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2026-08-24 · Research focus · University of Pennsylvania · United States

What drives University of Pennsylvania's research

Ask where University of Pennsylvania's research energy goes and the open scholarly record gives a precise answer: 84,149 co-authored works in five years, built with partners in 79 countries.

Its most distinctive research concentrations include Immune Cell Function and Interaction; CAR-T cell therapy research; T-cell and B-cell Immunology.

The recorded collaborative funding footprint stands at $3.9 billion across the world's major funders, every award traceable to the funder's own public record. The work's field-weighted citation impact is 3.76, 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.

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

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