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 Max Planck Society, Germany 280.92 278.33 895 -3.7%
2 French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), France 171.18 178.23 1193 1.3%
3 University of Oxford, United Kingdom (UK) 180.88 169.08 529 -9.1%
4 University of Cambridge, United Kingdom (UK) 170.98 159.93 524 -9.0%
5 UCL, United Kingdom (UK) 119.93 115.20 410 -6.6%
6 Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres, Germany 113.31 108.93 640 -6.5%
7 The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom (UK) 67.73 84.90 273 21.9%
8 National Institute for Health and Medical Research (INSERM), France 80.38 80.43 767 -2.7%
9 University of Zurich (UZH), Switzerland 85.98 76.81 269 -13.1%
10 Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich (LMU), Germany 53.44 72.72 278 32.3%
11 Karolinska Institute (KI), Sweden 68.11 69.59 315 -0.6%
12 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich), Switzerland 66.40 69.46 218 1.7%
13 University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Denmark 66.24 63.60 238 -6.6%
14 Imperial College London (ICL), United Kingdom (UK) 65.41 62.34 290 -7.3%
15 The Francis Crick Institute, United Kingdom (UK) 43.76 61.54 146 36.8%
16 UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), United Kingdom (UK) 52.48 59.15 211 9.6%
17 Heidelberg University (Uni Heidelberg), Germany 49.24 58.45 232 15.4%
18 Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Spain 52.62 56.20 288 3.9%
19 University of Basel (UB), Switzerland 47.45 49.59 186 1.6%
20 Leibniz Association, Germany 47.96 45.03 285 -8.7%
21 University of Freiburg (Uni Freiburg), Germany 33.46 44.83 154 30.3%
22 King's College London (KCL), United Kingdom (UK) 38.32 44.75 220 13.6%
23 University of Lausanne (UNIL), Switzerland 38.97 43.72 158 9.1%
24 Utrecht University (UU), Netherlands 41.12 43.65 194 3.2%
25 Scientific Institute for Research, Hospitalization and Healthcare (IRCCS), Italy 39.11 43.34 215 7.7%
26 European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Germany 42.31 42.08 221 -3.3%
27 F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG, Switzerland 30.57 40.57 88 29.1%
28 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland 37.86 39.56 129 1.6%
29 University of Bristol (UoB), United Kingdom (UK) 34.47 39.09 123 10.3%
30 University of Geneva (UNIGE), Switzerland 39.08 38.39 134 -4.5%
31 Catholic University of Leuven (KU Leuven), Belgium 37.52 38.02 147 -1.5%
32 Pasteur Institute, France 36.03 37.03 206 -0.1%
33 Uppsala University (UU), Sweden 32.26 35.67 183 7.5%
34 University of Helsinki, Finland 28.77 34.12 158 15.3%
35 University of Tübingen (Uni Tübingen), Germany 38.42 33.51 173 -15.2%
36 Paris Cité University, France 22.27 33.30 327 45.4%
37 The University of Manchester (UoM), United Kingdom (UK) 39.61 32.40 137 -20.5%
38 Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany 32.33 32.09 171 -3.5%
39 Wellcome Sanger Institute, United Kingdom (UK) 25.85 32.07 165 20.7%
40 Sorbonne University, France 27.68 31.62 300 11.1%
41 Goethe University Frankfurt (GU), Germany 29.56 31.14 96 2.5%
42 Novartis International AG, Switzerland 33.57 30.96 107 -10.3%
43 University of Würzburg (JMU), Germany 24.68 30.78 80 21.3%
44 Radboud University Nijmegen (RU), Netherlands 40.91 30.62 168 -27.2%
45 Free University of Berlin (FU Berlin), Germany 31.43 30.06 246 -7.0%
46 Lund University (LU), Sweden 40.67 29.53 116 -29.4%
47 University of Groningen (RUG), Netherlands 31.98 29.40 130 -10.6%
48 University of Oslo (UiO), Norway 28.01 28.01 110 -2.7%
49 Leiden University, Netherlands 29.73 27.78 168 -9.1%
50 Université PSL, France 30.37 27.70 261 -11.3%
51 University of Cologne (UoC), Germany 36.19 27.13 117 -27.1%
52 University of Glasgow, United Kingdom (UK) 24.88 26.35 121 3.0%
53 Humboldt University of Berlin (HU Berlin), Germany 26.34 25.52 234 -5.8%
54 University of Hamburg (UHH), Germany 25.53 25.28 107 -3.7%
55 Stockholm University, Sweden 15.40 24.91 163 57.3%
56 University of Dundee, United Kingdom (UK) 27.67 24.81 89 -12.8%
57 University of Göttingen, Germany 36.22 24.58 100 -34.0%
58 Aarhus University (AU), Denmark 30.38 23.55 104 -24.6%
59 Wageningen University & Research (WUR), Netherlands 13.18 23.37 92 72.3%
60 Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Spain 22.89 23.19 112 -1.5%
61 National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE), France 23.88 22.90 228 -6.8%
62 University of Amsterdam (UvA), Netherlands 26.49 22.82 161 -16.2%
63 Flanders Institute for Biotechnology (VIB), Belgium 33.91 22.36 121 -35.9%
64 Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR), Netherlands 22.40 21.93 146 -4.8%
65 Institute of Health Carlos III (ISCIII), Spain 20.39 21.60 141 3.0%
66 Aix-Marseille University (AMU), France 17.59 21.56 142 19.2%
67 VU Amsterdam, Netherlands 24.17 21.54 109 -13.3%
68 Vienna Biocenter (VBC), Austria 28.50 21.51 77 -26.6%
69 University of Bonn (Uni Bonn), Germany 29.90 21.26 114 -30.9%
70 Czech Academy of Sciences (CAS), Czech Republic 14.33 21.25 92 44.1%
71 University of Exeter, United Kingdom (UK) 18.90 20.92 97 7.6%
72 University of Montpellier, France 20.73 20.44 195 -4.1%
73 The University of Sheffield, United Kingdom (UK) 17.46 19.98 72 11.3%
74 University of Münster (WWU), Germany 25.67 19.88 72 -24.7%
75 Ghent University (UGent), Belgium 18.87 19.80 99 2.1%
76 The French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), France 17.34 19.50 185 9.4%
77 University of Birmingham (UB), United Kingdom (UK) 18.60 19.44 72 1.6%
78 University of Gothenburg (GU), Sweden 18.32 19.42 71 3.1%
79 AstraZeneca plc, United Kingdom (UK) 18.28 19.31 80 2.7%
80 TU Dresden, Germany 17.60 19.17 136 5.9%
81 University of Bern (UniBE), Switzerland 24.76 18.90 76 -25.8%
82 Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI), Netherlands 22.95 18.66 74 -20.9%
83 Queen Mary University of London (QMUL), United Kingdom (UK) 18.62 18.51 80 -3.3%
84 National Research Council (CNR), Italy 19.02 18.50 123 -5.4%
85 Institute of Science and Technology Austria (IST Austria), Austria 12.95 18.35 42 37.8%
86 University of Paris-Sud (UPSud), France 15.19 18.29 257 17.1%
87 University of Leeds, United Kingdom (UK) 12.03 18.27 72 47.7%
88 University of Lyon, France 16.52 17.72 119 4.3%
89 University of Vienna, Austria 15.08 17.65 81 13.8%
90 Hannover Medical School (MHH), Germany 16.56 17.34 73 1.8%
91 Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), France 14.75 17.33 188 14.3%
92 Newcastle University, United Kingdom (UK) 21.48 17.31 101 -21.6%
93 Philipps University of Marburg (Uni Marburg), Germany 8.35 17.24 60 100.7%
94 Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU), Germany 13.41 17.23 76 24.9%
95 University of Strasbourg, France 18.47 16.97 120 -10.6%
96 University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU), Germany 14.55 16.00 69 6.9%
97 Umeå University (UMU), Sweden 13.62 15.84 83 13.1%
98 Medical University of Vienna (MUW), Austria 14.09 15.09 88 4.1%
99 University of Toulouse, France 14.75 14.77 104 -2.6%
100 John Innes Centre (JIC), United Kingdom (UK) 20.19 14.72 45 -29.1%

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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