Leading 50 science cities in physical sciences
The leading 50 science cities and metropolitan areas in physical sciences ranked by article Share (Share) in the subject in 2021. Also listed are each city’s article count (Count) in physical sciences in 2021, and its contritution to the location’s total subject Share of the year.
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| 1 | Beijing | China mainland | 1,236.85 | 2,792 | 21.8% |
| 2 | Shanghai | China mainland | 611.71 | 1,486 | 10.8% |
| 3 | Boston metropolitan area | United States of America (USA) | 562.40 | 1,427 | 10.9% |
| 4 | New York metropolitan area | United States of America (USA) | 534.73 | 1,475 | 10.4% |
| 5 | San Francisco Bay Area | United States of America (USA) | 514.69 | 1,380 | 10.0% |
| 6 | Tokyo metropolitan area | Japan | 466.24 | 1,142 | 42.3% |
| 7 | Seoul metropolitan area | South Korea | 460.61 | 981 | 53.4% |
| 8 | Nanjing | China mainland | 368.01 | 905 | 6.5% |
| 9 | Paris metropolitan area | France | 366.67 | 1,127 | 51.9% |
| 10 | Singapore* | Singapore | 299.92 | 611 | 100% |
| 11 | Wuhan | China mainland | 298.09 | 672 | 5.3% |
| 12 | Baltimore - Washington | United States of America (USA) | 291.76 | 853 | 5.7% |
| 13 | Hefei | China mainland | 283.73 | 765 | 5.0% |
| 14 | Chicago metropolitan area | United States of America (USA) | 282.63 | 846 | 5.5% |
| 15 | Los Angeles metropolitan area | United States of America (USA) | 265.74 | 786 | 5.1% |
| 16 | Guangzhou | China mainland | 261.52 | 695 | 4.6% |
| 17 | Hong Kong | China mainland | 237.34 | 646 | 4.2% |
| 18 | London metropolitan area | United Kingdom (UK) | 229.02 | 782 | 21.9% |
| 19 | Hangzhou | China mainland | 223.19 | 568 | 3.9% |
| 20 | Munich | Germany | 215.90 | 651 | 12.5% |
| 21 | Zürich | Switzerland | 197.52 | 532 | 41.6% |
| 22 | Shenzhen | China mainland | 194.60 | 614 | 3.4% |
| 23 | Daejeon | South Korea | 178.17 | 499 | 20.6% |
| 24 | Tianjin | China mainland | 177.28 | 391 | 3.1% |
| 25 | Xi’an | China mainland | 175.64 | 426 | 3.1% |
| 26 | Moscow | Russia | 169.27 | 625 | 50.1% |
| 27 | Cambridge | United Kingdom (UK) | 167.90 | 508 | 16.0% |
| 28 | Berlin metropolitan area | Germany | 149.56 | 495 | 8.7% |
| 29 | Tsukuba | Japan | 145.03 | 596 | 13.2% |
| 30 | Chengdu | China mainland | 141.11 | 329 | 2.5% |
| 31 | Suzhou | China mainland | 141.01 | 352 | 2.5% |
| 32 | Oxford | United Kingdom (UK) | 135.95 | 601 | 13.0% |
| 33 | Changsha | China mainland | 133.50 | 321 | 2.4% |
| 34 | Dresden | Germany | 127.35 | 398 | 7.4% |
| 35 | Madrid | Spain | 125.22 | 436 | 28.7% |
| 36 | Hamburg | Germany | 117.43 | 453 | 6.8% |
| 37 | Changchun | China mainland | 115.74 | 244 | 2.0% |
| 38 | Melbourne | Australia | 114.51 | 448 | 30.9% |
| 39 | Barcelona metropolitan area | Spain | 114.13 | 409 | 26.1% |
| 40 | Sydney | Australia | 110.64 | 375 | 29.9% |
| 41 | Ann Arbor | United States of America (USA) | 101.31 | 326 | 2.0% |
| 42 | Ithaca | United States of America (USA) | 100.77 | 285 | 2.0% |
| 43 | Lausanne | Switzerland | 100.62 | 309 | 21.2% |
| 44 | Philadelphia metropolitan area | United States of America (USA) | 100.44 | 329 | 1.9% |
| 45 | Copenhagen | Denmark | 96.15 | 324 | 71.0% |
| 46 | Kyoto | Japan | 95.23 | 304 | 8.6% |
| 47 | Santa Barbara | United States of America (USA) | 95.22 | 270 | 1.8% |
| 48 | Vienna | Austria | 94.20 | 342 | 62.0% |
| 49 | Urbana | United States of America (USA) | 91.50 | 267 | 1.8% |
| 50 | Jinan | China mainland | 91.32 | 287 | 1.6% |
Footnote
* Singapore is a city-state.