2016 tables: Institutions - physical 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 Sorbonne University, France 55.71 550
2 University of Paris-Sud (UPSud), France 39.60 392
3 Grenoble Alpes University (UGA), France 26.23 336
4 Paris Cité University, France 24.89 357
5 Université PSL, France 24.56 272
6 University of Lyon, France 20.04 156
7 University of Toulouse, France 17.62 132
8 National Institute of Applied Sciences (INSA), France 15.62 129
9 Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP), France 15.51 259
10 Aix-Marseille University (AMU), France 14.40 244
11 University of Strasbourg, France 13.08 131
12 École Polytechnique, France 12.75 143
13 University of Bordeaux, France 12.33 73
14 University of Montpellier, France 8.49 56
15 University of Lille Nord de France, France 7.25 39
16 Institut Mines-Télécom (IMT), France 5.78 39
17 Collège de France, France 5.64 45
18 University of Lorraine (UL), France 5.22 28
19 Institut d'Optique Graduate School (IOGS), France 4.66 28
20 University of Savoy (USMB), France 3.68 151
21 University of Rennes 1, France 3.13 25
22 University of Technology of Belfort-Montbéliard (UTBM), France 3.07 21
23 University of Paris Nord (Paris 13), France 3.02 12
24 University of Toulon (UTLN), France 2.99 31
25 Le Mans University, France 2.97 16
26 University Clermont Auvergne, France 2.85 140
27 Superior National School of Advanced Techniques (ENSTA ParisTech), France 2.80 18
28 University of Burgundy, France 2.25 23
29 Institut Polytechnique de Bordeaux (Bordeaux INP), France 2.25 17
30 CY Cergy Paris University, France 2.24 23
31 Centrale Lille, France 2.18 27
32 Caen University (UNICAEN), France 2.09 17
33 University Institute of France (IUF), France 2.01 19
34 École Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay (ENS Paris-Saclay), France 2.01 19
35 University of Franche-Comté (UFC), France 2.01 14
36 École Supérieure d'Électricité (Supélec), France 1.99 27
37 Gustave Eiffel University, France 1.96 9
38 University of Nantes, France 1.66 40
39 Paris-Est Créteil University (UPEC), France 1.63 13
40 HESAM Université, France 1.62 65
41 Centrale Graduate School, France 1.59 18
42 Lille Catholic University (Catho), France 1.56 21
43 University of Picardie Jules Verne (UPJV), France 1.37 8
44 Higher Institute for Electronics and Digital Training (ISEN), France 1.34 12
45 National Engineering Institute in Mechanics and Microtechnologies (ENSMM), France 1.26 9
46 University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ), France 1.22 29
47 University of Haute-Alsace (UHA), France 1.21 26
48 University of Poitiers, France 1.19 5
49 University of Orléans, France 1.12 20
50 Institut Supérieur de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace (ISAE-SUPAERO), France 1.09 5
51 University of Tours (UFR), France 1.02 7
52 SIGMA Clermont, France 0.93 6
53 University of Limoges (ULIM), France 0.90 8
54 National School of Fine Arts at the Villa Arson, France 0.78 58
54 École Supérieure de Réalisation Audiovisuelle (ESRA), France 0.78 58
54 EDHEC Business School, France 0.78 58
54 École Supérieure de Danse de Cannes Rosella Hightower, France 0.78 58
54 Sustainable Design School (SDS), France 0.78 58
55 École Centrale Lyon, France 0.74 8
56 École Supérieure de Chimie Physique Électronique de Lyon or (CPE Lyon), France 0.72 7
57 University of Technology of Troyes (UTT), France 0.71 5
58 École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier (ENSCM), France 0.71 8
59 University of Paris Ouest (Paris 10), France 0.58 2
60 University of South Brittany (UBS), France 0.49 3
61 University of Angers, France 0.48 4
62 University of Évry-Val d'Essonne (UEVE), France 0.47 4
63 Bretagne Loire University, France 0.43 28
64 École Nationale Supérieure des Arts et Industries Textiles (ENSAIT), France 0.43 1
65 École des Ponts ParisTech (ENPC), France 0.41 2
66 École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Rennes (ENSCR), France 0.40 6
67 University of Le Havre, France 0.36 11
68 University of Rouen, France 0.31 10
69 École des Mines d'Alès (EMA), France 0.27 1
70 National School for Water and Environmental Engineering of Strasbourg (ENGEES), France 0.21 4
71 Artois University, France 0.21 3
72 University of Western Brittany (UBO), France 0.20 3
73 Burgundy School of Business, France 0.18 9
74 École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Normandie (ENSA Normandie), France 0.15 8
75 AgroParisTech, France 0.13 2
76 University of Pau and Pays de l'Adour (UPPA), France 0.12 4
77 EPF - Graduate School of Engineering, France 0.10 1
78 The University of Perpignan Via Domitia (UPVD), France 0.08 1
78 Le Studium - Loire Valley Institute for Advanced Studies, France 0.08 1
79 School of Higher Studies in Social Sciences (EHESS), France 0.03 2
80 National Teacher Training School in Agronomy (ENSFEA), France 0.03 1
81 Pantheon-Sorbonne University (Paris 1), France 0.02 2
82 Université Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris 3, France 0.02 1
83 Dijon University Hospital, France 0.02 1
84 University of Rennes 2, France 0.01 1
84 French School of Public Health (EHESP), France 0.01 1
85 École Supérieure d’Agricultures (ESA), France 0.01 1
85 Audencia Nantes School of Management, France 0.01 1
85 Institut National Supérieur des Sciences Agronomiques, Agroalimentaires, Horticoles et du Paysage (Agrocampus Ouest), France 0.01 1
85 Nantes Atlantic College of Veterinary Medicine, Food Science and Engineering (Oniris), France 0.01 1
85 École Centrale de Nantes (EC Nantes), France 0.01 1
86 HEC Paris, France 0.00 1
86 École Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Administration Economique (ENSAE ParisTech), France 0.00 1

Footnote

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  2. The Nature Index is one indicator of institutional research performance. The metrics of Count and Share used to order Nature Index listings are based on an institution’s or country’s publication output in 82 natural-science journals through 2022, in 2023 64 health-science journals were added to the Index. The 146 journals in the Nature Index were selected on reputation by an independent panel of leading scientists in their fields.
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