Inside University of Bergen's largest research partnership: University of Oslo

Behind University of Bergen's research output sits a defining relationship: 2,227 co-authored works with University of Oslo (Norway) in the five years to 2025, the university's single largest collaboration.

It anchors an unusually connected research base: 1,059 collaborating institutions across 79 countries, producing 78,685 joint works over the window, with international co-authors on 54% of output.

The collaborative work travels: its field-weighted citation impact stands at 3.22, 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.