Leading 50 science cities in biological sciences
The leading 50 science cities and metropolitan areas in biological sciences 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 | New York metropolitan area | United States of America (USA) | 1,155.03 | 2,685 | 11.9% |
2 | Boston metropolitan area | United States of America (USA) | 1,072.39 | 2,378 | 11.1% |
3 | San Francisco Bay Area | United States of America (USA) | 877.12 | 1,954 | 9.1% |
4 | Baltimore - Washington | United States of America (USA) | 782.94 | 2,003 | 8.1% |
5 | Beijing | China mainland, Hong Kong, Macau | 517.29 | 1,220 | 27.5% |
6 | London metropolitan area | United Kingdom (UK) | 454.24 | 1,292 | 27.2% |
7 | San Diego metropolitan area | United States of America (USA) | 362.63 | 908 | 3.7% |
8 | Paris metropolitan area | France | 353.44 | 1,027 | 48.5% |
9 | Los Angeles metropolitan area | United States of America (USA) | 318.36 | 900 | 3.3% |
10 | Shanghai | China mainland, Hong Kong, Macau | 316.54 | 819 | 16.8% |
11 | Tokyo metropolitan area | Japan | 309.75 | 811 | 40.3% |
12 | Cambridge | United Kingdom (UK) | 304.52 | 913 | 18.2% |
13 | Philadelphia metropolitan area | United States of America (USA) | 297.38 | 784 | 3.1% |
14 | Chicago metropolitan area | United States of America (USA) | 286.58 | 730 | 3.0% |
15 | Houston metropolitan area | United States of America (USA) | 236.38 | 661 | 2.4% |
16 | Oxford | United Kingdom (UK) | 235.36 | 743 | 14.1% |
17 | Seattle metropolitan area | United States of America (USA) | 226.22 | 654 | 2.3% |
18 | Ann Arbor | United States of America (USA) | 197.00 | 471 | 2.0% |
19 | Zürich | Switzerland | 193.17 | 520 | 39.6% |
20 | St. Louis | United States of America (USA) | 188.05 | 471 | 1.9% |
21 | Munich | Germany | 186.72 | 584 | 12.3% |
22 | Toronto metropolitan area | Canada | 182.50 | 512 | 28.7% |
23 | Atlanta metropolitan area | United States of America (USA) | 180.44 | 488 | 1.9% |
24 | Berlin metropolitan area | Germany | 164.87 | 525 | 10.9% |
25 | Dallas - Fort Worth | United States of America (USA) | 161.23 | 356 | 1.7% |
26 | Melbourne | Australia | 157.83 | 553 | 34.3% |
27 | Ithaca | United States of America (USA) | 151.99 | 475 | 1.6% |
28 | Heidelberg | Germany | 141.60 | 489 | 9.4% |
29 | Durham | United States of America (USA) | 140.45 | 377 | 1.5% |
30 | Stockholm | Sweden | 137.99 | 455 | 48.5% |
31 | Seoul metropolitan area | South Korea | 134.91 | 375 | 56.1% |
32 | Pittsburgh | United States of America (USA) | 134.51 | 357 | 1.4% |
33 | Montreal metropolitan area | Canada | 130.90 | 382 | 20.6% |
34 | Singapore* | Singapore | 129.25 | 351 | 100.0% |
35 | Vienna | Austria | 120.96 | 353 | 78.2% |
36 | Chapel Hill | United States of America (USA) | 120.60 | 404 | 1.2% |
37 | Guangzhou | China mainland, Hong Kong, Macau | 119.68 | 410 | 6.4% |
38 | Copenhagen | Denmark | 118.09 | 448 | 70.7% |
39 | Lausanne | Switzerland | 114.83 | 353 | 23.5% |
40 | Wuhan | China mainland, Hong Kong, Macau | 107.31 | 323 | 5.7% |
41 | Barcelona metropolitan area | Spain | 102.61 | 415 | 33.6% |
42 | Amsterdam metropolitan area | Netherlands | 102.32 | 414 | 27.3% |
43 | Nashville | United States of America (USA) | 100.39 | 272 | 1.0% |
44 | Hangzhou | China mainland, Hong Kong, Macau | 98.27 | 300 | 5.2% |
45 | Sydney | Australia | 96.37 | 369 | 21.0% |
46 | Brisbane | Australia | 92.11 | 327 | 20.0% |
47 | Madison | United States of America (USA) | 91.68 | 225 | 0.9% |
48 | Edinburgh | United Kingdom (UK) | 91.44 | 321 | 5.5% |
49 | Hong Kong | China mainland, Hong Kong, Macau | 88.31 | 270 | 4.7% |
50 | Madrid | Spain | 87.42 | 385 | 28.6% |
Footnote
* Singapore is a city-state.