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 Max Planck Society, Germany 54.50 36.13 126 -29.8%
2 University of Cambridge, United Kingdom (UK) 19.74 16.47 78 -11.6%
3 Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres, Germany 11.34 15.21 83 42.1%
4 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich), Switzerland 11.12 14.18 40 35.0%
5 French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), France 18.68 12.50 127 -29.1%
6 University of Oxford, United Kingdom (UK) 15.09 11.17 71 -21.6%
7 UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), United Kingdom (UK) 15.13 11.14 26 -22.0%
8 The University of Manchester (UoM), United Kingdom (UK) 9.37 7.49 23 -15.3%
9 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland 8.56 7.48 18 -7.5%
10 University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Denmark 5.64 6.92 43 30.0%
11 University of Basel (UB), Switzerland 7.73 5.94 21 -18.6%
12 The Francis Crick Institute, United Kingdom (UK) 2.68 5.92 15 133.6%
13 The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom (UK) 4.32 5.71 31 40.1%
14 Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany 1.73 5.57 19 240.4%
15 Wellcome Sanger Institute, United Kingdom (UK) 2.75 4.91 23 89.5%
16 Vienna Biocenter (VBC), Austria 2.83 4.80 11 79.9%
17 Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI), Netherlands 2.12 4.41 12 120.6%
18 University of Zurich (UZH), Switzerland 3.66 4.16 33 20.4%
19 Leibniz Association, Germany 4.64 4.12 39 -6.0%
20 Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Spain 2.57 4.03 44 65.9%
21 Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Spain 3.67 3.92 19 13.3%
22 European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Germany 7.53 3.83 31 -46.1%
23 Imperial College London (ICL), United Kingdom (UK) 4.39 3.81 25 -8.0%
24 Novartis International AG, Switzerland 5.75 3.80 14 -29.9%
25 University of Bristol (UoB), United Kingdom (UK) 3.87 3.79 14 3.8%
26 National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF), Italy 2.31 3.75 25 71.6%
27 Utrecht University (UU), Netherlands 2.34 3.69 24 66.8%
28 UCL, United Kingdom (UK) 5.72 3.46 37 -36.0%
29 University of Liverpool, United Kingdom (UK) 1.32 3.28 16 163.2%
30 Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), Switzerland 2.07 3.23 6 65.6%
31 Karolinska Institute (KI), Sweden 3.65 3.20 23 -6.9%
32 University of Geneva (UNIGE), Switzerland 2.35 3.13 19 40.6%
33 Pasteur Institute, France 1.30 3.02 20 146.8%
34 Stockholm University, Sweden 1.32 2.94 32 136.5%
35 Lund University (LU), Sweden 0.78 2.92 14 297.0%
36 Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich (LMU), Germany 8.83 2.80 18 -66.5%
37 University of Münster (WWU), Germany 1.34 2.79 5 120.9%
38 Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), Netherlands 0.52 2.72 9 453.3%
39 The French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), France 3.05 2.60 33 -10.0%
40 Uppsala University (UU), Sweden 2.42 2.58 20 13.0%
41 Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW), Austria 2.39 2.55 14 13.2%
42 Goethe University Frankfurt (GU), Germany 1.31 2.52 6 104.1%
43 National Institute for Health and Medical Research (INSERM), France 4.33 2.51 32 -38.5%
44 University of Oslo (UiO), Norway 1.37 2.48 9 92.5%
45 University of Vienna, Austria 1.45 2.47 14 81.4%
46 University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU), Germany 2.25 2.37 13 11.7%
47 John Innes Centre (JIC), United Kingdom (UK) 1.97 2.33 6 25.5%
48 F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG, Switzerland 0.73 2.24 4 223.2%
49 University of Tübingen (Uni Tübingen), Germany 2.77 2.21 17 -15.6%
50 Institute of Science and Technology Austria (IST Austria), Austria 2.39 2.16 4 -4.2%
51 University of Lausanne (UNIL), Switzerland 2.27 2.06 8 -4.1%
52 Paris Cité University, France 1.86 2.04 31 16.0%
53 University of Hamburg (UHH), Germany 4.01 1.97 13 -48.1%
54 Sorbonne University, France 3.42 1.91 37 -40.9%
55 University of Göttingen, Germany 3.42 1.88 12 -41.6%
56 Humboldt University of Berlin (HU Berlin), Germany 2.74 1.84 33 -29.0%
57 Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Russia 3.59 1.79 20 -47.1%
58 University of Groningen (RUG), Netherlands 2.18 1.75 11 -14.8%
59 KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden 0.54 1.75 25 244.7%
60 Newcastle University, United Kingdom (UK) 1.80 1.75 12 2.6%
61 University of Southampton (Soton), United Kingdom (UK) 0.85 1.73 24 114.9%
62 Université PSL, France 2.69 1.72 30 -32.2%
63 Radboud University Nijmegen (RU), Netherlands 1.48 1.71 20 22.6%
64 Aarhus University (AU), Denmark 1.74 1.70 13 3.5%
65 Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark 2.07 1.70 14 -12.7%
66 University of Bern (UniBE), Switzerland 2.02 1.67 9 -12.4%
67 University of Konstanz, Germany 0.89 1.65 5 96.1%
68 Free University of Berlin (FU Berlin), Germany 2.05 1.64 31 -15.4%
69 Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), Spain 1.02 1.57 5 63.2%
70 NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH), United Kingdom (UK) 0.55 1.57 5 201.4%
71 Cardiff University, United Kingdom (UK) 1.64 1.55 9 0.0%
72 Scientific Institute for Research, Hospitalization and Healthcare (IRCCS), Italy 0.51 1.54 14 221.1%
73 Cancer Research UK (CRUK), United Kingdom (UK) 0.32 1.53 10 413.8%
74 The University of Sheffield, United Kingdom (UK) 0.84 1.49 7 88.1%
75 University of Würzburg (JMU), Germany 2.39 1.48 3 -34.3%
76 University of Lyon, France 1.07 1.46 12 44.1%
77 Leiden University, Netherlands 1.90 1.45 21 -18.8%
78 Heidelberg University (Uni Heidelberg), Germany 3.82 1.42 20 -60.6%
79 Pompeu Fabra University (UPF), Spain 2.22 1.39 17 -33.5%
80 Technical University of Madrid (UPM), Spain – 1.36 4 N/A
81 Catholic University of Leuven (KU Leuven), Belgium 2.15 1.33 13 -34.3%
82 National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE), France 1.54 1.33 16 -8.2%
83 University of Montpellier, France 1.64 1.32 17 -15.1%
84 University of Bayreuth (UBT), Germany 1.02 1.28 4 33.1%
85 European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), France 1.04 1.25 9 26.9%
86 University of Amsterdam (UvA), Netherlands 3.74 1.24 29 -64.8%
87 University of Bonn (Uni Bonn), Germany 0.58 1.23 8 123.7%
88 University of St Andrews, United Kingdom (UK) 2.01 1.22 8 -35.9%
89 Queen Mary University of London (QMUL), United Kingdom (UK) 2.35 1.21 6 -45.5%
90 University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE), Germany 0.11 1.20 5 1044.9%
91 University of East Anglia (UEA), United Kingdom (UK) 0.86 1.19 12 47.5%
92 Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway 0.08 1.15 4 1408.0%
93 Ghent University (UGent), Belgium 1.70 1.15 7 -28.6%
94 Ulm University, Germany 1.99 1.11 8 -41.0%
95 University of Paris-Sud (UPSud), France 1.64 1.11 22 -28.4%
96 Institute of Health Carlos III (ISCIII), Spain 2.17 1.09 12 -46.7%
97 European Southern Observatory (ESO), Germany 0.37 1.08 12 213.6%
98 University of Innsbruck (LFU), Austria 3.06 1.07 6 -62.9%
99 Medical University of Innsbruck (MUI), Austria 0.00 1.06 2 84522.3%
100 Grenoble Alpes University (UGA), France 1.07 1.05 17 4.1%

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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