2017 tables: Institutions - physical sciences - corporate

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 Thales S.A., France 4.31 6.08 44 44.2%
2 BASF SE, Germany 2.90 2.93 27 3.5%
3 Center for Nanotechnology GmbH (CeNTech GmbH), Germany 0.62 2.56 12 323.3%
4 Anglo American plc, United Kingdom (UK) 3.30 2.52 10 -21.8%
5 National Metrology and Testing (LNE), France 1.23 2.26 10 88.5%
6 Firmenich International SA, Switzerland – 1.50 2 N/A
7 CrayoNano AS, Norway 0.15 1.25 5 756.2%
8 Robert Bosch GmbH, Germany 0.47 1.25 15 173.6%
9 Nokia Corporation, Finland 2.03 1.15 10 -42.0%
10 ams-OSRAM AG, Austria 0.50 1.02 4 108.1%
11 Merck KGaA, Germany 2.54 1.01 4 -59.2%
12 Xtrion N.V., Belgium – 0.92 1 N/A
13 Haldor Topsøe A/S, Denmark – 0.91 2 N/A
14 Mikron JSC, Russia – 0.90 2 N/A
15 L'Oréal International, France 0.06 0.89 1 1355.6%
16 Saint-Gobain SA, France 0.46 0.87 4 94.1%
17 Graphenea SA, Spain 0.49 0.85 4 76.8%
18 Koninklijke Philips N.V. (Philips), Netherlands 2.33 0.80 7 -64.9%
19 AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Austria 0.42 0.77 6 88.0%
20 Becker & Hickl GmbH, Germany – 0.75 2 N/A
20 Électricité de France S.A. (EDF), France 0.50 0.75 3 54.6%
21 Aixtron SE, Germany – 0.73 2 N/A
22 Medcom Advance, S.A., Spain – 0.71 1 N/A
22 Total S.A., France – 0.71 4 N/A
23 Singulus Technologies AG, Germany 0.57 0.66 5 18.5%
24 Nanoplus Nanosystems and Technologies GmbH, Germany 1.20 0.63 1 -46.5%
25 Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, Germany – 0.62 2 N/A
26 Raith GmbH, Germany – 0.59 2 N/A
27 Airbus SE, Netherlands 1.21 0.58 2 -50.6%
28 BAE Systems, United Kingdom (UK) 0.21 0.53 2 154.7%
29 Nanion Technologies GmbH, Germany 0.33 0.50 1 53.5%
29 Austrian Competence Center for Tribology (AC2T), Austria 0.81 0.50 1 -37.0%
30 CJSC Superconducting Nanotechnology (SCONTEL), Russia – 0.48 1 N/A
31 Corrected Electron Optical Systems GmbH (CEOS), Germany 0.18 0.47 1 162.7%
32 Lanxess AG, Germany – 0.44 1 N/A
32 IQE plc, United Kingdom (UK) 0.20 0.44 1 127.4%
32 Trumpf Laser GmbH, Germany – 0.44 1 N/A
33 EWE AG, Germany – 0.44 2 N/A
34 Oxford Nanopore Technologies Ltd., United Kingdom (UK) 0.20 0.42 1 115.5%
35 Surface Phenomena Researches Group LLC, Russia – 0.42 1 N/A
36 Plansee Composite Materials GmbH, Germany 0.33 0.40 1 22.8%
37 Siemens AG, Germany 1.11 0.40 14 -63.2%
38 Soitec S.A., France 0.22 0.39 2 80.9%
38 Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN), Netherlands 0.56 0.39 2 -28.1%
39 Medizinisches Laserzentrum Lübeck GmbH, Germany – 0.39 1 N/A
40 ABB Ltd., Switzerland – 0.38 1 N/A
40 glō AB, Sweden 0.55 0.38 1 -30.2%
40 VLC Photonics, Spain – 0.38 1 N/A
40 SyMO-Chem B.V., Netherlands – 0.38 1 N/A
41 Fimlab Laboratories Ltd., Finland 0.06 0.37 2 575.5%
42 Unilever, United Kingdom (UK) – 0.37 2 N/A
43 Attolight AG, Switzerland 0.25 0.36 2 47.8%
44 Novo Nordisk A/S, Denmark 0.05 0.36 1 631.1%
45 NEXDOT, France 0.25 0.35 2 44.9%
46 NanOsc AB, Sweden 0.31 0.35 3 18.5%
47 Pepscan Holding NV, Netherlands – 0.35 1 N/A
48 Laser Quantum GmbH, Germany – 0.35 2 N/A
49 MenloSystems, Germany – 0.34 2 N/A
50 Daimler AG, Germany – 0.33 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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