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2026-08-26 · Research focus · University of California, Berkeley · United States

What drives University of California, Berkeley's research

Ask where University of California, Berkeley's research energy goes and the open scholarly record gives a precise answer: 87,852 co-authored works in five years, built with partners in 79 countries.

Its most distinctive research concentrations include Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena; Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics; Geophysics and Gravity Measurements.

The work's field-weighted citation impact is 4.13, 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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