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

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

Behind University of Portsmouth's research output sits a defining relationship: 564 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: 997 collaborating institutions across 77 countries, producing 11,791 joint works over the window, with international co-authors on 46% of output.

The collaborative work travels: its field-weighted citation impact stands at 4.66, where the world average is 1.0.

The Research Collaboration Index, the first global account of how universities actually collaborate, published its first full edition on 15 September 2026. The full results are public.

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