2018 tables: Institutions - chemistry

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 French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), France 234.17 241.26 1081 -3.8%
2 The French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), France 28.48 28.78 187 -5.7%
3 University of Strasbourg, France 30.68 27.26 149 -17.1%
4 Sorbonne University, France 19.78 22.77 152 7.5%
5 Grenoble Alpes University (UGA), France 19.25 22.59 150 9.6%
6 University of Paris-Sud (UPSud), France 18.98 22.34 137 9.9%
7 University of Lyon, France 16.74 20.59 98 14.8%
8 University of Toulouse, France 20.05 20.46 122 -4.7%
9 Université PSL, France 14.81 16.87 126 6.3%
10 University of Bordeaux, France 15.36 16.76 94 1.9%
11 National Institute of Applied Sciences (INSA), France 15.11 16.44 168 1.6%
12 University of Montpellier, France 10.25 13.40 86 22.0%
13 Aix-Marseille University (AMU), France 12.16 12.79 82 -1.8%
14 Paris Cité University, France 10.33 11.97 72 8.2%
15 Institut Polytechnique de Bordeaux (Bordeaux INP), France 9.91 11.44 66 7.8%
16 European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), France 10.14 11.27 69 3.7%
17 National Institute for Health and Medical Research (INSERM), France 9.00 11.27 121 16.8%
18 University of Rennes 1, France 6.32 8.74 70 29.0%
19 École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Rennes (ENSCR), France 4.00 6.65 58 55.1%
20 Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP), France 5.34 5.58 74 -2.4%
21 National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE), France 4.36 5.57 67 19.2%
22 École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier (ENSCM), France 5.49 5.41 59 -8.0%
23 University of Nantes, France 6.70 5.23 40 -27.2%
24 University of Lille Nord de France, France 6.68 5.20 33 -27.3%
25 Institut Laue Langevin (ILL), France 8.12 4.91 35 -43.6%
26 École Polytechnique, France 2.59 4.39 37 58.2%
27 University of Rouen, France 3.29 4.08 36 15.7%
28 National Graduate School of Engineering and Research Center (ENSICAEN), France 2.15 3.90 30 69.7%
28 Caen University (UNICAEN), France 2.34 3.90 30 55.8%
29 Collège de France, France 1.82 3.75 35 92.2%
30 University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ), France 5.21 3.59 38 -35.7%
31 University of Haute-Alsace (UHA), France 3.76 3.52 30 -12.5%
32 University of Lorraine (UL), France 3.47 3.15 23 -15.2%
33 École Supérieure de Chimie Physique Électronique de Lyon or (CPE Lyon), France 3.57 2.96 14 -22.5%
34 Pasteur Institute, France 3.37 2.79 18 -22.9%
35 Institut Mines-Télécom (IMT), France 1.94 2.30 20 10.3%
36 University of Orléans, France 0.91 2.27 17 133.3%
37 University Institute of France (IUF), France 2.13 2.10 20 -8.0%
38 Institute of Research for Development (IRD), France 1.74 2.01 40 7.8%
39 University of Poitiers, France 0.74 1.92 9 141.8%
40 University of Angers, France 4.42 1.90 11 -59.8%
41 University of Pau and Pays de l'Adour (UPPA), France 2.75 1.84 20 -37.6%
42 Sanofi, France 1.84 1.81 7 -8.2%
43 University of Paris Nord (Paris 13), France 0.20 1.73 8 696.1%
44 Ligue Contre Le Cancer, France 0.10 1.71 6 1498.1%
45 University of Tours (UFR), France 0.30 1.69 5 426.6%
46 University of Burgundy, France 3.13 1.69 13 -49.7%
47 Superior National School of Advanced Techniques (ENSTA ParisTech), France 1.16 1.65 21 33.0%
48 National Museum of Natural History (MNHN), France 0.92 1.63 21 65.3%
49 Centrale Lille, France 2.20 1.60 23 -32.3%
50 CY Cergy Paris University, France 0.96 1.56 13 51.6%
51 Paris-Est Créteil University (UPEC), France 0.73 1.53 10 94.7%
52 Total S.A., France 0.39 1.44 8 246.6%
53 University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA), France 1.89 1.43 6 -29.4%
54 University of Picardie Jules Verne (UPJV), France 1.32 1.40 17 -0.7%
55 University Clermont Auvergne, France 1.20 1.40 8 8.6%
56 France Ministry of Culture, France 0.02 1.34 4 7396.5%
57 Arkema S.A., France 0.31 1.26 4 279.1%
58 Thales S.A., France 1.24 1.23 9 -7.6%
59 University of Évry-Val d'Essonne (UEVE), France 0.86 1.12 24 22.4%
60 École Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay (ENS Paris-Saclay), France 1.23 1.12 22 -14.9%
61 SIGMA Clermont, France 0.93 1.07 6 7.0%
62 University of Western Brittany (UBO), France 2.07 1.02 7 -54.2%
63 AgroParisTech, France 1.09 1.01 19 -13.6%
64 HESAM Université, France 0.18 0.98 13 415.2%
65 University of Le Havre, France 1.01 0.98 25 -9.5%
66 National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control (INRIA), France 0.21 0.90 26 294.7%
67 Artois University, France 1.59 0.90 11 -47.5%
68 Le Mans University, France 4.50 0.85 6 -82.4%
69 National Metrology and Testing (LNE), France 0.29 0.83 1 172.3%
70 Higher Institute for Electronics and Digital Training (ISEN), France 0.11 0.82 6 572.3%
71 International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM), France 1.00 0.80 1 -25.3%
72 École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Normandie (ENSA Normandie), France 0.08 0.73 23 730.5%
73 University of Technology of Compiègne (UTC), France 0.64 0.69 4 -0.4%
74 Air Liquide, France – 0.59 2 N/A
75 Électricité de France S.A. (EDF), France – 0.59 4 N/A
76 L'Oréal International, France 0.22 0.58 2 145.0%
77 Cisbio Bioassays, France – 0.56 1 N/A
78 University of Toulon (UTLN), France 0.11 0.55 6 347.2%
79 Institute Gustave-Roussy (IGR), France – 0.52 3 N/A
80 National School for Water and Environmental Engineering of Strasbourg (ENGEES), France 0.66 0.51 6 -28.5%
81 Bretagne Loire University, France 0.18 0.50 4 157.6%
82 University of Franche-Comté (UFC), France 0.22 0.43 6 79.9%
83 Lille Catholic University (Catho), France 0.10 0.42 9 296.6%
84 University of Technology of Belfort-Montbéliard (UTBM), France 0.50 0.40 5 -24.8%
85 Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), France 0.35 0.40 8 8.3%
86 University of Savoy (USMB), France 0.36 0.38 6 -1.6%
87 CASC4DE, France 0.15 0.38 2 137.1%
88 PCAS, France – 0.38 1 N/A
89 Institut Paoli-Calmettes (IPC), France 0.04 0.35 4 783.2%
90 National Institute of Blood Transfusion (INTS), France – 0.35 1 N/A
91 University Institute of Technology (IUT), France – 0.35 3 N/A
92 TrisKem International SAS, France – 0.33 1 N/A
92 AB Science, France – 0.33 1 N/A
93 Genopole Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées, France 0.13 0.33 5 147.8%
94 National Engineering Institute in Mechanics and Microtechnologies (ENSMM), France – 0.32 4 N/A
95 Institut d'Optique Graduate School (IOGS), France 0.23 0.32 14 30.4%
96 IRT Antoine de Saint Exupéry, France 0.10 0.31 1 191.7%
97 Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES), France 0.12 0.30 6 135.1%
98 École Supérieure d'Électricité (Supélec), France 0.24 0.29 19 11.5%
99 Gustave Eiffel University, France 0.41 0.27 4 -37.2%
100 Centrale Graduate School, France 0.24 0.26 18 0.9%

Footnote

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  2. The Nature Index is one indicator of institutional research performance. The metrics of Count and Share used to order Nature Index listings are based on an institution’s or country’s publication output in 82 natural-science journals through 2022, in 2023 64 health-science journals were added to the Index. The 146 journals in the Nature Index were selected on reputation by an independent panel of leading scientists in their fields.
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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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