Evidence
What we claim, and what stands behind it
We would rather show you three verifiable things than fifty adjectives. Every figure below is either platform-recorded, drawn from the public research record, or attributable to a named institution.
Case one · verified media outcome
When Glasgow featured, 147,650 academics saw it
In June 2026 the University of Glasgow featured to our full newsletter list. That single send reached 147,650 academics, opened at 63.8% (roughly 2.5x the academic-sector benchmark), across 138 countries, and drove 15,000+ research clicks. Platform-recorded, from our email system’s send report.
What this evidences: the audience is real, engaged and global. It does not evidence ranking movement, and we will never claim that.
Case two · institutional endorsement
Eight Platinum partners, in their own words
Eight leading universities across six countries, including the University of Toronto (#1 in the world for Decision Sciences collaboration), Monash, UBC and Helsinki, are launching the Research Collaboration Index as Platinum partners. Their endorsements and standings are published on our rankings page, attributable and checkable.
What this evidences: institutions with world-class research offices have examined the methodology and put their names to the launch. Partnership never affects any university’s position.
Case three · the intelligence itself
Judge the analysis before you speak to us
Our flagship analysis of UK universities across all 55 subject rankings is public, as is a complete enhanced fact file for any of the 1,195 universities in the index. Read them the way a research office would: check the sourcing, the caveats, the method.
How we count
Every headline figure on this site is defined, sourced and graded on our figures page. Data-scale figures come from public funder records; audience figures are platform-recorded; we do not publish projections as outcomes. Where we have not yet earned a number, we say so.
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