The collaboration proof · 2027 edition
The Research Collaboration Index measures how central each university is in the global research-collaboration network, from the open scholarly record. Reputation is what people say. Collaboration is what institutions do, and now it is measured, for 1,195 leading universities across 81 countries.
$6.1T research funding · 35M works · 1,195 universities · 81 countries, analysed.
The evidence base analysed
Built on the open global scholarly record (OpenAlex, CC0), with verified funding from the European Commission (CORDIS), the Crossref Funder Registry and national research funders.
The gap in the market
Reputation surveys capture opinion; citation metrics capture influence. The Research Collaboration Index captures something no flagship ranking operationalises: the objective, verifiable structure of who a university collaborates with, how widely, and how centrally, in the global research network.
Every leading research university, scored by the identical method, from the open worldwide scholarly record. Not a European view of the world, the whole world.
Built entirely on open data (OpenAlex, CC0). No surveys, no opinion, no licensed data in the score. Anyone can audit it.
Six network measures, not one ratio: influence, brokerage, reach, partner-country diversity, sustained partnership and participation intensity.
The complete global ranking, every university, every region and every subject, goes live on 1 September 2026, with a coordinated global media launch. Until then, each university's own collaboration profile is available to explore.