What drives University of the Free State's research

Ask where University of the Free State's research energy goes and the open scholarly record gives a precise answer: 15,711 co-authored works in five years, built with partners in 77 countries.

Its most distinctive research concentrations include Legal Issues in South Africa; Biblical Studies and Interpretation; Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies.

The work's field-weighted citation impact is 2.14, 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.