Inside University of South Africa's largest research partnership: University of Pretoria

Behind University of South Africa's research output sits a defining relationship: 891 co-authored works with University of Pretoria (South Africa) in the five years to 2025, the university's single largest collaboration.

It anchors an unusually connected research base: 884 collaborating institutions across 73 countries, producing 19,506 joint works over the window, with international co-authors on 20% of output.

The collaborative work travels: its field-weighted citation impact stands at 2.36, 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.