2019 tables: Institutions - physical sciences

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

Table criteria

# Institution Share 2017 Share 2018 Count 2018 Change in Adjusted Share* 2017–2018
1 West University of Timișoara (UVT), Romania 1.02 3.02 65 179.5%
2 Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering (IFIN HH), Romania 3.83 1.52 133 -62.6%
3 Institute of Space Science (ISS), Romania 0.70 1.14 25 54.4%
4 National Institute of Materials Physics (NIMP), Romania 0.90 1.13 4 18.5%
5 Babeș-Bolyai University (UBB), Romania 0.64 0.96 9 43.0%
6 TVR Iaşi, Romania 0.50 2 N/A
6 Apollonia University, Romania 0.50 2 N/A
7 Alexandru Ioan Cuza University (UAIC), Romania 0.50 0.44 61 -15.5%
8 Romanian Academy, Romania 0.17 0.42 2 136.4%
9 Politehnica University of Timișoara (UPT), Romania 0.40 2 N/A
10 University of Bucharest (UB), Romania 0.57 0.33 4 -45.4%
11 University of Oradea, Romania 0.17 0.29 2 65.5%
12 Transylvanian Museum Society (EME), Romania 0.20 1 N/A
13 Transylvanian Institute of Neuroscience (TINS), Romania 0.13 1 N/A
14 Ştefan cel Mare University of Suceava (USV), Romania 0.11 1 N/A
15 Romanian Institute of Science and Technology (RIST), Romania 0.07 1 N/A
16 Academy of Romanian Scientists (AOSR), Romania 0.13 0.06 1 -58.0%
17 Romania Ministry of National Education, Romania 0.03 0.02 62 -17.1%
18 Transilvania University of Brașov (UniTBv), Romania 0.13 0.02 61 -84.7%
19 Politehnica University of Bucharest (UPB), Romania 0.08 0.01 9 -84.8%
20 National R&D Institute for Electrical Engineering (INCDIE ICPE-CA), Romania 0.00 0.00 1 57.6%
20 National Institute for Laser, Plasma and Radiation Physics (INFLPR), Romania 0.08 0.00 1 -98.6%

Footnote

Each year, the Nature Index publishes tables based on counts of high-quality research outputs in the previous calendar year. Users please note:

  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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The Nature Index database undergoes regular updating, corrections, adjustment of institutional hierarchies, and removal of retracted papers and thus the live website can differ from the frozen annual tables.

*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.