2020 tables: Institutions

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 National Taiwan University (NTU), Taiwan 75.27 72.65 326 -6.6%
2 Academia Sinica, Taiwan 75.61 69.62 304 -10.9%
3 National Tsing Hua University (NTHU), Taiwan 51.10 49.71 194 -5.9%
4 National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU), Taiwan 30.50 34.84 110 10.5%
5 National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Taiwan 27.12 19.43 66 -30.7%
6 National Central University (NCU), Taiwan 16.85 15.64 136 -10.1%
7 National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU), Taiwan 12.28 14.76 33 16.3%
8 National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center (NSRRC), Taiwan 6.04 9.71 50 55.5%
9 Kaohsiung Medical University (KMU), Taiwan 5.25 6.66 38 22.7%
10 National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (NTUST), Taiwan 4.58 6.63 22 39.9%
11 National Chung Hsing University (NCHU), Taiwan 7.92 6.14 25 -25.0%
12 Formosa Plastics Group, Taiwan 6.49 5.70 30 -15.0%
13 National Chung Cheng University (CCU), Taiwan 5.33 5.14 11 -6.6%
14 National Sun Yat-Sen University (NSYSU), Taiwan 11.42 5.05 34 -57.2%
15 Chung Yuan Christian University (CYCU), Taiwan 3.53 4.89 16 34.1%
16 Taiwan Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), Taiwan 5.71 4.33 53 -26.7%
17 China Medical University (CMU), Taiwan 4.32 4.27 39 -4.4%
18 Tamkang University (TKU), Taiwan 2.01 4.13 15 99.3%
19 National Health Research Institutes (NHRI), Taiwan 5.89 3.55 24 -41.6%
20 National Dong Hwa University (NDHU), Taiwan 6.49 3.34 10 -50.2%
21 Taipei Medical University (TMU), Taiwan 3.70 3.05 24 -20.2%
22 National Taipei University of Technology (NTUT), Taiwan 2.92 2.89 14 -4.0%
23 Tunghai University, Taiwan 0.97 1.95 8 94.5%
24 Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), Taiwan 0.89 1.61 9 76.1%
25 Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu Chi Foundation, Taiwan 0.40 1.35 6 227.0%
26 National Defense Medical Center (NDMC), Taiwan 1.26 1.32 9 1.7%
27 National Taiwan Ocean University (NTOU), Taiwan 2.41 1.26 8 -49.4%
28 Foxconn Technology Group, Taiwan 0.86 1.03 9 16.3%
29 Personal Genomics, Inc., Taiwan – 1.00 1 N/A
30 Taipei Veterans General Hospital (TPEVGH), Taiwan 0.97 0.98 13 -2.6%
31 Chung Shan Medical University (CSMU), Taiwan – 0.88 5 N/A
32 National Applied Research Laboratories (NARLabs), Taiwan 1.33 0.83 5 -39.6%
33 The Presbyterian Church in Taiwan (PCT), Taiwan 1.45 0.79 4 -47.1%
34 Yuan Ze University, Taiwan 0.14 0.67 1 351.6%
35 National Chiayi University, Taiwan 0.58 0.62 5 3.8%
36 Everlight Electronics Co., Ltd., Taiwan – 0.50 1 N/A
37 I-Shou University, Taiwan – 0.49 4 N/A
38 National United University, Taiwan 0.22 0.42 21 85.7%
39 Feng Chia University (FCU), Taiwan 0.44 0.39 3 -14.8%
40 National Chengchi University (CNCCU), Taiwan 0.40 0.34 2 -16.8%
41 MiCareo Taiwan Co., Ltd., Taiwan – 0.33 1 N/A
42 Oleader Technologies, Co., Ltd., Taiwan 0.17 0.30 2 74.2%
43 Asia University, Taiwan 0.22 0.26 9 13.1%
44 Join Well Thin-Film Corp, Ltd., Taiwan – 0.25 1 N/A
44 Integrated Service Technology Inc. (IST), Taiwan – 0.25 1 N/A
45 National Chi Nan University (NCNU), Taiwan 2.36 0.24 3 -90.0%
46 Central Weather Bureau, Taiwan 0.36 0.24 2 -36.5%
47 Taiwan Endemic Species Research Institute (TESRI), Taiwan 0.02 0.23 2 1203.5%
48 National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology (First Tech), Taiwan 0.11 0.22 2 93.5%
48 OBI Pharma, Inc., Taiwan – 0.22 1 N/A
49 National Pingtung University (NPTU), Taiwan – 0.21 1 N/A
50 National Museum of Natural Science, Taiwan – 0.20 1 N/A
51 Chinese Culture University, Taiwan 0.09 0.20 2 112.9%
52 National Penghu University of Science and Technology (NPU), Taiwan – 0.19 1 N/A
53 Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan 0.14 0.18 4 21.4%
54 National University of Kaohsiung (NUK), Taiwan 2.17 0.17 2 -92.3%
55 AU Optronics Corp. (AUO), Taiwan – 0.17 1 N/A
55 National University of Tainan, Taiwan – 0.17 1 N/A
56 Atomic Energy Council (AEC), Taiwan 0.14 0.16 2 8.9%
57 National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST), Taiwan 0.37 0.16 6 -58.0%
58 Fu Jen Catholic University (FJU), Taiwan 0.13 0.16 3 20.0%
59 Chung Hwa University of Medical Technology (CUMT), Taiwan – 0.15 1 N/A
60 National Taichung University of Education (NTCU), Taiwan – 0.14 1 N/A
61 ScinoPharm Taiwan., Ltd., Taiwan – 0.13 1 N/A
62 National Changhua University of Education (NCUE), Taiwan 0.06 0.11 1 72.0%
63 Soochow University (SU), Taiwan – 0.10 1 N/A
63 Chaoyang University of Technology, Taiwan – 0.10 1 N/A
64 Stemforce Biotechnology Co., Ltd., Taiwan – 0.09 1 N/A
65 Enli Technology Co., Ltd., Taiwan – 0.07 1 N/A
66 Chi Mei Medical Center, Taiwan 0.08 0.06 1 -19.9%
67 Ming Chuan University (MCU), Taiwan – 0.06 1 N/A
68 National Yunlin University of Science and Technology (YunTech), Taiwan – 0.05 1 N/A
69 Taiwan Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW), Taiwan 0.21 0.05 2 -78.7%
70 Chilisin Electronics Corporation, Taiwan 0.06 0.04 8 -27.1%
70 Delta Electronics, Inc., Taiwan 0.06 0.04 8 -27.1%
70 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (TSMC), Taiwan 0.19 0.04 8 -78.4%
71 Taipei City Hospital, Taiwan 0.11 0.04 1 -63.7%
72 En Chu Kong Hospital (ECKH), Taiwan – 0.04 1 N/A
73 National Taitung University (NTTU), Taiwan – 0.03 1 N/A
74 Taiwan Forestry Research Institute (TFRI), Taiwan – 0.03 2 N/A
75 Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science, Taiwan 0.33 0.03 1 -92.7%
75 Chia-Yi Christian Hospital (CYCH), Taiwan – 0.03 1 N/A
76 ACT Genomics Co. Ltd., Taiwan – 0.02 1 N/A

Footnote

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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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