2016 tables: Institutions - chemistry - corporate

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 Toyota Group, Japan 8.69 18
2 Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Japan 3.81 10
3 Hitachi, Ltd., Japan 3.13 16
4 Mitsubishi Group, Japan 2.77 20
5 Eisai Co., Ltd., Japan 1.84 7
6 Peptide Institute, Inc., Japan 1.75 2
7 Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT), Japan 1.69 3
8 Konica Minolta, Inc., Japan 1.55 3
9 Adeka Corporation, Japan 1.33 2
10 Teijin Ltd., Japan 1.19 4
11 Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Japan 1.17 4
12 JEOL Ltd., Japan 1.04 12
13 AGC Inc., Japan 1.00 1
14 Nitto Denko Corporation, Japan 0.93 2
15 JNC Corporation, Japan 0.93 2
16 Sharp Corporation, Japan 0.92 3
17 Toray Industries, Inc., Japan 0.81 6
18 Horiba, Ltd., Japan 0.75 2
19 FujiFilm Corporation, Japan 0.65 13
20 Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd., Japan 0.63 7
21 Amano Enzyme Inc., Japan 0.58 1
22 Rigaku Corporation, Japan 0.56 3
23 Asai Germanium Research Institute Co., Ltd., Japan 0.50 1
23 Kawaken Fine Chemicals Co., Ltd., Japan 0.50 1
23 Polyplastics Co., Ltd., Japan 0.50 1
24 Mitsui Chemicals, Inc., Japan 0.46 8
25 Chemicrea Inc., Japan 0.43 1
26 Shionogi & Co., Ltd., Japan 0.40 6
27 Kobe Steel, Ltd., Japan 0.37 2
28 Osaka Gas Co. Ltd., Japan 0.33 1
29 SunAllomer Ltd., Japan 0.29 1
29 Daiichi Kigenso Kagaku Kogyo Co., Ltd., Japan 0.29 1
30 Bruker AXS K.K., Japan 0.27 2
31 Hamari Chemicals, LTD., Japan 0.25 1
31 Kanto Chemical Co., Inc., Japan 0.25 1
31 Toyo Gosei Co., Ltd., Japan 0.25 1
32 NEC Corporation, Japan 0.24 2
33 Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Japan 0.24 2
34 Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd., Japan 0.22 6
34 Inpex Corporation, Japan 0.22 6
35 Japan Radio Co., Ltd. (JRC), Japan 0.22 1
36 MicroBiopharm Japan Co., Ltd. (MBJ), Japan 0.21 4
37 Toppan Printing Co., Ltd., Japan 0.21 1
38 Canon Inc., Japan 0.20 1
38 Itoh Optical Industrial Co., Ltd., Japan 0.20 1
38 Nissha Printing Co., Ltd., Japan 0.20 1
39 Tosoh Corporation, Japan 0.19 1
40 Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited (JAE), Japan 0.18 1
41 Astellas Pharma Inc., Japan 0.18 5
41 Ajinomoto Co., Inc., Japan 0.18 5
42 Ube Industries Ltd., Japan 0.17 1
42 Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K. K., Japan 0.17 1
42 J-Oil Mills, Inc., Japan 0.17 1
43 TAO Health Life Pharma Co. Ltd., Japan 0.14 1
43 Shoei Chemical Inc., Japan 0.14 1
43 Hamamatsu Photonics K.K., Japan 0.14 1
44 JSR Corporation, Japan 0.14 5
45 Maruwa Foods and Biosciences, Inc., Japan 0.13 2
46 Smart Spheres Workshop Co. Ltd., Japan 0.13 1
47 Asahi Kasei Corporation, Japan 0.11 1
48 Nippon Steel Corporation, Japan 0.11 2
48 Dyden Corporation, Japan 0.11 2
49 KYOCERA Corporation, Japan 0.10 1
49 Kuraray Co., Ltd., Japan 0.10 1
50 JASCO Corporation, Japan 0.07 1
50 SAIL Technologies Inc., Japan 0.07 1
50 Confocal Science Inc., Japan 0.07 1

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