2016 tables: Institutions - physical sciences
The 2016 tables are based on Nature Index data from 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2015.
| # |
Institution |
Share 2015 |
Count 2015 |
| 1 |
Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien), Austria |
35.52 |
109 |
| 2 |
University of Vienna, Austria |
20.87 |
74 |
| 3 |
University of Innsbruck (LFU), Austria |
15.24 |
119 |
| 4 |
Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW), Austria |
11.86 |
112 |
| 5 |
Johannes Kepler University of Linz (JKU), Austria |
11.20 |
27 |
| 6 |
University of Graz (Uni Graz), Austria |
8.57 |
21 |
| 7 |
Graz University of Technology (TU Graz), Austria |
5.39 |
19 |
| 8 |
Institute of Science and Technology Austria (IST Austria), Austria |
3.03 |
7 |
| 9 |
University of Leoben, Austria |
1.97 |
8 |
| 10 |
NanoTecCenter Weiz Forschungsgesellschaft mbH, Austria |
1.78 |
2 |
| 11 |
Medical University of Vienna (MUW), Austria |
1.34 |
5 |
| 12 |
Joanneum Research Forschungsgesellschaft mbH, Austria |
0.92 |
2 |
| 13 |
Austrian Competence Center for Tribology (AC2T), Austria |
0.81 |
3 |
| 14 |
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU), Austria |
0.67 |
2 |
| 15 |
Austrian Cooperative Research (ACR), Austria |
0.65 |
4 |
| 16 |
Materials Center Leoben Forschung GmbH, Austria |
0.58 |
2 |
| 17 |
ams-OSRAM AG, Austria |
0.50 |
1 |
| 17 |
Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU), Austria |
0.50 |
1 |
| 18 |
Central European University (CEU), Austria |
0.47 |
5 |
| 19 |
Center for Advanced Bioanalysis GmbH, Austria |
0.43 |
2 |
| 19 |
University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna (VUM), Austria |
0.43 |
1 |
| 20 |
AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Austria |
0.42 |
4 |
| 21 |
Center of Electrochemical Surface Technology (CEST), Austria |
0.33 |
1 |
| 22 |
Lithoz GmbH, Austria |
0.29 |
1 |
| 23 |
Profactor GmbH, Austria |
0.28 |
2 |
| 24 |
Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences, Austria |
0.27 |
2 |
| 25 |
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Austria |
0.18 |
3 |
| 26 |
University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria (UASUA), Austria |
0.17 |
1 |
| 27 |
University of Salzburg, Austria |
0.13 |
2 |
| 28 |
Tamirna GmbH, Austria |
0.11 |
1 |
| 28 |
Paracelsus Medical University (PMU), Austria |
0.11 |
1 |
| 28 |
Bernhard Gottlieb University Clinic of Dentistry Vienna, Austria |
0.11 |
1 |
| 28 |
Austrian Red Cross, Austria |
0.11 |
1 |
| 28 |
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Austria |
0.11 |
1 |
| 29 |
University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien (UAS Technikum Wien), Austria |
0.07 |
2 |
| 30 |
Vienna Biocenter (VBC), Austria |
0.07 |
1 |
| 31 |
Wolfgang Pauli Institute (WPI) Vienna, Austria |
0.03 |
1 |
| 32 |
Medical University of Graz (Med Uni Graz), Austria |
0.01 |
1 |
Footnote
Each year, the Nature Index publishes tables based on counts of high-quality research outputs in the previous calendar year. Users please note:
- The data behind the tables are based on a relatively small proportion of total research papers, they cover the natural sciences only and outputs are non-normalized (that is, they don’t reflect the size of the country or institution, or its overall research output).
- 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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