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• Share of University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), United States of America (USA)
• Share of domestic institutions (356 total)

1. University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) (50.68)
   University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)13.92

   University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)36.76
2. University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) and California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) (24.89)
   University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)10.71

   California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI)14.18
3. University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) and Stanford University (15.19)
   University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)8.43

   Stanford University6.75
4. University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) and Harvard University (10.72)
   University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)5.57

   Harvard University5.14
5. University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (10.37)
   University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)5.90

   Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
6. University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) and California Institute of Technology (Caltech) (10.09)
   University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)6.04

   California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
7. University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) and University of California, Irvine (UCI) (6.98)
   University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)

   University of California, Irvine (UCI)
8. University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) (6.12)
   University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)

   National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
9. University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) and University of Minnesota (UMN) (6.56)
   University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)

   University of Minnesota (UMN)
10. University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) and University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) (7.12)
    University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)

    University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley)

Top 10 international collaborators with University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) by Share*

• Share of University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), United States of America (USA)
• Share of foreign institutions (991 total)

1. University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) and French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) (10.41)
   University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)7.87

   French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)
2. University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) and Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) (5.82)
   University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)

   Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
3. University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) and University of Cambridge (5.14)
   University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)

   University of Cambridge
4. University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) and National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) (3.91)
   University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)

   National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
5. University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) and Max Planck Society (4.23)
   University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)

   Max Planck Society
6. University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) and National University of Singapore (NUS) (3.67)
   University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)

   National University of Singapore (NUS)
7. University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) and Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres (3.63)
   University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)

   Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres
8. University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) and École Polytechnique (3.49)
   University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)

   École Polytechnique
9. University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) and Peking University (PKU) (3.52)
   University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)

   Peking University (PKU)
10. University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich) (3.27)
    University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)

    Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich)

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Affiliated joint institutions and consortia

• CDF Collaboration
• California Institute for Quantum Entanglement (CAIQuE)
• California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI)
• Challenge Institute for Quantum Computation (CIQC)
• HD iPSC Consortium
• HeteroFoaM Center
• Institute for Collaborative Biotechnologies (ICB)
• Institute for Multiscale Materials Studies (IMMS)
• Institute for the Study of the Ecological and Evolutionary Climate Impacts (ISEECI)
• Microsoft Research Station Q Santa Barbara
• Mitsubishi Chemical Center for Advanced Materials (MC-CAM)
• Quantum Science Center (QSC)
• Southern California Center for Galaxy Evolution
• TMT International Observatory LLC (TIO)
• Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN)
• The BaBar Collaboration
• The CMS Collaboration
• The LUX Collaboration
• UC Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology (UC CEIN)
• UNM-UCSB Tsimane Health and Life History Project
• UTEP-UCSB Center for Advanced Materials Research