2019 tables: Institutions

The 2019 tables are based on Nature Index data from 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2018.

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# Institution Share 2017 Share 2018 Count 2018 Change in Adjusted Share* 2017–2018
1 Utrecht University (UU), Netherlands 131.25 136.24 611 -2.0%
2 Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), Netherlands 73.92 96.67 258 23.4%
3 University of Amsterdam (UvA), Netherlands 78.10 89.28 545 7.9%
4 University of Groningen (RUG), Netherlands 112.12 89.09 321 -25.0%
5 Leiden University, Netherlands 85.96 76.65 327 -15.8%
6 Radboud University Nijmegen (RU), Netherlands 77.50 68.40 465 -16.7%
7 Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), Netherlands 66.78 63.07 153 -10.8%
8 VU Amsterdam, Netherlands 42.19 53.11 393 18.8%
9 Wageningen University & Research (WUR), Netherlands 51.88 46.60 163 -15.2%
10 University of Twente (UTwente), Netherlands 24.91 36.44 85 38.1%
11 NWO-I, the Institutes Organisation of NWO, Netherlands 31.37 29.58 312 -11.0%
12 Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR), Netherlands 23.04 25.73 161 5.4%
13 Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), Netherlands 16.13 16.65 125 -2.6%
14 Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI), Netherlands 19.45 15.81 74 -23.3%
15 Maastricht University (UM), Netherlands 11.19 12.02 63 1.4%
16 Oncode Institute, Netherlands – 8.88 48 N/A
17 Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), Netherlands 5.23 7.49 45 35.1%
18 Wetsus Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Water Technology, Netherlands 4.23 5.33 15 19.0%
19 Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), Netherlands 6.14 3.36 11 -48.3%
20 Royal Dutch Shell plc (Shell), Netherlands 2.88 3.22 15 5.6%
21 Sanquin Blood Supply, Netherlands 1.54 2.03 13 24.6%
22 PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, Netherlands 2.04 1.77 11 -17.8%
23 KWH Water B.V., Netherlands 2.62 1.74 11 -37.2%
24 Princess Maxima Centre for Pediatric Oncology (PMC), Netherlands 0.20 1.51 22 606.1%
25 Deltares, Netherlands 1.27 1.10 9 -18.4%
26 Lumileds Holding B.V., Netherlands – 0.99 4 N/A
27 Netherlands Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport (VWS), Netherlands 3.43 0.95 12 -74.0%
28 Netherlands eScience Center (NLeSC), Netherlands 0.17 0.94 6 430.2%
29 Merus N.V., Netherlands 0.43 0.88 2 94.0%
30 DENSsolutions B.V., Netherlands 0.07 0.80 4 957.3%
31 Dutch Polymer Institute (DPI), Netherlands 1.15 0.79 4 -35.2%
32 SyMO-Chem B.V., Netherlands 0.57 0.79 3 30.2%
33 Genmab B.V., Netherlands 1.53 0.78 2 -51.6%
34 Institute for Water Education (IHE Delft), Netherlands 0.66 0.77 4 11.0%
35 TI-COAST, Netherlands 0.77 0.75 4 -7.7%
35 Rijksmuseum, Netherlands – 0.75 2 N/A
36 Oasen N.V., Netherlands 0.58 0.72 3 16.2%
37 Evides N.V., Netherlands 0.13 0.70 2 425.9%
38 ASML, Netherlands 0.07 0.61 3 694.7%
39 Waternet, Netherlands 0.17 0.61 3 244.5%
40 Tagworks Pharmaceuticals, Netherlands – 0.61 2 N/A
41 Symeres, Netherlands – 0.59 3 N/A
42 Seaborough Research B.V., Netherlands – 0.57 1 N/A
43 The Ocean Cleanup, Netherlands 1.03 0.51 2 -53.7%
44 CNH Industrial N.V., Netherlands – 0.50 2 N/A
45 ProQR Therapeutics, Netherlands – 0.44 2 N/A
46 Partners4UrbanWater, Netherlands 0.10 0.43 2 301.2%
47 Biomedical Primate Research Centre (BPRC), Netherlands 0.83 0.39 2 -55.7%
48 Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN), Netherlands 0.75 0.39 3 -51.3%
49 Airbus SE, Netherlands 2.83 0.38 4 -87.2%
50 Het Waterlaboratorium, Netherlands – 0.38 3 N/A
51 Synvina C.V., Netherlands – 0.38 1 N/A
51 SkylineDx B.V, Netherlands – 0.38 1 N/A
52 Joint Institute for VLBI ERIC (JIVE), Netherlands 1.18 0.36 3 -71.3%
53 Rijk Zwaan Zaadteelt en Zaadhandel B.V., Netherlands 0.04 0.33 1 655.2%
53 Royal HaskoningDHV, Netherlands – 0.33 1 N/A
53 Redstack B.V., Netherlands – 0.33 1 N/A
53 Hoekmine B.V., Netherlands – 0.33 1 N/A
54 Akzo Nobel N.V., Netherlands 0.38 0.30 1 -24.5%
55 Syngaschem B.V., Netherlands 0.20 0.29 2 37.7%
56 TropIQ Health Sciences, Netherlands 0.06 0.25 1 275.9%
56 Greenpeace, Netherlands 0.56 0.25 1 -58.1%
56 Biothane Systems International B.V., Netherlands – 0.25 1 N/A
56 TOPIGS Research Center IPG, Netherlands – 0.25 1 N/A
56 BYK Netherlands B.V., Netherlands – 0.25 1 N/A
57 Royal Netherlands Aerospace Centre (Royal NLR), Netherlands 0.20 0.22 1 4.9%
57 Centre for Analytical Science Amsterdam (CASA), Netherlands – 0.22 1 N/A
58 Stichting Epilepsie Instellingen Nederland (SEIN), Netherlands – 0.22 6 N/A
59 Pepscan Holding NV, Netherlands 0.50 0.20 1 -62.2%
59 Bio-Prodict BV, Netherlands – 0.20 1 N/A
60 Netherlands Genomics Initiative (NGI), Netherlands 0.32 0.20 9 -41.4%
61 Koninklijke Philips N.V. (Philips), Netherlands 2.05 0.19 6 -91.0%
62 Open University of the Netherlands, Netherlands – 0.19 4 N/A
63 Biolegio B.V., Netherlands – 0.18 1 N/A
64 PamGene International B.V., Netherlands – 0.17 3 N/A
65 DUNEA, Netherlands 0.25 0.17 1 -37.1%
65 Dutch Techcentre for Life Sciences (DTLS), Netherlands – 0.17 1 N/A
65 InnoSyn B.V., Netherlands – 0.17 1 N/A
65 Cat Drop Foundation, Netherlands – 0.17 1 N/A
66 Keygene N.V., Netherlands – 0.16 3 N/A
67 MC Slotervaart, Netherlands – 0.16 2 N/A
68 DELMIC B.V., Netherlands 0.11 0.16 2 36.1%
69 Océ Technologies B.V., Netherlands – 0.15 2 N/A
70 The Martini Hospital, Netherlands 0.01 0.15 1 1468.4%
71 Diakonessenhuis, Netherlands – 0.15 1 N/A
72 Koninklijke DSM N.V. (DSM), Netherlands 1.82 0.15 4 -92.5%
73 Zuyderland Medical Center, Netherlands – 0.14 3 N/A
74 Simbeyond B.V., Netherlands 0.11 0.14 1 21.4%
74 Interna Technologies B.V., Netherlands 0.33 0.14 1 -59.5%
74 FrieslandCampina, Netherlands – 0.14 1 N/A
74 BV Cyclotron VU, Netherlands – 0.14 1 N/A
75 LUMICKS B.V., Netherlands 0.07 0.13 1 65.2%
75 Bioclear Earth B.V., Netherlands 0.08 0.13 1 41.6%
75 DEBtox Research, Netherlands 0.25 0.13 1 -52.8%
75 University of Applied Sciences (HAN), Netherlands – 0.13 1 N/A
75 Netherlands Forensic Institute (NFI), Netherlands – 0.13 1 N/A
75 NIZO Food Research B.V., Netherlands – 0.13 1 N/A
75 Knowledge2Brain, Netherlands – 0.13 1 N/A
75 To-BBB technologies B.V., Netherlands – 0.13 1 N/A
76 Dunea Water Company, Netherlands – 0.11 1 N/A
76 Sovon Dutch Centre for Field Ornithology, Netherlands – 0.11 1 N/A
76 BaseClear B.V., Netherlands – 0.11 1 N/A
76 UbiQ Bio B.V., Netherlands – 0.11 1 N/A
76 NanoPhab B.V., Netherlands – 0.11 1 N/A
77 Vitens Water Company, Netherlands – 0.11 2 N/A
78 Dutch Breast Cancer Research Group, Netherlands – 0.10 1 N/A
79 RheaVita NL, Netherlands – 0.10 1 N/A
79 Isala Clinics, Netherlands – 0.10 1 N/A
80 ASM International NV, Netherlands – 0.10 1 N/A
81 Solenne B.V., Netherlands 0.14 0.09 1 -39.9%
81 Feyecon, Netherlands – 0.09 1 N/A
81 KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation, Netherlands – 0.09 1 N/A
82 Bioceros B.V., Netherlands 0.09 0.08 1 -13.5%
82 Chrono@Work B.V., Netherlands – 0.08 1 N/A
82 U-Protein Express B.V., Netherlands – 0.08 1 N/A
82 Dutch Institute for Emergent Phenomena (DIEP), Netherlands – 0.08 1 N/A
82 European Climate Foundation (ECF), Netherlands – 0.08 1 N/A
83 Parnassia The Hague, Netherlands – 0.08 1 N/A
84 Qiagen N.V., Netherlands 0.13 0.08 2 -45.9%
85 SURFsara, Netherlands 0.02 0.08 3 217.2%
86 NovioSense B.V., Netherlands – 0.08 1 N/A
87 Dutch Heart Foundation, Netherlands 0.00 0.07 7 1604.1%
88 Materials Innovation Institute (M2i), Netherlands 0.06 0.07 1 7.9%
88 Netherlands Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, Netherlands – 0.07 1 N/A
89 PolyOmica, Netherlands 0.02 0.06 2 175.1%
90 Amarna Therapeutics B.V., Netherlands – 0.06 1 N/A
91 Canisius-Wilhelmina Hospital (CWZ), Netherlands – 0.06 3 N/A
92 Department of Monuments and Archaeology, Municipality of Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands – 0.06 1 N/A
93 A/gent Consultancy B.V., Netherlands – 0.06 1 N/A
93 Association of Dutch Burn Centres (ADBC), Netherlands – 0.06 1 N/A
94 ISTEQ B.V., Netherlands – 0.06 1 N/A
95 NXP Semiconductors N.V., Netherlands 0.04 0.06 7 22.9%
96 Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO), Netherlands 0.35 0.05 8 -85.4%
97 DDL Diagnostic Laboratory, Netherlands 0.17 0.05 1 -69.4%
98 Netherlands Brain Bank (NBB), Netherlands – 0.05 1 N/A
98 Amphia Hospital, Netherlands – 0.05 1 N/A
99 Cultural Heritage Agency, Netherlands – 0.05 2 N/A
100 Percuros B.V., Netherlands – 0.05 1 N/A
100 Dispoltec BV, Netherlands – 0.05 1 N/A
101 Reade, Netherlands 0.01 0.05 1 594.9%
102 Top Institute Food and Nutrition (TIFN), Netherlands 0.41 0.05 1 -89.5%
103 SupraPolix B.V., Netherlands 0.20 0.04 1 -80.2%
104 Netherlands Metabolomics Centre (NMC), Netherlands – 0.04 1 N/A
105 Amsterdam Research, Netherlands 0.03 0.04 8 15.8%
106 Innatoss Laboratories, Netherlands – 0.04 1 N/A
107 Máxima Medical Center, Netherlands – 0.03 1 N/A
108 MAASTRO Clinic, Netherlands – 0.03 1 N/A
109 Arkin Mental Health Care, Netherlands – 0.03 2 N/A
109 GGZ Drenthe, Netherlands – 0.03 2 N/A
110 Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions (AMS Institute), Netherlands 0.00 0.03 1 4204.4%
111 Artemis One Health Research Foundation, Netherlands – 0.03 1 N/A
112 ENPICOM BV, Netherlands – 0.03 1 N/A
113 Core Life Analytics BV, Netherlands – 0.03 1 N/A
113 2-BBB Medicines BV, Netherlands – 0.03 1 N/A
114 GGZ inGeest, Netherlands 0.02 0.02 8 3.5%
115 GGZ Noord-Holland-Noord, Netherlands – 0.02 1 N/A
116 Snijder Bioscience B.V., Netherlands – 0.02 1 N/A
117 Virenze Riagg Maastricht, Netherlands – 0.02 1 N/A
118 Synapse B.V., Netherlands – 0.02 1 N/A
119 ACE Kempenhaeghe, Netherlands – 0.01 1 N/A
120 BIAX Consult, Netherlands – 0.01 1 N/A
121 Psychiatric Center GGZ Centraal, Netherlands – 0.01 1 N/A
121 Delta Psychiatric Hospital, Netherlands – 0.01 1 N/A
122 Bionet Natuuronderzoek, Netherlands – 0.01 1 N/A
123 Admiraal De Ruyter Ziekenhuis, Netherlands – 0.01 2 N/A
124 European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA), Netherlands – 0.01 1 N/A
125 ServiceXS B.V., Netherlands – 0.01 1 N/A
126 Karakter Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Netherlands 0.05 0.01 2 -89.0%
127 Public Health Service Amsterdam (GGD), Netherlands – 0.01 1 N/A
128 Bureau Waardenburg B.V., Netherlands – 0.01 1 N/A
128 Eichhorn Ecologie, Netherlands – 0.01 1 N/A
128 Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA), Netherlands – 0.01 1 N/A
129 Interuniversity Cardiology Institute of the Netherlands (ICIN), Netherlands 0.01 0.01 3 -62.6%
130 Health Care Inspectorate (IGZ), Netherlands 0.01 0.00 2 -61.7%
131 Team Loyalty B.V., Netherlands – 0.00 1 N/A
132 Batavia Biosciences B.V., Netherlands 0.01 0.00 3 -80.7%
133 Yulius Mental Health Organisation, Netherlands – 0.00 1 N/A
133 Altrecht, Netherlands – 0.00 1 N/A
134 McRoberts B.V., Netherlands 0.01 0.00 2 -88.3%
135 The Bascule, Netherlands – 0.00 1 N/A
135 Zorg op Orde B.V., Netherlands – 0.00 1 N/A
136 Panteia, Netherlands – 0.00 1 N/A

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