Inside University of Konstanz's largest research partnership: University of Zurich

Behind University of Konstanz's research output sits a defining relationship: 263 co-authored works with University of Zurich (Switzerland) in the five years to 2025, the university's single largest collaboration.

It anchors an unusually connected research base: 902 collaborating institutions across 75 countries, producing 11,541 joint works over the window, with international co-authors on 53% of output.

The collaborative work travels: its field-weighted citation impact stands at 3.56, 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.