2020 tables: Institutions - Earth & environmental sciences - academic

The 2020 tables are based on Nature Index data from 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2019.

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# Institution Share 2018 Share 2019 Count 2019 Change in Adjusted Share* 2018–2019
1 University of Barcelona (UB), Spain 5.44 7.27 43 29.5%
2 University of Cantabria (UC), Spain 1.86 4.09 8 112.6%
3 University of Granada (UGR), Spain 6.84 4.06 21 -42.6%
4 University of the Balearic Islands (UIB), Spain 2.32 3.26 14 36.3%
5 Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), Spain 4.01 3.07 31 -25.8%
6 King Juan Carlos University (URJC), Spain 1.60 2.60 8 57.9%
7 Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), Spain 1.70 2.26 11 28.7%
8 Complutense University of Madrid (UCM), Spain 3.91 2.15 12 -46.7%
9 Technical University of Madrid (UPM), Spain 1.97 1.94 8 -4.2%
10 University of Santiago de Compostela (USC), Spain 3.13 1.87 5 -42.0%
11 Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM), Spain 0.45 1.87 5 301.5%
12 University of Cádiz (UCA), Spain 0.37 1.84 8 376.1%
13 University of Almeria (UAL), Spain 0.48 1.61 8 225.3%
14 University of Málaga (UMA), Spain 0.18 1.50 5 706.0%
15 University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Spain 2.81 1.49 5 -48.6%
16 University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM), Spain 1.08 1.25 2 12.5%
17 University of Valencia (UV), Spain 2.05 1.20 10 -43.3%
18 University of Girona (UdG), Spain 2.22 1.16 3 -49.3%
19 Technical University of Cartagena (UPCT), Spain – 1.13 2 N/A
20 University of Lleida (UDL), Spain 0.65 1.00 2 49.8%
21 Pablo de Olavide University (UPO), Spain 1.00 0.89 4 -13.9%
22 University of Alcalá (UAH), Spain 0.23 0.84 6 248.5%
23 University of Extremadura (UEx), Spain 2.30 0.81 5 -66.0%
24 University of Navarra (UNAV), Spain 0.91 0.70 2 -25.5%
24 Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV), Spain 1.64 0.70 2 -58.6%
24 University of Murcia (UMU), Spain 1.22 0.70 2 -44.4%
25 University of Zaragoza (Unizar), Spain 2.65 0.61 4 -77.8%
26 University of León (ULE), Spain – 0.50 1 N/A
27 Jaume I University (UJI), Spain 0.34 0.43 1 22.4%
28 University of Jaén (UJU), Spain 0.70 0.41 4 -43.3%
29 University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC), Spain 0.38 0.38 2 -2.4%
30 University of La Laguna (ULL), Spain 0.08 0.38 7 344.7%
31 University of Alicante (UA), Spain 0.25 0.36 4 38.4%
32 Rovira i Virgili University (URV), Spain 0.09 0.33 3 259.3%
33 University of Valladolid (UVa), Spain – 0.24 2 N/A
34 University of Oviedo (UniOvi), Spain 1.18 0.17 2 -86.1%
35 University of Salamanca (USAL), Spain 0.25 0.15 2 -43.3%
36 University of Seville (US), Spain 1.27 0.14 2 -89.3%
37 Pompeu Fabra University (UPF), Spain 0.20 0.10 3 -48.4%
38 Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona GSE), Spain – 0.09 1 N/A
39 University of Vigo (UVIGO), Spain 0.74 0.07 3 -90.4%
40 University of Huelva (UHU), Spain 0.68 0.04 3 -94.0%
41 Nostra Senyora de Montserrat, Spain – 0.03 1 N/A
42 University of A Coruña (UDC), Spain – 0.02 1 N/A
43 University of La Rioja (UR), Spain – 0.01 1 N/A
44 Public University of Navarre (UPNA), Spain 0.07 0.01 1 -89.7%
45 University of Cordoba (UCO), Spain 0.40 0.00 1 -98.9%
46 Charles III University of Madrid (UC3M), Spain 0.35 0.00 1 -99.5%

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 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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