2017 tables: Institutions - chemistry - academic

The 2017 tables are based on Nature Index data from 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2016.

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# Institution Share 2015 Share 2016 Count 2016 Change in Adjusted Share* 2015–2016
1 Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich (LMU), Germany 82.98 69.50 117 -11.0%
2 Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany 62.17 63.32 137 8.2%
3 Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany 59.75 60.32 128 7.3%
4 University of Münster (WWU), Germany 62.67 55.04 88 -6.7%
5 RWTH Aachen University (RWTH Aachen), Germany 54.61 54.43 107 5.9%
6 University of Göttingen, Germany 52.06 45.85 90 -6.4%
7 Heidelberg University (Uni Heidelberg), Germany 44.51 42.49 78 1.4%
8 University of Würzburg (JMU), Germany 59.65 42.37 71 -24.5%
9 University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU), Germany 51.70 41.20 83 -15.3%
10 University of Regensburg (UR), Germany 37.34 38.31 61 9.0%
11 Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin), Germany 40.02 34.41 63 -8.6%
12 University of Bonn (Uni Bonn), Germany 27.45 30.65 48 18.7%
13 University of Bayreuth (UBT), Germany 19.17 29.46 50 63.2%
14 Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU), Germany 16.99 28.29 56 77.0%
15 TU Dresden, Germany 31.01 27.16 74 -6.9%
16 University of Konstanz, Germany 20.63 26.90 37 38.6%
17 Ruhr University Bochum (RUB), Germany 24.38 26.75 60 16.6%
18 Free University of Berlin (FU Berlin), Germany 41.35 26.36 110 -32.3%
19 University of Freiburg (Uni Freiburg), Germany 31.91 25.87 47 -13.8%
20 Philipps University of Marburg (Uni Marburg), Germany 29.18 25.03 52 -8.9%
21 Humboldt University of Berlin (HU Berlin), Germany 37.92 23.76 82 -33.4%
22 Friedrich Schiller University Jena (FSU), Germany 17.14 22.05 50 36.7%
23 University of Stuttgart, Germany 37.79 20.00 40 -43.8%
24 Leipzig University, Germany 19.65 17.91 41 -3.1%
25 Goethe University Frankfurt (GU), Germany 24.22 17.61 36 -22.7%
26 University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE), Germany 13.52 16.01 31 25.8%
27 Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU), Germany 6.39 14.17 27 135.7%
28 University of Kiel (CAU), Germany 12.05 13.95 24 23.1%
29 TU Dortmund University, Germany 11.79 13.91 27 25.5%
30 Technical University of Darmstadt (TU Darmstadt), Germany 9.42 12.77 22 44.0%
31 Technical University Braunschweig (TU Braunschweig), Germany 15.58 12.56 22 -14.4%
32 University of Hamburg (UHH), Germany 16.09 12.16 46 -19.7%
33 University of Tübingen (Uni Tübingen), Germany 23.23 11.59 22 -47.0%
34 Ulm University, Germany 10.11 11.36 28 19.4%
35 Saarland University (Saar-Uni), Germany 9.59 10.16 23 12.6%
36 Giessen University (JLU), Germany 11.77 9.93 23 -10.3%
37 Constructor University, Germany 7.59 9.53 23 33.5%
38 University of Rostock, Germany 15.54 8.91 17 -39.0%
39 Bielefeld University, Germany 14.18 8.80 15 -34.0%
40 University of Cologne (UoC), Germany 13.37 8.47 21 -32.7%
41 Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU), Germany 9.89 8.36 28 -10.1%
42 University of Siegen, Germany 5.61 7.97 11 50.9%
43 University of Potsdam, Germany 9.82 7.08 22 -23.4%
44 University of Kaiserslautern (TU Kaiserslautern), Germany 7.76 6.71 16 -8.1%
45 Leibniz University Hannover (LUH), Germany 9.54 6.35 19 -29.2%
46 University of Oldenburg, Germany 6.10 6.22 12 8.3%
47 University of Bremen (Uni Bremen), Germany 10.17 5.72 19 -40.2%
48 University of Wuppertal, Germany 8.89 5.14 7 -38.6%
49 Paderborn University, Germany 2.87 4.12 7 52.7%
50 University of Augsburg, Germany 3.71 3.90 11 11.9%
51 Chemnitz University of Technology (TU Chemnitz), Germany 1.69 3.36 11 111.4%
52 Ilmenau University of Technology (TU Ilmenau), Germany 4.28 3.24 5 -19.6%
53 University of Osnabrück (Uni Osnabrück), Germany 1.64 3.02 10 96.0%
54 University of Greifswald, Germany 3.45 2.96 6 -8.9%
55 Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus - Senftenberg (BTU), Germany – 1.14 2 N/A
56 Clausthal University of Technology (TU Clausthal), Germany 2.33 1.00 1 -54.5%
56 Fresenius University of Applied Sciences, Germany – 1.00 1 N/A
57 Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH), Germany 1.38 0.98 3 -24.9%
58 Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg (OVGU), Germany 2.17 0.86 3 -57.8%
59 Mannheim University of Applied Sciences, Germany – 0.80 1 N/A
60 Hannover Medical School (MHH), Germany 1.65 0.69 3 -55.6%
61 Technical University of Applied Sciences Wildau (TH Wildau), Germany 0.50 0.60 1 27.5%
62 Jena University of Applied Sciences (EAH Jena), Germany 0.25 0.51 4 119.9%
63 University of Lübeck, Germany 1.26 0.45 1 -62.3%
64 Coburg University of Applied Sciences (HS Coburg), Germany – 0.33 1 N/A
65 University of Applied Sciences, Kaiserslautern, Germany – 0.29 1 N/A
66 Westphalian University of Applied Sciences (WH), Germany – 0.27 2 N/A
67 Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (HAW Hamburg), Germany – 0.25 1 N/A
68 Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences (HSWT), Germany 0.12 0.23 2 105.2%
69 Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences, Germany 0.46 0.20 1 -53.6%
69 University of Applied Sciences (TH Köln), Germany – 0.20 1 N/A
70 Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg (TUBAF), Germany 2.64 0.17 1 -93.3%
70 Brandenburg Medical School - Theodor Fontane (MHB), Germany – 0.17 1 N/A
71 Berliner Hochschule für Technik (BHT), Germany – 0.14 1 N/A
72 University of Kassel, Germany 1.15 0.13 2 -88.1%
73 University of Applied Sciences Offenburg, Germany 0.06 0.09 1 73.9%
74 Esslingen University of Applied Sciences, Germany 0.20 0.07 1 -62.0%
75 University of Applied Sciences Landshut, Germany 0.02 0.07 1 240.1%
75 Deggendorf Institute of Technology (DIT), Germany 0.02 0.07 1 240.1%
75 Regensburg University of Applied Sciences (OTH Regensburg), Germany 0.02 0.07 1 240.1%
76 University of Applied Sciences Bremerhaven, Germany – 0.06 1 N/A
76 Helmut Schmidt University, Germany – 0.06 1 N/A
77 Hochschule Furtwangen University (HFU), Germany – 0.05 1 N/A
77 Reutlingen University, Germany – 0.05 1 N/A
78 University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover (TiHo), Germany 0.13 0.02 1 -79.8%

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