The University of Texas at Austin: #35 in the world for Physics & Astronomy collaboration
The University of Texas at Austin stands at #35 of 1,164 universities worldwide on the Physics & Astronomy collaboration index, the strongest of its 25 subject standings in the 2026 Research Collaboration Index, published today.
The standing rests on the open scholarly record: 3,331 co-authored works in the field over 2021 to 2025, built with 705 collaborating institutions across 65 countries, with a field-weighted citation impact of 4.97.
The University of Texas at Austin holds Gold standing overall, at #120 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.
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