2020 tables: Institutions - biological sciences

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 French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), France 171.91 184.27 1354 6.6%
2 National Institute for Health and Medical Research (INSERM), France 80.53 79.34 848 -2.0%
3 Université PSL, France 31.96 37.19 345 15.7%
4 Sorbonne University, France 28.18 33.19 363 17.1%
5 Pasteur Institute, France 36.02 32.73 212 -9.6%
6 Paris Cité University, France 29.65 29.62 336 -0.6%
7 National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE), France 23.68 28.27 298 18.7%
8 Aix-Marseille University (AMU), France 20.59 23.14 175 11.8%
9 University of Montpellier, France 23.17 22.34 230 -4.1%
10 University of Lyon, France 18.30 18.44 125 0.2%
11 University of Toulouse, France 13.78 17.31 142 25.0%
12 University of Paris-Sud (UPSud), France 13.23 16.38 215 23.1%
13 University of Strasbourg, France 12.42 15.87 112 27.1%
14 The French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), France 17.81 15.60 210 -12.9%
15 Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), France 13.73 14.89 197 7.9%
16 University of Bordeaux, France 14.15 13.02 107 -8.5%
17 Grenoble Alpes University (UGA), France 7.82 8.23 108 4.7%
18 Institute of Research for Development (IRD), France 6.49 7.36 156 12.8%
19 AgroParisTech, France 4.12 4.76 60 15.0%
20 Institute Gustave-Roussy (IGR), France 5.07 4.32 45 -15.4%
21 National Museum of Natural History (MNHN), France 2.77 3.88 58 39.3%
22 University of Lille Nord de France, France 4.05 3.60 60 -11.4%
23 Collège de France, France 3.05 3.54 39 15.3%
24 University of Rennes 1, France 4.07 3.36 36 -17.8%
25 University Clermont Auvergne, France 3.27 2.98 19 -9.3%
26 Sanofi, France 3.63 2.92 31 -20.0%
27 National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control (INRIA), France 3.42 2.73 108 -20.8%
28 Ligue Contre Le Cancer, France 3.37 2.60 26 -23.3%
29 Montpellier SupAgro, France 3.05 2.29 43 -25.2%
30 Lyon University Hospital (HCL), France 4.00 2.17 38 -46.1%
31 University of Nantes, France 1.74 2.06 37 17.5%
32 Cellectis SA, France – 2.00 2 N/A
33 University of Tours (UFR), France 0.89 1.89 17 112.9%
34 Centre Léon Bérard (CLB), France 1.81 1.71 24 -5.9%
35 French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea (Ifremer), France 2.05 1.70 37 -17.7%
36 Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD), France 1.78 1.59 35 -11.2%
37 Paris-Est Créteil University (UPEC), France 1.40 1.53 35 8.3%
38 École Polytechnique, France 0.51 1.52 25 196.0%
39 University of Paris Nord (Paris 13), France 2.16 1.50 44 -31.2%
40 Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille (CHU Lille), France 1.02 1.49 47 45.3%
41 University of Burgundy, France 1.36 1.48 29 9.0%
42 National Institute of Applied Sciences (INSA), France 1.44 1.47 22 1.5%
43 Institut d'Enseignement Supérieur et de Recherche en Alimentation, Santé Animale, Sciences Agronomiques et de l'Environnement (VetAgro Sup), France 0.75 1.41 20 85.8%
44 The University of Perpignan Via Domitia (UPVD), France 1.63 1.35 20 -17.4%
45 University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ), France 1.38 1.29 39 -7.1%
46 Pantheon-Sorbonne University (Paris 1), France 0.33 1.25 8 274.5%
47 School of Higher Studies in Social Sciences (EHESS), France 0.50 1.24 17 148.4%
48 University of Évry-Val d'Essonne (UEVE), France 2.16 1.24 62 -42.7%
49 École Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay (ENS Paris-Saclay), France 0.43 1.18 22 170.4%
50 Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), France 0.72 1.10 6 52.5%
51 University of Poitiers, France 0.01 1.07 10 7257.9%
52 Alps Grenoble University Hospital (CHU Grenoble Alpes), France 1.69 1.04 26 -38.8%
53 Etablissement Français du Sang (EFS), France 0.84 0.95 28 12.6%
54 Innate Pharma S.A., France 0.90 0.94 7 3.5%
55 Centre Antoine-Lacassagne (CAL), France 0.79 0.94 14 18.0%
56 CHU Nice, France 0.86 0.91 54 4.8%
57 University of Lorraine (UL), France 1.30 0.90 18 -31.0%
58 L'Oréal International, France – 0.88 1 N/A
59 Institut Paoli-Calmettes (IPC), France 1.72 0.86 30 -49.9%
60 Paul Valéry University (Montpellier III), France 0.91 0.85 33 -6.7%
61 Dijon University Hospital, France 0.66 0.85 17 27.3%
62 European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), France 1.58 0.85 8 -46.8%
63 Ureka - ImmuPharma Group, France – 0.83 1 N/A
64 Institute Agro Dijon, France 1.03 0.83 23 -20.0%
65 HESAM Université, France 0.94 0.81 61 -14.3%
66 Institut National Supérieur des Sciences Agronomiques, Agroalimentaires, Horticoles et du Paysage (Agrocampus Ouest), France 0.14 0.81 11 458.5%
67 National Institute of Blood Transfusion (INTS), France 0.05 0.76 4 1495.5%
68 University of Savoy (USMB), France 0.80 0.76 8 -5.4%
69 Ipsen Group, France – 0.74 1 N/A
70 University of Western Brittany (UBO), France 0.32 0.72 17 122.4%
71 Toulouse University Hospital (CHU-Toulouse), France 0.57 0.68 19 18.8%
72 France Ministry of Culture, France 0.20 0.64 11 211.8%
73 National School of Fine Arts at the Villa Arson, France 0.65 0.63 55 -3.9%
74 Institut Polytechnique de Bordeaux (Bordeaux INP), France 0.40 0.62 12 54.4%
75 National Veterinary School of Alfort (ENVA), France 0.30 0.62 10 104.6%
76 University of the French West Indies (UAG), France 0.79 0.62 21 -22.3%
77 Oceanographic Observatory in Banyuls-sur-Mer (Arago Laboratory), France 0.85 0.61 7 -28.8%
78 The American University of Paris (AUP), France – 0.60 1 N/A
79 University of South Brittany (UBS), France 0.29 0.59 13 99.6%
80 University of La Rochelle, France 0.27 0.58 7 109.2%
81 Centre Nationaux de Création Musicale (CIRM), France 0.65 0.57 54 -12.4%
81 Sustainable Design School (SDS), France 0.65 0.57 54 -12.4%
81 Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional de Nice (CRR), France 0.65 0.57 54 -12.4%
81 École Supérieure de Danse de Cannes Rosella Hightower, France 0.65 0.57 54 -12.4%
81 EDHEC Business School, France 0.65 0.57 54 -12.4%
81 École Supérieure de Réalisation Audiovisuelle (ESRA), France 0.65 0.57 54 -12.4%
82 University of Angers, France 0.24 0.57 19 131.6%
83 Vivet Therapeutics SAS, France – 0.54 1 N/A
84 Centre Georges-François Leclerc (CGFL), France 0.46 0.54 4 16.4%
85 University of Toulon (UTLN), France 0.25 0.54 17 110.7%
86 University Institute of France (IUF), France 0.18 0.53 6 202.3%
87 University of Picardie Jules Verne (UPJV), France 0.20 0.50 4 149.3%
88 Caen University (UNICAEN), France 0.29 0.46 10 57.5%
89 Ben-Ari Institute of Neuroarcheology, France 0.67 0.46 1 -31.6%
89 Neurochlore, France – 0.46 1 N/A
90 National Teacher Training School in Agronomy (ENSFEA), France 0.73 0.45 9 -38.4%
91 LTER-France (Zones Ateliers), France – 0.42 3 N/A
92 Bergonié Cancer Institute, France 0.15 0.42 11 174.7%
93 French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (Anses), France – 0.42 3 N/A
94 University of Orléans, France 0.72 0.41 6 -43.0%
95 Technicolor SA, France – 0.40 1 N/A
96 CREEC Institute, France 0.04 0.36 2 762.0%
97 École Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Administration Economique (ENSAE ParisTech), France 0.02 0.36 13 2027.4%
98 High Fidelity Biology (HiFiBiO), France – 0.34 1 N/A
99 French Institute of Sport, Expertise and Performance (INSEP), France – 0.33 1 N/A
100 Foch Hospital, France 0.06 0.33 4 447.4%

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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