University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign: #55 in the world for Physics & Astronomy collaboration

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign stands at #55 of 1,195 universities worldwide on the Physics & Astronomy 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: 2,960 co-authored works in the field over 2021 to 2025, built with 684 collaborating institutions across 64 countries, with a field-weighted citation impact of 5.63.

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign holds Gold standing overall, at #122 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.