Top 100 institutions with high affiliation articles in genetics
The table shows top institutions in genetics by their fractional count (FC) from high affiliation Nature Index articles* in the field from 2015 to 2018. Under the top institutions are their key contributors that have a FC greater than or equal to 1. Also shown is each institution's high affiliation article count (AC) in the field over the same period.
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| Rank | Institution | Country / Region | FC 2015–18 | AC 2015–18 |
|---|
| 1 |
Harvard University | United States of America (USA) | 31.86 | 357 |
| Harvard Medical School (HMS) | | 26.36 | 326 |
| Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health | | 2.03 | 91 |
| Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) | | 1.20 | 36 |
| Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) | | 1.10 | 16 |
| 2 |
Wellcome Sanger Institute | United Kingdom (UK) | 20.18 | 197 |
| Wellcome Trust Genome Campus | | 9.77 | 90 |
| Sanger Institute Human Genetics | | 1.29 | 21 |
| 3 |
National Institutes of Health (NIH) | United States of America (USA) | 18.69 | 241 |
| NIH National Cancer Institute (NCI) | | 6.59 | 87 |
| NIH National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) | | 3.26 | 63 |
| NIH National Institute on Aging (NIA) | | 2.01 | 59 |
| NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) | | 1.30 | 38 |
| 4 |
Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) | United States of America (USA) | 13.17 | 115 |
| Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, BCM | | 6.22 | 62 |
| Human Genome Sequencing Center (HGSC), BCM | | 3.37 | 52 |
| Texas Children's Hospital, BCM | | 1.09 | 31 |
| 5 |
University of Cambridge | United Kingdom (UK) | 13.11 | 203 |
| School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge | | 7.68 | 134 |
| School of the Biological Sciences, University of Cambridge | | 2.54 | 58 |
| Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology (CCGE), University of Cambridge | | 1.05 | 21 |
| 6 |
University of Oxford | United Kingdom (UK) | 13.04 | 206 |
| Oxford Medical Sciences Division (MSD) | | 10.79 | 181 |
| Oxford Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Division (MPLS) | | 1.28 | 39 |
| 7 |
Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard | United States of America (USA) | 12.95 | 241 |
| Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute | | 1.91 | 63 |
| 8 |
Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres | Germany | 12.01 | 194 |
| German Cancer Research Center in the Helmholtz Association (DKFZ) | | 5.74 | 75 |
| Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health (HMGU) | | 3.94 | 86 |
| Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) | | 1.31 | 27 |
| 9 |
University of Washington (UW) | United States of America (USA) | 11.22 | 161 |
| UW Medicine | | 7.54 | 118 |
| School of Public Health, UW | | 2.19 | 67 |
| 10 |
University of Toronto (U of T) | Canada | 10.63 | 141 |
| Faculty of Medicine, U of T | | 8.00 | 125 |
| Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research (CCBR), U of T | | 1.11 | 10 |
| 11 |
Max Planck Society | Germany | 10.50 | 150 |
| Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics (MPI-MG) | | 2.83 | 37 |
| Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (MPI-EVA) | | 2.00 | 21 |
| 12 |
University College London (UCL) | United Kingdom (UK) | 9.44 | 153 |
| UCL School of Life and Medical Sciences (SLMS) | | 8.82 | 139 |
| 13 |
Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) | Netherlands | 9.39 | 144 |
| Erasmus University Medical Center (Erasmus MC) | | 9.05 | 143 |
| 14 |
University of Michigan (U-M) | United States of America (USA) | 8.79 | 127 |
| Michigan Medicine, U-M | | 4.85 | 69 |
| School of Public Health (SPH), U-M | | 3.23 | 74 |
| 15 |
BGI | China | 8.28 | 46 |
| BGI-China | | 7.51 | 43 |
| 16 |
University of Copenhagen (UCPH) | Denmark | 8.09 | 135 |
| Faculty of Science, UCPH | | 5.63 | 65 |
| Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, UCPH | | 2.04 | 72 |
| 17 |
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) | United States of America (USA) | 7.95 | 141 |
| UCSF School of Medicine | | 3.71 | 91 |
| UCSF Health | | 2.66 | 62 |
| 18 |
University of Pennsylvania (Penn) | United States of America (USA) | 7.56 | 125 |
| Perelman School of Medicine, Penn | | 5.16 | 107 |
| Penn Medicine | | 1.48 | 27 |
| 19 |
Columbia University in the City of New York (CU) | United States of America (USA) | 7.08 | 110 |
| Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC), CU | | 6.50 | 104 |
| 20 |
Johns Hopkins University (JHU) | United States of America (USA) | 6.99 | 140 |
| Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (JHUSOM), JHU | | 4.09 | 108 |
| Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (JHSPH) | | 1.73 | 48 |
| 21 |
Stanford University | United States of America (USA) | 6.96 | 142 |
| Stanford School of Medicine | | 6.46 | 133 |
| 22 |
Scientific Institute for Research, Hospitalization and Healthcare (IRCCS) | Italy | 6.89 | 133 |
| IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital (HSR) | | 1.11 | 29 |
| 23 |
Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS) | United States of America (USA) | 6.74 | 118 |
| Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (ISMMS), MSHS | | 6.69 | 115 |
| 24 |
Radboud University Nijmegen (RU) | Netherlands | 6.56 | 113 |
| Radboud University Medical Centre (Radboudumc), RU | | 4.56 | 91 |
| Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences (RIMLS), RU | | 1.14 | 30 |
| 25 |
The University of Edinburgh | United Kingdom (UK) | 6.46 | 118 |
| College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, The University of Edinburgh | | 2.02 | 72 |
| MRC Human Genetics Unit (HGU), The University of Edinburgh | | 1.19 | 19 |
| School of Biological Sciences, The University of Edinburgh | | 1.08 | 15 |
| School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences (PPLS), The University of Edinburgh | | 1.03 | 30 |
| 26 |
King's College London (KCL) | United Kingdom (UK) | 6.04 | 130 |
| Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine (LSM), KCL | | 3.70 | 87 |
| Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IOPPN), KCL | | 1.50 | 40 |
| 27 |
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center | United States of America (USA) | 5.84 | 69 |
| Division of Cancer Medicine, MD Anderson Cancer Center | | 1.34 | 24 |
| 28 |
Amgen Inc. | United States of America (USA) | 5.67 | 51 |
| deCODE Genetics, Inc. | | 5.40 | 49 |
| 29 |
Karolinska Institute (KI) | Sweden | 5.54 | 130 |
| Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (MEB), KI | | 1.41 | 54 |
| Karolinska University Hospital | | 1.11 | 41 |
| 30 |
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) | United States of America (USA) | 5.40 | 99 |
| UCLA Health | | 3.45 | 79 |
| UCLA College of Life Sciences | | 1.19 | 13 |
| 31 |
Duke University | United States of America (USA) | 5.27 | 78 |
| Duke University Health System | | 4.62 | 63 |
| 32 |
Leiden University | Netherlands | 5.24 | 102 |
| Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) | | 4.92 | 96 |
| 33 | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) | United States of America (USA) | 5.22 | 55 |
| 34 |
Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL) | United States of America (USA) | 5.21 | 91 |
| Washington University School of Medicine (WUSM), WUSTL | | 5.08 | 89 |
| 35 |
Yale University | United States of America (USA) | 5.17 | 65 |
| Yale School of Medicine (YSM) | | 4.58 | 62 |
| 36 |
RIKEN | Japan | 5.15 | 54 |
| RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences (IMS) | | 2.41 | 35 |
| RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR) | | 1.06 | 12 |
| 37 |
The University of Queensland (UQ) | Australia | 5.12 | 97 |
| Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB), UQ | | 1.94 | 37 |
| Queensland Brain Institute (QBI), UQ | | 1.38 | 36 |
| 38 |
The University of Tokyo (UTokyo) | Japan | 5.03 | 50 |
| Institute of Medical Science (IMSUT), UTokyo | | 1.44 | 26 |
| Graduate School of Medicine, UTokyo | | 1.31 | 16 |
| 39 |
University of Bonn (Uni Bonn) | Germany | 4.96 | 74 |
| Faculty of Medicine, Uni Bonn | | 4.16 | 64 |
| 40 |
University of Groningen (RUG) | Netherlands | 4.95 | 101 |
| Faculty of Medical Sciences, RUG | | 4.58 | 91 |
| 41 |
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) | United States of America (USA) | 4.95 | 122 |
| UNC School of Medicine | | 2.62 | 88 |
| UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health (SPH) | | 1.42 | 56 |
| 42 | Joint Genome Institute (JGI) | United States of America (USA) | 4.94 | 27 |
| 43 |
Imperial College London (ICL) | United Kingdom (UK) | 4.81 | 127 |
| Faculty of Medicine, ICL | | 3.95 | 111 |
| 44 |
University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein (UKSH) | Germany | 4.77 | 70 |
| University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein - Campus Kiel (UKSH Kiel) | | 3.36 | 46 |
| 45 |
McGill University | Canada | 4.55 | 86 |
| Faculty of Medicine, McGill University | | 3.98 | 81 |
| 46 |
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (St. Jude) | United States of America (USA) | 4.45 | 29 |
| Department of Computational Biology, St. Jude | | 1.30 | 11 |
| 47 |
Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) | France | 4.44 | 90 |
| Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades | | 1.16 | 29 |
| 48 |
VU University Amsterdam | Netherlands | 4.40 | 87 |
| VU University Medical Center (VUmc) | | 2.01 | 59 |
| Faculty of Behavioural and Human Movement Sciences (FGB), VU University Amsterdam | | 1.31 | 37 |
| 49 |
European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) | Germany | 4.36 | 79 |
| EMBL, UK | | 2.52 | 55 |
| EMBL - Heidelberg, Germany | | 1.53 | 27 |
| 50 |
Charité - University Medicine Berlin | Germany | 4.20 | 72 |
| Charité Center for Gynecology, Perinatal, Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine with Perinatal Center and Human Genetics (CC 17) | | 1.59 | 22 |
| 51 | Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) | China | 4.19 | 43 |
| 52 |
University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego) | United States of America (USA) | 4.01 | 74 |
| UC San Diego Health Sciences | | 2.73 | 57 |
| 53 |
Leibniz Association | Germany | 3.90 | 55 |
| Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) | | 1.08 | 7 |
| 54 |
Utrecht University (UU) | Netherlands | 3.87 | 89 |
| Faculty of Medicine, UU | | 3.32 | 80 |
| 55 |
University of Cologne (UoC) | Germany | 3.77 | 53 |
| Faculty of Medicine, UoC | | 1.14 | 31 |
| Cologne Center for Genomics (CCG), UoC | | 1.13 | 23 |
| 56 |
The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) | United Kingdom (UK) | 3.76 | 39 |
| ICR Division of Genetics and Epidemiology | | 1.99 | 24 |
| 57 | MRC Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine (IGMM) | United Kingdom (UK) | 3.74 | 70 |
| 58 |
Vanderbilt University (VU) | United States of America (USA) | 3.59 | 82 |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) | | 2.96 | 76 |
| 59 | Mayo Clinic | United States of America (USA) | 3.57 | 79 |
| 60 |
Heidelberg University (Uni Heidelberg) | Germany | 3.53 | 88 |
| Medical Faculty Heidelberg, Uni Heidelberg | | 2.12 | 47 |
| 61 |
Ghent University (UGent) | Belgium | 3.52 | 49 |
| Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, UGent | | 2.14 | 34 |
| Faculty of Sciences, UGent | | 1.05 | 10 |
| 62 | Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) | Russia | 3.52 | 59 |
| 63 |
Kyoto University | Japan | 3.46 | 45 |
| Faculty / Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University | | 2.03 | 27 |
| 64 |
Cornell University | United States of America (USA) | 3.45 | 63 |
| Weill Cornell Medicine (WCM), Cornell University | | 1.87 | 36 |
| 65 | QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute | Australia | 3.41 | 76 |
| 66 |
The University of Chicago (UChicago) | United States of America (USA) | 3.38 | 73 |
| The University of Chicago Medicine | | 2.90 | 68 |
| 67 |
Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) | Singapore | 3.31 | 49 |
| Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS), A*STAR | | 1.63 | 37 |
| 68 |
Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST) | Spain | 3.30 | 55 |
| Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), BIST | | 2.75 | 52 |
| 69 |
Newcastle University | United Kingdom (UK) | 3.29 | 66 |
| Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University | | 2.20 | 53 |
| 70 |
New York University (NYU) | United States of America (USA) | 3.28 | 64 |
| NYU Langone Medical Center (NYULMC) | | 2.26 | 51 |
| 71 |
Lund University (LU) | Sweden | 3.22 | 73 |
| Faculty of Medicine, LU | | 2.66 | 60 |
| 72 |
The University of Melbourne (UniMelb) | Australia | 3.20 | 97 |
| Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences (MDHS), UniMelb | | 1.68 | 70 |
| 73 | Imagine Institute | France | 3.12 | 26 |
| 74 |
University of Helsinki | Finland | 3.11 | 77 |
| Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki | | 1.48 | 59 |
| 75 |
National University of Singapore (NUS) | Singapore | 3.07 | 53 |
| NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine (YLLSoM) | | 1.54 | 37 |
| 76 |
Uppsala University (UU) | Sweden | 3.06 | 68 |
| Faculty of of Science and Technology, UU | | 1.57 | 14 |
| Faculty of Medicine, UU | | 1.13 | 47 |
| 77 |
University of Tartu (UT) | Estonia | 3.04 | 77 |
| Estonian Genome Center, UT | | 1.74 | 64 |
| 78 |
University of Oslo (UiO) | Norway | 2.95 | 74 |
| UiO Faculty of Medicine | | 1.92 | 63 |
| 79 |
University of Bristol (UoB) | United Kingdom (UK) | 2.92 | 71 |
| Faculty of Health Sciences, UoB | | 2.30 | 57 |
| 80 |
University of Montreal (UdeM) | Canada | 2.89 | 53 |
| Faculty of Medicine, UdeM | | 2.61 | 45 |
| 81 | University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison) | United States of America (USA) | 2.89 | 34 |
| 82 | University of Zurich (UZH) | Switzerland | 2.88 | 49 |
| 83 |
University of Southern California (USC) | United States of America (USA) | 2.79 | 80 |
| USC Keck School of Medicine | | 2.12 | 63 |
| 84 |
University of Amsterdam (UvA) | Netherlands | 2.69 | 70 |
| Faculty of Medicine, UvA | | 2.49 | 61 |
| 85 |
University of Iceland | Iceland | 2.69 | 75 |
| School of Health Sciences, University of Iceland | | 2.01 | 72 |
| 86 |
Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich (LMU) | Germany | 2.64 | 102 |
| Faculty of Medicine, LMU | | 1.30 | 76 |
| 87 |
Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA) | Canada | 2.61 | 39 |
| BC Cancer Agency (BCCA), PHSA | | 2.34 | 34 |
| 88 | The University of British Columbia (UBC) | Canada | 2.57 | 60 |
| 89 |
University of New South Wales (UNSW) | Australia | 2.54 | 49 |
| Faculty of Medicine, UNSW | | 1.51 | 40 |
| 90 |
University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) | United States of America (USA) | 2.53 | 30 |
| Jack Baskin School of Engineering (BSOE), UCSC | | 1.53 | 22 |
| 91 |
University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) | United States of America (USA) | 2.52 | 44 |
| College of Letters and Science, UC Berkeley | | 1.64 | 23 |
| 92 |
Institute of Health Carlos III (ISCIII) | Spain | 2.52 | 95 |
| Biomedical Research Networking Centers (CIBER) | | 2.29 | 89 |
| 93 |
University of Exeter | United Kingdom (UK) | 2.51 | 50 |
| University of Exeter Medical School (UEMS) | | 1.91 | 40 |
| 94 | University of California, Davis (UC Davis) | United States of America (USA) | 2.50 | 48 |
| 95 |
Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) | China | 2.41 | 34 |
| Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine (SJTUSM) | | 1.48 | 30 |
| 96 |
Aarhus University (AU) | Denmark | 2.36 | 49 |
| Faculty of Health, AU | | 1.07 | 37 |
| 97 | Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) | United States of America (USA) | 2.35 | 58 |
| 98 |
The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) | United States of America (USA) | 2.34 | 43 |
| Eberly College of Science, Penn State | | 1.08 | 19 |
| 99 |
Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) | Spain | 2.34 | 25 |
| Cancer Epigenetics and Biology Program (PEBC), IDIBELL | | 1.07 | 3 |
| 100 |
University of Tübingen (Uni Tübingen) | Germany | 2.34 | 51 |
| Faculty of Science, Uni Tübingen | | 1.38 | 20 |
* articles with 10 or more principal institutions.
