2020 tables: Institutions - physical 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 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich), Switzerland 168.78 150.66 410 -12.0%
2 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland 97.61 95.08 272 -4.0%
3 European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Switzerland 69.39 53.17 350 -24.5%
4 University of Geneva (UNIGE), Switzerland 35.69 38.54 184 6.5%
5 University of Zurich (UZH), Switzerland 37.56 31.94 260 -16.2%
6 Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), Switzerland 28.67 30.02 182 3.2%
7 University of Basel (UB), Switzerland 25.08 29.77 79 17.0%
8 University of Bern (UniBE), Switzerland 22.00 19.63 127 -12.0%
9 Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (EMPA), Switzerland 11.56 14.44 51 23.2%
10 University of Fribourg (UNIFR), Switzerland 8.13 11.93 54 44.6%
11 University of Lausanne (UNIL), Switzerland 1.15 2.15 10 83.8%
12 Università della Svizzera Italiana (USI), Switzerland 1.71 2.08 4 20.2%
13 F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG, Switzerland 0.05 1.43 5 3017.4%
14 Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW), Switzerland 1.65 1.38 3 -17.5%
15 Novartis International AG, Switzerland 0.52 1.00 2 91.0%
16 Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), Switzerland 0.30 0.81 5 165.3%
17 AO Foundation, Switzerland – 0.70 2 N/A
18 STMicroelectronics N.V., Switzerland 0.27 0.68 8 153.2%
19 Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (EAWAG), Switzerland 0.11 0.67 1 491.5%
20 Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics (SIB), Switzerland 0.81 0.60 5 -27.2%
21 University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland (HES-SO), Switzerland 0.85 0.51 2 -41.2%
22 Physikalisch-Meteorologisches Observatorium Davos and World Radiation Center (PMOD/WRC), Switzerland 0.09 0.50 1 442.2%
22 University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI), Switzerland 0.31 0.50 1 58.4%
23 University Children's Hospital Basel (UKBB), Switzerland 0.02 0.49 3 2792.5%
24 University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW), Switzerland 0.23 0.48 4 109.9%
25 ABB Ltd., Switzerland 0.38 0.35 5 -7.6%
26 Micos Engineering GmbH, Switzerland – 0.32 1 N/A
27 Alemnis GmbH, Switzerland – 0.29 1 N/A
27 Clariant International Ltd., Switzerland – 0.29 1 N/A
28 FLUXiM AG, Switzerland – 0.27 1 N/A
29 Nestlé S.A., Switzerland – 0.25 1 N/A
30 Centre Suisse d'Electronique et Microtechnique SA (CSEM SA), Switzerland 0.82 0.22 1 -73.4%
31 Biognosys AG, Switzerland – 0.20 1 N/A
32 Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Switzerland – 0.17 1 N/A
32 LakeDiamond SA, Switzerland – 0.17 1 N/A
33 CrystMat Company, Switzerland – 0.16 2 N/A
34 Omya International AG, Switzerland 0.17 0.13 1 -26.1%
34 Swiss Terahertz GmbH, Switzerland – 0.13 1 N/A
35 World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Switzerland – 0.12 2 N/A
36 Spirochrome AG, Switzerland – 0.09 1 N/A
37 Multiwave Technologies AG, Switzerland 0.06 0.08 1 28.9%
38 International Space Science Institute (ISSI), Switzerland 0.14 0.06 1 -61.7%
39 Tofwerk AG, Switzerland – 0.04 1 N/A
40 MicroR Systems Sarl, Switzerland – 0.04 1 N/A
41 Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH), Switzerland – 0.03 1 N/A
42 Advanced Accelerator Technologies AG, Switzerland – 0.03 1 N/A
43 Naturmuseum St. Gallen, Switzerland – 0.03 1 N/A
44 University of Neuchâtel (UniNE), Switzerland 0.55 0.01 1 -98.8%
45 World Health Organization (WHO), Switzerland – 0.00 1 N/A
45 Mymetics S.A., Switzerland – 0.00 1 N/A
45 IPPOX Foundation, Switzerland – 0.00 1 N/A

Footnote

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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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