2018 tables: Institutions - biological sciences - corporate

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 BGI, China 5.60 6.05 27 5.1%
2 Formosa Plastics Group, Taiwan 3.95 5.61 18 38.4%
3 Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Japan 1.07 5.22 16 372.8%
4 Eisai Co., Ltd., Japan 2.06 3.62 6 71.0%
5 Samsung Group, South Korea 2.98 2.96 21 -3.4%
6 Sosei Co., Ltd., Japan 2.00 1.58 5 -23.2%
7 National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd. (NIWA), New Zealand 0.05 1.26 8 2451.3%
8 China National Chemical Corporation (ChemChina), China 0.14 1.20 3 749.3%
9 Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International (ATR), Japan 2.47 1.04 2 -59.2%
10 Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Limited, India – 1.00 1 N/A
11 GNS Science, New Zealand 0.53 0.83 4 51.0%
12 The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Ltd., New Zealand 0.54 0.73 9 31.2%
13 Toyota Group, Japan – 0.71 1 N/A
14 China State Shipbuilding Corporation Limited (CSSC), China 0.27 0.68 18 142.3%
15 ToolGen, Inc., South Korea – 0.62 2 N/A
16 Kirin Holdings Company Limited, Japan 0.00 0.61 6 13511.0%
17 Alphamab Co. Ltd., China 0.11 0.56 1 386.2%
18 Asahi Kasei Corporation, Japan – 0.51 3 N/A
19 Macrogen Inc., South Korea 0.50 0.50 2 -2.5%
20 Otsuka Holdings Co., Ltd., Japan 0.86 0.48 7 -45.5%
21 FiberHome Technologies Group, China 0.24 0.48 8 95.9%
22 WuXi AppTec, China 0.25 0.46 4 79.7%
23 Nikon Corporation, Japan 0.06 0.38 6 498.5%
24 Topchoice Group, China 0.30 0.36 5 17.2%
25 Shimadzu Corporation, Japan 0.25 0.34 5 32.7%
26 Tokuyama Corporation, Japan 0.18 0.33 1 78.3%
26 Immuno-Biological Laboratories Co., Ltd., Japan – 0.33 1 N/A
27 Miraca Holdings Inc., Japan 0.18 0.32 9 71.4%
28 Metabolomics Australia (MA), Australia 0.06 0.30 4 432.8%
29 Asiapac (Dongguan) Biotechnology Co., Ltd., China – 0.30 1 N/A
30 Korea Mouse Phenotyping Center (KMPC), South Korea 0.04 0.30 4 708.9%
31 Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd., Japan 0.83 0.29 6 -65.7%
32 Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Japan 0.02 0.29 3 1529.2%
33 Furukawa Techno Material Co., Ltd. (FTM), Japan – 0.29 1 N/A
33 Suntory Holdings Limited, Japan 0.03 0.29 2 844.6%
33 Blue Planet Marine (BPM), Australia – 0.29 1 N/A
34 Annoroad Gene Technology Co., Ltd., China 0.15 0.28 2 77.6%
35 Yikon Genomics Co. Ltd., China 0.29 0.28 1 -7.4%
36 Frontier Laboratories of Systems Crop Design Co. Ltd., China 0.04 0.27 1 589.5%
37 Ajinomoto Co., Inc., Japan 0.39 0.27 6 -33.6%
38 ABLife, Inc., China – 0.25 2 N/A
39 Sonic Healthcare Limited, Australia – 0.22 3 N/A
40 Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd., Japan – 0.22 1 N/A
41 Asahi Soft Drinks Co, Ltd., Japan – 0.21 1 N/A
42 Kao Corporation, Japan 0.25 0.21 4 -17.1%
43 Genovo Biotechnology Co., Ltd., China – 0.20 2 N/A
44 Canon Inc., Japan 0.38 0.20 1 -48.1%
44 Shanghai Medicilon Inc., China – 0.20 1 N/A
44 Kyulux, Inc., Japan – 0.20 1 N/A
44 Mizuho Information & Research Institute, Inc., Japan – 0.20 1 N/A
45 Mitsubishi Group, Japan 0.23 0.20 5 -15.6%
46 Araya Inc., Japan 0.25 0.20 3 -24.1%
47 Benitec Biopharma Ltd., Australia – 0.18 1 N/A
48 Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co., Ltd., Japan – 0.17 2 N/A
48 Teika Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Japan – 0.17 1 N/A
49 Nitto Denko Corporation, Japan – 0.15 2 N/A
50 Nanjing YSY Biotech Company, Ltd., China – 0.15 1 N/A

Footnote

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