Inside University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"'s largest research partnership: University of Naples Federico II

Behind University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"'s research output sits a defining relationship: 2,986 co-authored works with University of Naples Federico II (Italy) in the five years to 2025, the university's single largest collaboration.

It anchors an unusually connected research base: 921 collaborating institutions across 76 countries, producing 17,707 joint works over the window, with international co-authors on 28% of output.

The collaborative work travels: its field-weighted citation impact stands at 3.15, 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.