2020 tables: Institutions - corporate

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 F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG, Switzerland 57.50 47.80 144 -19.6%
2 Novartis International AG, Switzerland 31.42 39.09 143 20.4%
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 2.6%
5 AstraZeneca plc, United Kingdom (UK) 30.10 30.15 139 -3.1%
6 Alphabet Inc., United States of America (USA) 21.49 20.71 66 -6.7%
7 Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT), Japan 16.56 17.60 29 2.8%
8 Pfizer Inc., United States of America (USA) 21.16 17.53 63 -19.8%
9 Toyota Group, Japan 9.53 16.79 38 70.6%
10 Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS), United States of America (USA) 18.62 15.50 44 -19.4%
11 Johnson & Johnson, United States of America (USA) 9.85 15.50 64 52.2%
12 GNS Science, New Zealand 15.43 15.45 80 -3.1%
13 China State Shipbuilding Corporation Limited (CSSC), China 12.83 14.16 223 6.8%
14 Amgen Inc., United States of America (USA) 17.50 12.62 63 -30.2%
15 GlaxoSmithKline plc. (GSK), United Kingdom (UK) 18.04 12.46 73 -33.1%
16 FiberHome Technologies Group, China 10.37 11.83 104 10.4%
17 Samsung Group, South Korea 15.72 10.36 60 -36.2%
18 BGI, China 6.83 10.33 52 46.3%
19 Microsoft Corporation, United States of America (USA) 13.73 9.50 61 -33.0%
20 DowDuPont Inc., United States of America (USA) 14.58 8.93 49 -40.7%
21 Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., United States of America (USA) 11.66 8.87 55 -26.4%
22 AbbVie Inc., United States of America (USA) 7.06 7.88 29 8.1%
23 Eli Lilly and Company, United States of America (USA) 5.93 7.69 50 25.3%
24 C. H. Boehringer Sohn AG & Co. KG (Boehringer Ingelheim), Germany 5.49 7.63 25 34.6%
25 Exxon Mobil Corporation (ExxonMobil), United States of America (USA) 8.60 7.27 27 -18.3%
26 Leidos Holdings, Inc., United States of America (USA) 6.30 7.19 91 10.4%
27 BASF SE, Germany 8.75 6.53 38 -27.7%
28 Bruker Corporation, United States of America (USA) 5.31 5.96 32 8.6%
29 Formosa Plastics Group, Taiwan 6.49 5.70 30 -15.0%
30 Bayer AG, Germany 5.51 5.68 30 -0.3%
31 Waters Corporation, United States of America (USA) 2.45 5.36 15 111.7%
32 Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., United States of America (USA) 8.00 5.35 19 -35.3%
33 Toshiba Corporation, Japan 5.28 4.85 7 -11.3%
34 Jinchuan Group Co., Ltd., China 6.03 4.79 22 -23.1%
35 China National Chemical Corporation (ChemChina), China 2.97 4.74 22 54.2%
36 Chevron Corporation, United States of America (USA) 1.66 4.71 20 174.7%
37 Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Japan 6.46 4.71 17 -29.4%
38 Sanofi, France 7.21 4.69 38 -37.0%
39 Moderna, Inc., United States of America (USA) 0.68 4.67 7 567.8%
40 JEOL Ltd., Japan 3.13 4.60 26 42.1%
41 Thales S.A., France 4.36 4.54 37 0.8%
42 Biogen Inc., United States of America (USA) 2.00 4.04 17 95.2%
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 10 179.2%
49 China National Tobacco Company (CNTC), China 1.88 3.44 8 77.2%
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 19 123.3%
52 ELI-HU Nonprofit Ltd., Hungary 0.85 3.22 15 268.4%
53 Ford Motor Company, United States of America (USA) 0.82 3.21 6 279.0%
54 Sinopec Corporation, China 1.83 3.20 12 68.7%
55 Loki Incorporated, United States of America (USA) 0.35 3.15 4 770.9%
56 Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, United States of America (USA) 0.78 3.07 10 281.5%
57 Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia 1.78 3.05 12 65.7%
58 Koninklijke DSM N.V. (DSM), Netherlands 0.15 3.00 11 1897.8%
59 GATS Inc., United States of America (USA) 2.02 2.94 10 41.2%
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 -3.7%
64 Danaher Corporation, United States of America (USA) 0.52 2.75 11 415.8%
65 23andMe, Inc., United States of America (USA) 1.36 2.72 15 93.4%
66 Rigaku Corporation, Japan 2.37 2.70 16 10.3%
67 Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc., United States of America (USA) 1.17 2.64 6 118.8%
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 -22.6%
71 Sangamo Therapeutics Inc., United States of America (USA) 0.36 2.53 3 588.0%
72 Lockheed Martin Corporation, United States of America (USA) 1.73 2.51 22 40.0%
73 Fluidigm Corporation, United States of America (USA) 0.17 2.36 10 1270.3%
74 Mitsubishi Group, Japan 3.03 2.35 19 -24.7%
75 New England Biolabs, Inc. (NEB), United States of America (USA) 2.68 2.32 11 -16.3%
76 GeneDx Inc., United States of America (USA) 1.26 2.32 30 78.3%
77 Royal Dutch Shell plc (Shell), Netherlands 3.22 2.31 11 -30.5%
78 Raytheon Company, United States of America (USA) 1.13 2.26 27 94.2%
79 General Atomics, United States of America (USA) 1.20 2.26 6 81.4%
80 HP Inc., United States of America (USA) 4.05 2.25 9 -46.2%
81 Research Institutes of Sweden (RISE), Sweden 1.65 2.24 14 31.3%
82 H. Lundbeck A/S, Denmark 0.13 2.24 5 1538.4%
83 Aerodyne Research, Inc. (ARI), United States of America (USA) 1.73 2.18 16 21.9%
84 Hitachi, Ltd., Japan 6.23 2.16 16 -66.5%
85 Eisai Co., Ltd., Japan 4.53 2.16 7 -53.9%
86 Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd., Japan 1.55 2.02 14 25.8%
87 KWH Water B.V., Netherlands 1.74 2.02 13 12.0%
88 Soraa Inc., United States of America (USA) – 2.00 2 N/A
88 Cellectis SA, France – 2.00 2 N/A
88 Piramal Enterprises Limited, India 2.00 2.00 2 -3.2%
89 LG Corporation, South Korea 1.26 1.99 13 52.3%
90 Gilead Sciences, Inc., United States of America (USA) 2.29 1.99 6 -16.1%
91 China Energy Investment Corporation (China Energy), China 0.69 1.96 5 176.1%
92 Nokia Corporation, Finland 0.64 1.96 12 197.0%
93 L'Oréal International, France 0.29 1.92 3 551.2%
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 1660.2%
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 7 147.2%
99 D. E. Shaw Research, United States of America (USA) 2.30 1.82 2 -23.4%
100 Merck KGaA, Germany 3.84 1.80 14 -54.8%

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