2020 tables: Institutions - Earth & environmental sciences

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

Table criteria

# Institution Share 2018 Share 2019 Count 2019 Change in Adjusted Share* 2018–2019
1 French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), France 106.35 101.32 792 -7.7%
2 Institute of Research for Development (IRD), France 21.46 21.87 363 -1.2%
3 Université PSL, France 10.71 16.55 147 49.8%
4 Paris Cité University, France 18.24 16.49 123 -12.4%
5 Sorbonne University, France 11.68 11.13 165 -7.6%
6 University of Lyon, France 8.80 10.79 63 18.8%
7 National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE), France 10.97 10.47 110 -7.5%
8 University of Toulouse, France 9.13 9.17 105 -2.7%
9 The French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), France 12.35 8.89 100 -30.3%
10 Grenoble Alpes University (UGA), France 7.04 7.67 110 5.6%
11 France Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy, France 7.92 5.89 96 -27.9%
12 Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES), France 8.35 5.41 110 -37.2%
13 University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ), France 7.28 5.24 91 -30.2%
14 University of Lorraine (UL), France 5.77 5.16 43 -13.3%
15 University of Montpellier, France 3.95 5.10 59 25.0%
16 University of Strasbourg, France 4.86 5.08 33 1.2%
17 University of Savoy (USMB), France 3.93 4.87 74 20.2%
18 French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea (Ifremer), France 8.57 4.84 70 -45.3%
19 Gustave Eiffel University, France 5.14 4.33 72 -18.4%
20 University of Rennes 1, France 2.69 4.14 30 49.1%
21 National Museum of Natural History (MNHN), France 3.70 3.94 73 3.0%
22 University Clermont Auvergne, France 3.75 3.25 31 -16.1%
23 European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), France 4.36 3.18 20 -29.3%
24 Aix-Marseille University (AMU), France 3.56 3.14 44 -14.6%
25 University of the French West Indies (UAG), France 2.45 2.69 42 6.5%
26 Bureau de Recherches Geologiques et Minieres (BRGM), France 4.13 2.69 22 -37.0%
27 University of Orléans, France 2.00 2.60 23 25.9%
28 University of Poitiers, France 1.24 2.44 11 89.9%
29 University Institute of France (IUF), France 2.20 2.18 18 -4.0%
30 University of Western Brittany (UBO), France 1.96 1.92 41 -4.7%
30 University of South Brittany (UBS), France 1.84 1.92 41 1.0%
31 École Polytechnique, France 2.30 1.91 52 -19.4%
32 École des Ponts ParisTech (ENPC), France 2.20 1.84 37 -19.2%
33 University of Lille Nord de France, France 2.13 1.77 19 -19.5%
34 Institute for Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety (IRSN), France 3.40 1.72 5 -50.9%
35 National Institute of Applied Sciences (INSA), France 0.94 1.66 14 70.8%
36 Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP), France 2.20 1.65 35 -27.3%
37 European Space Agency (ESA), France 1.26 1.56 12 19.9%
38 Collège de France, France 1.72 1.36 22 -23.2%
39 CY Cergy Paris University, France 0.74 1.34 13 76.4%
40 IFP Energies Nouvelles (IFPEN), France 1.85 1.29 5 -32.6%
41 National Institute for Health and Medical Research (INSERM), France 0.67 1.14 24 65.7%
42 University of Paris-Sud (UPSud), France 2.20 1.06 38 -53.3%
43 National School for Water and Environmental Engineering of Strasbourg (ENGEES), France 0.08 1.05 6 1257.6%
44 University of Bordeaux, France 1.41 1.04 24 -28.6%
45 University of La Rochelle, France 0.68 1.02 7 45.7%
46 Veolia Environnement S.A., France 1.07 0.87 2 -21.4%
47 National School of Agricultural Engineering of Bordeaux (Bordeaux Sciences Agro), France 0.24 0.83 6 236.0%
48 Paris-Est Créteil University (UPEC), France 1.37 0.83 14 -41.3%
49 Montpellier SupAgro, France 0.70 0.78 12 9.0%
50 École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Rennes (ENSCR), France 0.31 0.77 5 139.1%
51 University of Nantes, France 1.02 0.77 11 -27.4%
52 ALomax Scientific, France 0.67 2 N/A
53 Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD), France 1.06 0.59 16 -46.1%
54 Lithophyse, France 0.58 2 N/A
55 AgroParisTech, France 1.13 0.55 23 -52.6%
56 Estellus, France 0.53 2 N/A
57 Bretagne Loire University, France 0.03 0.52 3 1396.5%
58 University of Angers, France 0.81 0.51 9 -38.9%
59 National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research (INRAP), France 0.03 0.50 8 1313.1%
60 Électricité de France S.A. (EDF), France 0.25 0.50 11 94.1%
61 Total S.A., France 1.84 0.46 3 -75.6%
62 CHRU de Besançon, France 0.44 1 N/A
63 University of Franche-Comté (UFC), France 0.53 0.42 6 -24.4%
64 University of Toulon (UTLN), France 0.41 0.42 7 -1.0%
65 Institut d'Enseignement Supérieur et de Recherche en Alimentation, Santé Animale, Sciences Agronomiques et de l'Environnement (VetAgro Sup), France 0.33 0.41 7 20.3%
66 National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control (INRIA), France 0.62 0.40 45 -38.0%
67 University of Burgundy, France 0.32 0.39 6 16.9%
68 Institut Mines-Télécom (IMT), France 1.00 0.38 19 -63.1%
69 Institut Polytechnique de Bordeaux (Bordeaux INP), France 0.11 0.38 1 226.1%
69 European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), France 0.38 1 N/A
70 The University of Perpignan Via Domitia (UPVD), France 0.15 0.37 11 134.3%
71 Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), France 0.15 0.35 1 121.6%
72 Centrale Lille, France 0.63 0.34 6 -47.7%
73 CHU de Poitiers, France 0.34 1 N/A
74 Orano, France 0.29 0.33 1 13.1%
75 Centre Européen de Recherche et de Formation Avancée en Calcul Scientifique (CERFACS), France 0.95 0.33 3 -66.3%
76 Centre de Recherches sur la Géologie des Matières Premières Minérales et Energétiques (CREGU), France 0.39 0.30 5 -24.2%
77 University of Rouen, France 0.39 0.30 2 -25.0%
78 École Supérieure de Danse de Cannes Rosella Hightower, France 0.19 0.30 32 49.6%
78 CHU Nice, France 0.19 0.30 32 49.6%
78 Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional de Nice (CRR), France 0.19 0.30 32 49.6%
78 Centre Nationaux de Création Musicale (CIRM), France 0.19 0.30 32 49.6%
78 Sustainable Design School (SDS), France 0.19 0.30 32 49.6%
78 National School of Fine Arts at the Villa Arson, France 0.19 0.30 32 49.6%
78 EDHEC Business School, France 0.19 0.30 32 49.6%
78 École Supérieure de Réalisation Audiovisuelle (ESRA), France 0.19 0.30 32 49.6%
78 HESAM Université, France 0.37 0.30 32 -23.0%
79 University of Tours (UFR), France 0.29 3 N/A
80 SIAAP Headquarter, France 0.22 0.29 1 24.6%
81 École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier (ENSCM), France 0.21 0.27 1 21.1%
82 SIGMA Clermont, France 0.75 0.25 6 -67.3%
83 Paris Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po), France 0.01 0.25 2 2226.0%
83 Nantes Atlantic College of Veterinary Medicine, Food Science and Engineering (Oniris), France 0.01 0.25 1 2032.2%
83 University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA), France 0.38 0.25 1 -35.5%
83 French School of Asian Studies (EFEO), France 0.25 1 N/A
83 Société Astronomique de France (SAF), France 0.25 1 N/A
83 ACRI-ST, France 0.25 1 N/A
83 Union des Marais de la Charente-Maritime (UNIMA), France 0.25 1 N/A
84 Le Mans University, France 0.07 0.24 2 219.5%
85 University of Évry-Val d'Essonne (UEVE), France 0.41 0.24 1 -44.0%
86 Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI), France 0.20 2 N/A
87 Air Liquide, France 0.20 1 N/A
88 Pantheon-Sorbonne University (Paris 1), France 0.21 0.19 3 -9.5%
89 ATMO Guyane, France 0.18 1 N/A
90 École Nationale Supérieure Mines-Télécom Lille-Douai (IMT Lille Douai), France 0.34 0.18 2 -48.5%
91 Paul Valéry University (Montpellier III), France 0.26 0.17 7 -35.3%
92 National Forest Office (ONF), France 0.02 0.17 1 578.4%
92 Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), France 0.17 1 N/A
92 Réseau National de Surveillance Aérobiologique (RNSA), France 0.17 1 N/A
93 School of Higher Studies in Social Sciences (EHESS), France 0.05 0.15 9 193.8%
94 École des Mines d'Alès (EMA), France 0.03 0.15 2 408.8%
95 Suez S.A., France 0.14 0.14 1 -3.1%
95 Conservatoire Botanique National de Bailleul (CBNBL), France 0.14 1 N/A
95 French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (Anses), France 0.14 1 N/A
95 Conservatoire Botanique National de Franche-Comté, Observatoire Régional des Invertébrés (CBNFC-ORI), France 0.14 1 N/A
95 ERM Poitiers, France 0.14 1 N/A
95 Agency for Consultation and Research in Oceanography (ACRO), France 0.14 1 N/A
95 Febus Optics SAS, France 0.14 1 N/A
95 Société du Canal de Provence (SCP), France 0.14 1 N/A
96 University of Avignon, France 0.02 0.14 6 545.2%
97 France Ministry for an Ecological and Solidary Transition (MTES), France 0.09 0.14 3 45.4%
98 French National Institute for Industrial Environment and Risks (INERIS), France 0.17 0.13 2 -26.2%
99 National Metrology and Testing (LNE), France 0.03 0.13 1 287.7%
99 Eliis SAS, France 0.13 1 N/A
100 Centrale Graduate School, France 0.04 0.11 14 200.9%
100 École Supérieure d'Électricité (Supélec), France 0.04 0.11 14 200.9%

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