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Research Collaboration Index
A worked example using real, public data for Universidad de Navarra (Spain), a Silver-band university.  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.

○ Silver standing · Research Collaboration Index
🌍 Europe · 417 universities benchmarked
10,936
co-authored works, 5 years
869
partner universities
75
partner countries
498
sustained deep ties
3.01
collaboration impact (FWCI)
85%
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
  • Veterinary is the standout field. Ranked #95 in the world for connected research, with Business, Management & Accounting #144, Nursing #189 close behind: the anchors to build consortia around.
  • Strong on international and impact. Universidad de Navarra sits in the 75th percentile for international and the 74th for impact: genuine, defensible strengths.
  • A genuine bridge, not just a hub. 51 of 60 partners (85%) are non-redundant, so it connects communities that would not otherwise meet.
Challenges
  • Influence is the softest pillar. At the 36th percentile it sits clearly below the others: the single clearest place to build.
  • Physical Sciences & Engineering is the at-risk domain. World #1,062 for connected research, far behind the rest of the portfolio: a real gap, not a crown jewel.
  • Network concentration. The top two partner countries (Spain and United States) carry about 61% of collaboration volume: depth, but a thin long tail.
Opportunities
  • Win HKU. World top-1. University of Hong Kong is top-146 globally in Health Sciences. Route: Horizon Europe (associated-country participation) or bilateral Royal Society / DFG / ANR schemes.
  • Win NUS. World top-2. National University of Singapore is top-85 globally in Health Sciences. Route: Horizon Europe (associated-country participation) or bilateral Royal Society / DFG / ANR schemes.
  • Convert your highest-yield tie. Université Paris Cité returns the highest impact of your partners (FWCI 8.3). 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.

478
h-index of the joint research base
3.2M
citations to co-authored work
3.01
field-weighted citation impact (FWCI)
10,936
co-authored works, 2021-2025
60
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.

Influence36th pctReach38th pctDiversity51st pctSustained41st pctImpact74th pctInternational75th pctBrokerage12th pct

Universidad de Navarra is strongest on international (75th percentile), impact (74th) and diversity (51st). Its brokerage diagnostic shows 51 of 60 partners (85%) are non-redundant, a genuine bridge between communities rather than a wide publisher.

The pillar to watch is Influence (36th 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.

InflImpaSustReacDiveInteEach block is a pillar’s weighted contribution; together they place the university in the Silver band worldwide.
Influence22% weight36th pct+7.9
Impact18% weight74th pct+13.3
Sustained18% weight41st pct+7.4
Reach16% weight38th pct+6.1
Diversity16% weight51st pct+8.2
International10% weight75th pct+7.5

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.

Visualisation 2

Where you lead the world, by field

Each subject placed on a log scale of world rank (1 to 1,195). The further left, the more globally central. Gold marks a top-50 standout, blue a solid position.

#1#10#100#1000Veterinary95Business, Management &…144Nursing189Economics, Econometric…227Medicine326Immunology & Microbiol…397
Standout (top 50)Solid (top 150)Ranked

Universidad de Navarra's strongest connected fields are Veterinary #95, Business, Management & Accounting #144, Nursing #189. The portfolio leans on health & medicine; Physical Sciences & Engineering, at world #1,062 in the deep-dive below, is the clear at-risk area, exactly the gap this chart surfaces.

Source: subject-level indices, 26 fields, minimum 50-university gate

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 #574 for connected research
52/100
Top collaboration partners
🇪🇸 Universitat de Barcel…381
🇺🇸 Harvard University305
🇪🇸 Universidad de Salama…274
🇪🇸 Universidad Autónoma …253
🇪🇸 University of the Bas…247
Life Sciences
World #770 for connected research
36/100
Top collaboration partners
🇪🇸 Universitat de Barcel…102
🇪🇸 University of the Bas…69
🇺🇸 Harvard University61
🇪🇸 Universidad de Salama…59
🇪🇸 Universidad Autónoma …58
Physical Sciences & Engineering
World #1062 for connected research
11/100
Top collaboration partners
🇪🇸 University of the Bas…65
🇳🇱 University of Twente28
🇪🇸 Universidad de Sevilla27
🇪🇸 Universidad de Granada25
🇬🇧 Brunel University of …24
Social Sciences
World #665 for connected research
44/100
Top collaboration partners
🇬🇧 Brunel University of …79
🇺🇸 Harvard University55
🇪🇸 Universidad Compluten…40
🇪🇸 Universitat de Barcel…40
🇺🇸 Emory University39
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 yieldUniversitat de BarHarvard UniversityUniversidad de Alc
High yieldStandardLow yield

Université Paris Cité returns the highest impact of the set (FWCI 8.3): a consortium waiting to happen. University of the Basque Country, by contrast, is a sizeable partner returning FWCI 3.0: worth asking what that volume is buying.

PartnerJoint worksFWCIYield
🇪🇸 Universitat de Barcelona529 3.6Standard
🇺🇸 Harvard University428 5.5Standard
🇪🇸 University of the Basque Country379 3.0Low yield
🇪🇸 Universidad Autónoma de Madrid322 4.2Standard
🇪🇸 Universidad de Salamanca322 3.5Standard
🇪🇸 Universitat de València306 2.8Low yield
🇪🇸 Universitat Rovira i Virgili235 3.0Low yield
🇪🇸 Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona232 3.4Standard
🇪🇸 Universidad de Granada218 3.0Low yield
🇪🇸 Universidad Complutense de Madrid214 2.5Low 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

🇪🇸 Spain 4,553
🇺🇸 United States 2,388
🇬🇧 United Kingdom 1,232
🇮🇹 Italy 927
🇩🇪 Germany 760
🇫🇷 France 719
🇳🇱 Netherlands 500
🇨🇦 Canada 308

Anchor partner institutions

🇪🇸 Universitat de Barcelona 529
🇺🇸 Harvard University 428
🇪🇸 University of the Basque Country 379
🇪🇸 Universidad Autónoma de Madrid 322
🇪🇸 Universidad de Salamanca 322
🇪🇸 Universitat de València 306
🇪🇸 Universitat Rovira i Virgili 235
🇪🇸 Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 232

The network spans 75 countries and 869 universities, but the top two carry about 61% of the volume. That concentration is where the resilience question lives, and the Asia-Pacific white-space (1 of the region's 34 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-146 globally in Health Sciences. You have no joint publications yet, and it is a natural, fundable bridge in your strongest field.

Funding route: Horizon Europe (associated-country participation) or bilateral Royal Society / DFG / ANR schemes

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

National University of Singapore is top-85 globally in Health Sciences. You have no joint publications yet, and it is a natural, fundable bridge in your strongest field.

Funding route: Horizon Europe (associated-country participation) or bilateral Royal Society / DFG / ANR schemes

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

Chinese University of Hong Kong is top-132 globally in Health Sciences. You have no joint publications yet, and it is a natural, fundable bridge in your strongest field.

Funding route: Horizon Europe (associated-country participation) or bilateral Royal Society / DFG / ANR schemes

🇦🇺 Monash University Australia · world top-7

Monash University is top-43 globally in Health Sciences. You have no joint publications yet, and it is a natural, fundable bridge in your strongest field.

Funding route: Horizon Europe (associated-country participation) or bilateral Royal Society / DFG / ANR schemes

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.

Complejo Hospitalario de NavarraNavarre Institute of Health ResearchClinica Universidad de NavarraFundación Universitaria de NavarraAsociación de Amigos de la Universidad de NavarraCentro de Investigación Médica AplicadaIESE Business School
MedicineEconomics, Econometrics and FinanceImmunology and Microbiology

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.

🇺🇸 Mississippi State UniversityUnited States
🇨🇳 Qingdao UniversityChina
National Yang Ming Chiao Tung UniversityTW
🇪🇸 Universidad de ZaragozaSpain
🇨🇳 Southern Medical UniversityChina
Nutritional Studies and DietDiet and metabolism studiesObesity, Physical Activity, DietMonetary Policy and Economic ImpactMarket Dynamics and VolatilityImmunotherapy and Immune Responses

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 Asia-Pacific 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 Université Paris Cité tie into a consortium concept in Health & Medicine.

60-90 days
Interrogate the soft spots

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

Your fact file

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Plus this same dossier on up to 10 of your peers.

Every partnership includes the full intelligence on your named competitive set, their strengths, their funders, their white-space, so you can see exactly where you lead and where to close the gap. Two peers with Recognition, five with Partnership, up to ten with Flagship.

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