2016 tables: Institutions - chemistry - academic

The 2016 tables are based on Nature Index data from 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2015.

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# Institution Share 2015 Count 2015
1 University of Valencia (UV), Spain 29.94 68
2 University of Barcelona (UB), Spain 28.17 84
3 Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM), Spain 26.69 70
4 University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Spain 23.40 94
5 University of Santiago de Compostela (USC), Spain 18.48 47
6 Complutense University of Madrid (UCM), Spain 16.05 58
7 University of Girona (UdG), Spain 14.53 30
8 University of Zaragoza (Unizar), Spain 13.47 63
9 University of Oviedo (UniOvi), Spain 13.22 34
10 Jaume I University (UJI), Spain 10.21 40
11 Rovira i Virgili University (URV), Spain 9.71 25
12 Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV), Spain 9.47 30
13 University of Murcia (UMU), Spain 9.05 13
14 Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), Spain 8.90 45
15 University of Seville (US), Spain 7.84 33
16 University of the Balearic Islands (UIB), Spain 7.20 11
17 University of Granada (UGR), Spain 6.62 16
18 University of Alcalá (UAH), Spain 5.16 11
19 University of Málaga (UMA), Spain 5.02 12
20 University of Alicante (UA), Spain 4.68 24
21 University of La Rioja (UR), Spain 4.54 9
22 University of A Coruña (UDC), Spain 4.27 12
23 University of La Laguna (ULL), Spain 3.83 11
24 University of Burgos (UBU), Spain 3.71 6
25 University of Valladolid (UVa), Spain 3.60 10
26 University of Vigo (UVIGO), Spain 3.47 10
27 University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM), Spain 3.23 23
28 Technical University of Madrid (UPM), Spain 2.28 5
29 University of Cordoba (UCO), Spain 2.10 7
30 Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), Spain 1.83 6
31 University of Cantabria (UC), Spain 1.82 6
32 University of Cádiz (UCA), Spain 1.48 7
33 University of Huelva (UHU), Spain 1.43 4
34 University of Salamanca (USAL), Spain 1.10 4
35 Ramon Llull University (URL), Spain 1.09 3
36 San Pablo CEU University (USPCEU), Spain 1.06 2
37 Pablo de Olavide University (UPO), Spain 0.89 2
38 Miguel Hernández University of Elche (UMH), Spain 0.88 2
39 University of Almeria (UAL), Spain 0.66 4
40 University of Jaén (UJU), Spain 0.51 3
41 University of Lleida (UDL), Spain 0.50 1
42 University of Extremadura (UEx), Spain 0.29 2
43 Charles III University of Madrid (UC3M), Spain 0.23 2
44 Pompeu Fabra University (UPF), Spain 0.19 3
45 King Juan Carlos University (URJC), Spain 0.13 1
46 European University of Madrid (UEM), Spain 0.02 1

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