Nature Index 2016 Collaborations

From all corners of the globe, researchers across the disciplines are teaming up to tackle the big questions in science. The United States is a particularly significant contributor in its partnerships.

Chinese–US research partnerships outnumber all other international pairings. That trend, spurred by a long history of collaboration between the two countries, presents challenges, but the outcomes are a major boon for science.

Researchers in Paris and Tokyo are connected, but the two capitals have quite different patterns of collaboration.

Proximity is just one factor driving the high number of collaborations between top performing institutions in the same city.

Uncertainty surrounding Britain's future in EU research could be as damaging to science as the prospect of funding cuts once it leaves the union.

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