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 Karolinska Institute (KI), Sweden 64.79 68.11 299 8.1%
2 Lund University (LU), Sweden 28.32 40.67 145 47.7%
3 Uppsala University (UU), Sweden 32.12 32.26 180 3.3%
4 University of Gothenburg (GU), Sweden 23.19 18.32 71 -18.7%
5 Stockholm University, Sweden 23.38 15.40 132 -32.3%
6 Umeå University (UMU), Sweden 23.32 13.62 70 -39.9%
7 Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Sweden 11.82 9.04 52 -21.3%
8 Linköping University (LiU), Sweden 7.63 7.86 36 6.0%
9 KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden 6.29 7.28 108 19.0%
10 Swedish Museum of Natural History, Sweden 1.28 2.72 10 118.9%
11 Skåne University Hospital (SUS), Sweden 2.31 2.47 28 10.0%
12 Chalmers University of Technology (Chalmers), Sweden 2.13 2.24 10 8.2%
13 Linnaeus University (LNU), Sweden 2.76 1.51 4 -43.9%
14 Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (RSAS), Sweden 1.00 0.87 6 -10.7%
15 Örebro University, Sweden 0.15 0.58 11 309.3%
16 Sweden Ministry of Defence, Sweden – 0.43 1 N/A
17 SARomics Biostructures AB, Sweden 0.22 0.42 2 95.0%
18 Stockholm School of Economics (SSE), Sweden 0.47 0.35 5 -23.5%
19 Communicable Disease Control, Sweden 0.01 0.26 2 2303.0%
19 Swedish National Institute of Public Health, Sweden 0.01 0.26 2 2303.0%
20 Research Institutes of Sweden (RISE), Sweden 0.14 0.22 3 60.7%
21 4Pharma AB, Sweden – 0.20 1 N/A
22 NeuroVive Pharmaceutical AB, Sweden – 0.17 1 N/A
23 Pelago Bioscience AB, Sweden – 0.14 1 N/A
23 Mabtech AB, Sweden – 0.14 1 N/A
24 Mälardalen University (MDH), Sweden – 0.13 1 N/A
25 Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI), Sweden 0.25 0.11 2 -54.3%
26 Hallands Hospital Halmstad (HH), Sweden 0.10 0.09 1 -2.0%
27 Clinical Gene Networks AB (CGN), Sweden – 0.09 2 N/A
28 Medetect, Sweden – 0.08 1 N/A
28 Länssjukhuset Ryhov Jönköping, Sweden – 0.08 1 N/A
28 Evidensia Djursjukvård AB, Sweden – 0.08 1 N/A
29 Olink Proteomics, Sweden – 0.07 1 N/A
30 Swedish Rural Economy and Agricultural Societies, Sweden – 0.07 2 N/A
31 Linköping University Hospital, Sweden – 0.07 2 N/A
32 Nordic Genetic Resource Center (NordGen), Sweden – 0.07 1 N/A
33 Stockholms Sjukhem, Sweden – 0.06 1 N/A
33 Swedish Toxicology Sciences Research Center (Swetox), Sweden – 0.06 1 N/A
34 Stockholm County Council (SLL), Sweden 0.34 0.06 2 -81.4%
35 Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study (SCAS), Sweden 0.08 0.06 1 -31.4%
35 Riksbank, Sweden 0.13 0.06 1 -54.3%
36 Mid Sweden University, Sweden 0.17 0.05 1 -70.6%
37 Flowminder Foundation, Sweden 0.15 0.05 2 -68.8%
38 Swedish National Veterinary Institute (SVA), Sweden – 0.05 1 N/A
39 Innovagen AB, Sweden 0.06 0.04 1 -31.4%
40 Dalarna University (DU), Sweden 0.00 0.04 2 2307.0%
41 European Centre of Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Sweden – 0.03 2 N/A
42 Danderyd Hospital (DS), Sweden 0.03 0.03 2 6.8%
43 Falu lasarett, Sweden 0.02 0.03 1 40.2%
44 Sunderby Central Hospital of Norrbotten, Sweden – 0.02 1 N/A
45 International Vitiligo Center, Sweden – 0.02 1 N/A
46 University of Skövde, Sweden 0.79 0.02 1 -97.4%
47 Medivir AB, Sweden – 0.02 1 N/A
48 Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), Sweden 0.03 0.02 1 -44.9%
49 University of Borås, Sweden – 0.01 1 N/A
50 Skellefteå Hospital, Sweden – 0.01 1 N/A
51 Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN), Sweden – 0.01 4 N/A
52 Stockholm South General Hospital, Sweden 0.09 0.01 1 -92.6%
53 Jönköping University (JU), Sweden – 0.01 1 N/A

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*The change in adjusted Share accounts for the small annual variation in the total number of articles in Nature Index journals. Share values have been adjusted to 2022 levels to calculate the percentage change. For more information on the adjustment, please see the Adjusted metric explainer.


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