University of California, Santa Barbara: #63 in the world for Earth & Planetary Sciences collaboration

University of California, Santa Barbara stands at #63 of 1,195 universities worldwide on the Earth & Planetary Sciences collaboration index, the strongest of its 26 subject standings in the 2026 Research Collaboration Index, published today.

The standing rests on the open scholarly record: 1,448 co-authored works in the field over 2021 to 2025, built with 527 collaborating institutions across 50 countries, with a field-weighted citation impact of 4.12.

University of California, Santa Barbara holds Gold standing overall, at #188 in the world.

The full index, all 26 subject rankings and complete methodology are now public.

Every figure derives from the open global research record and is checkable at source.