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2026-08-28 · Partnerships · University of British Columbia · Canada

Inside University of British Columbia's largest research partnership: University of Toronto

Behind University of British Columbia's research output sits a defining relationship: 6,570 co-authored works with University of Toronto (Canada) in the five years to 2025, the university's single largest collaboration.

It anchors an unusually connected research base: 1,173 collaborating institutions across 81 countries, producing 93,935 joint works over the window, with international co-authors on 48% of output.

The collaborative work travels: its field-weighted citation impact stands at 3.12, where the world average is 1.0.

The Research Collaboration Index, the first global account of how universities actually collaborate, published its first full edition on 15 September 2026. The full results are public.

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