2018 tables: Institutions - academic

The 2018 tables are based on Nature Index data from 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2017.

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# Institution Share 2016 Share 2017 Count 2017 Change in Adjusted Share* 2016–2017
1 University of Padova (UNIPD), Italy 38.40 40.87 304 4.9%
2 Sapienza University of Rome, Italy 37.41 40.21 390 6.0%
3 University of Milan (UNIMI), Italy 24.46 35.23 281 42.0%
4 University of Florence (UNIFI), Italy 27.12 33.25 214 20.8%
5 University of Bologna (UNIBO), Italy 32.08 28.00 321 -14.0%
6 Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA), Italy 23.58 27.08 99 13.2%
7 University of Milano-Bicocca (UNIMIB), Italy 23.96 25.73 222 5.9%
8 University of Turin (UNITO), Italy 27.08 25.31 246 -7.9%
9 University of Naples Federico II (UNINA), Italy 25.74 22.72 276 -13.0%
10 Polytechnic University of Milan, Italy 21.10 19.58 83 -8.5%
11 University of Trento (UNITN), Italy 10.24 19.20 177 84.9%
12 University of Pavia (UNIPV), Italy 10.98 13.74 224 23.3%
13 University of Perugia, Italy 12.39 13.57 166 7.9%
14 University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy 16.10 13.05 161 -20.1%
15 University of Salerno (UNISA), Italy 6.05 12.96 74 111.0%
16 University of Pisa (UNIPI), Italy 24.75 12.34 255 -50.9%
17 University of Genova, Italy 11.77 11.29 241 -5.5%
18 University of Trieste (UNITS), Italy 11.05 11.24 160 0.2%
19 Scuola Normale Superiore (SNS), Italy 9.99 10.34 172 2.0%
20 University of Parma (UNIPR), Italy 11.36 9.48 67 -17.8%
21 University of Roma Tre, Italy 8.16 9.09 102 9.7%
22 University of Calabria (UNICAL), Italy 12.87 8.32 87 -36.3%
23 Polytechnic University of Turin, Italy 10.90 8.29 49 -25.1%
24 University of Bari Aldo Moro (UniBA), Italy 6.86 7.31 169 5.0%
25 University of Catania, Italy 7.96 7.11 143 -12.0%
26 University of Palermo (UNIPA), Italy 6.90 6.83 34 -2.4%
27 University of Cagliari (UNICA), Italy 6.59 6.64 72 -0.7%
28 University of Ferrara (UNIFE), Italy 5.88 5.83 94 -2.3%
29 University of Salento, Italy 8.65 5.27 97 -40.0%
30 University of L'Aquila (UNIVAQ), Italy 5.74 5.26 33 -9.7%
31 University of Eastern Piedmont "Amedeo Avogadro" (UNIPMN), Italy 4.78 5.18 127 6.8%
32 Catholic University of the Sacred Heart (UCSC), Italy 4.49 4.66 22 2.2%
33 University of Verona (UNIVR), Italy 4.06 4.20 31 1.9%
34 Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI), Italy 2.36 4.15 44 73.1%
35 University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (UNIMORE), Italy 5.95 4.11 59 -32.0%
36 University of Siena (UNISI), Italy 4.12 3.60 95 -13.9%
37 Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (UniSR), Italy 1.89 3.58 31 86.6%
38 University of Camerino (UNICAM), Italy 3.54 3.22 31 -10.4%
39 University of Urbino, Italy 2.54 3.00 52 16.7%
40 University of Brescia (UNIBS), Italy 4.36 2.90 42 -34.5%
41 Marche Polytechnic University (UNIVPM), Italy 1.76 2.69 19 51.2%
42 University of Udine (UNIUD), Italy 3.57 2.59 90 -28.6%
43 University of Insubria, Italy 3.44 2.26 35 -35.1%
44 National Interuniversity Consortium for the Physical Sciences of Matter (CNISM), Italy 1.81 2.15 20 17.1%
45 IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca, Italy 0.65 1.84 6 179.1%
46 University of Sassari (UniSS), Italy 2.10 1.75 24 -17.8%
47 Polytechnic University of Bari, Italy 3.19 1.74 114 -46.2%
48 University of Messina (UNIME), Italy 5.11 1.61 16 -69.0%
49 Bocconi University, Italy – 1.40 5 N/A
50 University of Tuscia (UNITUS), Italy 0.55 1.02 16 82.0%
51 University of Bergamo, Italy 0.14 0.87 8 503.3%
52 Ca' Foscari University of Venice (UNIVE), Italy 2.27 0.74 17 -67.8%
53 University of Chieti (Ud'A), Italy 1.60 0.65 7 -60.0%
54 Campus Bio-Medico University, Italy 0.44 0.60 8 36.4%
55 University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Italy 2.49 0.60 12 -76.2%
56 Humanitas University, Italy 0.06 0.60 9 873.0%
57 University of Sannio, Italy 0.62 0.59 16 -6.3%
58 Guglielmo Marconi University (GMU), Italy 0.29 0.56 69 91.9%
59 Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies of Pisa (SSSA), Italy 0.96 0.56 3 -42.4%
60 Institute for Advanced Study (IUSS Pavia), Italy 0.40 0.47 4 16.0%
61 University of Magna Graecia (UMG), Italy 0.88 0.40 4 -54.7%
62 University of Cassino and Southern Lazio (UNICAS), Italy 0.29 0.26 8 -11.6%
63 Free University of Bozen-Bolzano (UniBz), Italy – 0.20 2 N/A
64 European School of Molecular Medicine (SEMM), Italy 0.05 0.15 6 181.4%
65 Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Italy – 0.14 1 N/A
66 University of Molise (UNIMOL), Italy 0.06 0.13 9 116.5%
67 Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria (UNIRC), Italy 0.00 0.12 4 27069.3%
68 Parthenope University of Naples, Italy 0.01 0.11 34 1207.0%
69 San Raffaele University of Rome (UniSanRaffaele), Italy 0.06 0.09 2 44.6%
70 University of Foggia (UNIFG), Italy 0.28 0.08 2 -71.2%
71 Consorzio Universitario della Provincia di Trapani, Italy – 0.08 1 N/A
72 University of Basilicata, Italy 0.55 0.06 91 -88.6%
73 Universita' degli Studi Niccolo' Cusano, Italy 0.37 0.06 1 -83.1%
73 San Luigi University Hospital, Italy – 0.06 1 N/A
74 European University Institute (EUI), Italy 0.19 0.05 1 -72.5%
75 Maggiore Hospital, Italy – 0.05 1 N/A
76 Kore University of Enna, Italy – 0.04 1 N/A
77 University of Teramo (UniTE), Italy 0.05 0.03 2 -35.2%
78 Pegaso University (Unipegaso), Italy 0.02 0.01 4 -23.5%

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