2016 tables: Institutions - physical sciences

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 National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN), Italy 123.49 597
2 National Research Council (CNR), Italy 67.41 303
3 National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF), Italy 37.12 157
4 Sapienza University of Rome, Italy 26.81 273
5 Italian Institute of Technology (IIT), Italy 26.45 98
6 Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA), Italy 21.62 89
7 University of Padova (UNIPD), Italy 19.43 188
8 University of Florence (UNIFI), Italy 15.87 118
9 University of Turin (UNITO), Italy 14.54 136
10 Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Italy 14.34 134
11 University of Milano-Bicocca (UNIMIB), Italy 13.98 126
12 University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy 10.90 151
13 University of Milan (UNIMI), Italy 10.44 158
14 Polytechnic University of Milan, Italy 10.07 60
15 University of Bologna (UNIBO), Italy 9.95 202
16 Scuola Normale Superiore (SNS), Italy 8.80 129
17 University of Naples Federico II (UNINA), Italy 8.63 165
18 Elettra - Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A., Italy 7.84 29
19 University of Genova, Italy 7.34 181
20 University of Pisa (UNIPI), Italy 6.73 189
21 Polytechnic University of Turin, Italy 5.75 31
22 University of Trieste (UNITS), Italy 5.36 116
23 University of Salento, Italy 5.31 98
24 University of Trento (UNITN), Italy 4.75 62
25 University of Salerno (UNISA), Italy 4.34 30
26 University of Calabria (UNICAL), Italy 4.05 88
27 University of Bari Aldo Moro (UniBA), Italy 3.81 111
28 University of Pavia (UNIPV), Italy 3.65 131
29 National Interuniversity Consortium for the Physical Sciences of Matter (CNISM), Italy 3.44 23
30 Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI), Italy 3.32 22
31 University of Ferrara (UNIFE), Italy 2.89 60
32 National Interuniversity Consortium of Materials Science and Technology (INSTM), Italy 2.82 21
33 University of Perugia, Italy 2.80 81
34 University of Catania, Italy 2.64 77
35 University of Roma Tre, Italy 2.51 92
36 University of Cagliari (UNICA), Italy 2.49 51
37 Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA), Italy 2.34 10
38 University of Camerino (UNICAM), Italy 2.33 8
39 University of L'Aquila (UNIVAQ), Italy 2.28 24
40 Polytechnic University of Bari, Italy 2.10 83
41 Catholic University of the Sacred Heart (UCSC), Italy 2.03 6
42 University of Palermo (UNIPA), Italy 2.00 30
43 University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (UNIMORE), Italy 1.99 41
44 Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica (INRIM), Italy 1.74 8
45 University of Insubria, Italy 1.67 12
46 Bruno Kessler Foundation (FBK), Italy 1.64 18
47 University of Brescia (UNIBS), Italy 1.56 10
48 University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Italy 1.50 5
49 IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca, Italy 1.25 3
50 University of Udine (UNIUD), Italy 1.24 88
51 University of Parma (UNIPR), Italy 1.19 10
52 Eni s.p.a., Italy 1.03 3
53 University of Siena (UNISI), Italy 0.99 30
54 Institute for Scientific Interchange (ISI), Italy 0.98 8
55 University of Tuscia (UNITUS), Italy 0.70 2
56 Italy Ministry of Health, Italy 0.62 19
57 University of Eastern Piedmont "Amedeo Avogadro" (UNIPMN), Italy 0.58 71
58 Italian Space Agency (ASI), Italy 0.49 17
59 University of Messina (UNIME), Italy 0.47 27
60 Rome International Center for Materials Science of Superstripes (RICMASS), Italy 0.35 3
61 Bracco Imaging S.p.A., Italy 0.33 1
62 Il Museo della Fisica e il Centro Studi e Ricerche Enrico Fermi (Centro Fermi), Italy 0.33 16
63 Scientific Institute for Research, Hospitalization and Healthcare (IRCCS), Italy 0.31 2
64 Wise S.r.l., Italy 0.29 1
65 University of Bergamo, Italy 0.25 1
66 University of Verona (UNIVR), Italy 0.20 3
67 Marche Polytechnic University (UNIVPM), Italy 0.20 3
68 Institute for Advanced Study (IUSS Pavia), Italy 0.18 3
69 Ca' Foscari University of Venice (UNIVE), Italy 0.18 2
70 Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies of Pisa (SSSA), Italy 0.17 3
71 Parthenope University of Naples, Italy 0.17 24
72 Mediterranean Institute of Fundamental Physics (MIFP), Italy 0.16 3
73 Compagnia di San Paolo, Italy 0.16 1
74 CBM s.c.r.l., Italy 0.14 1
74 e-GEOS, Italy 0.14 1
75 MIST E-R S.C.R.L., Italy 0.11 2
76 Universita' degli Studi Niccolo' Cusano, Italy 0.10 2
77 Italian Foundation for Cancer Research (FIRC), Italy 0.07 1
78 University of Basilicata, Italy 0.06 66
79 University of Magna Graecia (UMG), Italy 0.06 2
80 Selex ES S.p.A, Italy 0.04 2
81 Guglielmo Marconi University (GMU), Italy 0.02 39
82 University of Urbino, Italy 0.02 27
83 University of Sassari (UniSS), Italy 0.01 2
83 University of Molise (UNIMOL), Italy 0.01 2
84 Pegaso University (Unipegaso), Italy 0.01 4
85 Acciaierie Venete S.p.A., Italy 0.01 1
86 University of Cassino and Southern Lazio (UNICAS), Italy 0.01 1
87 eCampus University, Italy 0.00 1

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