2021 tables: Institutions - Earth & environmental sciences - academic

The 2021 tables are based on Nature Index data from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020.

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# Institution Share 2019 Share 2020 Count 2020 Change in Adjusted Share 2019-2020*
1 University of Paris, France 16.48 16.70 115 -2.0%
2 Sorbonne University, France 11.15 10.21 157 -11.5%
3 University of Lorraine (UL), France 5.16 8.01 51 50.0%
4 University of Toulouse, France 9.17 7.97 92 -15.9%
5 École Normale Supérieure (ENS Paris), France 8.26 6.92 82 -18.9%
6 University of Lyon, France 6.49 6.66 76 -0.7%
7 University Clermont Auvergne, France 3.22 5.58 40 67.4%
8 University of Montpellier, France 5.10 5.13 60 -2.6%
9 University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ), France 5.20 5.13 81 -4.6%
10 Grenoble Alpes University (UGA), France 7.67 4.92 95 -38.0%
11 Gustave Eiffel University, France 4.33 3.96 66 -11.6%
12 Institut Mines-Télécom (IMT), France 4.24 3.69 20 -15.8%
13 University of Strasbourg, France 5.08 3.40 25 -35.4%
14 University of Savoy (USMB), France 4.87 3.18 68 -36.9%
15 École des Ponts ParisTech (ENPC), France 1.84 2.91 50 53.5%
16 University of Paris-Sud (UPSud), France 1.27 2.88 28 119.2%
17 University of Rennes 1, France 4.14 2.72 19 -36.5%
18 École Normale Supérieure de Lyon (ENS de Lyon), France 4.30 2.66 38 -40.2%
19 University Institute of France (IUF), France 2.18 2.50 32 10.7%
20 University of Nantes, France 0.77 2.36 25 197.7%
21 École Polytechnique, France 1.89 2.19 53 12.0%
22 École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE), France 2.50 2.10 50 -18.8%
23 University of the French West Indies (UAG), France 2.62 2.00 32 -26.1%
24 Aix-Marseille University (AMU), France 3.14 1.88 33 -42.0%
25 University of Western Brittany (UBO), France 1.92 1.80 39 -9.7%
26 University of Orléans, France 2.82 1.74 14 -40.3%
27 Paris-Est Créteil University (UPEC), France 0.83 1.67 22 95.4%
28 University of Angers, France 0.51 1.60 22 202.6%
29 University of South Brittany (UBS), France 1.92 1.50 36 -24.5%
30 University of La Rochelle, France 1.02 1.37 11 29.8%
31 University of Lille Nord de France, France 1.89 1.21 17 -38.1%
32 AgroParisTech, France 0.53 1.20 18 118.7%
33 University of Bordeaux, France 1.05 1.02 15 -5.7%
34 Collège de France, France 1.36 1.01 20 -28.2%
35 National School of Agricultural Engineering of Bordeaux (ENITAB), France 0.83 0.77 5 -10.6%
36 Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP), France 1.65 0.75 22 -56.3%
37 National Institute of Applied Sciences (INSA), France 1.66 0.74 10 -57.0%
38 Montpellier SupAgro, France 0.78 0.66 17 -18.2%
39 Paul Valéry University (Montpellier III), France 0.17 0.64 17 263.1%
40 CY Cergy Paris University, France 1.34 0.62 8 -55.2%
41 University of Pau and Pays de l'Adour (UPPA), France 0.04 0.60 5 1,283.2%
42 École Supérieure de Danse de Cannes Rosella Hightower, France 0.30 0.50 46 64.7%
42 Sustainable Design School (SDS), France 0.30 0.50 46 64.7%
42 National School of Fine Arts at the Villa Arson, France 0.30 0.50 46 64.7%
42 École Supérieure de Réalisation Audiovisuelle (ESRA), France 0.30 0.50 46 64.7%
42 EDHEC Business School, France 0.30 0.50 46 64.7%
42 SKEMA Business School, France 0.30 0.50 46 64.7%
43 SIGMA Clermont, France 0.25 0.46 5 75.6%
44 University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA), France 0.25 0.44 2 71.1%
45 Institut d'Enseignement Supérieur et de Recherche en Alimentation, Santé Animale, Sciences Agronomiques et de l'Environnement (VetAgro Sup), France 0.42 0.44 10 1.9%
46 Institut Polytechnique de Bordeaux (Bordeaux INP), France 0.38 0.42 3 9.6%
47 National School for Water and Environmental Engineering of Strasbourg (ENGEES), France 1.05 0.40 4 -62.9%
48 Paris Observatory, France 1.54 0.40 19 -74.9%
49 École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Rennes (ENSCR), France 0.77 0.37 3 -53.8%
50 University of Toulon (UTLN), France 0.42 0.34 6 -21.6%
51 IFP School, France – 0.33 1 N/A
52 University of Tours (UFR), France 0.29 0.33 2 10.3%
53 University of Poitiers, France 2.44 0.32 5 -87.1%
54 The University of Perpignan Via Domitia (UPVD), France 0.34 0.31 7 -11.2%
55 University of Le Havre, France – 0.31 2 N/A
56 Bretagne Loire University, France 0.52 0.30 3 -43.1%
57 National Teacher Training School in Agronomy (ENSFEA), France 0.06 0.29 8 350.7%
58 Institut Supérieur de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace (ISAE-SUPAERO), France – 0.24 4 N/A
59 University of Paris Nord (Paris 13), France – 0.20 1 N/A
60 School of Higher Studies in Social Sciences (EHESS), France 0.15 0.20 11 29.5%
61 University of Avignon, France 0.14 0.18 3 26.7%
62 École Centrale de Nantes (EC Nantes), France – 0.18 2 N/A
63 University of Burgundy, France 0.39 0.15 4 -62.4%
64 École Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Administration Economique (ENSAE ParisTech), France 0.05 0.15 6 176.8%
65 ESPCI ParisTech, France 0.22 0.14 5 -40.4%
66 Superior National School of Advanced Techniques (ENSTA ParisTech), France – 0.14 5 N/A
67 Université Bordeaux Montaigne (Bordeaux 3), France – 0.12 1 N/A
68 École Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay (ENS Paris-Saclay), France – 0.11 4 N/A
69 Pantheon-Sorbonne University (Paris 1), France 0.19 0.09 3 -52.8%
70 University of Franche-Comté (UFC), France 0.42 0.09 4 -78.3%
71 École Nationale Supérieure des Ingénieurs en Arts Chimiques et Technologiques (ENSIACET), France – 0.07 1 N/A
72 Caen University (UNICAEN), France 0.09 0.06 1 -34.3%
73 Institut National Supérieur des Sciences Agronomiques, Agroalimentaires, Horticoles et du Paysage (Agrocampus Ouest), France 0.10 0.06 2 -45.9%
74 École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier (ENSCM), France 0.27 0.05 2 -81.6%
75 University of Limoges (ULIM), France 0.04 0.05 1 24.3%
76 University of Picardie Jules Verne (UPJV), France 0.05 0.05 3 -1.3%
77 University of Rouen, France 0.30 0.04 1 -85.5%
78 University of Haute-Alsace (UHA), France – 0.04 2 N/A
79 Le Mans University, France 0.24 0.03 1 -86.8%
80 École Supérieure de Chimie Physique Électronique de Lyon or (CPE Lyon), France – 0.03 2 N/A
81 École des Mines d'Alès (EMA), France 0.15 0.03 1 -81.6%
82 Paris Dauphine University, France 0.00 0.03 3 484.9%
83 University of Technology of Belfort-Montbéliard (UTBM), France 0.02 0.02 1 24.3%
84 University of New Caledonia (UNC), France 0.09 0.02 4 -76.4%
85 Chimie ParisTech (ENSCP), France 0.16 0.02 3 -89.3%
86 École Nationale des Travaux Publics de l'État (ENTPE), France 0.10 0.02 1 -85.3%
87 Université de Guyane, France 0.00 0.02 4 1,216.9%
88 French School of Public Health (EHESP), France 0.03 0.01 1 -51.7%
89 HEC Paris, France – 0.01 2 N/A
89 Institut d'Optique Graduate School (IOGS), France – 0.01 2 N/A
90 University of London Institute in Paris (ULIP), France – 0.01 1 N/A
91 Catholic University of Lyon (UCLy), France – 0.01 1 N/A
92 École Supérieure d'Électricité (Supélec), France 0.10 0.00 2 -95.6%
92 Centrale Graduate School, France 0.10 0.00 2 -95.6%
93 École Supérieure d’Agricultures (ESA), France 0.01 0.00 1 -52.4%
94 French School of Asian Studies (EFEO), France 0.25 0.00 2 -99.0%
94 National Superior Conservatory of the Dramatic Arts (CNSAD), France – 0.00 2 N/A
94 National Superior Conservatory of Paris for Music and Dance (CNSMDP), France – 0.00 2 N/A
94 École Nationale Supérieure des Métiers de l’Image et du Son (La Fémis), France – 0.00 2 N/A
94 Lycée Henri-IV, France – 0.00 2 N/A
94 Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts (ENSBA), France – 0.00 2 N/A
94 École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs (E.N.S.A.D.), France – 0.00 2 N/A
94 École Nationale des Chartes (ENC), France – 0.00 2 N/A

Footnote

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  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, selected on reputation by an independent panel of leading scientists in their fields.
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