2017 tables: Institutions - biological sciences

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 French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), France 172.52 171.18 1196 2.0%
2 National Institute for Health and Medical Research (INSERM), France 86.75 80.38 764 -4.7%
3 Pasteur Institute, France 32.17 36.03 187 15.2%
4 Université PSL, France 35.94 30.37 256 -13.1%
5 Sorbonne University, France 33.87 27.68 282 -16.0%
6 National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE), France 20.14 23.88 247 21.9%
7 Paris Cité University, France 35.30 22.27 260 -35.1%
8 University of Montpellier, France 20.31 20.73 215 5.0%
9 University of Strasbourg, France 16.87 18.47 124 12.6%
10 Aix-Marseille University (AMU), France 21.85 17.59 136 -17.2%
11 The French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), France 16.89 17.34 188 5.6%
12 University of Lyon, France 18.39 16.52 127 -7.6%
13 University of Paris-Sud (UPSud), France 19.61 15.19 226 -20.3%
14 University of Toulouse, France 17.28 14.75 94 -12.3%
15 Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), France 11.62 14.75 179 30.6%
16 Grenoble Alpes University (UGA), France 7.49 9.51 101 30.6%
17 University of Bordeaux, France 11.42 8.92 81 -19.6%
18 Institute of Research for Development (IRD), France 5.36 6.79 103 30.2%
19 AgroParisTech, France 3.69 6.19 72 72.6%
20 University of Lille Nord de France, France 4.84 4.51 61 -4.0%
21 National Museum of Natural History (MNHN), France 2.40 3.82 45 63.9%
22 Institute Gustave-Roussy (IGR), France 5.26 3.30 43 -35.5%
23 Sanofi, France 7.66 3.30 23 -55.8%
24 Collège de France, France 2.37 2.82 29 22.5%
25 National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control (INRIA), France 2.19 2.70 111 26.9%
26 Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille (CHU Lille), France 1.42 2.69 50 94.8%
27 Institut Paoli-Calmettes (IPC), France 1.46 2.61 22 83.7%
28 Montpellier SupAgro, France 1.37 2.44 37 83.0%
29 University Clermont Auvergne, France 0.88 2.37 12 175.9%
30 Lyon University Hospital (HCL), France 3.12 2.35 50 -22.4%
31 University of Rennes 1, France 2.44 2.14 18 -9.7%
32 European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), France 1.08 2.13 13 102.7%
33 University of Évry-Val d'Essonne (UEVE), France 1.76 2.04 84 19.5%
34 Alps Grenoble University Hospital (CHU Grenoble Alpes), France 0.62 1.97 36 227.7%
35 University of Paris Nord (Paris 13), France 1.29 1.72 37 37.3%
36 Centre Léon Bérard (CLB), France 2.14 1.69 35 -18.8%
37 Etablissement Français du Sang (EFS), France 0.42 1.60 34 294.4%
38 University of Nantes, France 2.35 1.55 24 -32.2%
39 University of Burgundy, France 0.99 1.53 26 59.0%
40 University of Tours (UFR), France 1.64 1.43 9 -10.7%
41 Paul Valéry University (Montpellier III), France 0.50 1.42 43 190.8%
42 French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea (Ifremer), France 0.32 1.42 20 361.2%
43 CHU Nice, France 1.14 1.41 66 27.6%
44 Ligue Contre Le Cancer, France 2.40 1.39 19 -40.3%
45 University of Lorraine (UL), France 1.09 1.30 16 21.7%
46 Institut d'Enseignement Supérieur et de Recherche en Alimentation, Santé Animale, Sciences Agronomiques et de l'Environnement (VetAgro Sup), France 1.05 1.28 18 25.1%
47 University of Poitiers, France 0.52 1.27 5 150.7%
48 Centre Antoine-Lacassagne (CAL), France 0.99 1.23 21 27.7%
49 Oceanographic Observatory in Banyuls-sur-Mer (Arago Laboratory), France 1.66 1.23 5 -23.9%
50 Toulouse University Hospital (CHU-Toulouse), France 0.89 1.22 15 40.3%
51 The University of Perpignan Via Domitia (UPVD), France 1.05 1.22 15 19.9%
52 École Polytechnique, France 1.22 1.16 20 -2.4%
53 University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ), France 0.92 1.06 33 19.2%
54 School of Higher Studies in Social Sciences (EHESS), France 0.89 1.05 19 22.1%
55 University of Limoges (ULIM), France 0.56 1.01 6 84.7%
56 National Institute of Applied Sciences (INSA), France 0.97 0.94 22 -0.4%
57 Institute Agro Dijon, France 0.73 0.94 20 31.5%
58 Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD), France 1.04 0.93 18 -7.3%
59 L'Oréal International, France – 0.93 2 N/A
60 HESAM Université, France 0.86 0.93 73 11.0%
61 Claudius Regaud Institute (ICR), France 0.05 0.93 11 1716.8%
62 University of the French West Indies (UAG), France 0.29 0.90 26 217.6%
63 University of Angers, France 0.33 0.86 9 171.0%
64 Pantheon-Sorbonne University (Paris 1), France 0.17 0.81 14 406.5%
65 Paris-Est Créteil University (UPEC), France 1.15 0.80 15 -28.3%
66 Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Nancy (CHRU Nancy), France 0.10 0.75 8 711.8%
67 Dijon University Hospital, France 0.32 0.74 18 136.9%
68 National School of Fine Arts at the Villa Arson, France 0.71 0.74 65 7.2%
68 École Supérieure de Réalisation Audiovisuelle (ESRA), France 0.71 0.74 65 7.2%
68 EDHEC Business School, France 0.71 0.74 65 7.2%
68 Sustainable Design School (SDS), France 0.71 0.74 65 7.2%
68 École Supérieure de Danse de Cannes Rosella Hightower, France 0.71 0.74 65 7.2%
68 Centre Nationaux de Création Musicale (CIRM), France 0.71 0.74 65 7.2%
68 Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional de Nice (CRR), France 0.71 0.74 65 7.2%
69 Servier Laboratories, France 0.34 0.63 2 92.3%
70 Groupe Danone S.A., France 0.33 0.61 3 87.6%
71 Rouen University Hospital-Charles Nicolle (CHU de Rouen), France 1.30 0.60 6 -52.2%
72 Institut Mines-Télécom (IMT), France 0.15 0.60 14 321.0%
73 Superior National School of Advanced Techniques (ENSTA ParisTech), France 0.00 0.58 11 47333.8%
74 National Teacher Training School in Agronomy (ENSFEA), France 0.44 0.54 7 26.6%
75 University of La Rochelle, France 1.03 0.53 5 -46.8%
76 Genopole Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées, France 0.19 0.49 8 165.6%
77 Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), France 0.87 0.49 3 -42.3%
78 Centre Georges-François Leclerc (CGFL), France 0.23 0.48 8 114.9%
79 École Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay (ENS Paris-Saclay), France 0.35 0.47 12 39.0%
80 Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP), France 0.15 0.46 9 219.3%
81 University of Orléans, France 0.23 0.45 6 102.2%
82 Centre Hospitalier Universitaire d'Angers (CHU d'Angers), France 0.19 0.43 4 130.4%
83 University of New Caledonia (UNC), France 0.06 0.42 7 680.5%
84 Institut de Recherches sur le Cancer de Lille (IRCL), France 0.31 0.42 7 38.7%
85 Bergonié Cancer Institute, France 0.33 0.42 8 28.9%
86 ICAAR Team, France – 0.38 1 N/A
87 Institut Polytechnique de Bordeaux (Bordeaux INP), France 0.76 0.37 7 -50.0%
88 National Veterinary School of Alfort (ENVA), France 0.22 0.36 4 66.5%
89 University of Rouen, France 0.82 0.36 11 -54.9%
90 University of Savoy (USMB), France 0.64 0.35 5 -44.0%
91 Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Nîmes (CHU de Nîmes), France – 0.34 4 N/A
92 Institut Agronomique néo-Calédonien (IAC), France – 0.33 1 N/A
93 University of Western Brittany (UBO), France 0.18 0.33 7 92.9%
94 Caen University (UNICAEN), France 0.57 0.33 9 -40.6%
95 French School of Public Health (EHESP), France 0.40 0.31 10 -20.7%
96 GHU Paris Psychiatry and Neurosciences, France 0.27 0.31 8 14.9%
97 University of South Brittany (UBS), France 0.09 0.30 4 243.3%
98 France Ministry of Culture, France 0.10 0.30 8 191.9%
99 Institute for Integrative Plant Biology (IBIP), France – 0.29 2 N/A
100 Institut National Supérieur des Sciences Agronomiques, Agroalimentaires, Horticoles et du Paysage (Agrocampus Ouest), France 0.61 0.29 4 -52.2%

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