2021 tables: Institutions - Earth & environmental sciences - 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 Norwegian Research Centre AS (NORCE), Norway 3.41 4.19 51 17.6%
2 Royal Dutch Shell plc (Shell), Netherlands 1.99 2.91 12 39.8%
3 KWH Water B.V., Netherlands 2.02 2.77 14 31.4%
4 Equinor ASA, Norway 0.86 1.93 7 112.9%
5 Vaisala Oyj, Finland 0.14 1.37 4 813.3%
6 Climate Analytics GmbH, Germany 0.31 1.35 5 320.8%
7 Evides N.V., Netherlands 0.89 1.01 3 7.9%
8 Q‐con GmbH, Germany – 1.00 1 N/A
9 Givaudan SA, Switzerland – 0.86 1 N/A
10 Royal HaskoningDHV, Netherlands – 0.79 4 N/A
11 Total S.A., France 0.46 0.76 6 57.2%
12 Volcanic Basin Petroleum Research (VBPR), Norway 0.08 0.74 4 744.2%
13 Veritas S.p.A., Italy – 0.71 1 N/A
14 Unilever, United Kingdom (UK) 0.71 0.67 2 -10.0%
14 Aarhus GeoSoftware, Denmark – 0.67 2 N/A
15 ENVEO IT GmbH, Austria 0.03 0.65 2 1743.0%
16 Kemira Oyj, Finland 0.02 0.63 1 2408.8%
17 Oasen N.V., Netherlands 0.48 0.58 3 14.9%
18 Reykjavik Energy, Iceland 0.30 0.57 1 82.0%
19 Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Company (SKB), Sweden 0.07 0.56 2 650.1%
20 enviBee GmbH, Switzerland 0.13 0.50 2 282.3%
20 F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG, Switzerland – 0.50 1 N/A
20 Arcadis Schweiz AG, Switzerland – 0.50 1 N/A
20 BMW Group, Germany – 0.50 1 N/A
20 Southern Water Services Ltd., United Kingdom (UK) – 0.50 1 N/A
20 Research Institutes of Sweden (RISE), Sweden 0.75 0.50 1 -36.3%
21 TGS, Norway – 0.49 3 N/A
22 SIAAP Headquarter, France 0.29 0.45 2 52.0%
23 BP plc, United Kingdom (UK) 0.13 0.44 3 239.8%
24 Électricité de France S.A. (EDF), France 0.50 0.44 7 -14.6%
25 Scottish Water, United Kingdom (UK) 0.14 0.43 1 186.7%
25 Blücher GmbH, Germany – 0.43 1 N/A
26 National Metrology and Testing (LNE), France 0.13 0.42 1 218.6%
27 Gazprom, Russia – 0.38 1 N/A
28 Berliner Wasserbetriebe (BWB), Germany – 0.37 2 N/A
29 Zweckverband Landeswasserversorgung, Germany 0.17 0.37 2 109.4%
30 Ricardo Energy and Environment, United Kingdom (UK) 0.36 0.36 2 -2.6%
31 WESSLING Hungary Ltd., Hungary – 0.35 1 N/A
32 Veolia Environnement S.A., France 0.87 0.34 2 -62.7%
33 Öko-Recherche Büro für Umweltforschung und-beratung GmbH, Germany – 0.33 1 N/A
33 Orano, France 0.33 0.33 2 -4.4%
33 Águas de Portugal (AdP), S.A., Portugal – 0.33 1 N/A
33 MG Optical Solutions GmbH, Germany – 0.33 1 N/A
33 AUTARCON GmbH, Germany – 0.33 1 N/A
33 Compagnie Générale de Géophysique S.A., France – 0.33 1 N/A
33 MMT Sweden AB, Sweden – 0.33 1 N/A
34 Wessex Water Services Ltd., United Kingdom (UK) – 0.33 2 N/A
35 Mirico Ltd., United Kingdom (UK) – 0.31 1 N/A
35 Gryaab AB, Sweden – 0.31 1 N/A
36 DHI WASY GmbH, Germany – 0.30 1 N/A
36 Geomecon GmbH, Germany – 0.30 1 N/A
36 Adict Solutions (ADICT), France – 0.30 1 N/A
37 SYSTEMIQ Ltd., United Kingdom (UK) – 0.29 1 N/A
38 ARUP, United Kingdom (UK) 0.12 0.29 2 132.1%
38 Geo-Energie Suisse AG, Switzerland – 0.29 1 N/A
38 Eni s.p.a., Italy – 0.29 1 N/A
38 Geoservei Projectes i Gestió Ambiental, S.L., Spain – 0.29 1 N/A
39 PWN, Netherlands 0.05 0.25 1 401.8%
39 Dunea Water Company, Netherlands – 0.25 1 N/A
39 Saint-Gobain SA, France – 0.25 1 N/A
39 Water-link Ov, Belgium – 0.25 1 N/A
39 Biofos A/S, Denmark 0.33 0.25 1 -28.3%
39 RPS Group Plc, United Kingdom (UK) – 0.25 1 N/A
40 Sweden Water Research AB, Sweden – 0.24 2 N/A
41 Météorage, France – 0.23 2 N/A
42 Actalia, France – 0.23 1 N/A
43 Silixa Ltd., United Kingdom (UK) – 0.22 1 N/A
43 Airbus SE, Netherlands – 0.22 1 N/A
43 HR Wallingford Ltd., United Kingdom (UK) – 0.22 2 N/A
44 Waternet, Netherlands 0.20 0.21 2 -0.4%
45 Nofima AS, Norway 0.17 0.20 6 10.9%
46 Fugro N.V., Netherlands 0.10 0.20 1 91.1%
46 Paques B.V., Netherlands 0.10 0.20 1 91.1%
46 Anglian Water Services Ltd., United Kingdom (UK) – 0.20 1 N/A
46 Purifics Water Inc., United Kingdom (UK) – 0.20 1 N/A
46 Biocel Limited, United Kingdom (UK) – 0.20 1 N/A
46 Uppsala Water and Waste AB, Sweden – 0.20 1 N/A
46 JR-AquaConSol GmbH, Austria 0.47 0.20 1 -59.0%
47 Naturalea, Spain 0.11 0.19 1 61.3%
47 Moscow State University Seismic Data Analysis Center LLC, Russia – 0.19 1 N/A
48 Saur Group, France – 0.18 2 N/A
49 Anglo American plc, United Kingdom (UK) 0.14 0.17 1 11.5%
49 GEOS4 GmbH, Germany – 0.17 1 N/A
49 SCR-Sibelco N.V., Belgium – 0.17 1 N/A
49 Croatia Control Ltd., Croatia – 0.17 1 N/A
49 Dekonta, a.s., Czech Republic – 0.17 1 N/A
49 Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water (DCWW), United Kingdom (UK) – 0.17 1 N/A
49 Amphos 21 Consulting S.L, Spain 0.25 0.17 1 -36.3%
49 Empresa Municipal Aguas de Murcia (Emuasa), Spain – 0.17 1 N/A
49 Entidad de Saneamiento y Depuración de Aguas Residuales (ESAMUR), Spain – 0.17 1 N/A
49 Chalmers Industriteknik, Sweden – 0.17 1 N/A
49 iXBlue SAS, France – 0.17 1 N/A
49 NiMBUC Geoscience, Austria – 0.17 1 N/A
50 Curt-Engelhorn-Centre Archaeometry gGmbH, Germany 0.12 0.14 1 12.2%
50 BURGEAP SA, France – 0.14 1 N/A
50 Vitens Water Company, Netherlands – 0.14 1 N/A
50 OceanScope, France – 0.14 1 N/A

Footnote

Each year, the Nature Index publishes tables based on counts of high-quality research outputs in the previous calendar year. Users please note:

  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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