2019 tables: Institutions - Nature & Science

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 12.50 12.24 149 -8.8%
2 National Institute for Health and Medical Research (INSERM), France 2.51 2.48 34 -7.7%
3 The French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), France 2.60 1.97 29 -29.3%
4 Paris Cité University, France 2.04 1.66 30 -23.9%
5 Sorbonne University, France 1.91 1.59 31 -22.1%
6 University of Paris-Sud (UPSud), France 1.11 1.58 22 32.6%
7 Université PSL, France 1.72 1.40 28 -24.2%
8 University of Lyon, France 1.46 1.29 12 -17.2%
9 Grenoble Alpes University (UGA), France 1.05 1.28 18 13.4%
10 University of Toulouse, France 0.33 1.21 26 241.1%
11 National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE), France 1.33 1.21 25 -15.3%
12 Pasteur Institute, France 3.02 1.08 14 -66.7%
13 Institute of Research for Development (IRD), France 0.55 0.82 33 38.7%
14 Collège de France, France 0.38 0.81 8 97.7%
15 University of Strasbourg, France 0.60 0.73 11 14.7%
16 European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), France 1.25 0.73 5 -45.3%
17 University of Montpellier, France 1.32 0.67 19 -52.7%
18 Institute Gustave-Roussy (IGR), France 0.26 0.57 6 102.1%
19 Aix-Marseille University (AMU), France 0.36 0.54 15 37.6%
20 Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), France 0.12 0.52 5 286.8%
21 University of Bordeaux, France 0.81 0.51 12 -41.1%
22 National Museum of Natural History (MNHN), France 0.44 0.40 12 -15.0%
23 University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ), France 0.27 0.39 10 36.6%
24 Saint-Gobain SA, France – 0.38 2 N/A
25 National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control (INRIA), France 0.07 0.36 15 378.8%
26 Institut d'Optique Graduate School (IOGS), France 0.22 0.36 4 49.2%
27 National Office for Aerospace Studies and Research (ONERA), France – 0.30 3 N/A
28 École Polytechnique, France 0.01 0.30 7 2120.4%
29 University of Tours (UFR), France – 0.27 1 N/A
30 Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES), France 0.17 0.24 14 33.2%
31 Paris-Est Créteil University (UPEC), France 0.22 0.23 6 -3.2%
32 Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD), France 0.04 0.22 5 408.7%
33 France Ministry of Culture, France 0.03 0.17 8 481.2%
34 Ligue Contre Le Cancer, France 0.04 0.16 2 243.3%
35 National Teacher Training School in Agronomy (ENSFEA), France – 0.15 1 N/A
36 French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea (Ifremer), France 0.00 0.15 5 58800.8%
37 Thales S.A., France 0.25 0.14 2 -47.7%
38 France Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy, France 0.18 0.14 9 -30.2%
39 AgroParisTech, France 0.42 0.13 5 -70.0%
40 National Institute of Applied Sciences (INSA), France 0.30 0.13 4 -59.4%
41 European Space Agency (ESA), France 0.31 0.13 2 -60.5%
42 University of Nantes, France 0.00 0.12 3 3670.8%
43 University of Savoy (USMB), France 0.30 0.12 5 -62.5%
44 University of Haute-Alsace (UHA), France – 0.11 1 N/A
45 The University of Perpignan Via Domitia (UPVD), France 0.03 0.11 2 227.2%
46 Gustave Eiffel University, France 0.00 0.10 3 2975.7%
47 University of Picardie Jules Verne (UPJV), France – 0.09 2 N/A
48 Theranyx Sarl, France – 0.08 1 N/A
48 National School of Agricultural Engineering of Bordeaux (Bordeaux Sciences Agro), France – 0.08 1 N/A
49 University of Western Brittany (UBO), France – 0.08 2 N/A
49 University of South Brittany (UBS), France – 0.08 2 N/A
50 National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research (INRAP), France 0.01 0.08 6 885.7%
51 University of Rennes 1, France 0.09 0.08 4 -16.7%
52 University of Franche-Comté (UFC), France 0.03 0.08 2 179.6%
53 Zoo de Lyon, France – 0.08 1 N/A
54 Centre Antoine-Lacassagne (CAL), France – 0.07 1 N/A
55 Lyon University Hospital (HCL), France 0.11 0.07 3 -37.7%
56 Montpellier SupAgro, France 0.04 0.07 6 75.1%
57 University of Évry-Val d'Essonne (UEVE), France 0.09 0.06 6 -33.7%
58 Sanofi, France 0.93 0.06 1 -93.8%
58 Centre Georges-François Leclerc (CGFL), France – 0.06 1 N/A
59 University Clermont Auvergne, France 0.04 0.06 2 53.8%
60 Etablissement Français du Sang (EFS), France 0.01 0.06 3 481.3%
61 École des Ponts ParisTech (ENPC), France 0.01 0.06 3 320.8%
62 The Fondation ARC, France – 0.06 1 N/A
63 Pantheon-Sorbonne University (Paris 1), France 0.01 0.05 3 556.9%
64 University of Paris Nord (Paris 13), France 0.00 0.05 2 5217.6%
65 Alps Grenoble University Hospital (CHU Grenoble Alpes), France 0.13 0.05 1 -64.2%
66 University of Angers, France – 0.05 1 N/A
67 School of Higher Studies in Social Sciences (EHESS), France – 0.05 2 N/A
68 École Supérieure de Danse de Cannes Rosella Hightower, France 0.03 0.05 8 45.4%
68 CHU Nice, France 0.03 0.05 8 45.4%
68 HESAM Université, France 0.03 0.05 8 45.4%
68 Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional de Nice (CRR), France 0.03 0.05 8 45.4%
68 École Supérieure de Réalisation Audiovisuelle (ESRA), France 0.03 0.05 8 45.4%
68 Centre Nationaux de Création Musicale (CIRM), France 0.03 0.05 8 45.4%
68 Sustainable Design School (SDS), France 0.03 0.05 8 45.4%
68 National School of Fine Arts at the Villa Arson, France 0.03 0.05 8 45.4%
68 EDHEC Business School, France 0.03 0.05 8 45.4%
69 Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP), France 0.08 0.04 3 -48.9%
70 University Institute of France (IUF), France – 0.04 2 N/A
71 École Nationale des Travaux Publics de l'État (ENTPE), France 0.01 0.04 1 222.6%
72 Oceanographic Observatory in Banyuls-sur-Mer (Arago Laboratory), France – 0.04 1 N/A
73 Centre Léon Bérard (CLB), France 0.11 0.04 1 -68.1%
74 University of Lorraine (UL), France 0.06 0.03 1 -48.9%
75 French National Railway Company (SNCF), France – 0.03 1 N/A
76 University of the French West Indies (UAG), France 0.01 0.03 2 132.6%
77 CHU Limoges, France – 0.03 1 N/A
78 Institut Laue Langevin (ILL), France – 0.03 1 N/A
79 University of Paris Ouest (Paris 10), France 0.01 0.03 4 214.7%
80 National Forest Office (ONF), France – 0.02 1 N/A
81 École Supérieure d'Électricité (Supélec), France – 0.02 3 N/A
81 Centrale Graduate School, France – 0.02 3 N/A
82 University of Burgundy, France 0.00 0.02 3 477.9%
83 IÉSEG School of Management, France – 0.02 1 N/A
84 French School of Public Health (EHESP), France 0.00 0.02 1 1997.1%
85 Paul Valéry University (Montpellier III), France 0.02 0.02 4 -14.6%
86 National School for Water and Environmental Engineering of Strasbourg (ENGEES), France – 0.02 2 N/A
87 Natural History Museum of La Rochelle, France – 0.02 1 N/A
87 French School of Asian Studies (EFEO), France – 0.02 1 N/A
88 École Centrale Lyon, France 0.01 0.01 1 19.8%
89 GHU Paris Psychiatry and Neurosciences, France – 0.01 1 N/A
90 University of Lille Nord de France, France 0.13 0.01 3 -91.0%
91 Bretagne Loire University, France 0.00 0.01 1 1301.5%
91 KEDGE Business School (KEDGE BS), France – 0.01 1 N/A
92 Control of Artificial Movement and Intuitive Neuroprosthesis (CAMIN), France – 0.01 1 N/A
92 University of Avignon, France – 0.01 1 N/A
93 University of Orléans, France 0.04 0.01 1 -75.0%
94 Université Bordeaux Montaigne (Bordeaux 3), France – 0.01 1 N/A
95 Office National de la Chasse et de la Faune Sauvage (ONCFS), France – 0.01 1 N/A
96 Électricité de France S.A. (EDF), France – 0.01 1 N/A
97 Centre d'études et de Recours sur les Thérapies Immunomodulatrices du Cancer (CERTIM), France – 0.01 1 N/A
97 Antea Archeologie Sarl, France – 0.01 1 N/A
97 Service archéologique, Conseil Général de la Haute-Savoie, France – 0.01 1 N/A
98 Institut d'Enseignement Supérieur et de Recherche en Alimentation, Santé Animale, Sciences Agronomiques et de l'Environnement (VetAgro Sup), France – 0.01 1 N/A
99 Service Régional de l'Archéologie de Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France – 0.00 1 N/A
100 University of New Caledonia (UNC), France – 0.00 1 N/A

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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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