Research Collaboration Index · 2026

University of Southampton

Europe · Platinum standing

#36World rank
92.2RCI score
1,174Collaborating institutions
81Partner countries
43,409Joint works, 5 yr
3.56FWCI

Strongest in Nursing, at #4 in the world.

The profile

Collaboration profile

84Influence
75Brokerage
98Reach
98Diversity
93Sustained
92Impact
90International

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Subject standings

World rank in each of the 26 subject indices; gold cards mark top-500 standings. Click through to any full subject ranking.

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The researchers behind the standing

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Laura Costanzo

Laura Costanzo

Dean of the University of Southampton Business School and Professor of Strategic Management

Costanzo has led Southampton Business School through significant growth, international accreditations and a move to a new flagship building. Her research examines how top management teams' strategic cognition shapes corporate financial health, work with UK and international co-authors that helps boards understand how leadership thinking translates into firm value and resilience.

Damon Teagle

Damon Teagle

Professor of Geochemistry, School of Ocean and Earth Science

Teagle, who directed the Southampton Marine and Maritime Institute from 2018 to 2025, studies how seawater and ocean crust exchange heat and chemicals. As Co-Chief Scientist of International Ocean Discovery Program Expeditions 390 and 393, he led a multinational drilling campaign across the South Atlantic that informs global carbon cycle and subseafloor life research.

Yehuda Baruch

Yehuda Baruch

Professor of Management, Southampton Business School

One of the world's most cited careers scholars, with around 200 refereed papers and over 42,000 citations, Baruch studies careers and global human resource management. His Academy of Management lifetime award recognises work that shapes how organisations worldwide design career systems, and his recent research maps how AI will reshape future workplaces.

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