 subject standings in the 2026 Research Collaboration Index, published today.

The standing rests on the open scholarly record: 403 co-authored works in the field over 2021 to 2025, built with 117 collaborating institutions across 31 countries, with a field-weighted citation impact of 8.8.

The Open University holds Silver standing overall, at #479 in the world.

The full index, all 26 subject rankings and complete methodology are now public.

Every figure derives from the open global research record and is checkable at source.