2022 tables: Institutions - healthcare

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

Table criteria

# Institution Share 2020 Share 2021 Count 2021 Change in Adjusted Share* 2020–2021
1 The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (UT Southwestern Medical Center), United States of America (USA) 149.89 160.33 312 4.2%
2 Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), United States of America (USA) 91.16 98.18 604 4.9%
3 Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS), United States of America (USA) 82.49 94.25 389 11.3%
4 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), United States of America (USA) 96.87 92.60 333 -6.9%
5 The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, United States of America (USA) 76.16 88.82 302 13.6%
6 Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH), United States of America (USA) 70.17 82.66 534 14.8%
7 Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC), CU, United States of America (USA) 124.58 75.15 270 -41.2%
8 NYU Langone Health, United States of America (USA) 85.80 71.83 197 -18.4%
9 Mayo Clinic, United States of America (USA) 60.03 70.02 218 13.6%
10 Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI), United States of America (USA) 59.29 60.61 460 -0.4%
11 Boston Children's Hospital (BCH), United States of America (USA) 55.21 58.70 384 3.6%
12 St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (St. Jude), United States of America (USA) 46.01 57.33 127 21.4%
13 Scientific Institute for Research, Hospitalization and Healthcare (IRCCS), Italy 44.61 50.38 273 10.0%
14 West China School of Medicine/West China Hospital of Sichuan University (WCSM/WCH), SCU, China 26.11 47.46 118 77.1%
15 UCLA Health, United States of America (USA) 70.05 42.44 195 -41.0%
16 Duke University Health System, United States of America (USA) 94.99 42.29 132 -56.6%
17 Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), United States of America (USA) 83.88 39.72 160 -53.9%
18 The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), United States of America (USA) 32.80 37.95 177 12.7%
19 Renji Hospital, SJTU, China 37.06 36.30 133 -4.6%
20 Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), United States of America (USA) 32.74 32.92 297 -2.0%
21 Erasmus University Medical Center (Erasmus MC), Netherlands 24.06 32.59 163 32.0%
22 University Health Network (UHN), U of T, Canada 24.85 30.89 125 21.1%
23 UC San Diego Health Sciences, United States of America (USA) 104.27 27.00 137 -74.8%
24 Michigan Medicine, U-M, United States of America (USA) 113.42 25.23 94 -78.3%
25 Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), United States of America (USA) 23.74 25.05 142 2.8%
26 Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC), United States of America (USA) 34.16 24.81 109 -29.3%
27 University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), UHH, Germany 22.45 24.63 146 6.9%
28 Radboud University Medical Centre (Radboudumc), RU, Netherlands 22.44 24.28 149 5.4%
29 Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), Netherlands 27.54 24.15 131 -14.6%
30 University Medical Center Utrecht (UMC Utrecht), Netherlands 19.84 23.70 146 16.3%
31 Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), France 19.07 23.40 224 19.6%
32 Cleveland Clinic, United States of America (USA) 30.09 22.40 96 -27.5%
33 University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG), Germany 16.50 21.95 104 29.6%
34 The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), U of T, Canada 34.30 21.74 117 -38.2%
35 Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center (SYSUCC), SYSU, China 11.91 21.65 68 77.1%
36 City of Hope, United States of America (USA) 22.49 20.15 103 -12.7%
37 University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), RUG, Netherlands 21.11 18.89 104 -12.9%
38 McGill University Health Centre (MUHC), Canada 16.78 18.52 83 7.6%
39 UW Medicine, United States of America (USA) 83.91 17.85 103 -79.3%
40 VU University Medical Center (VUmc), Netherlands 18.22 17.75 170 -5.1%
41 Academic Medical Center (AMC), UvA, Netherlands 17.48 17.39 198 -3.1%
42 University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), United States of America (USA) 10.51 17.11 98 58.6%
43 Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Cedars-Sinai), United States of America (USA) 16.62 16.68 65 -2.2%
44 The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio), United States of America (USA) 21.13 16.60 75 -23.5%
45 UCSF Health, United States of America (USA) 45.70 16.24 93 -65.4%
46 Ruijin Hospital, SJTU, China 12.47 16.12 58 25.9%
47 UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, United States of America (USA) 15.82 15.83 73 -2.5%
48 The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University (SAHZU), ZJU, China 13.23 15.76 69 16.0%
49 Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center (FUSCC), China 7.18 15.60 58 111.7%
50 Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Tongji University, China 6.24 15.55 58 142.8%
51 Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, China 7.36 15.24 67 101.8%
52 University Hospital of Lausanne (CHUV), UNIL, Switzerland 10.04 14.67 100 42.4%
53 University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC), United States of America (USA) 19.04 14.47 35 -26.0%
54 H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, United States of America (USA) 16.31 14.47 53 -13.6%
55 University Medical Center Freiburg, Germany 10.53 13.93 74 28.8%
56 Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, SJTU, China 8.05 13.78 45 66.8%
57 Hannover Medical School (MHH), Germany 16.99 13.68 123 -21.6%
58 Wuhan Union Hospital, HUST, China 5.25 13.46 52 149.6%
59 First Affiliated Hospital, ZJU, China 8.94 13.14 64 43.2%
60 University Hospital Zurich (UHZ), Switzerland 14.75 12.92 74 -14.6%
61 Seattle Children's Hospital, United States of America (USA) 7.35 12.42 77 64.6%
62 Karolinska University Hospital, Sweden 7.99 12.03 93 46.7%
63 Heidelberg University Hospital at Medical Faculty Heidelberg, Uni Heidelberg, Germany 21.20 11.86 125 -45.5%
64 Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI), Netherlands 15.65 11.51 80 -28.4%
65 West China School/Hospital of Stomatology, SCU, China 6.41 11.50 27 74.8%
66 Drum Tower Hospital, China 6.40 11.25 40 71.3%
67 Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital (SRRSH), ZJU, China 7.11 11.11 54 52.2%
68 Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust (OUH), United Kingdom (UK) 10.45 10.57 120 -1.4%
69 University Hospital Bonn (UKB), Uni Bonn, Germany 13.17 10.54 79 -22.0%
70 University Hospital Tübingen (UKT), Uni Tübingen, Germany 17.21 10.53 86 -40.4%
71 Catalan Health Institute (ICS), Spain 7.24 10.42 97 40.3%
72 Houston Methodist, United States of America (USA) 11.98 10.42 51 -15.3%
73 Oslo University Hospital (OUS), Norway 8.79 10.40 73 15.3%
74 Texas Children's Hospital, BCM, United States of America (USA) 9.30 10.30 91 7.8%
75 Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital, SJTU, China 8.57 10.01 33 13.8%
76 Tongji Hospital (TJH), HUST, China 7.33 9.92 41 31.8%
77 University Hospital of Munich (KUM), LMU, Germany 8.18 9.80 116 16.7%
78 UConn Health, United States of America (USA) 13.16 9.78 33 -27.6%
79 University Hospital of Erlangen, FAU, Germany 14.76 9.74 51 -35.7%
80 Health Sciences Center (HSC), Utah, United States of America (USA) 38.07 9.63 45 -75.4%
81 University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC), UR, United States of America (USA) 23.92 9.37 38 -61.8%
82 University Medical Center Mainz, JGU, Germany 8.85 9.33 62 2.7%
83 Johns Hopkins Health System Corporation (JHHS), United States of America (USA) 9.82 9.32 85 -7.6%
84 Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, China 5.11 9.09 42 73.1%
85 Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center (OSUWMC), United States of America (USA) 14.10 9.07 42 -37.3%
86 University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC), United States of America (USA) 12.21 8.96 41 -28.5%
87 Jena University Hospital (UKJ), FSU, Germany 4.05 8.81 37 112.0%
88 Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI), United States of America (USA) 7.88 8.74 40 8.0%
89 Shanghai East Hospital, Tongji University, China 3.80 8.72 29 123.8%
90 Sinai Health System, U of T, Canada 9.86 8.70 64 -14.1%
91 Cancer Institute and Hospital, CAMS & PUMC, China 5.60 8.32 29 44.8%
92 Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom (UK) 6.07 8.15 115 30.8%
93 Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, SYSU, China 11.55 8.02 31 -32.4%
94 Melbourne Health, Australia 6.36 7.92 81 21.3%
95 University Hospital Basel (USB), UB, Switzerland 8.73 7.90 58 -11.8%
96 Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), Spain 10.46 7.81 35 -27.3%
97 University Hospital of Cologne, Germany 7.11 7.78 64 6.6%
98 Medical University of Innsbruck (MUI), Austria 10.31 7.72 41 -27.1%
99 Nanfang Hospital, China 5.41 7.32 35 31.9%
100 Xiangya Hospital, CSU, China 8.31 7.30 42 -14.5%

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