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ICMAB's most frequent collaborators in 2025 - A year in review

Collaboration with academic and research institutions is a cornerstone of ICMAB’s scientific strategy. By partnering with leading organizations, both locally and internationally, ICMAB strengthens its research capabilities, fosters interdisciplinary innovation, and expands its impact across diverse scientific fields. These institutional collaborations not only support the exchange of knowledge and resources but also enhance the visibility and integration of ICMAB within the global research community. Here you will find our top institutions and countries with whom we have collaborated in 2025.

Institutions

One institution collaborated with ICMAB researchers in 38 papers: ICREA. ICREA works hand in hand with Catalan universities and research centres to integrate ICREA research professors in the Catalan research system. At ICMAB we have four ICREA research professors: Núria Aliaga-Alcalde, Alejandro Goñi, Kasper Moth-Pulsen (who has a double affiliation: ICMAB-UPC) and Massimiliano Stengel.

After ICREA, one institution collaborated with ICMAB in 29 papers: the Universitat de Barcelona (UB, Spain). The UB is a university known for its diverse scientific studies, and many ICMAB researchers collaborate with researchers from the Physics and Chemistry Faculty, among others.

ICMAB had 26 collaborations with the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS, France) and 25 with the Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST).

We had two more centers with 21 projects: the Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2, Spain), and the the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC, Spain). The ICN2 is located at the UAB Campus, just next to ICMAB, and many ICMAB researchers collaborate with their researchers.

Top countries

ICMAB researchers work together with many different scientists around the world. International research partnerships are a key factor to improve our collective knowledge. Not only does it allow everybody to share access to different scientific installations and techniques, it also gives research a more diverse viewpoint that ensures every possibility is considered.

These are the top 10 countries that ICMAB has collaborated more with during 2024:

  1. Italy: 40
  2. France: 38
  3. United States of America: 34
  4. Germany: 31
  5. People's Republic of China: 27
  6. United Kingdom: 26
  7. Belgium: 20
  8. Sweden: 20
  9. Switzerland: 17
  10. Japan: 13

More information

Note: The data has been gathered from the Web of Science-Core collection, as of 19/03/2026. 

Daniel Rodríguez Urbano
Daniel Rodríguez Urbano
24 April 2026