2019 tables: Institutions - chemistry - corporate

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 BASF SE, Germany 6.69 6.41 32 -10.0%
2 C. H. Boehringer Sohn AG & Co. KG (Boehringer Ingelheim), Germany 4.07 4.08 9 -5.8%
3 Bayer AG, Germany 1.74 3.57 13 92.7%
4 Center for Nanotechnology GmbH (CeNTech GmbH), Germany 2.26 2.83 15 17.6%
5 Merck KGaA, Germany 2.71 1.93 12 -32.8%
6 Evonik Industries AG, Germany 0.96 1.37 9 33.3%
7 AMO GmbH, Germany – 0.83 4 N/A
8 Bruker BioSpin GmbH, Germany 0.85 0.69 4 -24.4%
9 Robert Bosch GmbH, Germany 0.18 0.53 7 171.6%
10 GlycoThera GmbH, Germany – 0.50 1 N/A
11 Signatope GmbH, Germany – 0.46 2 N/A
12 Surflay Nanotec GmbH, Germany – 0.43 1 N/A
13 Labor Dr. Merk & Kollegen GmbH, Germany – 0.40 1 N/A
14 Proteros Biostructures GmbH, Germany – 0.30 2 N/A
15 Mast Diagnostica GmbH, Germany – 0.29 1 N/A
16 Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, Germany 0.22 0.27 7 18.9%
16 SAP AG, Germany 0.22 0.27 7 18.9%
17 Carl Zeiss AG, Germany – 0.27 2 N/A
18 NanoAnalytics GmbH, Germany – 0.26 2 N/A
19 AG der Dillinger Hüttenwerke, Germany – 0.25 1 N/A
19 Micromod Partikeltechnologie GmbH, Germany – 0.25 1 N/A
19 Coriolis Pharma Research GmbH, Germany – 0.25 1 N/A
19 Celltool GmbH, Germany – 0.25 1 N/A
20 European Virtual Institute for Speciation Analysis (EVISA), Germany – 0.24 3 N/A
21 PolyAn GmbH, Germany – 0.22 1 N/A
21 ATG:biosynthetics GmbH, Germany – 0.22 1 N/A
22 PCO AG, Germany – 0.20 1 N/A
22 glyXera GmbH, Germany – 0.20 1 N/A
23 Siemens AG, Germany 0.08 0.19 5 127.6%
24 Postnova Analytics GmbH, Germany – 0.18 1 N/A
24 IONTOF GmbH, Germany – 0.18 1 N/A
25 Jobst Technologies GmbH, Germany – 0.17 1 N/A
25 Faserinstitut Bremen e.V. (FIBRE), Germany – 0.17 1 N/A
26 Heraeus Holding GmbH, Germany 0.17 0.16 2 -12.2%
27 Silantes GmbH, Germany – 0.15 1 N/A
28 Biolog Life Science Institute, Germany – 0.15 1 N/A
29 Symrise AG, Germany – 0.15 2 N/A
30 Wacker Chemie AG, Germany – 0.14 1 N/A
30 Metabion International AG, Germany – 0.14 1 N/A
31 PNSensor GmbH, Germany 0.24 0.13 1 -50.4%
31 Attocube Systems AG, Germany – 0.13 1 N/A
31 SciClus GmbH & Co. KG, Germany – 0.13 1 N/A
32 IStLS - Information Services to Life Science, Germany – 0.11 1 N/A
33 Hummingbird Diagnostics GmbH, Germany – 0.09 1 N/A
34 Infineon Technologies AG, Germany 0.30 0.09 1 -71.5%
34 Emissionskonzepte Motoren UG, Germany – 0.09 1 N/A
35 Alere Technologies GmbH, Germany – 0.08 5 N/A
35 Analytik Jena AG, Germany – 0.08 5 N/A
36 Kerntechnische Entsorgung Karlsruhe GmbH (KTE), Germany – 0.08 1 N/A
37 BioMed X GmbH, Germany – 0.07 1 N/A
38 Charles River Discovery Research Services Germany GmbH, Germany – 0.07 1 N/A
39 Chemometrix GmbH, Germany 0.08 0.06 1 -29.5%
39 DyNAbind GmbH, Germany – 0.06 1 N/A
40 NMR Service GmbH, Germany – 0.06 1 N/A
41 Polymer Libraries GmbH, Germany – 0.04 1 N/A
42 X-Spectrum GmbH, Germany – 0.03 1 N/A
43 Hilti Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH, Germany – 0.03 1 N/A
44 Singulus Technologies AG, Germany – 0.02 1 N/A

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