Inside Université Joseph Fourier's largest research partnership: Université Grenoble Alpes

Behind Université Joseph Fourier's research output sits a defining relationship: 302 co-authored works with Université Grenoble Alpes (France) in the five years to 2025, the university's single largest collaboration.

It anchors an unusually connected research base: 288 collaborating institutions across 40 countries, producing 500 joint works over the window, with international co-authors on 40% of output.

The collaborative work travels: its field-weighted citation impact stands at 1.06, where the world average is 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.