2018 tables: Institutions - biological sciences

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 Zurich (UZH), Switzerland 85.98 76.81 269 -13.1%
2 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich), Switzerland 66.40 69.46 218 1.7%
3 University of Basel (UB), Switzerland 47.45 49.59 186 1.6%
4 University of Lausanne (UNIL), Switzerland 38.97 43.72 158 9.1%
5 F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG, Switzerland 30.57 40.57 88 29.1%
6 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland 37.86 39.56 129 1.6%
7 University of Geneva (UNIGE), Switzerland 39.08 38.39 134 -4.5%
8 Novartis International AG, Switzerland 33.57 30.96 107 -10.3%
9 University of Bern (UniBE), Switzerland 24.76 18.90 76 -25.8%
10 Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics (SIB), Switzerland 6.72 8.99 90 30.1%
11 University of Fribourg (UNIFR), Switzerland 5.97 5.43 22 -11.7%
12 University Children's Hospital Basel (UKBB), Switzerland 3.58 4.80 43 30.4%
13 Università della Svizzera Italiana (USI), Switzerland 3.57 4.68 18 27.5%
14 Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), Switzerland 5.20 4.63 22 -13.5%
15 University of Neuchâtel (UniNE), Switzerland 2.62 4.56 11 69.0%
16 Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (EAWAG), Switzerland 5.72 4.26 18 -27.7%
17 Nestlé S.A., Switzerland 2.20 2.25 11 -0.5%
18 Agroscope, Switzerland 1.22 1.48 7 18.1%
19 World Health Organization (WHO), Switzerland 1.13 1.46 32 25.6%
20 Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale (EOC), Switzerland 1.87 1.29 6 -32.8%
21 Swiss Ornithological Institute, Switzerland 0.28 1.23 4 326.6%
22 Kantonsspital St. Gallen, Switzerland 1.91 0.94 7 -52.2%
23 Novimmune SA, Switzerland 0.27 0.88 3 219.3%
24 Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH), Switzerland 0.16 0.82 12 402.5%
25 International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Switzerland 0.37 0.81 6 113.7%
26 Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), Switzerland 1.68 0.79 12 -54.3%
27 University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI), Switzerland – 0.67 1 N/A
28 Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL), Switzerland 0.08 0.64 1 642.6%
29 Innomedica Holding AG, Switzerland – 0.38 1 N/A
30 Save Our Seas Foundation (SOSF), Switzerland 0.25 0.33 2 29.7%
31 Universitäre Psychiatrische Kliniken Basel (UPKBS), Switzerland 0.25 0.33 3 28.4%
32 World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Switzerland 0.40 0.30 3 -28.4%
33 Philochem AG, Switzerland – 0.29 1 N/A
34 Doctors Without Borders (MSF), Switzerland 0.13 0.27 3 97.8%
35 Botanical Garden Neuchâtel, Switzerland – 0.25 1 N/A
36 Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV), Switzerland 0.04 0.25 3 528.3%
37 Therapeomic Inc., Switzerland – 0.21 1 N/A
38 IT'IS Foundation, Switzerland – 0.21 1 N/A
39 Eclosion Foundation, Switzerland – 0.17 1 N/A
39 University of Lucerne (UNILU), Switzerland – 0.17 1 N/A
39 Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research (EAER), Switzerland 0.26 0.17 1 -37.3%
40 Union for International Cancer Control (UICC), Switzerland 0.09 0.15 2 64.6%
40 ImmunoGenes AG, Switzerland – 0.15 1 N/A
41 Evolva Holding SA, Switzerland 0.17 0.14 1 -16.6%
41 Natural History Museum of Geneva (MHNG), Switzerland – 0.14 1 N/A
42 Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH), Switzerland – 0.13 1 N/A
42 Hertig Visualizations, Switzerland – 0.13 1 N/A
42 RISystem AG, Switzerland – 0.13 1 N/A
42 International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), Switzerland – 0.13 1 N/A
42 Natural History Museum Fribourg, Switzerland – 0.13 1 N/A
43 Institut de Recherche en Ophtalmologie (IRO), Switzerland – 0.12 1 N/A
44 Centre de Coordination pour la Protection des Amphibiens et Reptiles de Suisse (KARCH), Switzerland – 0.12 2 N/A
45 Thommen Medical AG, Switzerland – 0.12 1 N/A
46 Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW), Switzerland 0.16 0.11 2 -30.7%
47 Natural History Museum of Basel, Switzerland – 0.11 1 N/A
48 Kantonsspital Lucerne, Switzerland – 0.10 2 N/A
49 MetP Pharma AG, Switzerland – 0.10 1 N/A
49 Conservatory and Botanical Garden of Geneva, Switzerland – 0.10 1 N/A
49 Keires AG, Switzerland – 0.10 1 N/A
50 BioVersys AG, Switzerland – 0.10 1 N/A
51 Cantonal Hospital Baselland (KSBL), Switzerland – 0.10 1 N/A
52 Natural History Museum of Bern (NMBE), Switzerland – 0.09 2 N/A
53 Schwab & Sohn, Switzerland – 0.08 1 N/A
53 University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland (HES-SO), Switzerland – 0.08 1 N/A
53 Genkyotex S.A., Switzerland – 0.08 1 N/A
54 LeadXpro AG, Switzerland – 0.07 1 N/A
55 Streuli Pharma AG, Switzerland – 0.07 1 N/A
55 Centre Suisse de Cartographie de la Faune (CSCF), Switzerland – 0.07 1 N/A
56 AC Immune S.A., Switzerland – 0.07 1 N/A
56 Schulthess Clinic in Zurich, Switzerland – 0.07 1 N/A
57 EngMab AG, Switzerland – 0.06 1 N/A
58 Biognosys AG, Switzerland 0.02 0.06 1 228.2%
59 Scensei, Switzerland – 0.06 1 N/A
59 Bern University of Applied Sciences (BUAS), Switzerland – 0.06 1 N/A
60 PIQUR Therapeutics AG, Switzerland – 0.05 1 N/A
61 Amt für Mittel- und Hochschulen (AMH) Thurgau, Switzerland 0.33 0.05 1 -85.4%
62 European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Switzerland – 0.05 1 N/A
63 DermaVet - Dermatologie für Tiere, Switzerland – 0.04 1 N/A
64 Bioanalytica AG, Switzerland – 0.04 1 N/A
64 Amal Therapeutics SA, Switzerland – 0.04 1 N/A
65 Galderma S.A., Switzerland – 0.03 1 N/A
66 AMEOS Holding AG, Switzerland – 0.03 1 N/A
67 Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office (FSVO), Switzerland 1.01 0.03 1 -97.6%
67 Federal Department of Home Affairs (FDHA), Switzerland – 0.03 1 N/A
68 Wild Chimpanzee Foundation (WCF), Switzerland – 0.02 1 N/A
69 International Breast Cancer Study Group (IBCSG), Switzerland – 0.02 1 N/A
70 Swiss Vaccine Research Institute (SVRI), Switzerland 0.34 0.02 1 -95.5%
71 Hyperstem S.A., Switzerland – 0.01 1 N/A
72 Mymetics S.A., Switzerland 0.02 0.01 7 -13.7%
72 IPPOX Foundation, Switzerland 0.02 0.01 7 -13.7%
73 Kühne-Stiftung, Switzerland – 0.01 1 N/A
74 STMicroelectronics N.V., Switzerland 0.01 0.01 3 59.0%
75 Carbofor-Expert, Switzerland – 0.01 1 N/A
76 KORA, Switzerland – 0.01 1 N/A
77 Clinical Research Centre Adolphe de Rothschild, Switzerland – 0.01 1 N/A
78 Federal Office for Civil Protection (FOCP), Switzerland 0.07 0.00 1 -93.8%

Footnote

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  1. The data behind the tables are based on a relatively small proportion of total research papers, they cover the natural sciences only and outputs are non-normalized (that is, they don’t reflect the size of the country or institution, or its overall research output).
  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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