2016 tables: Institutions - Nature & Science

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 French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), France 18.95 173
2 Sorbonne University, France 4.05 54
3 National Institute for Health and Medical Research (INSERM), France 4.03 60
4 Paris Cité University, France 4.00 55
5 Pasteur Institute, France 3.80 22
6 The French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), France 2.93 34
7 Université PSL, France 2.84 42
8 Aix-Marseille University (AMU), France 2.08 39
9 University of Paris-Sud (UPSud), France 1.76 30
10 University of Toulouse, France 1.73 33
11 University of Lyon, France 1.61 15
12 Grenoble Alpes University (UGA), France 1.24 22
13 University of Strasbourg, France 1.12 12
14 National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE), France 1.00 23
15 Institute Gustave-Roussy (IGR), France 0.94 6
16 University of Montpellier, France 0.92 22
17 Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES), France 0.88 30
18 European Space Agency (ESA), France 0.86 14
19 Sanofi, France 0.68 3
20 Institute of Research for Development (IRD), France 0.66 35
21 European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), France 0.65 5
22 Collège de France, France 0.60 5
23 University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ), France 0.55 24
24 Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), France 0.47 16
25 École Polytechnique, France 0.40 12
26 Institut d'Optique Graduate School (IOGS), France 0.37 4
27 Centre Hospitalier de Versailles (CHV), France 0.32 1
28 University of Évry-Val d'Essonne (UEVE), France 0.30 13
29 University of Bordeaux, France 0.30 8
30 Institut Laue Langevin (ILL), France 0.29 2
31 National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control (INRIA), France 0.27 18
32 HESAM Université, France 0.22 12
33 National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research (INRAP), France 0.21 3
34 France Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy, France 0.16 15
35 Société Astronomique de France (SAF), France 0.15 1
36 DamCB, France 0.14 1
37 AgroParisTech, France 0.14 11
38 University of Nantes, France 0.13 6
39 École Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay (ENS Paris-Saclay), France 0.13 5
40 University of Rennes 1, France 0.13 3
41 University of Lorraine (UL), France 0.12 7
42 Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional de Nice (CRR), France 0.12 11
42 EDHEC Business School, France 0.12 11
42 École Supérieure de Danse de Cannes Rosella Hightower, France 0.12 11
42 Sustainable Design School (SDS), France 0.12 11
42 École Supérieure de Réalisation Audiovisuelle (ESRA), France 0.12 11
42 National School of Fine Arts at the Villa Arson, France 0.12 11
42 CHU Nice, France 0.12 11
42 Centre Nationaux de Création Musicale (CIRM), France 0.12 11
43 Magellium, France 0.11 1
44 University of Savoy (USMB), France 0.11 5
45 University of Orléans, France 0.10 7
46 University of Burgundy, France 0.10 1
47 National Museum of Natural History (MNHN), France 0.09 8
48 University of Paris Ouest (Paris 10), France 0.09 1
49 Paris-Est Créteil University (UPEC), France 0.09 4
50 University of Toulon (UTLN), France 0.09 4
51 Thales S.A., France 0.08 1
52 Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD), France 0.08 5
53 Centre Hospitalier Universitaire d'Angers (CHU d'Angers), France 0.08 1
54 University of Paris Nord (Paris 13), France 0.07 4
55 University of Angers, France 0.07 4
56 University Clermont Auvergne, France 0.07 2
57 French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea (Ifremer), France 0.07 6
58 SIGMA Clermont, France 0.07 1
59 France Ministry of Culture, France 0.06 3
60 Centre Georges-François Leclerc (CGFL), France 0.06 2
61 Ligue Contre Le Cancer, France 0.06 2
62 Institut d'Enseignement Supérieur et de Recherche en Alimentation, Santé Animale, Sciences Agronomiques et de l'Environnement (VetAgro Sup), France 0.06 2
63 University of Franche-Comté (UFC), France 0.06 4
64 Fermentalg, France 0.05 1
65 Institut National Supérieur des Sciences Agronomiques, Agroalimentaires, Horticoles et du Paysage (Agrocampus Ouest), France 0.05 1
66 University of Pau and Pays de l'Adour (UPPA), France 0.04 1
67 Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP), France 0.04 2
68 National Office for Aerospace Studies and Research (ONERA), France 0.03 3
69 University of Lille Nord de France, France 0.03 5
70 École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier (ENSCM), France 0.03 1
71 Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille (CHU Lille), France 0.03 5
72 Catholic University of Lyon (UCLy), France 0.02 1
73 École des Ponts ParisTech (ENPC), France 0.02 5
74 University of Poitiers, France 0.02 1
74 Biotope, France 0.02 1
75 University of Western Brittany (UBO), France 0.02 5
75 University of South Brittany (UBS), France 0.02 5
76 Etablissement Français du Sang (EFS), France 0.02 4
77 University of Picardie Jules Verne (UPJV), France 0.02 2
78 School of Higher Studies in Social Sciences (EHESS), France 0.02 2
79 University of the French West Indies (UAG), France 0.02 4
80 CY Cergy Paris University, France 0.02 1
81 Musée Rolin, France 0.02 1
82 Montpellier SupAgro, France 0.01 3
83 University of Haute-Alsace (UHA), France 0.01 2
84 Institut Mines-Télécom (IMT), France 0.01 3
85 Université de Guyane, France 0.01 3
86 French Research Agency ANRS, France 0.01 1
87 Superior National School of Advanced Techniques (ENSTA ParisTech), France 0.01 3
88 University of Technology of Belfort-Montbéliard (UTBM), France 0.01 1
89 National Teacher Training School in Agronomy (ENSFEA), France 0.01 2
90 Oceanographic Observatory in Banyuls-sur-Mer (Arago Laboratory), France 0.01 2
91 Bretagne Loire University, France 0.01 1
92 Université Bordeaux Montaigne (Bordeaux 3), France 0.01 1
93 Paul Valéry University (Montpellier III), France 0.01 3
94 CHRU de Besançon, France 0.01 1
94 Institute Agro Dijon, France 0.01 1
94 Ferdinand Cabanne Biological Resources Centre (BRC), France 0.01 1
94 Fédération Francophone de Cancérologie Digestive (FFCD), France 0.01 1
94 Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Nancy (CHRU Nancy), France 0.01 1
94 Dijon University Hospital, France 0.01 1
95 HEC Paris, France 0.00 2
95 École Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Administration Economique (ENSAE ParisTech), France 0.00 2
95 Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques (IHÉS), France 0.00 2
96 Institut du Cancer de Montpellier (ICM), France 0.00 2
97 Institut inter Régional pour la SAnté (IRSA), France 0.00 1
98 Alps Grenoble University Hospital (CHU Grenoble Alpes), France 0.00 1
99 Centrale Graduate School, France 0.00 2
99 École Supérieure d'Électricité (Supélec), France 0.00 2

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