2019 tables: Institutions - Nature & Science - 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 F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG, Switzerland 2.24 5.01 13 109.0%
2 Alphabet Inc., United States of America (USA) 2.20 4.88 9 106.4%
3 Merck & Co., Inc., United States of America (USA) 3.67 4.43 8 12.6%
4 IBM Corporation, United States of America (USA) 3.02 4.16 10 28.5%
5 Novartis International AG, Switzerland 3.80 1.93 8 -52.7%
6 D-Wave Systems, Inc., Canada – 1.92 2 N/A
7 GlaxoSmithKline plc. (GSK), United Kingdom (UK) 0.67 1.87 8 159.0%
8 Pfizer Inc., United States of America (USA) 0.11 1.48 5 1169.8%
9 Amgen Inc., United States of America (USA) 0.90 1.38 7 42.2%
10 Toshiba Corporation, Japan – 1.00 1 N/A
10 Sosei Co., Ltd., Japan 1.46 1.00 1 -36.3%
11 Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS), United States of America (USA) 1.22 0.93 5 -28.3%
12 Johnson & Johnson, United States of America (USA) 0.84 0.69 4 -24.3%
13 Samsung Group, South Korea 0.57 0.63 5 3.0%
14 Intel Corporation, United States of America (USA) 0.17 0.60 1 235.5%
15 AstraZeneca plc, United Kingdom (UK) 0.39 0.55 3 30.5%
16 BGI, China 0.85 0.52 4 -43.1%
17 Novome Biotechnologies, Inc., United States of America (USA) – 0.50 1 N/A
18 Anglo American plc, United Kingdom (UK) 0.26 0.48 2 70.7%
19 Nokia Corporation, Finland – 0.46 2 N/A
20 Genmab B.V., Netherlands – 0.41 1 N/A
21 Saint-Gobain SA, France – 0.38 2 N/A
22 MyHeritage, Israel – 0.36 2 N/A
23 Illumina, Inc., United States of America (USA) 0.10 0.35 4 210.9%
24 Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc., United States of America (USA) 0.29 0.34 2 7.5%
25 BioNano Genomics, United States of America (USA) 0.13 0.33 3 128.4%
26 Thinkcyte Inc., Japan – 0.32 1 N/A
27 C. H. Boehringer Sohn AG & Co. KG (Boehringer Ingelheim), Germany – 0.31 2 N/A
28 Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT), Japan – 0.31 3 N/A
29 Eisai Co., Ltd., Japan – 0.31 1 N/A
29 D. E. Shaw Research, United States of America (USA) – 0.31 1 N/A
30 Leidos Holdings, Inc., United States of America (USA) 0.32 0.31 4 -10.1%
31 Immatics Biotechnologies GmbH, Germany – 0.30 1 N/A
32 Gilead Sciences, Inc., United States of America (USA) – 0.30 2 N/A
33 New England Biolabs, Inc. (NEB), United States of America (USA) 1.00 0.29 1 -72.6%
34 Royal Dutch Shell plc (Shell), Netherlands – 0.27 1 N/A
35 Asymchem Labs., China 0.23 0.27 1 7.7%
36 Argenx SE, Belgium – 0.25 1 N/A
36 Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc. (AER), United States of America (USA) – 0.25 1 N/A
37 AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Austria 0.08 0.25 4 175.9%
38 Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Japan – 0.24 1 N/A
39 Wuhan Frasergen Bioinformatics Co., Ltd., China – 0.24 1 N/A
40 Integral Molecular, Inc., United States of America (USA) – 0.21 1 N/A
41 TES Pharma S.r.l., Italy – 0.21 1 N/A
42 ExpreS2ion Biotechnologies Aps, Denmark – 0.19 1 N/A
43 DowDuPont Inc., United States of America (USA) 0.12 0.19 3 42.4%
44 WuXi AppTec, China – 0.18 2 N/A
45 UCB S.A., Belgium – 0.18 1 N/A
46 Puma Biotechnology, Inc., United States of America (USA) – 0.17 1 N/A
47 China State Shipbuilding Corporation Limited (CSSC), China 0.03 0.16 4 390.4%
48 LG Corporation, South Korea – 0.15 1 N/A
48 Shimadzu Corporation, Japan – 0.15 1 N/A
49 Chengdu Institute of Organic Chemistry (CIOC), CAS, China – 0.15 1 N/A
50 BASF SE, Germany – 0.15 3 N/A

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