Leading 50 science cities in chemistry
The leading 50 science cities and metropolitan areas in chemistry ranked by article share (Share) in 2020. Also listed are each city’s article count (Count) in 2020, and its contribution to the location’s total Share of the year.
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1 | Beijing | China mainland, Hong Kong, Macau | 1,157.06 | 2,475 | 15.1% |
2 | Shanghai | China mainland, Hong Kong, Macau | 864.82 | 1,638 | 11.3% |
3 | Tokyo metropolitan area | Japan | 506.25 | 876 | 35.0% |
4 | Nanjing | China mainland, Hong Kong, Macau | 496.52 | 885 | 6.5% |
5 | San Francisco Bay Area | United States of America (USA) | 431.24 | 844 | 8.3% |
6 | New York metropolitan area | United States of America (USA) | 421.44 | 847 | 8.1% |
7 | Seoul metropolitan area | South Korea | 347.01 | 627 | 50.6% |
8 | Boston metropolitan area | United States of America (USA) | 345.06 | 670 | 6.6% |
9 | Guangzhou | China mainland, Hong Kong, Macau | 339.18 | 672 | 4.4% |
10 | Wuhan | China mainland, Hong Kong, Macau | 338.43 | 610 | 4.4% |
11 | Tianjin | China mainland, Hong Kong, Macau | 328.20 | 669 | 4.3% |
12 | Hefei | China mainland, Hong Kong, Macau | 319.52 | 639 | 4.2% |
13 | Chicago metropolitan area | United States of America (USA) | 319.01 | 648 | 6.1% |
14 | Singapore* | Singapore | 289.80 | 532 | 100.0% |
15 | Changchun | China mainland, Hong Kong, Macau | 268.90 | 517 | 3.5% |
16 | Hangzhou | China mainland, Hong Kong, Macau | 263.82 | 533 | 3.4% |
17 | Shenzhen | China mainland, Hong Kong, Macau | 216.84 | 607 | 2.8% |
18 | Los Angeles metropolitan area | United States of America (USA) | 215.97 | 417 | 4.1% |
19 | Chengdu | China mainland, Hong Kong, Macau | 215.77 | 350 | 2.8% |
20 | Hong Kong | China mainland, Hong Kong, Macau | 214.64 | 514 | 2.8% |
21 | Xi’an | China mainland, Hong Kong, Macau | 213.51 | 439 | 2.8% |
22 | Baltimore - Washington | United States of America (USA) | 196.55 | 476 | 3.8% |
23 | Paris metropolitan area | France | 195.60 | 485 | 30.9% |
24 | Berlin metropolitan area | Germany | 182.83 | 376 | 10.5% |
25 | Zürich | Switzerland | 174.71 | 357 | 41.8% |
26 | Changsha | China mainland, Hong Kong, Macau | 169.09 | 314 | 2.2% |
27 | Jinan | China mainland, Hong Kong, Macau | 168.16 | 297 | 2.2% |
28 | Dalian | China mainland, Hong Kong, Macau | 166.92 | 354 | 2.2% |
29 | Fuzhou | China mainland, Hong Kong, Macau | 163.10 | 333 | 2.1% |
30 | Suzhou | China mainland, Hong Kong, Macau | 162.94 | 332 | 2.1% |
31 | San Diego metropolitan area | United States of America (USA) | 154.70 | 275 | 3.0% |
32 | Kyoto | Japan | 151.29 | 294 | 10.5% |
33 | London metropolitan area | United Kingdom (UK) | 150.22 | 375 | 14.5% |
34 | Daejeon | South Korea | 143.73 | 285 | 20.9% |
35 | Cambridge | United Kingdom (UK) | 142.21 | 293 | 13.7% |
36 | Munich | Germany | 141.39 | 289 | 8.2% |
37 | Osaka | Japan | 141.20 | 277 | 9.8% |
38 | Philadelphia metropolitan area | United States of America (USA) | 133.51 | 268 | 2.6% |
39 | Xiamen | China mainland, Hong Kong, Macau | 133.06 | 259 | 1.7% |
40 | Oxford | United Kingdom (UK) | 131.30 | 296 | 12.7% |
41 | Melbourne | Australia | 124.03 | 294 | 32.1% |
42 | Chongqing | China mainland, Hong Kong, Macau | 119.34 | 201 | 1.6% |
43 | Lausanne | Switzerland | 117.73 | 212 | 28.2% |
44 | Toronto metropolitan area | Canada | 115.18 | 196 | 25.5% |
45 | Nagoya metropolitan area | Japan | 114.02 | 235 | 7.9% |
46 | Sydney | Australia | 111.67 | 291 | 28.9% |
47 | Atlanta metropolitan area | United States of America (USA) | 108.47 | 223 | 2.1% |
48 | Qingdao | China mainland, Hong Kong, Macau | 108.38 | 220 | 1.4% |
49 | Lanzhou | China mainland, Hong Kong, Macau | 107.92 | 209 | 1.4% |
50 | Tsukuba | Japan | 105.50 | 353 | 7.3% |
Footnote
* Singapore is a city-state.