Research Collaboration Index

The Collaboration and Funding Blueprint · Focus

Focus. Your Blueprint and 5 peers.

For a partnership office preparing its next round. Five peers: the universities you compete with most directly for the same partners and the same funding.

£990excluding VAT, one Blueprint set
6full Blueprints: yours and 5 peers
£165per Blueprint
3 daysworking days from payment to delivery

Who it is for

For a partnership office preparing its next round.

What it answers

The decisions a Blueprint supports.

Who do we approach next, and in which field?

Named universities, the field that justifies each one, and both published positions side by side.

Which partnerships do we formalise, fund or let lapse?

Every anchor partner read by joint output against the citation impact of that joint work.

What would pay for it?

The fund, scheme or bilateral programme behind each recommended partnership, from funders' own records.

How do we brief leadership?

One page a vice-chancellor can read in five minutes, with every figure traceable to the public record.

How do we read against our peers?

The same Blueprint for each peer you choose, so the comparison is like for like, page for page.

Exactly what you receive

6 full Blueprints, each up to 15 pages.

Every Blueprint in the set, yours and each peer's, carries the same sections, built from that university's own published record:

1Cover
Published standing, band and regional position, with the headline network figures
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2The one page a vice-chancellor reads
Three strengths to lead with, three problems to manage, three moves to make
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3Collaboration profile
Six scored pillars and brokerage as global percentiles, read against the peer group
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4Anatomy of the standing
Each pillar's weighted contribution: the whole calculation, nothing discretionary
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5Full subject portfolio
Every field the index ranks the university in, strongest and weakest named
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6Discipline deep dive
The four broad domains and the partners each one actually leans on
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7Which partnerships pay off
Every anchor partner plotted by joint output against citation impact
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8Concentration and dependency
How much of the network rests on a few relationships
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9Trajectory and white space
Growth against the cohort, and named universities in the regions not yet reached
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10Funding
Awards from funders' own published records, and the routes that pay for the next partnership
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11Partners who lift your strengths
Five named universities ahead of you in your strongest fields, with the funding route
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12Partners who close your gaps
Five world-leading universities in the fields where you are furthest back
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13Subject Awards
The university's standing in the 2026 Subject Awards, with the cited work behind it
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14A 90 day plan
Three moves, sequenced, each pointing back to a figure in the Blueprint
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15Sources and method
Every figure, its source, and where anyone can check it
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Sample pages

Four pages from a real preview Blueprint: University of Leeds.

From the public preview edition. Open the whole preview → or choose another of the eight samples.

Page 1 of the public preview Blueprint for University of Leeds
Page 1. The cover: published standing and the network in figures
Page 2 of the public preview Blueprint for University of Leeds
Page 2. The one page a vice-chancellor reads
Page 3 of the public preview Blueprint for University of Leeds
Page 3. The collaboration profile, against the peer group
Page 10 of the public preview Blueprint for University of Leeds
Page 10. Funding: the awards behind the network

How to order

From enquiry to delivery.

  1. Enquire. Tell us the university and the decision. We reply within one working day with your own order page: your published figures, your preview Blueprint and the peers the index places closest to you.
  2. Choose and sign. Pick the package, confirm your peers and sign the order agreement online. The invoice follows on signature, quoting your purchase order number if you have one.
  3. Pay within 7 days of signing, by card or by bank transfer, quoting the order reference.
  4. Receive your Blueprint set within 3 working days of payment, as PDFs by email or secure download link. A factual error reported within 30 days is corrected and reissued free.

Side by side

Focus against the other packages.

FocusBenchmarkMarket view
Price, excluding VAT£990£1,490£1,990
Your own BlueprintYesYesYes
Peer Blueprints, peers you choose51020
Blueprints in the set61121
Cost per Blueprint£165under £136under £95
Each BlueprintThe full edition, up to 15 pagesThe full edition, up to 15 pagesThe full edition, up to 15 pages
FormatPDF, by email or secure download linkPDF, by email or secure download linkPDF, by email or secure download link
PaymentWithin 7 days of signing, card or bank transferWithin 7 days of signing, card or bank transferWithin 7 days of signing, card or bank transfer
DeliveryWithin 3 working days of paymentWithin 3 working days of paymentWithin 3 working days of payment
Best forA partnership office preparing its next roundResearch leadership setting a partnership strategyA university reading its whole competitive field

Also see Benchmark · Market view.

Launch coverage of the index

What universities said about their results

“I am incredibly proud that Queen Mary has been ranked 25th in the world for our research collaborations.”

Queen Mary University of London, Professor Colin Bailey CBE, President
Queen Mary news, 18 September 2026

“This recognition belongs to our researchers and partners around the world”

University of Nottingham, Professor Tom Rodden, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research and Knowledge Exchange
Nottingham Research, official LinkedIn, September 2026

“I'm happy to see that our efforts to stimulate collaborations are recognized in this index.”

University of Amsterdam, Professor Bas de Bruin, Scientific Director, Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences
Faculty of Science news, September 2026

“collaboration is what is awarded here.”

KU Leuven, Professor Philip Moons, Health Professions Subject Award winner
Personal LinkedIn post

UCLH prostate cancer expert wins international medicine award

UCLH, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
UCLH news: Professor Mark Emberton, Medicine Subject Award 2026

Professor Jaideep Prabhu and the University honoured

Cambridge Judge Business School
Official faculty article on the Business, Management and Accounting Subject Award

More coverage: University of Arizona (University news) · University of Arizona International (International office) · Queen Mary EECS (School news) · Université PSL (University news) · University of Warsaw (University news) · Medical University of Warsaw (University news) · Comenius University Bratislava (University news) · East Anglia Bylines (Independent regional news) · ERA Portal Slovakia (National research portal) · STVR Radio Slovakia International (Public broadcaster)

These are the words of universities and media about their results in the free, public index, linked to the source. They comment on the index, not on the Blueprint, and are not endorsements of it.

What it never does. The index is free, public and independent; no commercial relationship changes any position. The Blueprint cannot move any university's position, band or score.