2019 tables: Institutions - chemistry

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 French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), France 241.26 243.85 1134 -5.0%
2 Max Planck Society, Germany 209.08 229.05 568 3.0%
3 University of Oxford, United Kingdom (UK) 131.03 132.81 266 -4.7%
4 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich), Switzerland 133.27 129.66 252 -8.5%
5 University of Cambridge, United Kingdom (UK) 128.01 119.36 257 -12.3%
6 Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres, Germany 130.69 116.85 444 -15.9%
7 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland 91.85 102.90 195 5.3%
8 Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich (LMU), Germany 69.80 91.32 176 23.0%
9 University of Münster (WWU), Germany 73.07 76.30 119 -1.8%
10 The University of Manchester (UoM), United Kingdom (UK) 93.10 75.61 154 -23.6%
11 Leibniz Association, Germany 86.02 71.60 189 -21.7%
12 Imperial College London (ICL), United Kingdom (UK) 63.23 65.37 169 -2.8%
13 Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany 59.71 65.31 150 2.8%
14 RWTH Aachen University (RWTH Aachen), Germany 57.69 65.10 144 6.1%
15 Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Spain 52.52 62.51 240 11.9%
16 University of Bristol (UoB), United Kingdom (UK) 65.51 58.26 96 -16.4%
17 Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Spain 52.77 55.58 124 -1.0%
18 Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Russia 67.20 54.75 148 -23.4%
19 University of Göttingen, Germany 59.29 48.06 88 -23.8%
20 University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU), Germany 48.01 46.91 104 -8.1%
21 Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin), Germany 47.06 43.72 86 -12.7%
22 National Research Council (CNR), Italy 42.02 43.68 181 -2.3%
23 University of Groningen (RUG), Netherlands 58.86 43.46 79 -30.6%
24 University of Würzburg (JMU), Germany 49.32 42.79 73 -18.4%
25 University of Basel (UB), Switzerland 33.80 38.77 96 7.8%
26 Goethe University Frankfurt (GU), Germany 21.49 38.43 78 68.2%
27 Free University of Berlin (FU Berlin), Germany 40.53 38.26 143 -11.3%
28 Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), Netherlands 41.72 37.02 77 -16.6%
29 The French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), France 28.78 35.18 190 14.9%
30 Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU), Germany 26.39 35.10 87 25.1%
31 Heidelberg University (Uni Heidelberg), Germany 39.03 34.64 80 -16.5%
32 The University of Warwick (Warwick), United Kingdom (UK) 42.40 34.52 82 -23.4%
33 UCL, United Kingdom (UK) 32.46 34.25 122 -0.8%
34 TU Dresden, Germany 40.03 33.79 91 -20.6%
35 Catholic University of Leuven (KU Leuven), Belgium 39.96 33.73 74 -20.6%
36 University of Freiburg (Uni Freiburg), Germany 41.11 33.26 58 -23.9%
37 University of Regensburg (UR), Germany 34.79 32.71 62 -11.6%
38 Czech Academy of Sciences (CAS), Czech Republic 34.63 32.67 97 -11.3%
39 University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Denmark 27.38 32.61 85 12.0%
40 University of Geneva (UNIGE), Switzerland 30.67 32.56 71 -0.2%
41 Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), Netherlands 23.58 31.72 85 26.5%
42 Uppsala University (UU), Sweden 26.58 30.98 94 9.6%
43 Stockholm University, Sweden 27.41 30.67 85 5.2%
44 Ruhr University Bochum (RUB), Germany 29.05 30.58 71 -1.0%
45 University of Strasbourg, France 27.26 30.08 150 3.7%
46 University of Zurich (UZH), Switzerland 31.94 29.20 101 -14.1%
47 Ghent University (UGent), Belgium 26.37 28.97 61 3.3%
48 UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), United Kingdom (UK) 28.00 27.56 148 -7.4%
49 The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom (UK) 32.92 27.08 91 -22.7%
50 Chalmers University of Technology (Chalmers), Sweden 16.58 26.89 59 52.4%
51 University of Bonn (Uni Bonn), Germany 26.08 26.74 54 -3.6%
52 Leiden University, Netherlands 30.94 26.62 54 -19.1%
53 Philipps University of Marburg (Uni Marburg), Germany 24.26 25.85 54 0.2%
54 University of Valencia (UV), Spain 21.01 24.88 68 11.4%
55 University of York, United Kingdom (UK) 21.14 24.81 58 10.4%
56 University of Barcelona (UB), Spain 26.86 24.74 68 -13.4%
57 University of Glasgow, United Kingdom (UK) 22.19 24.48 72 3.7%
58 Aarhus University (AU), Denmark 27.32 24.36 56 -16.2%
59 Radboud University Nijmegen (RU), Netherlands 20.75 24.23 50 9.8%
60 The University of Sheffield, United Kingdom (UK) 29.86 24.13 54 -24.0%
61 Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark 18.57 24.09 67 22.0%
62 University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Spain 30.64 23.97 97 -26.4%
63 University of Paris-Sud (UPSud), France 22.34 23.92 133 0.7%
64 Utrecht University (UU), Netherlands 23.35 23.79 61 -4.2%
65 University of St Andrews, United Kingdom (UK) 29.68 23.78 75 -24.7%
66 The University of Nottingham (UoN), United Kingdom (UK) 24.81 23.65 56 -10.4%
67 Lund University (LU), Sweden 29.09 23.45 60 -24.2%
68 Leipzig University, Germany 26.97 23.43 47 -18.3%
69 University of Vienna, Austria 27.00 22.94 59 -20.1%
70 University of Santiago de Compostela (USC), Spain 19.34 22.14 55 7.6%
71 Giessen University (JLU), Germany 11.91 22.04 39 74.1%
72 University of Southampton (Soton), United Kingdom (UK) 17.69 21.92 66 16.5%
73 Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM), Spain 18.60 21.81 65 10.3%
74 Humboldt University of Berlin (HU Berlin), Germany 26.18 21.11 98 -24.2%
75 University of Amsterdam (UvA), Netherlands 20.25 21.09 71 -2.1%
76 Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU), Russia 21.01 20.93 58 -6.4%
77 Sorbonne University, France 22.77 20.48 151 -15.4%
78 University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom (UK) 24.59 20.36 56 -22.2%
79 University of Liverpool, United Kingdom (UK) 22.29 19.92 55 -16.0%
80 Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien), Austria 16.86 19.90 41 11.0%
81 University of Bath, United Kingdom (UK) 23.19 19.46 49 -21.1%
82 VU Amsterdam, Netherlands 3.30 19.43 52 453.8%
83 University of Tübingen (Uni Tübingen), Germany 22.17 19.34 39 -17.9%
84 Polish Academy of Sciences (PAS), Poland 22.77 18.90 57 -22.0%
85 KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden 19.40 18.58 77 -10.0%
86 University of Bordeaux, France 16.76 18.56 97 4.1%
87 University of Konstanz, Germany 25.44 18.53 34 -31.5%
88 TU Dortmund University, Germany 25.59 18.52 40 -31.9%
89 University of Toulouse, France 20.46 18.49 110 -15.1%
90 University of Bologna (UNIBO), Italy 15.48 18.47 59 12.2%
91 Italian Institute of Technology (IIT), Italy 14.08 18.38 55 22.7%
92 University of Stuttgart, Germany 22.49 17.86 45 -25.3%
93 Saarland University (Saar-Uni), Germany 6.61 17.71 43 151.8%
94 University of Lyon, France 20.59 17.26 79 -21.2%
95 Durham University, United Kingdom (UK) 18.02 16.97 34 -11.5%
96 University of Twente (UTwente), Netherlands 10.18 16.72 31 54.4%
97 National Institute of Applied Sciences (INSA), France 16.44 16.56 163 -5.3%
98 University of Warsaw (UW), Poland 14.80 16.38 29 4.0%
99 Aalto University, Finland 10.73 16.08 46 40.9%
100 University of Hamburg (UHH), Germany 12.25 15.99 58 22.8%

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