Top 200 science cities
The top 200 science cities and metro areas (MA), ranked by fractional count (FC) in 2017. Also listed are each city’s total number of articles (AC) in 2017, contribution to their country or region’s total FC, and percentage of papers co-authored with researchers elsewhere.
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| 1 | Beijing | China | 2,142.53 | 4,396 | 23.5% | 80.3% |
| 2 | New York MA | United States of America (USA) | 1,980.45 | 4,383 | 10.1% | 81.4% |
| 3 | Boston - Cambridge - Newton | United States of America (USA) | 1,808.78 | 3,917 | 9.2% | 81.3% |
| 4 | San Francisco - San Jose | United States of America (USA) | 1,676.35 | 3,639 | 8.5% | 80.6% |
| 5 | Baltimore - Washington | United States of America (USA) | 1,295.67 | 3,342 | 6.6% | 84.9% |
| 6 | Tokyo MA | Japan | 1,194.00 | 2,601 | 39.1% | 79.0% |
| 7 | Shanghai | China | 1,041.04 | 2,178 | 11.4% | 80.5% |
| 8 | Paris MA | France | 938.59 | 2,469 | 42.9% | 88.2% |
| 9 | Los Angeles - Long Beach - Anaheim | United States of America (USA) | 847.70 | 2,072 | 4.3% | 83.7% |
| 10 | Chicago - Naperville - Elgin | United States of America (USA) | 759.71 | 1,852 | 3.9% | 83.0% |
| 11 | Seoul MA | South Korea | 725.04 | 1,434 | 56.4% | 76.0% |
| 12 | Nanjing | China | 704.03 | 1,476 | 7.7% | 80.4% |
| 13 | Kyoto - Osaka - Kobe (Keihanshin) | Japan | 680.32 | 1,423 | 22.3% | 78.7% |
| 14 | London MA | United Kingdom (UK) | 672.98 | 1,970 | 18.5% | 89.9% |
| 15 | Singapore | Singapore | 595.58 | 1,120 | 100.0%* | 76.8% |
| 16 | San Diego - Carlsbad | United States of America (USA) | 570.71 | 1,326 | 2.9% | 82.7% |
| 17 | Cambridge | United Kingdom (UK) | 560.68 | 1,451 | 15.5% | 86.8% |
| 18 | Zürich | Switzerland | 546.95 | 1,305 | 41.0% | 83.1% |
| 19 | Wuhan | China | 490.54 | 1,019 | 5.4% | 81.1% |
| 20 | Berlin MA | Germany | 481.56 | 1,267 | 11.0% | 87.5% |
| 21 | Philadelphia MA | United States of America (USA) | 472.90 | 1,103 | 2.4% | 81.6% |
| 22 | Munich | Germany | 467.44 | 1,291 | 10.7% | 86.8% |
| 23 | Oxford | United Kingdom (UK) | 412.84 | 1,162 | 11.4% | 87.9% |
| 24 | Houston MA | United States of America (USA) | 405.90 | 1,046 | 2.1% | 86.3% |
| 25 | Guangzhou | China | 386.64 | 872 | 4.2% | 82.8% |
| 26 | Hong Kong | China | 355.92 | 815 | 3.9% | 82.2% |
| 27 | Hefei | China | 353.01 | 799 | 3.9% | 84.7% |
| 28 | Atlanta - Athens | United States of America (USA) | 352.79 | 835 | 1.8% | 83.7% |
| 29 | Seattle - Tacoma - Bellevue | United States of America (USA) | 339.73 | 908 | 1.7% | 84.5% |
| 30 | Ann Arbor | United States of America (USA) | 334.85 | 830 | 1.7% | 82.8% |
| 31 | Melbourne | Australia | 334.23 | 900 | 31.4% | 88.6% |
| 32 | Toronto MA | Canada | 322.99 | 809 | 20.9% | 82.6% |
| 33 | Hangzhou | China | 305.03 | 656 | 3.3% | 81.9% |
| 34 | Barcelona MA | Spain | 291.49 | 878 | 26.8% | 91.1% |
| 35 | Tianjin | China | 282.51 | 652 | 3.1% | 76.5% |
| 36 | Boulder | United States of America (USA) | 280.36 | 791 | 1.4% | 90.6% |
| 37 | Lausanne | Switzerland | 270.84 | 724 | 20.3% | 86.3% |
| 38 | Madrid | Spain | 269.95 | 912 | 24.8% | 90.2% |
| 39 | Montreal MA | Canada | 269.80 | 673 | 17.5% | 82.5% |
| 40 | Austin | United States of America (USA) | 267.11 | 608 | 1.4% | 80.4% |
| 41 | Madison | United States of America (USA) | 264.91 | 674 | 1.3% | 81.3% |
| 42 | Changchun | China | 259.25 | 474 | 2.8% | 80.6% |
| 43 | Dallas - Fort Worth | United States of America (USA) | 246.36 | 561 | 1.3% | 79.3% |
| 44 | Sydney | Australia | 243.54 | 737 | 22.9% | 89.3% |
| 45 | Copenhagen | Denmark | 239.68 | 721 | 67.7% | 89.0% |
| 46 | Stockholm | Sweden | 238.31 | 830 | 39.9% | 92.9% |
| 47 | Pittsburgh | United States of America (USA) | 236.53 | 658 | 1.2% | 84.8% |
| 48 | Vienna | Austria | 231.15 | 631 | 62.5% | 88.0% |
| 49 | Chapel Hill | United States of America (USA) | 225.16 | 498 | 1.1% | 80.3% |
| 50 | St. Louis | United States of America (USA) | 222.03 | 469 | 1.1% | 78.5% |
| 51 | Xi’an | China | 221.25 | 456 | 2.4% | 80.5% |
| 52 | Heidelberg | Germany | 219.18 | 744 | 5.0% | 91.5% |
| 53 | Dresden | Germany | 216.55 | 614 | 4.9% | 89.7% |
| 54 | Urbana | United States of America (USA) | 216.12 | 505 | 1.1% | 80.6% |
| 55 | Daejeon | South Korea | 213.96 | 514 | 16.6% | 82.9% |
| 56 | Grenoble | France | 213.83 | 741 | 9.8% | 94.2% |
| 57 | Tsukuba | Japan | 209.30 | 723 | 6.8% | 91.8% |
| 58 | Nagoya MA | Japan | 207.18 | 597 | 6.8% | 87.1% |
| 59 | Santa Barbara | United States of America (USA) | 198.89 | 490 | 1.0% | 82.2% |
| 60 | Ithaca | United States of America (USA) | 198.29 | 558 | 1.0% | 85.7% |
| 61 | Edinburgh | United Kingdom (UK) | 197.31 | 627 | 5.4% | 89.3% |
| 62 | Suzhou | China | 196.76 | 401 | 2.2% | 79.3% |
| 63 | Minneapolis - Saint Paul | United States of America (USA) | 196.51 | 535 | 1.0% | 82.4% |
| 64 | State College | United States of America (USA) | 189.85 | 443 | 1.0% | 81.5% |
| 65 | Shenzhen | China | 189.41 | 640 | 2.1% | 90.2% |
| 66 | Taipei | Taiwan | 188.67 | 580 | 44.8% | 89.0% |
| 67 | Moscow | Russia | 188.27 | 773 | 46.3% | 92.0% |
| 68 | Xiamen | China | 187.86 | 345 | 2.1% | 76.5% |
| 69 | Bristol MA | United Kingdom (UK) | 186.12 | 558 | 5.1% | 88.2% |
| 70 | Durham | United States of America (USA) | 185.69 | 507 | 0.9% | 85.8% |
| 71 | Chengdu | China | 183.46 | 414 | 2.0% | 81.9% |
| 72 | Manchester | United Kingdom (UK) | 182.20 | 563 | 5.0% | 86.5% |
| 73 | Amsterdam MA | Netherlands | 179.17 | 685 | 19.9% | 93.7% |
| 74 | Genève | Switzerland | 176.21 | 726 | 13.2% | 93.9% |
| 75 | Reẖovot | Israel | 175.22 | 412 | 30.2% | 81.3% |
| 76 | Vancouver MA | Canada | 170.88 | 465 | 11.1% | 82.6% |
| 77 | Göttingen | Germany | 168.53 | 435 | 3.8% | 82.5% |
| 78 | Milan | Italy | 167.01 | 685 | 16.3% | 94.7% |
| 79 | Irvine | United States of America (USA) | 163.65 | 439 | 0.8% | 83.6% |
| 80 | Changsha | China | 162.05 | 344 | 1.8% | 82.3% |
| 81 | Jinan | China | 161.81 | 362 | 1.8% | 77.3% |
| 82 | Basel | Switzerland | 159.62 | 383 | 12.0% | 82.2% |
| 83 | Hamburg | Germany | 155.19 | 556 | 3.5% | 93.0% |
| 84 | Brisbane | Australia | 154.79 | 431 | 14.6% | 90.5% |
| 85 | Mainz | Germany | 152.94 | 453 | 3.5% | 88.5% |
| 86 | Leuven | Belgium | 152.30 | 447 | 38.4% | 90.8% |
| 87 | Rome | Italy | 150.39 | 715 | 14.7% | 96.2% |
| 88 | College Station | United States of America (USA) | 150.29 | 413 | 0.8% | 84.0% |
| 89 | West Lafayette | United States of America (USA) | 147.67 | 390 | 0.8% | 83.1% |
| 90 | Sendai | Japan | 147.52 | 383 | 4.8% | 86.4% |
| 91 | Lanzhou | China | 147.08 | 286 | 1.6% | 77.3% |
| 92 | Davis | United States of America (USA) | 146.10 | 462 | 0.7% | 91.3% |
| 93 | Bengaluru | India | 145.48 | 298 | 15.2% | 71.5% |
| 94 | Dalian | China | 142.69 | 276 | 1.6% | 85.5% |
| 95 | Birmingham - Coventry | United Kingdom (UK) | 138.63 | 519 | 3.8% | 90.6% |
| 96 | Salt Lake City | United States of America (USA) | 137.79 | 308 | 0.7% | 81.2% |
| 97 | Utrecht | Netherlands | 136.88 | 449 | 15.2% | 92.4% |
| 98 | Chongqing | China | 131.47 | 270 | 1.4% | 73.3% |
| 99 | Columbus | United States of America (USA) | 130.41 | 461 | 0.7% | 88.5% |
| 100 | Fuzhou | China | 128.28 | 240 | 1.4% | 73.8% |
| 101 | Toulouse | France | 127.52 | 375 | 5.8% | 90.7% |
| 102 | Jerusalem | Israel | 125.71 | 279 | 21.7% | 79.9% |
| 103 | Waterloo | Canada | 125.42 | 255 | 8.1% | 78.8% |
| 104 | Tel Aviv | Israel | 123.52 | 358 | 21.3% | 85.8% |
| 105 | Lyon | France | 123.49 | 505 | 5.6% | 93.1% |
| 106 | Würzburg | Germany | 122.92 | 307 | 2.8% | 87.0% |
| 107 | Münster | Germany | 122.51 | 268 | 2.8% | 76.1% |
| 108 | Jeddah | Saudi Arabia | 122.45 | 363 | 88.5% | 87.3% |
| 109 | Glasgow | United Kingdom (UK) | 121.26 | 432 | 3.3% | 90.0% |
| 110 | Oak Ridge | United States of America (USA) | 120.94 | 394 | 0.6% | 96.2% |
| 111 | Nashville | United States of America (USA) | 120.07 | 381 | 0.6% | 87.1% |
| 112 | Denver - Aurora - Lakewood | United States of America (USA) | 117.65 | 318 | 0.6% | 86.8% |
| 113 | Helsinki | Finland | 116.81 | 438 | 60.8% | 93.8% |
| 114 | Prague | Czech Republic | 116.67 | 457 | 61.2% | 91.0% |
| 115 | Strasbourg | France | 115.45 | 393 | 5.3% | 92.6% |
| 116 | Sapporo | Japan | 112.44 | 264 | 3.7% | 82.6% |
| 117 | Miami MA | United States of America (USA) | 112.11 | 347 | 0.6% | 87.9% |
| 118 | Groningen | Netherlands | 111.05 | 326 | 12.3% | 85.9% |
| 119 | Hsinchu | Taiwan | 110.30 | 328 | 26.2% | 86.0% |
| 120 | Gainesville | United States of America (USA) | 109.94 | 360 | 0.6% | 88.9% |
| 121 | Kolkata MA | India | 109.93 | 284 | 11.5% | 75.7% |
| 122 | Uppsala | Sweden | 109.73 | 395 | 18.4% | 90.1% |
| 123 | Karlsruhe | Germany | 109.67 | 354 | 2.5% | 94.1% |
| 124 | Fukuoka - Kitakyushu | Japan | 107.41 | 321 | 3.5% | 88.5% |
| 125 | Phoenix - Mesa - Scottsdale | United States of America (USA) | 106.59 | 299 | 0.5% | 90.0% |
| 126 | Freiburg | Germany | 104.62 | 317 | 2.4% | 90.2% |
| 127 | Riverside | United States of America (USA) | 103.21 | 288 | 0.5% | 83.0% |
| 128 | Mumbai MA | India | 102.55 | 306 | 10.7% | 79.4% |
| 129 | Edmonton | Canada | 102.25 | 279 | 6.6% | 81.4% |
| 130 | Qingdao | China | 101.75 | 238 | 1.1% | 83.6% |
| 131 | Cleveland | United States of America (USA) | 101.50 | 224 | 0.5% | 82.6% |
| 132 | Frankfurt am Main | Germany | 101.46 | 287 | 2.3% | 86.4% |
| 133 | Ottawa | Canada | 101.26 | 313 | 6.6% | 89.1% |
| 134 | Harbin | China | 100.83 | 207 | 1.1% | 79.2% |
| 135 | Canberra | Australia | 99.88 | 296 | 9.4% | 90.9% |
| 136 | Pohang | South Korea | 98.93 | 213 | 7.7% | 83.1% |
| 137 | Richland | United States of America (USA) | 97.68 | 223 | 0.5% | 84.3% |
| 138 | Erlangen | Germany | 97.62 | 241 | 2.2% | 85.9% |
| 139 | Tucson | United States of America (USA) | 96.55 | 351 | 0.5% | 90.6% |
| 140 | Amherst | United States of America (USA) | 96.39 | 277 | 0.5% | 85.6% |
| 141 | Ulsan | South Korea | 95.17 | 178 | 7.4% | 78.1% |
| 142 | Bonn | Germany | 94.76 | 373 | 2.2% | 93.8% |
| 143 | Aachen | Germany | 94.31 | 340 | 2.1% | 88.2% |
| 144 | Stuttgart | Germany | 93.78 | 223 | 2.1% | 87.9% |
| 145 | Central National Capital Region (Delhi) | India | 93.51 | 290 | 9.8% | 69.3% |
| 146 | Marseille | France | 93.50 | 377 | 4.3% | 93.6% |
| 147 | Tübingen | Germany | 92.56 | 247 | 2.1% | 84.2% |
| 148 | Oslo | Norway | 92.38 | 377 | 49.1% | 95.8% |
| 149 | Raleigh | United States of America (USA) | 90.02 | 223 | 0.5% | 83.4% |
| 150 | Leipzig | Germany | 89.89 | 224 | 2.0% | 83.5% |
| 151 | Haifa | Israel | 89.26 | 263 | 15.4% | 85.9% |
| 152 | Southampton | United Kingdom (UK) | 88.68 | 323 | 2.4% | 92.0% |
| 153 | Montpellier | France | 88.59 | 261 | 4.0% | 94.3% |
| 154 | Los Alamos | United States of America (USA) | 88.33 | 257 | 0.4% | 92.2% |
| 155 | Dublin | Ireland | 88.17 | 368 | 71.3% | 92.4% |
| 156 | Warsaw | Poland | 85.08 | 387 | 39.1% | 91.5% |
| 157 | Trieste | Italy | 84.99 | 396 | 8.3% | 93.9% |
| 158 | Rochester | United States of America (USA) | 84.39 | 308 | 0.4% | 88.6% |
| 159 | Lund | Sweden | 84.12 | 299 | 14.1% | 89.6% |
| 160 | Albuquerque | United States of America (USA) | 84.01 | 280 | 0.4% | 89.6% |
| 161 | Durham | United Kingdom (UK) | 83.44 | 215 | 2.3% | 85.6% |
| 162 | Leiden | Netherlands | 83.20 | 262 | 9.2% | 90.1% |
| 163 | São Paulo | Brazil | 83.11 | 392 | 32.1% | 91.6% |
| 164 | Providence | United States of America (USA) | 82.65 | 256 | 0.4% | 86.7% |
| 165 | Nijmegen | Netherlands | 82.48 | 290 | 9.2% | 91.0% |
| 166 | Charlottesville | United States of America (USA) | 81.83 | 285 | 0.4% | 87.7% |
| 167 | East Lansing | United States of America (USA) | 81.21 | 282 | 0.4% | 91.1% |
| 168 | Brussels | Belgium | 80.24 | 332 | 20.2% | 94.9% |
| 169 | Pune MA | India | 79.99 | 219 | 8.4% | 75.8% |
| 170 | Fort Collins | United States of America (USA) | 79.54 | 208 | 0.4% | 86.1% |
| 171 | Tallahassee | United States of America (USA) | 78.85 | 290 | 0.4% | 89.7% |
| 172 | Delft | Netherlands | 78.36 | 199 | 8.7% | 86.9% |
| 173 | Perth | Australia | 77.30 | 268 | 7.3% | 92.5% |
| 174 | Aarhus | Denmark | 76.98 | 225 | 21.8% | 88.9% |
| 175 | Leeds | United Kingdom (UK) | 75.01 | 248 | 2.1% | 93.1% |
| 176 | Jülich | Germany | 74.48 | 212 | 1.7% | 92.0% |
| 177 | Valencia | Spain | 73.95 | 298 | 6.8% | 92.6% |
| 178 | Eindhoven | Netherlands | 73.57 | 148 | 8.2% | 78.4% |
| 179 | Lisbon | Portugal | 72.35 | 350 | 54.4% | 93.7% |
| 180 | Köln | Germany | 72.25 | 246 | 1.6% | 95.9% |
| 181 | Gent | Belgium | 72.09 | 293 | 18.2% | 95.6% |
| 182 | Iowa City | United States of America (USA) | 71.34 | 327 | 0.4% | 91.4% |
| 183 | Jena | Germany | 69.65 | 191 | 1.6% | 83.2% |
| 184 | Bloomington | United States of America (USA) | 69.38 | 220 | 0.4% | 85.0% |
| 185 | Portland | United States of America (USA) | 69.35 | 203 | 0.4% | 88.7% |
| 186 | Blacksburg | United States of America (USA) | 69.27 | 160 | 0.4% | 79.4% |
| 187 | Santa Cruz | United States of America (USA) | 69.19 | 269 | 0.4% | 93.3% |
| 188 | Göteborg | Sweden | 67.64 | 212 | 11.3% | 92.0% |
| 189 | Nottingham | United Kingdom (UK) | 67.19 | 189 | 1.9% | 85.2% |
| 190 | Ames | United States of America (USA) | 67.17 | 215 | 0.3% | 86.0% |
| 191 | Sheffield | United Kingdom (UK) | 66.15 | 261 | 1.8% | 92.7% |
| 192 | Cincinnati | United States of America (USA) | 65.47 | 234 | 0.3% | 92.3% |
| 193 | Notre Dame | United States of America (USA) | 65.18 | 208 | 0.3% | 86.5% |
| 194 | Bern | Switzerland | 65.08 | 314 | 4.9% | 94.9% |
| 195 | Regensburg | Germany | 63.73 | 145 | 1.5% | 82.1% |
| 196 | Naples | Italy | 63.03 | 367 | 6.2% | 95.6% |
| 197 | Dortmund | Germany | 62.91 | 238 | 1.4% | 88.2% |
| 198 | Donostia / San Sebastián | Spain | 61.66 | 180 | 5.7% | 96.7% |
| 199 | Lincoln | United States of America (USA) | 61.19 | 200 | 0.3% | 88.0% |
| 200 | Worcester | United States of America (USA) | 59.91 | 144 | 0.3% | 84.7% |
Footnote
* Singapore is a city-state.