2017 tables: Institutions - corporate

The 2017 tables are based on Nature Index data from 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2016.

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# Institution Share 2015 Share 2016 Count 2016 Change in Adjusted Share* 2015–2016
1 F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG, Switzerland 45.66 43.91 99 -1.4%
2 IBM Corporation, United States of America (USA) 62.14 42.90 105 -29.2%
3 Novartis International AG, Switzerland 48.57 41.29 122 -12.8%
4 AstraZeneca plc, United Kingdom (UK) 27.17 32.19 113 21.5%
5 Merck & Co., Inc., United States of America (USA) 26.32 29.74 71 15.9%
6 Pfizer Inc., United States of America (USA) 20.47 27.91 61 39.8%
7 Amgen Inc., United States of America (USA) 17.02 20.35 55 22.6%
8 Samsung Group, South Korea 25.70 19.37 86 -22.7%
9 GlaxoSmithKline plc. (GSK), United Kingdom (UK) 27.88 17.92 76 -34.1%
10 Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT), Japan 19.74 16.61 33 -13.7%
11 DowDuPont Inc., United States of America (USA) 12.37 14.61 45 21.1%
12 Toyota Group, Japan 11.62 12.79 25 12.9%
13 BASF SE, Germany 10.12 12.76 59 29.3%
14 Alphabet Inc., United States of America (USA) 3.00 11.58 30 295.9%
15 Microsoft Corporation, United States of America (USA) 5.66 11.06 50 100.4%
16 GNS Science, New Zealand 13.97 10.85 51 -20.3%
17 C. H. Boehringer Sohn AG & Co. KG (Boehringer Ingelheim), Germany 8.06 10.84 23 37.9%
18 Eli Lilly and Company, United States of America (USA) 10.98 9.79 51 -8.5%
19 Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., United States of America (USA) 6.64 8.49 45 31.1%
20 Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS), United States of America (USA) 14.05 8.12 31 -40.7%
21 Johnson & Johnson, United States of America (USA) 7.12 7.77 24 12.0%
22 Exxon Mobil Corporation (ExxonMobil), United States of America (USA) 4.27 7.32 27 75.6%
23 Toshiba Corporation, Japan 5.50 7.30 13 36.1%
24 Formosa Plastics Group, Taiwan 8.08 7.02 28 -10.9%
25 Science Systems and Applications, Inc. (SSAI), United States of America (USA) 5.70 6.84 37 23.0%
26 HP Inc., United States of America (USA) 0.66 6.66 10 936.2%
27 Thales S.A., France 4.40 6.08 45 41.9%
28 HRL Laboratories LLC, United States of America (USA) 4.49 5.75 9 31.6%
29 BGI, China 13.47 5.71 32 -56.5%
30 National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd. (NIWA), New Zealand 5.26 5.60 38 9.1%
31 Leidos Holdings, Inc., United States of America (USA) 7.01 5.36 64 -21.5%
32 Western Digital Corporation, United States of America (USA) 2.08 5.23 13 157.8%
33 Bayer AG, Germany 1.85 5.21 31 188.6%
34 China State Shipbuilding Corporation Limited (CSSC), China 5.07 5.17 63 4.6%
35 FiberHome Technologies Group, China 4.78 5.15 45 10.7%
36 Sanofi, France 12.14 5.13 26 -56.6%
37 Bruker Corporation, United States of America (USA) 6.83 4.71 35 -29.3%
38 Royal Dutch Shell plc (Shell), Netherlands 5.89 4.69 19 -18.5%
39 Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., United States of America (USA) 4.43 4.57 10 5.9%
40 Hitachi, Ltd., Japan 6.65 4.56 24 -29.6%
41 Biogen Inc., United States of America (USA) 1.36 4.54 17 242.5%
42 Novo Nordisk A/S, Denmark 3.64 4.36 12 22.9%
43 Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., United States of America (USA) 4.92 4.24 20 -11.5%
44 Merck KGaA, Germany 5.29 4.17 21 -19.1%
45 Constellation Pharmaceuticals, Inc., United States of America (USA) – 4.00 6 N/A
46 Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc. (AER), United States of America (USA) 4.80 3.83 8 -18.0%
47 Mitsubishi Group, Japan 5.49 3.68 22 -31.2%
48 Center for Nanotechnology GmbH (CeNTech GmbH), Germany 3.51 3.62 19 5.9%
49 Nestlé S.A., Switzerland 2.33 3.43 13 50.8%
50 Chevron Corporation, United States of America (USA) 2.85 3.29 21 18.7%
51 China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), China 1.57 3.28 14 114.2%
52 Shimadzu Corporation, Japan 0.26 3.17 12 1146.9%
53 Norwegian Research Centre AS (NORCE), Norway 2.90 3.13 39 10.8%
54 JEOL Ltd., Japan 2.58 3.10 14 23.1%
55 Seattle Genetics, Inc., United States of America (USA) 2.00 3.03 4 55.3%
56 China National Chemical Corporation (ChemChina), China 5.43 3.01 13 -43.1%
57 New England Biolabs, Inc. (NEB), United States of America (USA) 5.63 2.90 7 -47.2%
58 LG Corporation, South Korea 1.75 2.88 9 68.4%
59 Hamamatsu Photonics K.K., Japan 2.20 2.78 5 29.5%
60 Shanghai Jiahua Poly Battery Technology Co., Ltd., China 0.63 2.76 7 352.4%
61 Illumina, Inc., United States of America (USA) 3.87 2.71 21 -28.2%
62 Anglo American plc, United Kingdom (UK) 3.30 2.71 12 -15.9%
63 Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Japan 5.25 2.69 14 -47.5%
64 National Metrology and Testing (LNE), France 1.85 2.55 11 41.2%
65 Agilent Technologies, Inc., United States of America (USA) 3.76 2.51 11 -31.4%
66 Gilead Sciences, Inc., United States of America (USA) 3.13 2.50 11 -18.0%
67 Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International (ATR), Japan 0.83 2.47 9 203.9%
68 Intel Corporation, United States of America (USA) 2.71 2.43 25 -8.2%
69 KWH Water B.V., Netherlands 4.70 2.31 7 -49.7%
70 Eisai Co., Ltd., Japan 2.17 2.27 15 7.2%
71 Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc., United States of America (USA) 1.09 2.24 3 111.8%
72 Applied Materials, Inc., United States of America (USA) 0.89 2.23 27 157.9%
73 AbbVie Inc., United States of America (USA) 3.62 2.23 8 -36.8%
74 GATS Inc., United States of America (USA) 2.87 2.22 8 -20.7%
75 Siemens AG, Germany 2.20 2.21 25 3.0%
76 Total S.A., France 1.83 2.18 12 21.9%
77 Waters Corporation, United States of America (USA) 4.44 2.18 9 -49.7%
78 Koninklijke DSM N.V. (DSM), Netherlands 3.89 2.18 15 -42.7%
79 Ford Motor Company, United States of America (USA) 1.22 2.17 4 82.2%
80 Sosei Co., Ltd., Japan 0.01 2.15 7 14694.4%
81 Haldor Topsøe A/S, Denmark 0.71 2.13 7 209.0%
82 Foxconn Technology Group, Taiwan 1.97 2.10 12 9.3%
83 Johnson Matthey (JM), United Kingdom (UK) 2.99 2.02 6 -30.6%
84 Soraa Inc., United States of America (USA) 1.00 2.00 2 105.1%
84 Q2 Solutions, United States of America (USA) – 2.00 2 N/A
85 Euclid TechLabs LLC, United States of America (USA) 0.12 1.99 6 1631.7%
86 Veolia Environnement S.A., France 1.74 1.98 7 16.9%
87 Xerox Corporation, United States of America (USA) 5.39 1.93 17 -63.3%
88 Chengdu Institute of Organic Chemistry (CIOC), CAS, China 1.99 1.92 8 -0.9%
89 AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Austria 1.87 1.92 13 5.1%
90 Aerodyne Research, Inc. (ARI), United States of America (USA) 5.80 1.91 20 -66.3%
91 Panasonic Corporation, Japan 1.88 1.87 7 2.4%
92 Unilever, United Kingdom (UK) 1.01 1.86 14 88.6%
93 23andMe, Inc., United States of America (USA) 1.78 1.82 14 4.8%
94 GeneDx Inc., United States of America (USA) 0.70 1.80 16 165.1%
95 Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc., United States of America (USA) 1.44 1.80 11 27.8%
96 Northrop Grumman Corporation, United States of America (USA) 0.35 1.75 17 415.0%
97 Jinchuan Group Co., Ltd., China 1.76 1.74 11 1.7%
98 Hysitron, Inc., United States of America (USA) 0.88 1.74 10 102.8%
99 NorthWest Research Associates, Inc. (NWRA), United States of America (USA) 3.77 1.74 18 -52.8%
100 Jacobs, United States of America (USA) 0.78 1.70 13 123.1%

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