Leading 50 science cities in biological sciences
The leading 50 science cities and metropolitan areas in biological sciences ranked by article Share (Share) in the subject in 2021. Also listed are each city’s article count (Count) in biological sciences in 2021, and its contritution to the location’s total subject Share of the year.
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| 1 | New York metropolitan area | United States of America (USA) | 1,168.50 | 2,737 | 12.4% |
| 2 | Boston metropolitan area | United States of America (USA) | 1,022.63 | 2,380 | 10.8% |
| 3 | San Francisco Bay Area | United States of America (USA) | 847.21 | 1,870 | 9.0% |
| 4 | Baltimore - Washington | United States of America (USA) | 761.65 | 1,924 | 8.1% |
| 5 | Beijing | China mainland | 567.68 | 1,358 | 26.4% |
| 6 | London metropolitan area | United Kingdom (UK) | 452.97 | 1,365 | 27.3% |
| 7 | Shanghai | China mainland | 370.60 | 942 | 17.2% |
| 8 | Paris metropolitan area | France | 351.77 | 1,003 | 47.6% |
| 9 | San Diego metropolitan area | United States of America (USA) | 342.71 | 902 | 3.6% |
| 10 | Los Angeles metropolitan area | United States of America (USA) | 327.32 | 890 | 3.5% |
| 11 | Philadelphia metropolitan area | United States of America (USA) | 320.88 | 819 | 3.4% |
| 12 | Tokyo metropolitan area | Japan | 314.19 | 799 | 41.2% |
| 13 | Cambridge | United Kingdom (UK) | 301.67 | 898 | 18.2% |
| 14 | Chicago metropolitan area | United States of America (USA) | 276.88 | 701 | 2.9% |
| 15 | Houston metropolitan area | United States of America (USA) | 256.83 | 617 | 2.7% |
| 16 | Seattle metropolitan area | United States of America (USA) | 241.03 | 718 | 2.5% |
| 17 | Oxford | United Kingdom (UK) | 226.66 | 708 | 13.7% |
| 18 | Zürich | Switzerland | 205.19 | 569 | 38.5% |
| 19 | Munich | Germany | 203.38 | 615 | 13.6% |
| 20 | St. Louis | United States of America (USA) | 190.06 | 490 | 2.0% |
| 21 | Melbourne | Australia | 177.71 | 521 | 39.2% |
| 22 | Dallas - Fort Worth | United States of America (USA) | 171.28 | 353 | 1.8% |
| 23 | Guangzhou | China mainland | 163.73 | 481 | 7.6% |
| 24 | Toronto metropolitan area | Canada | 163.55 | 459 | 27.3% |
| 25 | Berlin metropolitan area | Germany | 161.37 | 559 | 10.8% |
| 26 | Ann Arbor | United States of America (USA) | 159.25 | 395 | 1.7% |
| 27 | Ithaca | United States of America (USA) | 154.06 | 457 | 1.6% |
| 28 | Atlanta metropolitan area | United States of America (USA) | 151.04 | 468 | 1.6% |
| 29 | Stockholm | Sweden | 131.73 | 463 | 47.1% |
| 30 | Montreal metropolitan area | Canada | 129.28 | 372 | 21.6% |
| 31 | Copenhagen | Denmark | 127.56 | 474 | 69.1% |
| 32 | Pittsburgh | United States of America (USA) | 126.90 | 350 | 1.3% |
| 33 | Singapore* | Singapore | 124.87 | 348 | 100% |
| 34 | Seoul metropolitan area | South Korea | 123.27 | 332 | 56.2% |
| 35 | Durham | United States of America (USA) | 122.77 | 370 | 1.3% |
| 36 | Lausanne | Switzerland | 122.24 | 370 | 22.9% |
| 37 | Vienna | Austria | 119.40 | 366 | 80.9% |
| 38 | Wuhan | China mainland | 114.09 | 328 | 5.3% |
| 39 | Barcelona metropolitan area | Spain | 113.00 | 395 | 37.7% |
| 40 | Hangzhou | China mainland | 112.39 | 327 | 5.2% |
| 41 | Chapel Hill | United States of America (USA) | 110.22 | 329 | 1.2% |
| 42 | Heidelberg | Germany | 107.58 | 400 | 7.2% |
| 43 | Amsterdam metropolitan area | Netherlands | 105.14 | 415 | 27.7% |
| 44 | Nashville | United States of America (USA) | 103.42 | 271 | 1.1% |
| 45 | Hong Kong | China mainland | 102.26 | 270 | 4.8% |
| 46 | Göttingen | Germany | 100.65 | 240 | 6.7% |
| 47 | Vancouver metropolitan area | Canada | 95.57 | 309 | 15.9% |
| 48 | Nanjing | China mainland | 93.97 | 271 | 4.4% |
| 49 | Minneapolis - Saint Paul | United States of America (USA) | 91.49 | 267 | 1.0% |
| 50 | Sydney | Australia | 91.05 | 368 | 20.1% |
Footnote
* Singapore is a city-state.