2018 tables: Institutions - Nature & Science

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 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich), Switzerland 11.12 14.18 40 35.0%
2 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland 8.56 7.48 18 -7.5%
3 University of Basel (UB), Switzerland 7.73 5.94 21 -18.6%
4 University of Zurich (UZH), Switzerland 3.66 4.16 33 20.4%
5 Novartis International AG, Switzerland 5.75 3.80 14 -29.9%
6 Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), Switzerland 2.07 3.23 6 65.6%
7 University of Geneva (UNIGE), Switzerland 2.35 3.13 19 40.6%
8 F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG, Switzerland 0.73 2.24 4 223.2%
9 University of Lausanne (UNIL), Switzerland 2.27 2.06 8 -4.1%
10 University of Bern (UniBE), Switzerland 2.02 1.67 9 -12.4%
11 University of Neuchâtel (UniNE), Switzerland – 0.75 1 N/A
12 Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics (SIB), Switzerland 0.33 0.66 13 112.5%
13 Università della Svizzera Italiana (USI), Switzerland 0.61 0.59 2 2.7%
14 University of Fribourg (UNIFR), Switzerland 0.54 0.29 2 -43.1%
15 Botanical Garden Neuchâtel, Switzerland – 0.25 1 N/A
15 ABB Ltd., Switzerland – 0.25 1 N/A
16 Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH), Switzerland 0.03 0.17 3 470.3%
17 World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Switzerland 0.03 0.13 1 345.0%
18 Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (EAWAG), Switzerland 0.03 0.12 3 320.9%
19 Doctors Without Borders (MSF), Switzerland 0.06 0.10 1 79.8%
20 BioVersys AG, Switzerland – 0.10 1 N/A
21 Cantonal Hospital Baselland (KSBL), Switzerland – 0.10 1 N/A
22 University Children's Hospital Basel (UKBB), Switzerland – 0.08 3 N/A
23 Kantonsspital St. Gallen, Switzerland – 0.07 1 N/A
23 Swiss Ornithological Institute, Switzerland 0.03 0.07 1 149.7%
24 World Health Organization (WHO), Switzerland 0.25 0.06 4 -72.4%
25 Agroscope, Switzerland – 0.06 1 N/A
26 European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Switzerland 0.35 0.05 2 -85.3%
27 Avantama AG, Switzerland – 0.05 1 N/A
28 Centre de Coordination pour la Protection des Amphibiens et Reptiles de Suisse (KARCH), Switzerland – 0.04 1 N/A
29 International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Switzerland – 0.02 1 N/A
29 IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA), Switzerland – 0.02 1 N/A
30 Wild Chimpanzee Foundation (WCF), Switzerland – 0.02 1 N/A
31 Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale (EOC), Switzerland – 0.02 1 N/A
32 MAVA Foundation, Switzerland 0.01 0.01 1 10.8%
33 International Space Science Institute (ISSI), Switzerland 0.10 0.01 1 -90.5%
34 Federal Office for Civil Protection (FOCP), Switzerland 0.07 0.00 1 -93.3%

Footnote

Each year, the Nature Index publishes tables based on counts of high-quality research outputs in the previous calendar year. Users please note:

  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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