2020 tables: Institutions - corporate

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

2019	Institution	Share 2018	Share 2019	Count 2019	Change in adjusted Share^* 2018–2019 (%)
1	F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG, Switzerland	57.50	47.80	144	-19.6%
2	Novartis International AG, Switzerland	31.42	39.09	143	20.3%
3	IBM Corporation, United States of America (USA)	40.65	31.31	92	-25.5%
4	Merck & Co., Inc., United States of America (USA)	28.91	30.65	83	2.5%
5	AstraZeneca plc, United Kingdom (UK)	29.02	30.09	138	0.3%
6	Alphabet Inc., United States of America (USA)	21.49	20.71	66	-6.8%
7	Pfizer Inc., United States of America (USA)	21.26	17.67	63	-19.6%
8	Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT), Japan	16.56	17.60	29	2.8%
9	Toyota Group, Japan	9.53	16.79	38	70.5%
10	Johnson & Johnson, United States of America (USA)	9.85	15.50	64	52.1%
11	Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS), United States of America (USA)	18.37	15.49	43	-18.4%
12	GNS Science, New Zealand	15.43	15.45	80	-3.2%
13	China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC), China	12.83	14.16	223	6.7%
14	Amgen Inc., United States of America (USA)	17.50	12.62	63	-30.2%
15	GlaxoSmithKline plc. (GSK), United Kingdom (UK)	17.84	12.46	73	-32.4%
16	FiberHome Technologies Group, China	10.37	11.83	104	10.3%
17	Samsung Group, South Korea	15.72	10.36	61	-36.2%
18	BGI, China	6.83	10.33	52	46.3%
19	Microsoft Corporation, United States of America (USA)	13.74	9.50	61	-33.1%
20	Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., United States of America (USA)	11.66	8.87	55	-26.4%
21	AbbVie Inc., United States of America (USA)	7.06	7.88	29	8.1%
22	C. H. Boehringer Sohn AG & Co. KG (Boehringer Ingelheim), Germany	5.49	7.63	25	34.5%
23	Eli Lilly and Company, United States of America (USA)	5.93	7.62	50	24.1%
24	Exxon Mobil Corporation (ExxonMobil), United States of America (USA)	8.60	7.27	27	-18.3%
25	Leidos Holdings, Inc., United States of America (USA)	6.30	7.19	91	10.4%
26	BASF SE, Germany	8.75	6.53	38	-27.7%
27	Dow Inc., United States of America (USA)	10.13	6.38	31	-39.0%
28	Bruker Corporation, United States of America (USA)	5.60	5.96	32	3.0%
29	Formosa Plastics Group, Taiwan	6.49	5.70	30	-15.0%
30	Bayer AG, Germany	5.51	5.68	30	-0.3%
31	Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., United States of America (USA)	8.00	5.35	19	-35.3%
32	Toshiba Corporation, Japan	5.28	4.85	7	-11.3%
33	Jinchuan Group Co., Ltd., China	6.03	4.79	22	-23.1%
34	China National Chemical Corporation (ChemChina), China	2.97	4.74	22	54.2%
35	Chevron Corporation, United States of America (USA)	1.66	4.72	21	174.8%
36	Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Japan	6.46	4.71	17	-29.5%
37	Moderna Therapeutics, Inc., United States of America (USA)	0.68	4.67	7	567.5%
38	JEOL Ltd., Japan	3.13	4.60	26	42.1%
39	Thales S.A., France	4.36	4.54	37	0.8%
40	Sanofi, France	7.21	4.43	36	-40.5%
41	Waters Corporation, United States of America (USA)	2.45	4.11	11	62.2%
42	Biogen Inc., United States of America (USA)	2.00	4.04	17	95.1%
43	Norwegian Research Centre AS (NORCE), Norway	3.58	3.96	48	6.9%
44	UCB S.A., Belgium	5.32	3.72	24	-32.3%
45	Shimadzu Corporation, Japan	3.38	3.69	11	5.5%
46	China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), China	6.69	3.66	30	-47.1%
47	Shanghai Jiahua Poly Battery Technology Co., Ltd., China	4.25	3.59	11	-18.2%
48	Nestlé S.A., Switzerland	1.19	3.45	10	179.1%
49	China National Tobacco Company (CNTC), China	1.88	3.44	8	77.1%
50	Science Systems and Applications, Inc. (SSAI), United States of America (USA)	7.95	3.37	21	-59.0%
51	Northrop Grumman Corporation, United States of America (USA)	1.43	3.30	20	123.5%
52	ELI-HU Nonprofit Ltd., Hungary	0.85	3.22	15	268.2%
53	Ford Motor Company, United States of America (USA)	0.82	3.21	6	278.8%
54	Sinopec Corporation, China	1.83	3.20	12	68.6%
55	Loki Incorporated, United States of America (USA)	0.35	3.15	4	770.6%
56	Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, United States of America (USA)	0.78	3.07	10	281.4%
57	Koninklijke DSM N.V. (DSM), Netherlands	0.15	3.00	11	1,897.1%
58	Lockheed Martin Corporation, United States of America (USA)	2.26	3.00	22	28.3%
59	GATS Inc., United States of America (USA)	2.02	2.94	10	41.1%
60	Center for Nanotechnology GmbH (CeNTech GmbH), Germany	3.09	2.92	19	-8.4%
61	National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd. (NIWA), New Zealand	5.01	2.88	38	-44.4%
62	Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., United States of America (USA)	4.08	2.79	15	-33.8%
63	Techint Group, Italy	2.80	2.78	12	-3.8%
64	Danaher Corporation, United States of America (USA)	0.52	2.75	11	415.6%
65	23andMe, Inc., United States of America (USA)	1.36	2.72	15	93.3%
66	Rigaku Corporation, Japan	2.37	2.70	16	10.3%
67	Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc., United States of America (USA)	1.17	2.64	6	118.7%
68	China Electronics Technology Group Corporation (CETC), China	3.06	2.63	8	-17.0%
69	Novo Nordisk A/S, Denmark	3.33	2.59	14	-24.8%
70	Illumina, Inc., United States of America (USA)	3.22	2.58	24	-22.7%
71	Sangamo Therapeutics Inc., United States of America (USA)	0.36	2.53	3	587.7%
72	Fluidigm Corporation, United States of America (USA)	0.17	2.36	10	1,269.8%
73	Mitsubishi Group, Japan	3.03	2.35	19	-24.8%
74	New England Biolabs, Inc. (NEB), United States of America (USA)	2.68	2.32	11	-16.3%
75	GeneDx Inc., United States of America (USA)	1.26	2.32	30	78.2%
76	Royal Dutch Shell plc (Shell), Netherlands	3.22	2.31	11	-30.5%
77	General Atomics, United States of America (USA)	1.20	2.26	6	81.3%
78	HP Inc., United States of America (USA)	4.05	2.25	9	-46.2%
79	H. Lundbeck A/S, Denmark	0.13	2.24	5	1,537.7%
80	Aerodyne Research, Inc. (ARI), United States of America (USA)	1.73	2.18	16	21.8%
81	Hitachi, Ltd., Japan	6.23	2.16	16	-66.5%
82	Raytheon Company, United States of America (USA)	0.89	2.07	15	124.7%
83	Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia	0.91	2.05	11	116.9%
84	Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd., Japan	1.55	2.02	14	25.7%
85	KWH Water B.V., Netherlands	1.74	2.02	13	11.9%
86	Corteva Agriscience, United States of America (USA)	2.14	2.00	7	-9.5%
87	Soraa Inc., United States of America (USA)	–	2.00	2	N/A
87	Cellectis SA, France	–	2.00	2	N/A
87	Piramal Enterprises Limited, India	2.00	2.00	2	-3.3%
88	LG Corporation, South Korea	1.26	1.99	13	52.3%
89	Gilead Sciences, Inc., United States of America (USA)	2.29	1.99	6	-16.2%
90	Shenhua Group Corporation Limited, China	0.69	1.96	5	176.0%
91	Nokia Corporation, Finland	0.64	1.96	12	196.9%
92	H3 Biomedicine Inc., United States of America (USA)	2.47	1.93	2	-24.2%
93	L'Oréal International, France	0.29	1.92	3	550.9%
94	Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc., United States of America (USA)	1.64	1.92	4	13.6%
95	10x Genomics, United States of America (USA)	0.11	1.92	9	1,659.6%
96	Synfuels China Technology Co., Ltd., China	2.57	1.90	11	-28.7%
97	China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), China	5.09	1.87	13	-64.4%
98	BP plc, United Kingdom (UK)	0.71	1.82	7	147.1%
99	D. E. Shaw Research, United States of America (USA)	2.30	1.82	2	-23.5%
100	Merck KGaA, Germany	3.84	1.80	14	-54.8%

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