What drives Universidad de Costa Rica's research

Ask where Universidad de Costa Rica's research energy goes and the open scholarly record gives a precise answer: 13,373 co-authored works in five years, built with partners in 72 countries.

Its most distinctive research concentrations include Plant and animal studies; Botany and Geology in Latin America and Caribbean; Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies.

The work's field-weighted citation impact is 1.17, 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.

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