2019 tables: Institutions - NPO/NGO

The 2019 tables are based on Nature Index data from 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2018.

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# Institution Share 2017 Share 2018 Count 2018 Change in Adjusted Share* 2017–2018
1 Max Planck Society, Germany 748.15 777.49 2567 -1.9%
2 Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres, Germany 514.95 505.44 2264 -7.3%
3 Leibniz Association, Germany 186.61 199.82 799 1.1%
4 Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Russia 176.81 196.82 885 5.1%
5 Scripps Research, United States of America (USA) 148.17 140.59 284 -10.4%
6 Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Spain 107.99 112.77 396 -1.4%
7 The Francis Crick Institute, United Kingdom (UK) 62.19 55.64 163 -15.5%
8 National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), United States of America (USA) 46.80 47.59 149 -4.0%
9 Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics (PI), Canada 50.72 43.18 131 -19.6%
10 Carnegie Institution for Science (CIS), United States of America (USA) 46.81 42.49 182 -14.3%
11 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), United States of America (USA) 29.90 41.71 149 31.7%
12 Salk Institute for Biological Studies (Salk), United States of America (USA) 37.87 40.92 117 2.0%
13 Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS), India 31.81 40.15 80 19.1%
14 Pasteur Institute, France 38.18 38.33 223 -5.2%
15 Wellcome Sanger Institute, United Kingdom (UK) 32.31 37.51 203 9.6%
16 HHMI Janelia Research Campus, United States of America (USA) 36.95 37.43 106 -4.4%
17 Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (FHCRC), United States of America (USA) 31.08 33.08 163 0.5%
18 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL), United States of America (USA) 24.49 31.74 80 22.3%
19 Flanders Institute for Biotechnology (VIB), Belgium 22.91 27.45 155 13.1%
20 Vienna Biocenter (VBC), Austria 21.98 22.04 84 -5.4%
21 Fraunhofer Society, Germany 13.97 21.04 121 42.2%
22 Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA), Spain 19.80 19.64 284 -6.4%
23 Cluster of Excellence - Munich Center for Integrated Protein Science Munich (CiPS-M), LMU, Germany 18.61 19.29 82 -2.1%
24 Ames Laboratory, United States of America (USA) 17.70 19.24 71 2.6%
25 Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (WEHI), Australia 15.10 17.20 86 7.5%
26 John Innes Centre (JIC), United Kingdom (UK) 19.07 17.07 54 -15.5%
27 Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), Netherlands 16.13 16.65 125 -2.6%
28 Van Andel Research Institute (VAI), United States of America (USA) 8.42 16.61 53 86.2%
29 Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP), United States of America (USA) 24.14 15.75 72 -38.4%
30 Curie Institute, France 13.97 15.53 112 5.0%
31 Stowers Institute for Medical Research, United States of America (USA) 18.45 14.84 27 -24.1%
32 Gladstone Institutes, United States of America (USA) 8.50 14.72 59 63.6%
33 Institut Laue Langevin (ILL), France 10.36 14.28 79 30.2%
34 Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), United States of America (USA) 16.17 13.93 90 -18.7%
35 California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences (QB3), United States of America (USA) 13.88 13.85 72 -5.9%
36 Cancer Research UK (CRUK), United Kingdom (UK) 11.23 13.30 115 11.8%
37 Rudjer Boskovic Institute (RBI), Croatia 14.74 13.29 155 -14.9%
38 International Solvay Institutes, Belgium 10.00 11.76 50 11.1%
39 Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research (HPSTAR), China 8.85 11.57 44 23.4%
40 Champalimaud Foundation, Portugal 7.50 11.26 27 41.8%
41 Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre (IMEC), Belgium 11.99 11.20 34 -11.8%
42 Allen Institute, United States of America (USA) 7.65 11.01 26 35.9%
43 La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI), United States of America (USA) 9.88 10.99 46 5.0%
44 Ludwig Cancer Research, United States of America (USA) 10.28 10.97 109 0.7%
45 The Jackson Laboratory (JAX), United States of America (USA) 6.23 10.70 46 62.1%
46 Simons Foundation, United States of America (USA) 2.35 10.68 78 329.8%
47 The Wistar Institute, United States of America (USA) 10.67 9.82 38 -13.1%
48 Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Australia 7.00 9.50 51 28.2%
49 CIC nanoGUNE Consolider, Spain 15.63 9.02 25 -45.5%
50 Elettra - Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A., Italy 8.92 8.92 42 -5.6%
51 National Interuniversity Consortium of Materials Science and Technology (INSTM), Italy 8.89 8.90 62 -5.5%
52 Oncode Institute, Netherlands – 8.88 48 N/A
53 National Institute of Chemistry, Slovenia, Slovenia 6.96 8.71 21 18.1%
54 American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), United States of America (USA) 7.44 8.57 42 8.8%
55 Cluster of Excellence - Werner Reichardt Centre for Integrative Neuroscience (CIN), Uni Tübingen, Germany 6.52 8.53 31 23.5%
56 Gulbenkian Science Institute (IGC), Portugal 6.88 8.50 22 16.6%
57 Institute of Molecular Biology gGmbH (IMB), Germany 5.85 8.35 28 34.8%
58 Institute of Molecular Medicine (IMM), Portugal 5.02 8.33 29 56.7%
59 QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Australia 7.90 8.24 77 -1.5%
60 Cluster of Excellence - Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden (CFAED), TU Dresden, Germany 10.09 8.01 44 -25.1%
61 Clinical Research Institute of Montreal (IRCM), Canada 6.17 7.98 26 22.2%
62 Babraham Institute, United Kingdom (UK) 9.27 7.64 28 -22.1%
63 Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), Netherlands 5.23 7.49 45 35.1%
64 Italian Foundation for Cancer Research (FIRC), Italy 7.46 7.22 42 -8.6%
65 Chan Zuckerberg Biohub (CZ Biohub), United States of America (USA) 2.06 6.42 79 193.9%
66 Santa Fe Institute (SFI), United States of America (USA) 6.67 6.20 32 -12.2%
67 Institute of Microbial Chemistry (IMC), Japan 10.05 6.17 10 -42.0%
68 Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), United States of America (USA) 4.31 6.16 20 35.1%
69 Center for Cooperative Research in Biosciences (CIC bioGUNE), Spain 6.61 6.12 27 -12.6%
70 National Health Research Institutes (NHRI), Taiwan 5.78 5.89 25 -3.8%
71 New York Genome Center (NYGC), United States of America (USA) 5.50 5.75 43 -1.3%
72 Planetary Science Institute (PSI), United States of America (USA) 6.40 5.56 33 -18.0%
73 Cluster of Excellence - Hamburg Center for Ultrafast Imaging (CUI), UHH, Germany 5.90 5.46 35 -12.8%
74 Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR), Canada 6.27 5.39 67 -18.9%
75 Wetsus Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Water Technology, Netherlands 4.23 5.33 15 19.0%
76 International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (INL), Portugal 2.72 5.32 23 84.8%
77 National Center for Theoretical Sciences (NCTS), MOST, Taiwan 3.83 5.31 34 30.8%
78 Centre for Cooperative Research in Biomaterials (CIC biomaGUNE), Spain 5.62 5.25 28 -11.8%
79 Canadian Light Source Inc., Canada 3.38 4.97 33 38.9%
80 High Pressure Collaborative Access Team (HPCAT), United States of America (USA) 7.32 4.95 22 -36.1%
81 Cluster of Excellence - Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), UoC, Germany 7.26 4.85 37 -37.0%
82 Bose Institute, India 2.49 4.77 25 80.7%
83 Institute for Systems Biology (ISB), United States of America (USA) 2.45 4.59 52 76.4%
84 Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), Luxembourg 6.63 4.52 20 -35.6%
85 International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), Italy 4.24 4.51 12 0.6%
86 Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI), South Korea 2.59 4.44 12 61.4%
87 International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Austria 3.65 4.41 28 14.3%
88 Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR), Canada 3.17 4.29 26 27.7%
89 Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF), United States of America (USA) 8.94 4.28 10 -54.8%
90 Field Museum of Natural History, United States of America (USA) 2.29 4.26 31 75.6%
91 Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine (inStem), India 2.30 4.25 19 74.2%
92 Center for Scientific Studies (CECs), Chile 4.16 4.23 10 -4.1%
93 Russian Quantum Center (RQC), Russia 3.06 4.11 26 26.8%
94 Fondazione Piemontese per la Ricerca sul Cancro Onlus (FPRC), Italy 1.33 4.05 11 186.5%
95 Cluster of Excellence - Nanosystems Initiative Munich (NIM), LMU, Germany 4.38 4.00 29 -13.7%
96 Ligue Contre Le Cancer, France 4.33 3.96 34 -13.7%
97 Raman Research Institute (RRI), India 4.54 3.92 8 -18.6%
98 European X-ray Free-Electron Laser Facility GmbH (XFEL), Germany 1.35 3.91 37 173.9%
99 Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center (NERSC), Norway 2.46 3.90 42 50.0%
100 TUM Cluster of Excellence - Origin and Structure of the Universe (Excellence Cluster Universe), Germany 4.78 3.87 44 -23.6%

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