2022 tables: Institutions - corporate

The 2022 tables are based on Nature Index data from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021.

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# Institution Share 2020 Share 2021 Count 2021 Change in Adjusted Share* 2020–2021
1 F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG, Switzerland 59.77 45.32 133 -26.1%
2 AstraZeneca plc, United Kingdom (UK) 27.57 35.24 140 24.5%
3 IBM Corporation, United States of America (USA) 30.15 34.82 96 12.5%
4 Alphabet Inc., United States of America (USA) 26.61 32.10 79 17.5%
5 Merck & Co., Inc., United States of America (USA) 32.40 26.20 66 -21.2%
6 Novartis International AG, Switzerland 24.63 21.38 97 -15.4%
7 Pfizer Inc., United States of America (USA) 17.16 20.25 64 15.0%
8 China State Shipbuilding Corporation Limited (CSSC), China 11.92 19.02 281 55.5%
9 FiberHome Technologies Group, China 9.49 16.27 141 67.1%
10 Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS), United States of America (USA) 18.84 15.87 42 -18.0%
11 Samsung Group, South Korea 15.09 13.77 70 -11.1%
12 Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., United States of America (USA) 9.64 12.61 57 27.4%
13 Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., United States of America (USA) 13.98 12.51 32 -12.8%
14 GlaxoSmithKline plc. (GSK), United Kingdom (UK) 20.43 12.13 57 -42.2%
15 Toyota Group, Japan 15.39 11.93 25 -24.5%
16 Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT), Japan 12.59 11.78 29 -8.9%
17 Johnson & Johnson, United States of America (USA) 14.88 11.69 55 -23.4%
18 Amgen Inc., United States of America (USA) 12.30 11.51 39 -8.9%
19 DowDuPont Inc., United States of America (USA) 10.27 10.75 46 2.0%
20 Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Japan 3.27 10.68 28 217.9%
21 AbbVie Inc., United States of America (USA) 6.27 10.18 27 58.2%
22 Exxon Mobil Corporation (ExxonMobil), United States of America (USA) 8.77 10.13 28 12.5%
23 BGI, China 7.57 10.00 51 28.7%
24 Microsoft Corporation, United States of America (USA) 11.18 9.85 56 -14.1%
25 GNS Science, New Zealand 11.94 9.64 59 -21.3%
26 Sanofi, France 9.46 8.68 40 -10.6%
27 23andMe, Inc., United States of America (USA) 3.06 8.25 16 162.5%
28 Leidos Holdings, Inc., United States of America (USA) 7.63 7.21 85 -8.0%
29 Bruker Corporation, United States of America (USA) 9.29 6.82 38 -28.4%
30 C. H. Boehringer Sohn AG & Co. KG (Boehringer Ingelheim), Germany 5.74 6.68 30 13.3%
31 New England Biolabs, Inc. (NEB), United States of America (USA) 1.51 6.53 11 322.0%
32 Jinchuan Group Co., Ltd., China 2.19 6.48 23 187.9%
33 BASF SE, Germany 8.45 6.46 40 -25.5%
34 Vir Biotechnology, Inc., United States of America (USA) 3.11 6.17 19 93.2%
35 Waters Corporation, United States of America (USA) 4.75 5.84 12 19.8%
36 China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), China 8.25 5.69 39 -32.8%
37 Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., United States of America (USA) 4.60 5.65 26 19.6%
38 Moderna, Inc., United States of America (USA) 2.86 5.60 14 91.0%
39 Formosa Plastics Group, Taiwan 10.38 5.57 28 -47.7%
40 Science Systems and Applications, Inc. (SSAI), United States of America (USA) 3.26 5.35 37 59.9%
41 Novo Nordisk A/S, Denmark 6.88 5.21 27 -26.2%
42 Bayer AG, Germany 6.31 5.13 26 -20.8%
43 Eli Lilly and Company, United States of America (USA) 8.38 5.04 32 -41.4%
44 National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd. (NIWA), New Zealand 4.75 5.00 29 2.5%
45 Gilead Sciences, Inc., United States of America (USA) 4.58 4.93 13 4.8%
46 Shanghai Qi Zhi Institute, China 0.55 4.58 27 710.8%
47 Toshiba Corporation, Japan 1.50 4.57 8 196.9%
48 China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), China 4.71 4.52 23 -6.5%
49 Biogen Inc., United States of America (USA) 5.26 4.44 19 -17.7%
50 KWH Water B.V., Netherlands 2.81 4.34 17 50.5%
51 Intel Corporation, United States of America (USA) 3.41 4.17 20 19.0%
52 General Atomics, United States of America (USA) 2.12 4.11 15 89.1%
53 Thales S.A., France 3.51 4.08 53 13.2%
54 UCB S.A., Belgium 3.43 4.06 16 15.2%
55 Techint Group, Italy 3.22 3.79 25 14.6%
56 Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC), Saudi Arabia 1.30 3.78 14 182.4%
57 China National Chemical Corporation (ChemChina), China 6.67 3.74 20 -45.5%
58 China National Tobacco Company (CNTC), China 3.09 3.64 12 14.7%
59 Merck KGaA, Germany 1.06 3.59 18 230.5%
60 Xanadu Quantum Technologies Inc., Canada 1.65 3.56 4 110.0%
61 Hitachi, Ltd., Japan 8.52 3.24 17 -62.9%
62 Panasonic Corporation, Japan 2.88 3.11 7 5.2%
63 BioNTech AG, Germany 3.56 3.09 12 -15.6%
64 Sinopec Corporation, China 1.89 3.08 28 59.0%
65 Eisai Co., Ltd., Japan 0.23 3.04 8 1191.3%
66 Corning Incorporated, United States of America (USA) 2.04 2.98 8 42.6%
67 LG Corporation, South Korea 2.76 2.95 11 4.1%
68 Royal Dutch Shell plc (Shell), Netherlands 4.14 2.87 12 -32.4%
69 Bioqual, Inc., United States of America (USA) 1.72 2.85 18 61.3%
70 Total S.A., France 4.25 2.77 18 -36.4%
71 Norwegian Research Centre AS (NORCE), Norway 4.24 2.66 42 -39.0%
72 AGC Inc., Japan – 2.57 6 N/A
73 Center for Nanotechnology GmbH (CeNTech GmbH), Germany 2.70 2.52 13 -9.1%
74 Hunan Changling Petrochemical Technology Development Co., Ltd., China 0.70 2.50 5 248.9%
75 Danaher Corporation, United States of America (USA) 3.45 2.47 15 -30.1%
76 Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc. (AER), United States of America (USA) 0.83 2.42 11 182.7%
77 EpiCypher, Inc., United States of America (USA) 0.29 2.28 7 659.2%
78 NorthWest Research Associates, Inc. (NWRA), United States of America (USA) 3.06 2.27 27 -27.7%
79 Raytheon Company, United States of America (USA) 2.05 2.26 24 7.6%
80 Unilever, United Kingdom (UK) 2.27 2.24 10 -3.9%
81 Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia 1.85 2.22 12 16.7%
82 Abbott Laboratories, United States of America (USA) 0.41 2.18 9 414.5%
83 HRL Laboratories LLC, United States of America (USA) 1.85 2.17 4 14.2%
84 TDK Corporation, Japan 0.83 2.13 5 151.8%
85 Adroit Materials, Inc., United States of America (USA) 2.17 2.09 7 -6.2%
86 Meta Platforms, Inc., United States of America (USA) 2.09 2.07 7 -3.5%
87 Rigaku Corporation, Japan 2.47 2.07 15 -18.4%
88 China Electronics Technology Group Corporation (CETC), China 2.09 2.03 13 -5.5%
89 NaMLab gGmbH, Germany – 2.00 5 N/A
90 Nokia Corporation, Finland 1.48 1.98 11 30.2%
91 Johnson Matthey (JM), United Kingdom (UK) 1.73 1.94 11 9.0%
92 JEOL Ltd., Japan 1.60 1.92 17 17.3%
93 Ford Motor Company, United States of America (USA) 0.50 1.90 5 269.2%
94 Shimadzu Corporation, Japan 3.20 1.89 8 -42.5%
95 Mitsubishi Group, Japan 3.08 1.86 13 -41.2%
96 Synfuels China Technology Co., Ltd., China 0.82 1.83 13 117.9%
97 10x Genomics, United States of America (USA) 1.06 1.81 11 67.0%
98 Robert Bosch GmbH, Germany 0.20 1.80 7 787.2%
99 NanoString Technologies, Inc., United States of America (USA) 1.77 1.80 9 -0.9%
100 Honeywell International, Inc., United States of America (USA) 1.81 1.80 6 -3.4%

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