The purpose of this study is to analyze the research collaborative characteristics of academics at elementary and secondary teacher education institutes in Korea. For this analysis, 1,668 Korean CItation Index(KCI) articles published from 2010 to 2012 were collected and analyzed. The results of analysis showed that the academics at elementary and secondary teacher education institutes published collaborative articles more than independent ones and such collaboration was made more active with graduate students or schoolteachers than with fellow academics. Also, research topics such as studies on school leadership, research trend, parents, and local community were more likely to be covered in a collaborative research. Based on the results, implications are followings. First, further support is needed in order to encourage an active collaboration among academics. Second, university’s institutional supports as well as academics’ individual efforts are necessary to enhance a collaborative research in certain topics.