Research Collaboration Index
A worked example using real, public data for State University of Makassar (ID), ranked in the global index.  See a world-leading example (Oxford) →

The enhanced fact file

Your entire collaboration network, read like a strategist would.

Not a scorecard. A dossier that tells a university leader exactly where the strengths, the risks and the fundable opportunities are, every figure sourced from the open research record.

◇ Ranked in the Research Collaboration Index
🌍 Asia-Pacific · 391 universities benchmarked
24,079
co-authored works, 5 years
217
partner universities
39
partner countries
50
sustained deep ties
0.69
collaboration impact (FWCI)
82%
of partners non-redundant

The one-screen strategic read

Where you stand, at a glance.

The first thing a leader needs is not more data, it is a verdict. Three strengths to lead with, three challenges to manage, three opportunities to act on, each drawn straight from the network below.

Strengths
  • Strong on impact and sustained. State University of Makassar sits in the 1st percentile for impact and the 1st for sustained: genuine, defensible strengths.
  • A genuine bridge, not just a hub. 31 of 38 partners (82%) are non-redundant, so it connects communities that would not otherwise meet.
Challenges
  • International is the softest pillar. At the 0th percentile it sits clearly below the others: the single clearest place to build.
  • Life Sciences is the at-risk domain. World #686 for connected research, far behind the rest of the portfolio: a real gap, not a crown jewel.
  • Network concentration. The top two partner countries (ID and MY) carry about 93% of collaboration volume: depth, but a thin long tail.
Opportunities
  • Win HKU. World top-1. University of Hong Kong is top-94 globally in Social Sciences. Route: an NSFC / JSPS / A*STAR bilateral programme, or the Human Frontier Science Program.
  • Win NUS. World top-2. National University of Singapore is top-115 globally in Social Sciences. Route: an NSFC / JSPS / A*STAR bilateral programme, or the Human Frontier Science Program.
  • Convert your highest-yield tie. Indonesia University of Education returns the highest impact of your partners (FWCI 1.9). Formalise it into a funded consortium to compound impact, not just volume.

Scholarly weight

The impact behind the network

Collaboration only counts if the work lands. This is the citation weight of everything produced with partners, the substance under the network.

81
h-index of the joint research base
0.1M
citations to co-authored work
0.69
field-weighted citation impact (FWCI)
24,079
co-authored works, 2021-2025
4
collaboration efficiency, impact per tie

Visualisation 1

Your collaboration profile

Seven pillars, each shown as a global percentile. The dashed ring marks the top-decile benchmark; anything inside it is a genuine, defensible strength.

Influence0th pctReach0th pctDiversity0th pctSustained1st pctImpact1st pctInternational0th pctBrokerage23rd pct

State University of Makassar is strongest on impact (1st percentile), sustained (1st) and influence (0th). Its brokerage diagnostic shows 31 of 38 partners (82%) are non-redundant, a genuine bridge between communities rather than a wide publisher.

The pillar to watch is International (0th percentile), the softest of the six and the clearest place to build.

Source: the open global research record, co-authored works 2021–2025, fractional counting

The anatomy of your standing

Exactly what your position is built from

Six pillars, each weighted, combine into one standing index. Nothing is hidden: this is the entire calculation, in a single bar.

ImpaSustEach block is a pillar’s weighted contribution; together they place the university in the global ranked cohort.
Influence22% weight0th pct+0.0
Impact18% weight1st pct+0.2
Sustained18% weight1st pct+0.2
Reach16% weight0th pct+0.0
Diversity16% weight0th pct+0.0
International10% weight0th pct+0.0

Brokerage is reported alongside as a diagnostic, not folded into the score, so a university cannot inflate its standing simply by publishing widely. It measures whether you connect communities that would otherwise stay apart.

Discipline deep-dive

How you collaborate, faculty by faculty

The same network split into its four broad domains, each with its world rank for connected research and the five partners it leans on most. This is the view a dean or pro-vice-chancellor acts on.

Health & Medicine
World #657 for connected research
45/100
Top collaboration partners
Hasanuddin University101
Yogyakarta State Univ…23
State University of S…22
Universitas Negeri Su…19
Universitas Patria Ar…18
Life Sciences
World #686 for connected research
43/100
Top collaboration partners
Hasanuddin University106
Universitas Patria Ar…13
University of Indones…6
Universitas Muhammadi…6
State University of M…5
Physical Sciences & Engineering
World #357 for connected research
70/100
Top collaboration partners
Hasanuddin University146
State University of M…49
Institut Agama Islam …37
Universitas Muhammadi…37
Yogyakarta State Univ…36
Social Sciences
World #15 for connected research
99/100
Top collaboration partners
Hasanuddin University257
Universitas Patria Ar…157
Institut Agama Islam …136
State University of M…93
Universitas Muhammadi…83
Source: domain-level co-authorship, partner institutions 2021–2025

Visualisation 3

Which partnerships actually pay off

Every anchor partner plotted by collaboration volume against the citation impact of the joint work. The prize quadrant is top-right: high volume and high impact. The bottom-right is the trap: a lot of output, little impact.

Joint works (collaboration volume) →Impact (FWCI) →high yieldHasanuddin UniversUniversitas PatriaState University oState University o
High yieldStandardLow yield

Indonesia University of Education returns the highest impact of the set (FWCI 1.9): a consortium waiting to happen. State University of Semarang, by contrast, is a sizeable partner returning FWCI 0.7: worth asking what that volume is buying.

PartnerJoint worksFWCIYield
Hasanuddin University615 1.2Standard
Universitas Patria Artha208 1.5Standard
Institut Agama Islam Negeri Bengkulu176 1.6Standard
Universitas Muhammadiyah Tapanuli Selatan149 1.5Standard
State University of Malang148 1.4Standard
Yogyakarta State University144 1.6Standard
Indonesia University of Education107 1.9High yield
State University of Semarang93 0.7Low yield
Universitas Gadjah Mada79 0.9Standard
State University of Padang77 1.9High yield
Source: institution-to-institution co-authorship ledger + field-weighted citation impact

Visualisation 4

Your global reach, and where it thins out

Top partner countries

ID 2,481
MY 77
🇦🇺 Australia 63
🇯🇵 Japan 45
🇬🇧 United Kingdom 27
🇺🇸 United States 25
SA 24
🇮🇳 India 16

Anchor partner institutions

Hasanuddin University 615
Universitas Patria Artha 208
Institut Agama Islam Negeri Bengkulu 176
Universitas Muhammadiyah Tapanuli Selatan 149
State University of Malang 148
Yogyakarta State University 144
Indonesia University of Education 107
State University of Semarang 93

The network spans 39 countries and 217 universities, but the top two carry about 93% of the volume. That concentration is where the resilience question lives, and the Europe white-space (0 of the region's 100 leading collaborators) is the clearest gap to close.

Source: co-authorship by partner-institution country, 2021–2025

Visualisation 6

The partners to win next

Not a generic wish-list. Globally central universities you are not yet deeply partnered with, each with the reason it matters and the specific programme that would fund the collaboration.

🇭🇰 University of Hong Kong Hong Kong SAR · world top-1

University of Hong Kong is top-94 globally in Social Sciences. You have no joint publications yet, and it is a natural, fundable bridge in your strongest field.

Funding route: an NSFC / JSPS / A*STAR bilateral programme, or the Human Frontier Science Program

🇸🇬 National University of Singapore Singapore · world top-2

National University of Singapore is top-115 globally in Social Sciences. You have no joint publications yet, and it is a natural, fundable bridge in your strongest field.

Funding route: an NSFC / JSPS / A*STAR bilateral programme, or the Human Frontier Science Program

🇭🇰 Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong SAR · world top-3

Chinese University of Hong Kong is top-130 globally in Social Sciences. You have no joint publications yet, and it is a natural, fundable bridge in your strongest field.

Funding route: an NSFC / JSPS / A*STAR bilateral programme, or the Human Frontier Science Program

🇬🇧 University of Oxford United Kingdom · world top-4

University of Oxford is top-11 globally in Social Sciences. You have no joint publications yet, and it is a natural, fundable bridge in your strongest field.

Funding route: the Human Frontier Science Program or a Belmont Forum collaborative-research action

Source: network white-space analysis + funder-programme mapping

The research base

The ecosystem behind the collaboration

A partnership does not plug into a name, it plugs into a base: the affiliated hospitals, presses, institutes and archives, and the research themes where the joint work concentrates.

Computer ScienceSocial Sciences

Context

Your competitive set, and your signature research

Benchmarked against

The named peer group your fact file compares you to, pillar by pillar and subject by subject.

Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique de TunisieTN
State University of MedanID
Universitas Muhammadiyah Tapanuli SelatanID
Universitas Islam Negeri Sumatera UtaraID
Universitas Patria ArthaID
Educational Methods and Media UseEducational Curriculum and Learning MethodsSTEM EducationEducational Methods and OutcomesEducation and Character DevelopmentSMEs Development and Digital Marketing

From insight to action

A 90-day plan, written from the data.

The dossier ends where a strategy meeting begins: three moves, sequenced, each pointing back to a specific finding above.

0-30 days
Name the target

Adopt HKU and a Europe hub as formal partnership targets; brief the relevant deans with the joint white-space evidence.

30-60 days
Open the funding route

Scope the specific programme for each target, and turn the Indonesia University of Education tie into a consortium concept in Social Sciences.

60-90 days
Interrogate the soft spots

Address the international gap and the life sciences weakness; set a diversification target for the long tail; and secure an editorial feature in the reputation-survey window.

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