What drives University of Massachusetts Amherst's research

Ask where University of Massachusetts Amherst's research energy goes and the open scholarly record gives a precise answer: 28,612 co-authored works in five years, built with partners in 78 countries.

Its most distinctive research concentrations include Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies; Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena; Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions.

The recorded collaborative funding footprint stands at $240 million across the world's major funders, every award traceable to the funder's own public record. The work's field-weighted citation impact is 3.59, 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.

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