Inside Western Michigan University's largest research partnership: Michigan State University

Behind Western Michigan University's research output sits a defining relationship: 159 co-authored works with Michigan State University (United States) in the five years to 2025, the university's single largest collaboration.

It anchors an unusually connected research base: 754 collaborating institutions across 72 countries, producing 8,221 joint works over the window, with international co-authors on 13% of output.

The collaborative work travels: its field-weighted citation impact stands at 1.24, 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.