2018 tables: Institutions

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

2017	Institution	Share 2016	Share 2017	Count 2017	Change in Adjusted Share 2016-2017 ^*
1	Max Planck Society, Germany	765.8	745.16	2329	-3.5%
2	French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), France	770.45	725.95	4139	-6.5%
3	Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres, Germany	527.56	507.16	2050	-4.6%
4	University of Cambridge, United Kingdom (UK)	438.57	419.81	1244	-5.0%
5	University of Oxford, United Kingdom (UK)	466.95	405.45	1191	-13.9%
6	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich), Switzerland	354.97	382.19	950	6.8%
7	Imperial College London (ICL), United Kingdom (UK)	216.15	208.03	824	-4.5%
8	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland	234.26	207.43	564	-12.2%
9	Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Spain	211.19	200.34	1097	-5.9%
10	University College London (UCL), United Kingdom (UK)	203.2	189.95	738	-7.3%
11	Leibniz Association, Germany	208.25	186.23	704	-11.3%
12	Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich (LMU), Germany	181.51	181.12	610	-1.0%
13	Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Russia	172.05	175.45	795	1.2%
14	The University of Manchester (UoM), United Kingdom (UK)	156.57	164.5	538	4.2%
15	The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom (UK)	138.17	159.38	612	14.4%
16	University of Bristol (UoB), United Kingdom (UK)	119.13	153.24	471	27.6%
17	University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Denmark	152.79	141.9	545	-7.9%
18	Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany	145.39	131.71	464	-10.1%
19	Utrecht University (UU), Netherlands	121.71	130.74	613	6.6%
20	University of Zurich (UZH), Switzerland	143.52	127.78	583	-11.7%
21	Heidelberg University (Uni Heidelberg), Germany	126.46	126.67	532	-0.6%
22	Catholic University of Leuven (KU Leuven), Belgium	115.14	120.27	331	3.6%
23	University of Würzburg (JMU), Germany	100.59	118.86	312	17.2%
24	National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN), Italy	120.3	117.18	636	-3.4%
25	National Research Council (CNR), Italy	125.96	112.82	524	-11.1%
26	University of Münster (WWU), Germany	102.27	112.5	272	9.1%
27	University of Groningen (RUG), Netherlands	104.36	111.69	354	6.2%
28	University of Geneva (UNIGE), Switzerland	116.98	110.85	388	-6.0%
29	University of Basel (UB), Switzerland	103.67	110.13	314	5.4%
30	Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Spain	119.22	107.93	379	-10.2%
31	Sorbonne University, France	105.48	107.45	1055	1.1%
32	University of Göttingen, Germany	98	104.92	314	6.2%
33	The French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), France	116.67	99.41	882	-15.5%
34	Uppsala University (UU), Sweden	94.95	97.37	426	1.7%
35	University of Freiburg (Uni Freiburg), Germany	74.68	94.77	314	25.9%
36	RWTH Aachen University (RWTH Aachen), Germany	92.39	93.52	396	0.4%
37	Free University of Berlin (FU Berlin), Germany	86.81	93.52	468	6.9%
38	Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU), Germany	94.84	93.09	350	-2.6%
39	Dresden University of Technology (TU Dresden), Germany	84.85	90.86	400	6.2%
40	University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU), Germany	82.74	88.08	254	5.6%
41	Czech Academy of Sciences (CAS), Czech Republic	74.5	88.06	375	17.3%
42	National Institute for Health and Medical Research (INSERM), France	88.92	87.6	882	-2.3%
43	Leiden University, Netherlands	81.23	85.79	329	4.8%
44	Lund University (LU), Sweden	95.62	83.89	317	-13.0%
45	Stockholm University, Sweden	77.5	82.17	494	5.2%
46	University of Hamburg (UHH), Germany	74.21	81.71	355	9.2%
47	Durham University, United Kingdom (UK)	92.72	80.78	225	-13.6%
48	Aarhus University (AU), Denmark	95.98	80.35	248	-17.0%
49	University of Bonn (Uni Bonn), Germany	88.73	80.26	327	-10.3%
50	King's College London (KCL), United Kingdom (UK)	75.65	79.87	382	4.7%
51	University of Southampton (Soton), United Kingdom (UK)	91.05	79.06	342	-13.9%
52	University of Amsterdam (UvA), Netherlands	77.47	78.16	524	0.1%
53	Radboud University Nijmegen (RU), Netherlands	95.43	77.15	462	-19.8%
54	University of Glasgow, United Kingdom (UK)	71.54	76.97	408	6.7%
55	The University of Warwick (Warwick), United Kingdom (UK)	81.09	76.47	312	-6.4%
56	Karolinska Institute (KI), Sweden	73.86	76.21	355	2.4%
57	University of Tübingen (Uni Tübingen), Germany	71.47	75.74	275	5.1%
58	Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark	79.49	73.71	224	-8.0%
59	University of Paris-Sud (UPSud), France	73.07	72.83	730	-1.1%
60	University of Paris, France	67.11	72.78	752	7.6%
61	Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), Netherlands	88.37	72.68	204	-18.4%
62	University of Barcelona (UB), Spain	70.71	69.37	318	-2.7%
63	Humboldt University of Berlin (HU Berlin), Germany	71.22	69.3	473	-3.5%
64	Goethe University Frankfurt am Main (GU), Germany	68.12	67.72	214	-1.4%
65	University of Leeds, United Kingdom (UK)	73.55	67.3	233	-9.2%
66	Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin), Germany	63.29	67.17	160	5.3%
67	Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), Netherlands	67.2	66.96	136	-1.2%
68	University of Vienna, Austria	61.2	66.69	220	8.1%
69	University of Oslo (UiO), Norway	60.55	66.48	339	8.9%
70	The University of Sheffield, United Kingdom (UK)	68.35	65.82	274	-4.5%
71	Ghent University (UGent), Belgium	68.68	64.31	288	-7.1%
72	University of Bern (UniBE), Switzerland	66.69	63.99	309	-4.8%
73	University of Regensburg (UR), Germany	75.58	62.83	149	-17.5%
74	Medical Research Council (MRC), United Kingdom (UK)	55.07	62.63	212	12.8%
75	The Francis Crick Institute, United Kingdom (UK)	44.54	62.16	148	38.4%
76	The University of Nottingham (UoN), United Kingdom (UK)	66.84	60.69	175	-9.9%
77	Grenoble Alpes University (UGA), France	60	60.54	589	0.1%
78	University of Helsinki, Finland	51.7	60.12	331	15.4%
79	University of St Andrews, United Kingdom (UK)	54.34	57.21	208	4.5%
80	University of Strasbourg, France	64.71	56.77	429	-13.0%
81	Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM), Spain	76.44	56.03	348	-27.3%
82	Polish Academy of Sciences (PAS), Poland	49	55.99	337	13.4%
83	Ruhr University Bochum (RUB), Germany	55.37	55.93	179	0.2%
84	European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Switzerland	53.8	55.28	390	1.9%
85	University of Lausanne (UNIL), Switzerland	50.47	54.93	192	8.0%
86	KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden	50.77	54.92	437	7.3%
87	University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Spain	56.09	54.58	207	-3.5%
88	University of Cologne (UoC), Germany	69.63	54.52	205	-22.3%
89	Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien), Austria	48.87	54.04	197	9.7%
90	F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG, Switzerland	43.91	53.7	113	21.3%
91	University of Birmingham (UB), United Kingdom (UK)	49.62	53.51	305	7.0%
92	University of Exeter, United Kingdom (UK)	43.64	52.89	192	20.2%
93	Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), Switzerland	50.04	51.7	254	2.5%
94	Wageningen University & Research (WUR), Netherlands	32.83	51.68	162	56.2%
95	University of Liverpool, United Kingdom (UK)	68.28	51.29	311	-25.5%
96	University of Toulouse, France	50.71	50.16	387	-1.9%
97	Leipzig University, Germany	47.34	49.93	151	4.6%
98	The University of Dublin, Ireland	49.34	48.68	146	-2.1%
99	Scientific Institute for Research, Hospitalization and Healthcare (IRCCS), Italy	41.33	47.86	217	14.9%
100	Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU), Russia	42.63	47.6	373	10.8%
101	Aix-Marseille University (AMU), France	46.97	46.91	437	-0.9%
102	University of Lyon, France	49.45	46.17	449	-7.4%
103	Philipps University of Marburg (Uni Marburg), Germany	45.41	46.04	129	0.6%
104	University of Valencia (UV), Spain	49.71	44.86	275	-10.5%
105	European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Germany	45.66	44.74	233	-2.8%
106	Queen Mary University of London (QMUL), United Kingdom (UK)	44.58	44.24	239	-1.6%
107	University of Bayreuth (UBT), Germany	54.99	43.81	101	-21.0%
108	University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE), Germany	35.17	43.02	132	21.4%
109	University of York, United Kingdom (UK)	44.39	42.78	137	-4.4%
110	University of Montpellier, France	42.67	42.13	341	-2.1%
111	TU Dortmund University, Germany	29.45	41.81	208	40.9%
112	Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Belgium	45.53	41.64	211	-9.3%
113	Novartis International AG, Switzerland	41.29	41.58	130	-0.1%
114	University of Konstanz, Germany	49.45	41.2	89	-17.3%
115	VU University Amsterdam, Netherlands	56.14	41.15	360	-27.3%
116	University of Padova (UNIPD), Italy	38.42	40.83	299	5.4%
117	University of Stuttgart, Germany	46.99	40.75	120	-14.0%
118	Aalto University, Finland	45.73	40.55	212	-12.0%
119	Cardiff University, United Kingdom (UK)	48.44	40.23	166	-17.6%
120	Sapienza University of Rome, Italy	37.41	40.16	382	6.5%
121	Newcastle University, United Kingdom (UK)	39.55	39.25	171	-1.5%
122	Friedrich Schiller University Jena (FSU), Germany	43.55	38.6	157	-12.1%
123	Complutense University of Madrid (UCM), Spain	39.11	38.42	158	-2.5%
124	Chalmers University of Technology (Chalmers), Sweden	40.15	38.33	116	-5.3%
125	Pasteur Institute, France	39.21	38.3	215	-3.1%
126	Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW), Austria	32.37	38.14	252	16.9%
127	University of Bordeaux, France	32.37	38.06	246	16.6%
128	Linköping University (LiU), Sweden	30.1	37.71	104	24.3%
129	Italian Institute of Technology (IIT), Italy	35.64	36.95	130	2.9%
130	University of Sussex, United Kingdom (UK)	30.82	36.5	164	17.5%
131	National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE), France	42.24	36.11	347	-15.2%
132	University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom (UK)	27.44	35.5	111	28.4%
133	University of Milan (UNIMI), Italy	24.48	35.03	271	42.0%
134	Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), Spain	25.3	34.75	220	36.3%
135	National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF), Italy	37.99	34.69	162	-9.4%
136	University of Warsaw (UW), Poland	33.61	34.56	190	2.0%
137	University of Lisbon (ULISBOA), Portugal	40.47	34.45	199	-15.5%
138	Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HAS), Hungary	38.93	34.28	267	-12.6%
139	University of East Anglia (UEA), United Kingdom (UK)	18.2	33.62	107	83.3%
140	University of Florence (UNIFI), Italy	27.46	33.39	214	20.6%
141	Ulm University, Germany	37.68	33.29	132	-12.3%
142	University of Innsbruck (LFU), Austria	37.62	33.29	166	-12.2%
143	Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), United Kingdom (UK)	30.7	33.28	457	7.5%
144	University of Bremen (Uni Bremen), Germany	26.67	32.84	106	22.2%
145	University of Bath, United Kingdom (UK)	35.94	32.52	100	-10.2%
146	University of Santiago de Compostela (USC), Spain	33.43	31.79	153	-5.7%
147	University of Gothenburg (GU), Sweden	34.17	31.76	122	-7.8%
148	Wellcome Sanger Institute, United Kingdom (UK)	25.89	31.52	159	20.8%
149	Jagiellonian University (UJ), Poland	25.73	31.4	156	21.0%
150	NWO-I, the Institutes Organisation of NWO, Netherlands	35.02	31.33	325	-11.2%
151	University of Kiel (CAU), Germany	39.89	30.66	123	-23.7%
152	University of Hannover (LUH), Germany	27.32	30.64	106	11.3%
153	Darmstadt University of Technology (TU Darmstadt), Germany	40.16	30.45	115	-24.8%
154	Institute of Research for Development (IRD), France	32.67	30	511	-8.9%
155	AstraZeneca plc, United Kingdom (UK)	31.15	29.87	129	-4.9%
156	Charles University (CU), Czech Republic	28.92	29.75	275	2.0%
157	National Institute of Applied Sciences (INSA), France	30.49	29.36	308	-4.5%
158	Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU), Germany	24.72	29.2	107	17.1%
159	National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV), Italy	33.11	28.93	63	-13.3%
160	Umeå University (UMU), Sweden	25.52	28.73	113	11.7%
161	University of Bologna (UNIBO), Italy	32.21	28.25	318	-13.0%
162	Braunschweig University of Technology (TU Braunschweig), Germany	25.55	27.95	75	8.5%
163	Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA), Italy	23.58	27.08	99	13.9%
164	University of Liège (ULg), Belgium	27.19	26.28	100	-4.1%
165	University of Antwerp (UA), Belgium	28.48	26.19	178	-8.8%
166	École Normale Supérieure (ENS Paris), France	24	25.93	314	7.2%
167	Lancaster University, United Kingdom (UK)	21.77	25.87	163	17.9%
168	University of Milano-Bicocca (UNIMIB), Italy	24.08	25.72	220	6.0%
169	Catholic University of Louvain (UCLouvain), Belgium	35.98	25.65	152	-29.3%
170	University of Dundee, United Kingdom (UK)	31.38	25.53	95	-19.3%
171	Queen's University Belfast (QUB), United Kingdom (UK)	25.7	25.35	84	-2.2%
172	University of Twente (UTwente), Netherlands	31.17	25.04	64	-20.3%
173	University of Turin (UNITO), Italy	27	24.9	231	-8.5%
174	Institute of Science and Technology Austria (IST Austria), Austria	16.43	24.87	54	50.2%
175	Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway	23.95	24.5	86	1.5%
176	Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU), Germany	32.84	24.28	93	-26.7%
177	Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (EAWAG), Switzerland	32.29	24.14	80	-25.8%
178	University of Fribourg (UNIFR), Switzerland	18.01	23.95	94	32.0%
179	Giessen University (JLU), Germany	20.15	23.45	137	15.5%
180	European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), France	23.57	23.27	138	-2.0%
181	University of Bergen (UIB), Norway	18.22	23.1	203	25.8%
182	Graz University of Technology (TU Graz), Austria	18.36	22.87	66	23.6%
183	Flanders Institute for Biotechnology (VIB), Belgium	35.93	22.86	123	-36.9%
184	Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR), Netherlands	23.98	22.77	151	-5.8%
185	University of Oviedo (UniOvi), Spain	27.4	22.63	142	-18.1%
186	University of Naples Federico II (UNINA), Italy	25.51	22.4	269	-12.9%
187	Masaryk University (MU), Czech Republic	17.82	22.02	84	22.6%
188	University of Granada (UGR), Spain	25.23	22.02	136	-13.4%
189	Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (EMPA), Switzerland	21.33	22.01	74	2.3%
190	Vienna Biocenter (VBC), Austria	28.96	21.97	80	-24.7%
191	Institute of Health Carlos III (ISCIII), Spain	16.93	21.69	173	27.1%
192	University of Southern Denmark (SDU), Denmark	20.26	21.65	100	6.0%
193	University of Potsdam, Germany	34.96	21.58	106	-38.8%
194	Swansea University, United Kingdom (UK)	19.68	21.2	66	6.9%
195	University College Dublin (UCD), Ireland	21.85	20.6	200	-6.4%
196	University of Graz (Uni Graz), Austria	14.73	20.26	56	36.5%
197	National Research Center Kurchatov Institute (NRCKI), Russia	22.84	19.87	285	-13.7%
198	University of Aveiro (UA), Portugal	12.55	19.85	64	56.9%
199	Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Sweden	14.77	19.84	84	33.2%
200	Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA), Spain	25.09	19.8	280	-21.7%
201	University of Siegen, Germany	21.05	19.71	102	-7.1%
202	University of Jyväskylä, Finland	19.03	19.65	162	2.5%
203	Polytechnic University of Milan, Italy	21.08	19.58	83	-7.8%
204	Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI), Netherlands	23	19.45	82	-16.1%
205	University of Trento (UNITN), Italy	10.24	19.19	173	86.0%
206	John Innes Centre (JIC), United Kingdom (UK)	22.44	19.07	55	-15.7%
207	Bielefeld University, Germany	20	18.9	49	-6.3%
208	University of Reading, United Kingdom (UK)	23.92	18.88	80	-21.7%
209	University of Porto (UP), Portugal	16.31	17.85	137	8.6%
210	University of Leicester, United Kingdom (UK)	24.6	17.81	100	-28.2%
211	Saarland University (Saar-Uni), Germany	26.71	17.39	58	-35.4%
212	NERC British Antarctic Survey (BAS), United Kingdom (UK)	14.47	17.33	45	18.8%
213	Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), France	15.36	17.19	187	11.0%
214	Medical University of Vienna (MUW), Austria	15.7	17.14	101	8.3%
215	Saint Petersburg State University (SPbU), Russia	20.92	16.91	102	-19.8%
216	University of Rennes 1, France	13.82	16.91	140	21.3%
217	Johannes Kepler University of Linz (JKU), Austria	11.89	16.91	41	41.0%
218	Hannover Medical School (MHH), Germany	16.6	16.78	79	0.3%
219	University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom (UK)	16	16.36	79	1.4%
220	École Normale Supérieure de Lyon (ENS de Lyon), France	15.89	16.34	173	2.0%
221	GlaxoSmithKline plc. (GSK), United Kingdom (UK)	15.72	16.16	65	2.0%
222	Heriot-Watt University, United Kingdom (UK)	22.15	16.05	60	-28.1%
223	University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway (UiT), Norway	10.96	16.04	73	45.2%
224	Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR), Russia	10.61	15.98	213	49.3%
225	University of Zaragoza (Unizar), Spain	22.35	15.96	92	-29.2%
226	University of Tartu (UT), Estonia	12.43	15.84	58	26.5%
227	Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), Netherlands	20.7	15.7	108	-24.7%
228	CIC nanoGUNE Consolider, Spain	11.92	15.63	41	30.1%
229	University of Wrocław (UWr), Poland	22.03	15.55	48	-30.0%
230	University of Surrey, United Kingdom (UK)	11.52	15.46	55	33.1%
231	Free University of Brussels (VUB), Belgium	14.9	15.25	153	1.6%
232	University of Ljubljana, Slovenia	12.08	15.11	110	24.1%
233	École Polytechnique, France	16.13	15.08	245	-7.2%
234	Pompeu Fabra University (UPF), Spain	18.81	15.02	93	-20.8%
235	Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (AMU), Poland	6.53	14.94	53	127.2%
236	ITMO National Research University (ITMO University), Russia	13.95	14.93	66	6.2%
237	Collège de France, France	10.54	14.61	163	37.5%
238	University of Kaiserslautern (TU Kaiserslautern), Germany	16.24	14.6	41	-10.9%
239	Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Italy	18.98	14.55	135	-23.9%
240	Loughborough University, United Kingdom (UK)	7.54	14.51	36	91.0%
241	University of Oldenburg, Germany	14.35	14.5	38	0.3%
242	University of Girona (UdG), Spain	12.61	14.31	41	12.6%
243	Rudjer Boskovic Institute (RBI), Croatia	8.89	14.07	129	57.1%
244	Curie Institute, France	13.59	14.03	114	2.5%
245	University of Lorraine (UL), France	16.62	13.9	93	-17.0%
246	Jozef Stefan Institute (IJS), Slovenia	11.52	13.82	120	19.1%
247	University of Iceland, Iceland	13.12	13.77	90	4.1%
248	University of Pavia (UNIPV), Italy	10.98	13.7	220	23.8%
249	Palacky University (PU), Czech Republic	11.33	13.54	106	18.6%
250	Fraunhofer Society, Germany	21.05	13.41	94	-36.8%
251	The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR), United Kingdom (UK)	15.46	13.37	53	-14.2%
252	University of Lille Nord de France, France	19.59	13.28	125	-32.7%
253	University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy	16.1	13.04	158	-19.6%
254	University of Perugia, Italy	12.39	13.03	155	4.4%
255	University of Turku (UTU), Finland	17.53	13	59	-26.4%
256	University of Salerno (UNISA), Italy	6.05	12.94	73	112.1%
257	University of London - Royal Holloway (RHUL), United Kingdom (UK)	11.2	12.92	117	14.4%
258	University of Rostock, Germany	16.82	12.85	82	-24.2%
259	Institut Polytechnique de Bordeaux (Bordeaux INP), France	11.58	12.71	86	8.9%
260	Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP), France	11.46	12.63	257	9.4%
261	National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (UOA), Greece	8.98	12.45	196	37.5%
262	IMDEA Institutes, Spain	17.58	12.44	56	-29.8%
263	University of Eastern Finland (UEF), Finland	7.34	12.35	62	66.9%
264	University of Pisa (UNIPI), Italy	24.75	12.3	250	-50.7%
265	ESPCI ParisTech, France	12.28	12.28	101	-0.8%
266	University of Wuppertal, Germany	10.61	12.16	93	13.7%
267	University College Cork (UCC), Ireland	15.22	12.06	59	-21.4%
268	Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), Spain	11.35	12.02	79	5.1%
269	Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg (OVGU), Germany	9.18	12	47	29.7%
270	Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre (IMEC), Belgium	19.33	11.99	47	-38.4%
271	National Museum of Natural History (MNHN), France	10.1	11.83	141	16.3%
272	Rovira i Virgili University (URV), Spain	18.83	11.76	39	-38.0%
273	University of Savoy (USMB), France	9.21	11.68	244	25.7%
274	NERC National Oceanography Centre (NOC), United Kingdom (UK)	12.33	11.53	58	-7.2%
275	University of Plymouth, United Kingdom (UK)	8.24	11.46	33	38.0%
276	Tampere University, Finland	13.7	11.33	154	-17.9%
277	Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology - State University (MIPT), Russia	13.85	11.3	163	-19.0%
278	University of Genova, Italy	11.77	11.25	237	-5.2%
279	University of Trieste (UNITS), Italy	11.05	11.24	159	0.8%
280	Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), Spain	14.25	11.21	32	-22.0%
281	Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH), Greece	10.53	11.05	55	4.1%
282	Jaume I University (UJI), Spain	15.86	11	41	-31.2%
283	University of Nice Sophia Antipolis (UNS), France	19.08	10.91	126	-43.3%
284	The National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (NASU), Ukraine	11.57	10.84	185	-7.0%
285	Maastricht University (UM), Netherlands	9.31	10.78	51	14.9%
286	University of Seville (US), Spain	15.64	10.68	71	-32.3%
287	Novosibirsk State University (NSU), Russia	11.19	10.59	185	-6.1%
288	University of Crete (UOC), Greece	16.06	10.39	46	-35.8%
289	University of Osnabrück (Uni Osnabrück), Germany	8.81	10.37	31	16.8%
290	Institut Laue Langevin (ILL), France	14.12	10.36	79	-27.3%
291	Scuola Normale Superiore (SNS), Italy	9.99	10.34	171	2.7%
292	Met Office, United Kingdom (UK)	15.46	10.3	33	-33.9%
293	Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV), Spain	9.11	10.29	53	12.1%
294	European Southern Observatory (ESO), Germany	9.39	10.26	87	8.4%
295	University of Hull, United Kingdom (UK)	9.31	10.09	35	7.5%
296	Natural History Museum, United Kingdom (UK)	11.51	10.08	56	-13.1%
297	International Solvay Institutes, Belgium	10.25	10	41	-3.3%
298	Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics (SIB), Switzerland	6.92	9.93	92	42.4%
299	University of Kent, United Kingdom (UK)	4.82	9.83	36	102.0%
300	University of Limerick (UL), Ireland	7.13	9.8	24	36.4%
301	University Clermont Auvergne, France	11.07	9.76	214	-12.5%
302	Spanish National Center for Cardiovascular Research (CNIC), Spain	11.53	9.73	33	-16.3%
303	University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg	15.11	9.61	39	-36.9%
304	University of Murcia (UMU), Spain	10.29	9.57	29	-7.7%
305	Cancer Research UK (CRUK), United Kingdom (UK)	9.05	9.55	38	4.7%
306	University of Parma (UNIPR), Italy	11.36	9.48	67	-17.2%
307	University of Greifswald, Germany	8.68	9.48	39	8.4%
308	University of Nantes, France	10.16	9.46	117	-7.6%
309	University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU), Austria	5.06	9.3	35	82.3%
310	Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), Norway	5	9.25	42	83.5%
311	University of Augsburg, Germany	10.56	9.22	35	-13.4%
312	University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ), France	12.88	9.18	135	-29.3%
313	Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), Hungary	9.33	9.18	121	-2.4%
314	National Physical Laboratory (NPL), United Kingdom (UK)	10.4	9.17	47	-12.5%
315	University of Oulu, Finland	7.79	9.15	48	16.6%
316	University of Roma Tre, Italy	8.17	9.08	99	10.4%
317	Babraham Institute, United Kingdom (UK)	10.87	9.04	37	-17.5%
318	Wrocław University of Science and Technology (WRUT), Poland	6.31	9.01	28	41.6%
319	Birkbeck, University of London (BBK), United Kingdom (UK)	9.26	8.99	46	-3.8%
320	University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague (UCT), Czech Republic	10.5	8.94	22	-15.5%
321	Elettra - Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A., Italy	9.04	8.92	47	-2.1%
322	National Interuniversity Consortium of Materials Science and Technology (INSTM), Italy	5.87	8.89	45	50.2%
323	Jacobs University Bremen, Germany	12.38	8.79	25	-29.6%
324	University of Paderborn (UPB), Germany	8.83	8.43	24	-5.3%
325	Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI), Ireland	8.71	8.39	48	-4.4%
326	National Centre for Scientific Research 'Demokritos' (NCSR), Greece	7.36	8.37	96	12.8%
327	University of Calabria (UNICAL), Italy	12.87	8.31	84	-36.0%
328	Polytechnic University of Turin, Italy	10.9	8.29	49	-24.6%
329	Medical University of Innsbruck (MUI), Austria	7.56	8.19	31	7.5%
330	University of La Laguna (ULL), Spain	18.08	8.19	108	-55.1%
331	University of Alcalá (UAH), Spain	10.42	8.18	25	-22.1%
332	National University of Ireland Galway (NUI Galway), Ireland	10.07	8.09	43	-20.4%
333	BASF SE, Germany	12.76	8.08	46	-37.1%
334	USI Università della Svizzera Italiana, Switzerland	3.95	8.02	28	101.4%
335	New University of Lisbon (UNL), Portugal	13.31	8.01	76	-40.3%
336	Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES), France	7.71	7.96	151	2.4%
337	University of Mons (UMONS), Belgium	9.64	7.87	103	-19.0%
338	University of Vigo (UVIGO), Spain	7.85	7.8	23	-1.4%
339	University of Coimbra (UC), Portugal	8.96	7.78	105	-13.9%
340	European Commission (EC), Belgium	9.86	7.71	31	-22.5%
341	Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), Germany	6.48	7.68	28	17.6%
342	Swedish Museum of Natural History, Sweden	8.69	7.64	30	-12.8%
343	Vilnius University (VU), Lithuania	5.79	7.56	92	29.6%
344	Italian Foundation for Cancer Research (FIRC), Italy	6.18	7.46	41	19.7%
345	Champalimaud Foundation, Portugal	7.22	7.44	21	2.2%
346	University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom (UK)	8.63	7.31	30	-16.0%
347	University of Salamanca (USAL), Spain	11.74	7.28	33	-38.5%
348	École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Rennes (ENSCR), France	4.59	7.27	65	57.0%
349	University of Bari Aldo Moro (UniBA), Italy	6.86	7.26	163	4.9%
350	French Institute of Science and Technology for Transport, Development and Networks (IFSTTAR), France	4.75	7.25	77	51.6%
351	University Institute of France (IUF), France	5.38	7.14	73	31.6%
352	University of Catania, Italy	7.96	7.11	143	-11.4%
353	Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAS), Slovakia	5.19	7.06	105	34.9%
354	University of Zagreb, Croatia	6.49	7.03	52	7.5%
355	University of Minho (UM), Portugal	10.05	7.01	93	-30.8%
356	University of Belgrade, Serbia	10.24	6.98	163	-32.4%
357	National Institute of Chemistry, Slovenia, Slovenia	4.23	6.96	13	63.1%
358	France Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy, France	7.58	6.9	119	-9.7%
359	Gulbenkian Science Institute (IGC), Portugal	8.95	6.88	21	-23.8%
360	University of Cantabria (UC), Spain	4.79	6.84	109	41.6%
361	University of Palermo (UNIPA), Italy	6.9	6.83	34	-1.8%
362	Aberystwyth University, United Kingdom (UK)	2.58	6.81	28	161.7%
363	Chemnitz University of Technology (TU Chemnitz), Germany	7.28	6.73	22	-8.3%
364	Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH), Greece	5.35	6.69	82	24.1%
365	Technical University of Madrid (UPM), Spain	9.66	6.68	29	-31.4%
366	Chimie ParisTech (ENSCP), France	5.28	6.68	64	25.5%
367	Caen University (UNICAEN), France	4.14	6.67	54	60.1%
368	University of Cagliari (UNICA), Italy	6.59	6.64	72	0.0%
369	Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), Luxembourg	4.38	6.63	22	50.1%
370	National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece	5.96	6.49	88	8.0%
371	University of Szeged (SZTE), Hungary	5.3	6.47	31	21.0%
372	C. H. Boehringer Sohn AG & Co. KG (Boehringer Ingelheim), Germany	10.8	6.34	23	-41.8%
373	Institut Mines-Télécom (IMT), France	5.15	6.33	92	22.0%
374	Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust (OUH), United Kingdom (UK)	8.07	6.33	79	-22.2%
375	Semmelweis University (SE), Hungary	4.82	6.32	25	30.1%
376	AgroParisTech, France	7.92	6.31	63	-21.0%
377	Tomsk State University (TSU), Russia	5.24	6.29	89	19.0%
378	École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE), France	7.78	6.25	102	-20.3%
379	Center for Cooperative Research in Biosciences (CIC bioGUNE), Spain	6.26	6.24	21	-1.2%
380	École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier (ENSCM), France	6.42	6.19	71	-4.4%
381	Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), Switzerland	5.7	6.18	32	7.6%
382	University of Valladolid (UVa), Spain	7.44	6.17	15	-17.7%
383	Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), Netherlands	4.25	6.14	16	43.4%
384	Swedish Institute of Space Physics (IRF), Sweden	7.21	6.08	22	-16.3%
385	Paris-Est Créteil University (UPEC), France	5.83	6.03	55	2.6%
386	Åbo Akademi University, Finland	7.19	5.98	27	-17.5%
387	University of Namur (UNamur), Belgium	7.75	5.97	23	-23.5%
388	University of Málaga (UMA), Spain	3.58	5.92	22	64.0%
389	Novo Nordisk A/S, Denmark	4.36	5.86	15	33.3%
390	Institute of Molecular Biology gGmbH (IMB), Germany	3.37	5.85	17	72.4%
391	University of Hohenheim, Germany	5.09	5.83	15	13.7%
392	University of Silesia (US), Poland	3.52	5.82	20	63.9%
393	University of the Balearic Islands (UIB), Spain	7.65	5.79	35	-24.9%
394	University of Debrecen, Hungary	2.74	5.79	84	109.7%
395	University of Ferrara (UNIFE), Italy	5.88	5.78	86	-2.6%
396	Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM), Germany	6.56	5.77	19	-12.7%
397	Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME), Hungary	5.13	5.76	27	11.4%
398	University of Alicante (UA), Spain	3.82	5.76	29	49.5%
399	Northumbria University, United Kingdom (UK)	3.66	5.73	17	55.3%
400	University of Lübeck, Germany	6.62	5.73	64	-14.2%
401	Gdańsk University of Technology (GUT), Poland	3.28	5.72	15	73.2%
402	University of Kassel, Germany	4.7	5.63	16	18.8%
403	Centre for Cooperative Research in Biomaterials (CIC biomaGUNE), Spain	7.17	5.62	29	-22.2%
404	Ilmenau University of Technology (TU Ilmenau), Germany	7.79	5.58	10	-28.9%
405	Charles III University of Madrid (UC3M), Spain	1.3	5.55	23	323.1%
406	University of Neuchâtel (UniNE), Switzerland	5.63	5.54	18	-2.4%
407	Kazan Federal University (KFU), Russia	7.82	5.53	30	-29.9%
408	Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), Netherlands	5.53	5.53	35	-0.8%
409	Catalan Health Institute (ICS), Spain	7.69	5.47	43	-29.5%
410	Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech), Russia	3.59	5.46	43	50.9%
411	Academy of Athens, Greece	5.67	5.39	22	-5.8%
412	University of Stavanger (UiS), Norway	2.89	5.38	11	84.6%
413	European Space Agency (ESA), France	4	5.32	42	32.1%
414	British Geological Survey (BGS), United Kingdom (UK)	8.36	5.31	23	-36.9%
415	University of Salzburg, Austria	3.36	5.27	14	55.8%
416	National Graduate School of Engineering and Research Center (ENSICAEN), France	3.38	5.26	44	54.3%
417	University of Salento, Italy	8.65	5.26	94	-39.6%
418	University of L'Aquila (UNIVAQ), Italy	5.74	5.26	33	-9.1%
419	Medical University of Graz (Med Uni Graz), Austria	7.24	5.24	41	-28.1%
420	Aston University, United Kingdom (UK)	2.85	5.24	15	82.3%
421	Silesian University in Opava (SLU), Czech Republic	2.25	5.24	9	130.5%
422	University of La Rioja (UR), Spain	5.29	5.22	13	-2.0%
423	National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Russia	6.62	5.21	194	-22.0%
424	The Open University (OU), United Kingdom (UK)	12.13	5.19	24	-57.6%
425	University of Aalborg (AAU), Denmark	6.37	5.16	53	-19.7%
426	Union of the German Academies of Sciences and Humanities, Germany	3.11	5.15	19	64.2%
427	University of Burgundy, France	6.8	5.13	38	-25.1%
428	National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics (NICPB), Estonia	4.53	5.12	84	12.3%
429	University of Patras, Greece	6.32	5.09	20	-20.1%
430	Ural Federal University (UrFU), Russia	8.61	5.09	25	-41.4%
431	Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI), Sweden	4.22	5.08	42	19.4%
432	University of Eastern Piedmont "Amedeo Avogadro" (UNIPMN), Italy	4.78	5.05	118	4.7%
433	Institute of Molecular Medicine (IMM), Portugal	4.12	5.02	25	20.8%
434	University of Burgos (UBU), Spain	3.5	5.01	8	42.1%
435	University of Navarra (UNAV), Spain	1.88	4.95	20	161.5%
436	University of Ioannina (UOI), Greece	8.59	4.92	102	-43.2%
437	University of Rouen, France	4.37	4.92	39	11.6%
438	Paris Observatory, France	6.02	4.9	126	-19.2%
439	University of Cordoba (UCO), Spain	4.64	4.86	16	4.0%
440	University of A Coruña (UDC), Spain	8.24	4.85	14	-41.6%
441	National University of Science and Technology (MISIS), Russia	2.41	4.83	37	98.9%
442	Miguel Hernández University of Elche (UMH), Spain	2.22	4.78	22	113.7%
443	Peoples Friendship University of Russia (PFUR), Russia	1.49	4.75	21	217.2%
444	Cergy-Pontoise University (UCP), France	2.74	4.73	43	71.0%
445	University of Paris Nord (Paris 13), France	1.91	4.7	61	144.4%
446	National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control (INRIA), France	4.02	4.69	102	15.7%
447	University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM), Spain	8.27	4.66	41	-44.1%
448	Catholic University of the Sacred Heart (UCSC), Italy	4.49	4.66	22	2.9%
449	University of Brighton, United Kingdom (UK)	1.61	4.63	25	185.9%
450	National Centre for Nuclear Research (NCBJ), Poland	3.09	4.61	168	47.9%
451	Sanofi, France	3.94	4.61	27	15.9%
452	Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA), Norway	3.87	4.6	27	18.0%
453	NHS Lothian, United Kingdom (UK)	3.42	4.56	96	32.4%
454	University of Koblenz and Landau, Germany	2.1	4.55	8	114.5%
455	University of Orléans, France	5.44	4.47	46	-18.4%
456	Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU), Russia	3.36	4.47	33	32.2%
457	University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna (VUM), Austria	4.05	4.46	27	9.3%
458	University of Cyprus, Cyprus	11.2	4.46	80	-60.5%
459	Belarusian State University (BSU), Belarus	3.09	4.44	143	42.4%
460	Norway Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries, Norway	3.05	4.41	48	43.1%
461	Ligue Contre Le Cancer, France	1.57	4.33	30	173.1%
462	University of Poitiers, France	5.07	4.29	21	-16.0%
463	Bangor University, United Kingdom (UK)	7.51	4.29	24	-43.4%
464	International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), Italy	2.43	4.24	23	72.7%
465	Wetsus Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Water Technology, Netherlands	4.78	4.23	12	-12.1%
466	University of Verona (UNIVR), Italy	4.06	4.2	30	2.6%
467	Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM), United Kingdom (UK)	4.83	4.18	15	-14.1%
468	UCB S.A., Belgium	1.56	4.16	19	164.5%
469	Tallinn University of Technology (TUT), Estonia	3.72	4.15	8	10.8%
470	University of Haute-Alsace (UHA), France	4.12	4.14	85	-0.4%
471	Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI), Italy	2.36	4.13	43	73.4%
472	University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (UNIMORE), Italy	5.95	4.11	59	-31.5%
473	Thales S.A., France	6.08	4.11	29	-33.0%
474	Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom (UK)	3.99	4.08	71	1.6%
475	Linnaeus University (LNU), Sweden	3.24	4.06	12	24.4%
476	University of Angers, France	6.31	4.04	36	-36.4%
477	University of Malta, Malta	0.58	4.04	8	594.6%
478	Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS), Denmark	3.94	4.01	21	0.9%
479	Telethon Foundation, Italy	3.33	3.99	20	19.0%
480	Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS), Bulgaria	6.87	3.98	120	-42.5%
481	Rigshospitalet, Denmark	2.89	3.98	45	36.8%
482	Institute Gustave-Roussy (IGR), France	4.56	3.93	41	-14.6%
483	European Magnetic Field Laboratory (EMFL), Germany	4.63	3.92	32	-16.1%
484	Czech Technical University in Prague (CTU), Czech Republic	3.14	3.9	110	23.3%
485	Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering (IFIN HH), Romania	3.65	3.89	147	5.6%
486	Merck KGaA, Germany	4.13	3.88	19	-6.7%
487	University of Essex, United Kingdom (UK)	4.6	3.87	22	-16.6%
488	Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI), Finland	12.13	3.85	21	-68.5%
489	NERC National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS), United Kingdom (UK)	4.84	3.8	41	-22.2%
490	Pablo de Olavide University (UPO), Spain	5.02	3.79	22	-25.1%
491	Ireland Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (DJEI), Ireland	3.73	3.77	22	0.3%
492	Bayer AG, Germany	5.37	3.76	26	-30.7%
493	University of Lodz (UL), Poland	2.97	3.74	17	25.1%
494	Higher Institute for Electronics and Digital Training (ISEN), France	2.4	3.72	41	53.8%
495	Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom (UK)	3.25	3.72	15	13.3%
496	French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea (Ifremer), France	6.97	3.7	45	-47.3%
497	Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg (TUBAF), Germany	3.36	3.7	14	9.1%
498	International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Austria	3.76	3.65	25	-3.8%
499	University of Toulon (UTLN), France	2.47	3.64	40	46.2%
500	Geological Survey of Norway (NGU), Norway	2.91	3.62	32	23.2%

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