Top 100 NPO/NGO institutions in biomedical sciences

The table shows leading NPO/NGO institutions ranked by their fractional count (FC) in biomedical sciences from 2015 to 2018. Also listed are institution's total number of biomedical science articles in the Nature Index (AC 2015–2018) and the proportion of each institution's FC in biomedical sciences relative to total FC from 2015 to 2018 (biomedical sciences %).

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1 Max Planck Society Germany991.322,65435.0 %
2 Scripps Research United States of America (USA)403.6785971.4 %
3 Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres Germany346.271,67318.9 %
4 The Francis Crick Institute United Kingdom (UK)207.4554196.1 %
5 Leibniz Association Germany185.2767524.1 %
6 Salk Institute for Biological Studies (Salk) United States of America (USA)160.0937096.6 %
7 HHMI Janelia Farm Research Campus United States of America (USA)154.0834790.6 %
8 Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (FHCRC) United States of America (USA)121.8543596.1 %
9 Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute United Kingdom (UK)114.7864395.9 %
10 Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST) Spain105.7741424.7 %
11 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) United States of America (USA)105.6527294.4 %
12 Flanders Institute for Biotechnology (VIB) Belgium92.2445087.9 %
13 Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP) United States of America (USA)75.1025894.8 %
14 Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology (IGBMC) France69.4321396.8 %
15 Pasteur Institute France66.3634889.4 %
16 Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) Russia62.893079.1 %
17 Stowers Institute for Medical Research United States of America (USA)61.5312296.4 %
18 Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research (FMI) Switzerland59.7414999.7 %
19 Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (WEHI) Australia57.0727196.5 %
20 Cluster of Excellence - Munich Center for Integrated Protein Science Munich (CiPS-M), LMU Germany53.1425873.6 %
21 Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) Netherlands52.5524375.3 %
22 Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour Netherlands52.0220495.5 %
23 Institute of Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC) France51.0514978.7 %
24 Vienna Biocenter (VBC) Austria50.7913996.3 %
25 Gladstone Institutes United States of America (USA)48.3718096.6 %
26 La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) United States of America (USA)45.2813999.7 %
27 DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance Germany44.5711699.8 %
28 Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS) China43.8714710.4 %
29 The Jackson Laboratory United States of America (USA)42.8017496.5 %
30 Department of Biology Ecole Normale Supérieure (IBENS) France41.1013786.7 %
31 The Wistar Institute United States of America (USA)38.4111399.7 %
32 Hansjorg Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering United States of America (USA)38.3017351.1 %
33 Center for Integrative Biology in Toulouse (CBI Toulouse) France37.998792.8 %
34 Severo Ochoa Centre for Molecular Biology (CBMSO) Spain37.5410088.8 %
35 Cancer Research UK (CRUK) United Kingdom (UK)35.0013299.5 %
36 Babraham Institute United Kingdom (UK)34.7512299.8 %
37 Max F. Perutz Laboratories (MFPL) Austria33.279293.2 %
38 Champalimaud Foundation Portugal32.277995.0 %
39 Institut de Biologie Paris-Seine (IBPS) France31.9611392.3 %
40 Institute for Structural Biology (IBS) France31.9210370.8 %
41 Gulbenkian Science Institute (IGC) Portugal31.668597.3 %
42 Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research San Diego Branch United States of America (USA)30.5610097.2 %
43 Van Andel Research Institute (VAI) United States of America (USA)30.1411895.0 %
44 Institut Jacques Monod (IJM) France29.419090.9 %
45 State Key Laboratory of Virology (SKLV) China29.316282.5 %
46 Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research (FNLCR) United States of America (USA)28.7819389.9 %
47 Research Organization of Information and Systems (ROIS) Japan28.4412957.2 %
48 Carnegie Institution for Science (CIS) United States of America (USA)28.426916.8 %
49 Buck Institute for Research on Aging United States of America (USA)28.238097.9 %
50 Subcellular Structure and Cellular Dynamic (CDC) France27.579193.0 %
51 Italian Foundation for Cancer Research (FIRC) Italy27.2413298.6 %
52 Institute of Molecular Biotechnology (IMBA) Austria27.058297.5 %
53 Imagine Institute France26.6816199.9 %
54 Allen Institute United States of America (USA)25.947197.3 %
55 QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute Australia25.8920597.2 %
56 Institut de Microbiologie de la Méditerranée (IMM) France25.565976.5 %
57 Brain and Spine Institute (ICM) France25.5612497.6 %
58 Clinical Research Institute of Montreal (IRCM) Canada25.128699.4 %
59 Garvan Institute of Medical Research Australia24.8412792.7 %
60 Cancer Research Center of Marseille (CRCM) France24.648794.4 %
61 Cluster of Excellence - Werner Reichardt Centre for Integrative Neuroscience (CIN), Uni Tübingen Germany24.347095.0 %
62 Developmental Biology Institute of Marseille (IBDM) France24.1750100.0 %
63 Institute of Human Genetics (IGH) France24.135296.0 %
64 Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF) United States of America (USA)23.996299.1 %
65 Centre d’Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy (CIML) France23.208498.7 %
66 Institut Cochin France22.9012596.9 %
67 Laboratory of Excellence (LabEx) DEVweCAN France22.8810392.8 %
68 MGH/HST Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging United States of America (USA)22.2010678.5 %
69 The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity (Doherty Institute) Australia22.1810799.2 %
70 Curie Institute France22.0412899.1 %
71 Cluster of Excellence - Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), UoC Germany21.8515094.6 %
72 Institute of Biology Valrose (IBV) France21.4148100.0 %
73 Institute of Life Sciences Research and Technologies (iRTSV) France21.397656.3 %
74 Institute of Molecular Biology gGmbH (IMB) Germany21.376897.5 %
75 Department of Genomes and Genetics France21.168391.8 %
76 CAS Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology (CEBSIT) China21.1010697.1 %
77 LOEWE Center for Synthetic Microbiology (SYNMIKRO) Germany19.996077.2 %
78 Institute of Functional Genomics (IGF) France19.097098.1 %
79 Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology France19.0863100.0 %
80 Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA) Spain19.0235422.9 %
81 Center for Cooperative Research in Biosciences (CIC bioGUNE) Spain18.967576.1 %
82 Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) Spain18.939895.1 %
83 Andalusian Center for Molecular Biology and Regenerative Medicine (CABIMER) Spain18.924099.7 %
84 Cancer GenomiCs.nl (CGC.nl) Netherlands17.768998.7 %
85 International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) Italy17.345594.7 %
86 Instituto de Neurociencias Spain17.0241100.0 %
87 Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center United States of America (USA)16.4113596.9 %
88 Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard United States of America (USA)16.1517297.8 %
89 National Health Research Institutes (NHRI) Taiwan15.956480.4 %
90 Institute of Health Sciences (IHS), SIBS CAS / SJTUSM China15.907399.4 %
91 Immunity and Cancer Unit France15.715596.9 %
92 Center for Neural Circuits and Behavior (CNCB) United States of America (USA)15.482794.6 %
93 Micalis Institute France15.365088.8 %
94 Institute of Pharmacology and Structural Biology (IPBS) France15.134792.9 %
95 Structural Genomics Consortium (SGC Toronto) Canada15.136297.7 %
96 Center for Infectious Disease Research (CIDR) United States of America (USA)15.0349100.0 %
97 Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Biology (CIRB) France15.003990.2 %
98 NCCR Chemical Biology - Visualisation and Control of Biological Processes Using Chemistry Switzerland14.974963.1 %
99 Institut Necker Enfants Malades (INEM) France14.716599.6 %
100 Bose Institute India14.652676.2 %