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2026-08-30 · Research focus · Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya · Spain

What drives Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya's research

Ask where Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya's research energy goes and the open scholarly record gives a precise answer: 27,733 co-authored works in five years, built with partners in 77 countries.

Its most distinctive research concentrations include Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques; Microgrid Control and Optimization; Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems.

The work's field-weighted citation impact is 2.4, 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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