2020 tables: Institutions - biological sciences - corporate

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 Sanofi, France 3.63 2.92 31 -20.0%
2 Cellectis SA, France 2.00 2 N/A
3 Innate Pharma S.A., France 0.90 0.94 7 3.5%
4 L'Oréal International, France 0.88 1 N/A
5 Ureka - ImmuPharma Group, France 0.83 1 N/A
6 Ipsen Group, France 0.74 1 N/A
7 Vivet Therapeutics SAS, France 0.54 1 N/A
8 Ben-Ari Institute of Neuroarcheology, France 0.67 0.46 1 -31.6%
8 Neurochlore, France 0.46 1 N/A
9 Technicolor SA, France 0.40 1 N/A
10 Netris Pharma S.A.S., France 0.10 0.29 1 178.5%
11 Morphogénie Logiciels SAS, France 0.25 1 N/A
12 Servier Laboratories, France 0.83 0.22 1 -73.5%
13 Bezhin Rosko, France 0.21 2 N/A
14 Inovarion SAS, France 0.17 0.19 3 11.9%
15 OSE Immunotherapeutics SA, France 0.18 0.18 1 -3.2%
16 Orange S.A., France 0.17 1 N/A
17 QuantaCell, France 0.15 1 N/A
18 Xentech SAS, France 0.10 0.12 1 17.0%
19 LNC Therapeutics SA, France 0.10 1 N/A
19 BioTransfer, France 0.10 1 N/A
20 BioAxial SAS, France 0.09 1 N/A
20 NEOVACS S.A., France 0.09 1 N/A
21 Armines, France 0.07 0.09 6 22.9%
22 Groupe Roullier, France 0.09 1 N/A
23 ViroScan3D SAS, France 0.09 1 N/A
24 GenoSplice Technology SARL, France 0.08 1 N/A
24 C.Ris Pharma, France 0.08 1 N/A
25 LABÉO, France 0.08 1 N/A
26 Association pour le Développement de l’Enseignement et de la Recherche (ADERA), France 0.07 1 N/A
27 Adisseo SA, France 0.07 1 N/A
28 E-PHY-SCIENCE, France 0.06 1 N/A
28 TransCure Biosciences, France 0.06 1 N/A
29 genOway, France 0.06 1 N/A
30 French National Railway Company (SNCF), France 0.03 0.05 1 74.1%
31 Gfi, France 0.05 1 N/A
32 RS²D, France 0.04 1 N/A
33 Ariana Pharma, France 0.04 1 N/A
34 NovAliX, France 0.04 1 N/A
35 Urolead SAS, France 0.04 1 N/A
36 Antagene, France 0.07 0.04 1 -46.7%
37 Archeodunum SAS, France 0.03 1 N/A
37 DNA Script SAS, France 0.03 1 N/A
38 Genomic Vision, France 0.03 1 N/A
39 Xenothera, France 0.03 1 N/A
40 Sociétés d’Accélération du Transfert de Technologies (SATT) - Nord, France 0.02 0.03 1 17.8%
41 Électricité de France S.A. (EDF), France 0.02 0.02 2 40.7%
41 Imagine Optic SA, France 0.02 1 N/A
42 Jean Verdier Hospital, France 0.03 0.02 1 -31.9%
43 West Biotherapy, France 0.02 1 N/A
44 BIOMICA SAS, France 0.02 1 N/A
44 ALCEN, France 0.02 1 N/A
45 DIGITEO, France 0.01 1 N/A
46 ELISOL Environnement, France 0.01 1 N/A
47 Eurobiomed, France 0.01 0.01 4 -37.3%
47 HalioDx SAS, France 0.06 0.01 4 -91.1%
48 Florimond Desprez, France 0.00 0.00 1 18.8%
48 Biogemma (BGA), France 0.00 0.00 1 18.8%
48 Groupe RAGT, France 0.00 0.00 1 18.8%
48 Limagrain, France 0.01 0.00 1 -79.1%

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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*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.