Top 50 science cities in biological sciences
The table shows the top 50 science cities and metropolitan areas in biological sciences ranked by article Share (Share) in the subject in 2019. Also shown are each city’s article count (Count) in biological sciences in 2019, and its contritution to the region’s total subject Share of the year.
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| 1 | New York metropolitan area | United States of America (USA) | 1,124.17 | 2,549 | 12.4% |
| 2 | Boston metropolitan area | United States of America (USA) | 1,047.99 | 2,296 | 11.6% |
| 3 | San Francisco-San Jose | United States of America (USA) | 817.37 | 1,821 | 9.0% |
| 4 | Baltimore-Washington | United States of America (USA) | 709.50 | 1,745 | 7.9% |
| 5 | Beijing | Mainland China | 452.96 | 1,057 | 28.6% |
| 6 | London metropolitan area | United Kingdom (UK) | 375.52 | 1,134 | 24.1% |
| 7 | San Diego metropolitan area | United States of America (USA) | 351.01 | 912 | 3.9% |
| 8 | Paris metropolitan area | France | 347.14 | 953 | 48.5% |
| 9 | Los Angeles metropolitan area | United States of America (USA) | 327.37 | 810 | 3.6% |
| 10 | Cambridge | United Kingdom (UK) | 292.21 | 830 | 18.7% |
| 11 | Philadelphia metropolitan area | United States of America (USA) | 288.21 | 774 | 3.2% |
| 12 | Shanghai | Mainland China | 287.57 | 737 | 18.1% |
| 13 | Chicago metropolitan area | United States of America (USA) | 265.22 | 672 | 2.9% |
| 14 | Tokyo metropolitan area | Japan | 234.45 | 665 | 36.9% |
| 15 | Seattle metropolitan area | United States of America (USA) | 233.44 | 645 | 2.6% |
| 16 | Oxford | United Kingdom (UK) | 226.39 | 649 | 14.5% |
| 17 | Houston metropolitan area | United States of America (USA) | 213.31 | 571 | 2.4% |
| 18 | Toronto metropolitan area | Canada | 179.00 | 493 | 27.9% |
| 19 | St. Louis | United States of America (USA) | 170.91 | 426 | 1.9% |
| 20 | Zürich | Switzerland | 167.06 | 481 | 34.7% |
| 21 | Munich | Germany | 158.75 | 495 | 12.4% |
| 22 | Ann Arbor | United States of America (USA) | 152.49 | 387 | 1.7% |
| 23 | Dallas-Fort Worth | United States of America (USA) | 152.36 | 353 | 1.7% |
| 24 | Melbourne | Australia | 148.90 | 492 | 35.8% |
| 25 | Montreal metropolitan area | Canada | 142.57 | 377 | 22.3% |
| 26 | Durham | United States of America (USA) | 134.96 | 394 | 1.5% |
| 27 | Atlanta metropolitan area | United States of America (USA) | 133.13 | 424 | 1.5% |
| 28 | Berlin metropolitan area | Germany | 132.04 | 457 | 10.3% |
| 29 | Seoul metropolitan area | South Korea | 130.42 | 306 | 59.9% |
| 30 | Singapore* | Singapore | 127.04 | 323 | 100.0% |
| 31 | Stockholm | Sweden | 121.31 | 452 | 49.7% |
| 32 | Pittsburgh | United States of America (USA) | 117.74 | 313 | 1.3% |
| 33 | Chapel Hill | United States of America (USA) | 117.50 | 360 | 1.3% |
| 34 | Lausanne | Switzerland | 113.79 | 322 | 23.7% |
| 35 | Vienna | Austria | 110.05 | 338 | 80.4% |
| 36 | Sydney | Australia | 105.44 | 360 | 25.4% |
| 37 | Barcelona metropolitan area | Spain | 103.51 | 384 | 34.2% |
| 38 | Copenhagen | Denmark | 102.65 | 356 | 67.4% |
| 39 | Guangzhou | Mainland China | 102.58 | 330 | 6.5% |
| 40 | Amsterdam metropolitan area | Netherlands | 101.31 | 378 | 29.5% |
| 41 | Madison | United States of America (USA) | 101.16 | 239 | 1.1% |
| 42 | Heidelberg | Germany | 94.92 | 360 | 7.4% |
| 43 | Vancouver metropolitan area | Canada | 94.72 | 270 | 14.8% |
| 44 | Edinburgh | United Kingdom (UK) | 91.55 | 305 | 5.9% |
| 45 | Ithaca | United States of America (USA) | 89.29 | 232 | 1.0% |
| 46 | Basel | Switzerland | 87.22 | 263 | 18.1% |
| 47 | Madrid | Spain | 86.30 | 353 | 28.5% |
| 48 | Nashville | United States of America (USA) | 84.30 | 230 | 0.9% |
| 49 | Nanjing | Mainland China | 83.49 | 240 | 5.3% |
| 50 | Minneapolis-Saint Paul | United States of America (USA) | 82.25 | 242 | 0.9% |
Footnote
*Singapore is a city-state.
**When calculating the contribution for Mainland China cities and Hong Kong, their combined region output is used.