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Time frame: 1 December 2022 - 30 November 2023
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Academic

  1. Harvard University

    Share: 1115.63 | Count: 3683
  2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS)

    Share: 653.75 | Count: 3278
  3. University of Science and Technology of China (USTC)

    Share: 645.17 | Count: 1877

Corporate

  1. F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG

    Share: 58.65 | Count: 165
  2. AstraZeneca plc

    Share: 38.56 | Count: 156
  3. IBM Corporation

    Share: 33.29 | Count: 95

Government

  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

    Share: 2284.28 | Count: 7676
  2. French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)

    Share: 619.61 | Count: 4386
  3. National Institutes of Health (NIH)

    Share: 388.39 | Count: 1092

NPO/NGO

  1. Max Planck Society

    Share: 644.77 | Count: 2568
  2. Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres

    Share: 539.31 | Count: 2715
  3. Leibniz Association

    Share: 188.86 | Count: 1239

Biological sciences

  1. Harvard University

    Share: 529.82 | Count: 1519
  2. Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

    Share: 306.06 | Count: 1126
  3. National Institutes of Health (NIH)

    Share: 277.04 | Count: 695

Chemistry

  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

    Share: 1101.41 | Count: 3391
  2. University of Science and Technology of China (USTC)

    Share: 368.79 | Count: 875
  3. Nanjing University (NJU)

    Share: 317.44 | Count: 560

Earth & environmental sciences

  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

    Share: 426.57 | Count: 1385
  2. Nanjing University (NJU)

    Share: 128.35 | Count: 369
  3. Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres

    Share: 124.84 | Count: 425

Health sciences

  1. Harvard University

    Share: 502.02 | Count: 1585
  2. National Institutes of Health (NIH)

    Share: 156.32 | Count: 542
  3. Johns Hopkins University (JHU)

    Share: 108.64 | Count: 520

Physical sciences

  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

    Share: 830.4 | Count: 3097
  2. Tsinghua University

    Share: 307.9 | Count: 1053
  3. University of Science and Technology of China (USTC)

    Share: 306.85 | Count: 1029

Asia Pacific

  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

    Share: 2283.85 | Count: 7669
  2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS)

    Share: 653.71 | Count: 3276
  3. University of Science and Technology of China (USTC)

    Share: 645.17 | Count: 1877

Europe

  1. Max Planck Society

    Share: 638.9 | Count: 2531
  2. French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)

    Share: 611.49 | Count: 4328
  3. Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres

    Share: 533.26 | Count: 2671

North America

  1. Harvard University

    Share: 1113.41 | Count: 3639
  2. Stanford University

    Share: 482.17 | Count: 1893
  3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

    Share: 477.35 | Count: 1930

South America

  1. University of São Paulo (USP)

    Share: 52.04 | Count: 379
  2. National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET)

    Share: 31.98 | Count: 307
  3. State University of Campinas (UNICAMP)

    Share: 24.47 | Count: 139

Western Asia

  1. Weizmann Institute of Science (WIS)

    Share: 168.02 | Count: 455
  2. Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI)

    Share: 117.3 | Count: 306
  3. King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)

    Share: 110.42 | Count: 257
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