Inside University of Ulsan's largest research partnership: Ulsan College

Behind University of Ulsan's research output sits a defining relationship: 12,429 co-authored works with Ulsan College (South Korea) in the five years to 2025, the university's single largest collaboration.

It anchors an unusually connected research base: 845 collaborating institutions across 68 countries, producing 19,964 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.