2021 tables: Institutions - corporate

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 F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG, Switzerland 47.80 59.77 144 20.6%
2 Merck & Co., Inc., United States of America (USA) 30.65 32.40 81 1.9%
3 IBM Corporation, United States of America (USA) 31.31 30.15 87 -7.1%
4 AstraZeneca plc, United Kingdom (UK) 30.15 27.57 135 -11.8%
5 Alphabet Inc., United States of America (USA) 20.71 26.61 80 23.9%
6 Novartis International AG, Switzerland 39.09 24.63 97 -39.3%
7 GlaxoSmithKline plc. (GSK), United Kingdom (UK) 12.46 20.43 87 58.1%
8 Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS), United States of America (USA) 15.50 18.84 54 17.2%
9 Pfizer Inc., United States of America (USA) 17.53 17.16 64 -5.6%
10 Toyota Group, Japan 16.79 15.39 38 -11.6%
11 Samsung Group, South Korea 10.36 15.09 76 40.5%
12 Johnson & Johnson, United States of America (USA) 15.50 14.88 60 -7.4%
13 Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., United States of America (USA) 5.35 13.98 30 151.7%
14 Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT), Japan 17.60 12.59 24 -31.0%
15 Amgen Inc., United States of America (USA) 12.62 12.30 49 -6.0%
16 GNS Science, New Zealand 15.45 11.94 67 -25.5%
17 China State Shipbuilding Corporation Limited (CSSC), China 14.16 11.92 273 -18.8%
18 Microsoft Corporation, United States of America (USA) 9.50 11.18 48 13.4%
19 Formosa Plastics Group, Taiwan 5.70 10.38 35 75.6%
20 DowDuPont Inc., United States of America (USA) 8.93 10.27 45 10.9%
21 Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., United States of America (USA) 8.87 9.64 60 4.8%
22 FiberHome Technologies Group, China 11.83 9.49 108 -22.7%
23 Sanofi, France 4.69 9.46 33 94.4%
24 Bruker Corporation, United States of America (USA) 5.96 9.29 51 50.2%
25 Exxon Mobil Corporation (ExxonMobil), United States of America (USA) 7.27 8.77 32 16.3%
26 Hitachi, Ltd., Japan 2.16 8.52 32 280.8%
27 BASF SE, Germany 6.53 8.45 43 24.6%
28 Eli Lilly and Company, United States of America (USA) 7.69 8.38 39 5.1%
29 China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), China 3.66 8.25 47 117.4%
30 Leidos Holdings, Inc., United States of America (USA) 7.19 7.63 98 2.3%
31 BGI, China 10.33 7.57 51 -29.4%
32 Novo Nordisk A/S, Denmark 2.59 6.88 29 156.2%
33 China National Chemical Corporation (ChemChina), China 4.74 6.67 23 35.9%
34 Bayer AG, Germany 5.68 6.31 35 7.2%
35 AbbVie Inc., United States of America (USA) 7.88 6.27 25 -23.3%
36 C. H. Boehringer Sohn AG & Co. KG (Boehringer Ingelheim), Germany 7.63 5.74 21 -27.4%
37 Biogen Inc., United States of America (USA) 4.04 5.26 16 25.7%
38 WuXi AppTec, China 1.59 4.78 18 190.2%
39 National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd. (NIWA), New Zealand 2.88 4.75 39 59.0%
40 Waters Corporation, United States of America (USA) 5.36 4.75 14 -14.6%
41 China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), China 1.87 4.71 26 142.3%
42 Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., United States of America (USA) 2.79 4.60 15 59.1%
43 Gilead Sciences, Inc., United States of America (USA) 1.99 4.58 15 122.3%
44 Total S.A., France 1.55 4.25 19 163.5%
45 Norwegian Research Centre AS (NORCE), Norway 3.96 4.24 52 3.3%
46 Royal Dutch Shell plc (Shell), Netherlands 2.31 4.14 19 72.7%
47 Chengdu Institute of Organic Chemistry (CIOC), CAS, China 1.22 3.81 12 201.5%
48 BioNTech AG, Germany – 3.56 9 N/A
49 Thales S.A., France 4.54 3.51 41 -25.4%
50 Danaher Corporation, United States of America (USA) 2.75 3.45 15 20.7%
51 UCB S.A., Belgium 3.72 3.43 21 -11.0%
52 Intel Corporation, United States of America (USA) 1.56 3.41 17 111.2%
53 NHK Science and Technology Research Laboratories (NHK STRL), Japan 0.50 3.37 5 550.5%
54 Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Japan 4.71 3.27 17 -33.1%
55 Science Systems and Applications, Inc. (SSAI), United States of America (USA) 3.37 3.26 28 -6.8%
56 Techint Group, Italy 2.78 3.22 21 11.8%
57 Shimadzu Corporation, Japan 3.69 3.20 15 -16.5%
58 Vir Biotechnology, Inc., United States of America (USA) 0.44 3.11 9 588.3%
59 Denali Therapeutics Inc., United States of America (USA) 1.12 3.10 6 167.7%
60 China National Tobacco Company (CNTC), China 3.44 3.09 19 -13.2%
61 Mitsubishi Group, Japan 2.35 3.08 16 26.3%
62 NorthWest Research Associates, Inc. (NWRA), United States of America (USA) 0.51 3.06 42 478.3%
63 23andMe, Inc., United States of America (USA) 2.72 3.06 16 8.5%
64 Panasonic Corporation, Japan 1.73 2.88 7 60.3%
65 Moderna, Inc., United States of America (USA) 4.67 2.86 5 -41.0%
66 KWH Water B.V., Netherlands 2.02 2.81 16 34.3%
67 Aerodyne Research, Inc. (ARI), United States of America (USA) 2.18 2.79 16 23.8%
68 LG Corporation, South Korea 1.99 2.76 12 33.9%
69 HP Inc., United States of America (USA) 2.25 2.72 5 16.5%
70 Center for Nanotechnology GmbH (CeNTech GmbH), Germany 2.92 2.70 17 -10.9%
71 Genomics England Ltd., United Kingdom (UK) 0.22 2.61 10 1048.4%
72 Nference Inc, United States of America (USA) – 2.59 4 N/A
73 Rigaku Corporation, Japan 2.70 2.47 17 -12.0%
74 HitGen Inc., China 1.00 2.46 5 137.2%
75 Schlumberger Limited, United States of America (USA) 0.21 2.43 9 1011.5%
76 CETHIK Group Corporation, China – 2.39 8 N/A
77 Solvay S.A., Belgium 1.50 2.33 10 49.9%
78 Beam Therapeutics Inc., United States of America (USA) 0.08 2.30 4 2564.1%
79 Unilever, United Kingdom (UK) 1.13 2.27 10 93.9%
80 Nestlé S.A., Switzerland 3.45 2.20 8 -38.6%
81 Jinchuan Group Co., Ltd., China 4.79 2.19 14 -55.9%
82 Adroit Materials, Inc., United States of America (USA) 0.56 2.17 6 277.4%
83 Promega Corporation, United States of America (USA) 0.18 2.13 5 1014.6%
84 Universal Display Corporation, United States of America (USA) – 2.12 5 N/A
85 General Atomics, United States of America (USA) 2.26 2.12 9 -9.7%
86 Lockheed Martin Corporation, United States of America (USA) 2.51 2.09 18 -19.4%
87 China Electronics Technology Group Corporation (CETC), China 2.63 2.09 11 -23.2%
88 Meta Platforms, Inc., United States of America (USA) 1.29 2.09 4 55.8%
89 FujiFilm Corporation, Japan 1.05 2.06 7 88.6%
90 Raytheon Company, United States of America (USA) 2.26 2.05 27 -12.8%
91 Corning Incorporated, United States of America (USA) 1.50 2.04 7 31.0%
92 Illumina, Inc., United States of America (USA) 2.58 2.04 16 -23.8%
93 GATS Inc., United States of America (USA) 2.94 2.02 7 -33.6%
94 Enamine Ltd., Ukraine 0.95 1.96 5 99.7%
95 Scholar Rock, United States of America (USA) – 1.95 2 N/A
96 XtalPi Inc., United States of America (USA) – 1.95 4 N/A
97 Equinor ASA, Norway 0.86 1.93 7 114.8%
98 Institute of Environmental Science and Research (ESR), New Zealand 0.80 1.89 4 128.2%
99 Sinopec Corporation, China 3.20 1.89 22 -43.1%
100 Earlham Institute (EI), United Kingdom (UK) 1.26 1.88 18 43.7%

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