2019 tables: Institutions - Earth & environmental sciences

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 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich), Switzerland 80.74 92.00 255 4.1%
2 Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (EAWAG), Switzerland 21.52 24.40 78 3.6%
3 University of Bern (UniBE), Switzerland 13.81 15.80 56 4.5%
4 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland 15.20 14.52 54 -12.8%
5 University of Lausanne (UNIL), Switzerland 11.32 9.43 41 -23.9%
6 University of Zurich (UZH), Switzerland 7.54 7.35 39 -11.1%
7 University of Geneva (UNIGE), Switzerland 9.52 7.14 21 -31.5%
8 Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), Switzerland 5.81 6.21 20 -2.5%
9 Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), Switzerland 6.26 5.55 27 -19.1%
10 Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (EMPA), Switzerland 6.49 3.70 15 -47.9%
11 Agroscope, Switzerland 0.65 2.43 5 240.0%
12 University of Neuchâtel (UniNE), Switzerland 0.63 2.13 6 210.4%
13 University of Basel (UB), Switzerland 1.55 1.37 13 -19.4%
14 Federal Office for Meteorology and Climatology (MeteoSwiss), Switzerland 1.27 1.26 4 -9.3%
15 Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW), Switzerland 0.83 1.00 1 9.6%
16 University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW), Switzerland 1.71 0.59 2 -68.5%
17 International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Switzerland 0.17 0.59 4 213.1%
18 Federal Department of Defence Civil Protection and Sport (VBS), Switzerland 0.22 0.45 2 84.5%
19 Università della Svizzera Italiana (USI), Switzerland 0.02 0.41 2 1564.7%
20 University of Fribourg (UNIFR), Switzerland 0.26 0.38 5 30.3%
21 Kabelwerke Brugg AG Holding, Switzerland 0.25 0.33 1 21.8%
21 Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE), Switzerland – 0.33 1 N/A
22 University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland (HES-SO), Switzerland 0.11 0.31 1 169.1%
23 World Health Organization (WHO), Switzerland 0.43 0.29 4 -37.7%
24 Space Exploration Institute (SPACE-X), Switzerland – 0.29 2 N/A
25 Bern University of Applied Sciences (BUAS), Switzerland 0.09 0.29 1 197.1%
25 Swiss Water Association (VSA), Switzerland – 0.29 1 N/A
26 Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics (SIB), Switzerland – 0.22 2 N/A
27 Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL), Switzerland 0.71 0.20 1 -74.2%
27 Natural History Museum of Geneva (MHNG), Switzerland – 0.20 1 N/A
27 ARVE Research Sarl, Switzerland – 0.20 2 N/A
28 World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Switzerland 0.30 0.18 3 -44.6%
29 European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Switzerland 0.21 0.16 4 -29.0%
30 Stiftung Naturerbe Karst und Höhlen Obwalden (NeKO), Switzerland – 0.13 1 N/A
31 University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI), Switzerland 0.08 0.12 2 33.4%
32 Liebherr-International AG, Switzerland 0.10 0.10 1 -8.7%
32 Natural History Museum of Bern (NMBE), Switzerland 0.20 0.10 1 -54.3%
32 Haelixa AG, Switzerland – 0.10 1 N/A
32 Ecosens AG, Switzerland – 0.10 1 N/A
33 ABB Ltd., Switzerland – 0.08 1 N/A
34 Centre de Coordination pour la Protection des Amphibiens et Reptiles de Suisse (KARCH), Switzerland 0.04 0.06 2 51.0%
35 Natural History Museum of Basel, Switzerland – 0.06 1 N/A
36 Physikalisch-Meteorologisches Observatorium Davos and World Radiation Center (PMOD/WRC), Switzerland 0.26 0.04 3 -84.7%
37 CSD Ingenieure AG, Switzerland – 0.04 1 N/A
38 Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH), Switzerland 0.53 0.02 1 -95.9%
39 Competence Center for Underwater Archaeology and Dendrochronology, STEZ, Switzerland – 0.01 1 N/A
40 Bergwelten 21 AG, Switzerland – 0.01 1 N/A
40 Fondation Jean-Marcel Aubert, Switzerland – 0.01 1 N/A
41 Archaeological Service Kanton Thurgau (AATG), Switzerland – 0.01 1 N/A

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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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