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2026-09-06 · Partnerships · University of Oxford · United Kingdom

Inside University of Oxford's largest research partnership: University College London

Behind University of Oxford's research output sits a defining relationship: 7,477 co-authored works with University College London (United Kingdom) in the five years to 2025, the university's single largest collaboration.

It anchors an unusually connected research base: 1,185 collaborating institutions across 80 countries, producing 236,983 joint works over the window, with international co-authors on 58% of output.

The collaborative work travels: its field-weighted citation impact stands at 3.99, 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.

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