2016 tables: Institutions - Earth & environmental sciences - 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 Paris Cité University, France 25.57 132
2 Sorbonne University, France 12.98 167
3 University of Lyon, France 11.95 62
4 Université PSL, France 9.51 111
5 University of Lorraine (UL), France 7.67 43
6 Grenoble Alpes University (UGA), France 6.47 75
7 University of Toulouse, France 6.46 87
8 University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ), France 6.28 93
9 University Clermont Auvergne, France 6.17 38
10 University of Savoy (USMB), France 5.84 63
11 Gustave Eiffel University, France 5.68 64
12 Aix-Marseille University (AMU), France 3.11 33
13 École des Ponts ParisTech (ENPC), France 3.11 41
14 University of Montpellier, France 2.76 35
15 École Polytechnique, France 2.74 49
16 University of Nantes, France 2.73 28
17 University of Lille Nord de France, France 2.67 22
18 University of Strasbourg, France 2.54 21
19 University of Orléans, France 2.54 22
20 University of Rennes 1, France 2.50 21
21 University of Pau and Pays de l'Adour (UPPA), France 2.44 8
22 University of Bordeaux, France 2.18 19
23 Paris-Est Créteil University (UPEC), France 2.14 17
24 National Institute of Applied Sciences (INSA), France 2.00 13
25 CY Cergy Paris University, France 1.98 10
26 University of Angers, France 1.97 21
27 University of Évry-Val d'Essonne (UEVE), France 1.87 7
28 University of Poitiers, France 1.80 4
29 University of Western Brittany (UBO), France 1.78 36
30 University of the French West Indies (UAG), France 1.75 23
31 University of South Brittany (UBS), France 1.62 35
32 Collège de France, France 1.40 21
33 University Institute of France (IUF), France 1.39 14
34 AgroParisTech, France 1.38 19
35 Institut Mines-Télécom (IMT), France 1.10 20
36 Montpellier SupAgro, France 1.04 13
37 SIGMA Clermont, France 0.82 10
38 École Nationale des Travaux Publics de l'État (ENTPE), France 0.80 7
39 Centrale Lille, France 0.80 11
40 University of La Rochelle, France 0.73 8
41 Institut National Supérieur des Sciences Agronomiques, Agroalimentaires, Horticoles et du Paysage (Agrocampus Ouest), France 0.72 2
42 University of Paris-Sud (UPSud), France 0.65 17
43 École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Rennes (ENSCR), France 0.57 6
44 University of Toulon (UTLN), France 0.39 2
45 Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP), France 0.38 10
46 École Nationale Supérieure Mines-Télécom Lille-Douai (IMT Lille Douai), France 0.37 2
47 HESAM Université, France 0.37 24
48 University of Franche-Comté (UFC), France 0.36 6
49 École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier (ENSCM), France 0.33 1
50 The University of Perpignan Via Domitia (UPVD), France 0.31 7
51 University of Tours (UFR), France 0.28 2
52 École des Mines d'Alès (EMA), France 0.26 1
53 Nantes Atlantic College of Veterinary Medicine, Food Science and Engineering (Oniris), France 0.25 2
54 Caen University (UNICAEN), France 0.23 3
55 Paul Valéry University (Montpellier III), France 0.23 6
56 KEDGE Business School (KEDGE BS), France 0.20 1
56 The American University of Paris (AUP), France 0.20 1
57 University of Technology of Compiègne (UTC), France 0.19 1
57 École Supérieure de Chimie Organique et Minérale (ESCOM), France 0.19 1
58 National School of Agricultural Engineering of Bordeaux (Bordeaux Sciences Agro), France 0.18 3
59 Bretagne Loire University, France 0.17 3
60 National Teacher Training School in Agronomy (ENSFEA), France 0.16 5
61 University of Avignon, France 0.16 4
62 Institut d'Enseignement Supérieur et de Recherche en Alimentation, Santé Animale, Sciences Agronomiques et de l'Environnement (VetAgro Sup), France 0.15 2
63 Ecole d'Ingénieur de Purpan (INP Purpan), France 0.14 1
64 École Supérieure de Réalisation Audiovisuelle (ESRA), France 0.14 22
64 Sustainable Design School (SDS), France 0.14 22
64 National School of Fine Arts at the Villa Arson, France 0.14 22
64 EDHEC Business School, France 0.14 22
64 École Supérieure de Danse de Cannes Rosella Hightower, France 0.14 22
65 School of Higher Studies in Social Sciences (EHESS), France 0.12 5
66 Superior National School of Advanced Techniques (ENSTA ParisTech), France 0.09 10
67 French School of Public Health (EHESP), France 0.09 4
68 École Centrale Lyon, France 0.08 1
69 University of Rennes 2, France 0.07 3
70 Centrale Graduate School, France 0.07 10
71 University of Haute-Alsace (UHA), France 0.07 1
71 Institut Agronomique néo-Calédonien (IAC), France 0.07 1
72 Artois University, France 0.07 3
73 Université Bordeaux Montaigne (Bordeaux 3), France 0.06 2
74 University of Picardie Jules Verne (UPJV), France 0.06 1
75 Institut d'Optique Graduate School (IOGS), France 0.06 9
75 HEC Paris, France 0.06 9
75 École Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay (ENS Paris-Saclay), France 0.06 9
75 École Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Administration Economique (ENSAE ParisTech), France 0.06 9
76 Ecoles Supérieures du Professorat et de l’Education (ESPE), France 0.05 1
76 École Nationale Supérieure des Ingénieurs en Arts Chimiques et Technologiques (ENSIACET), France 0.05 1
77 University of New Caledonia (UNC), France 0.04 2
78 University of Limoges (ULIM), France 0.04 2
79 Le Studium - Loire Valley Institute for Advanced Studies, France 0.04 1
80 Higher Institute for Electronics and Digital Training (ISEN), France 0.04 1
81 École Supérieure d'Électricité (Supélec), France 0.03 9
82 University of Rouen, France 0.02 1
83 National School for Water and Environmental Engineering of Strasbourg (ENGEES), France 0.02 1
84 Lycée Nature - La Roche-sur-Yon, France 0.02 1
85 National Institute for Oriental Languages and Civilizations (INALCO), France 0.01 1
85 Paris Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po), France 0.01 1
85 Université Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris 3, France 0.01 1
85 University of Paris Nord (Paris 13), France 0.01 1
85 University of Burgundy, France 0.01 1
86 Université de Guyane, France 0.01 2
87 Pantheon-Sorbonne University (Paris 1), France 0.01 1
88 University of Technology of Belfort-Montbéliard (UTBM), France 0.01 1

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