Leading 25 government institutions by patent influence metric
Government institutions listed in the following table appeared in the table of 500 leading Nature Index institutions in 2021, by article Share (Share). The table shows the leading 25 government institutions ranked by a normalised metric on patent influence (Patent influence metric), which is based on data from The Lens database. Also listed is each institution's article count (Count) in the Nature Index in 2021. For more information about The Lens, visit www.lens.org.
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| 1 | European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) | Germany | Europe | 1.3704 | 51.09 | 323 |
| 2 | Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) | Singapore | Asia Pacific | 0.5826 | 66.60 | 298 |
| 3 | National Institutes of Health (NIH) | United States of America (USA) | North America | 0.5753 | 406.70 | 1,011 |
| 4 | Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) | South Korea | Asia Pacific | 0.5556 | 46.03 | 193 |
| 5 | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) | United States of America (USA) | North America | 0.5465 | 173.46 | 860 |
| 6 | UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) | United Kingdom (UK) | Europe | 0.4841 | 92.30 | 727 |
| 7 | RIKEN | Japan | Asia Pacific | 0.4747 | 155.46 | 660 |
| 8 | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) | United States of America (USA) | North America | 0.4452 | 93.10 | 315 |
| 9 | Sandia National Laboratories | United States of America (USA) | North America | 0.4005 | 43.57 | 144 |
| 10 | National Institute for Health and Medical Research (INSERM) | France | Europe | 0.3749 | 105.04 | 1,197 |
| 11 | National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) | Japan | Asia Pacific | 0.3674 | 68.05 | 214 |
| 12 | Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW) | Austria | Europe | 0.3674 | 41.26 | 270 |
| 13 | Institute for Basic Science (IBS) | South Korea | Asia Pacific | 0.3570 | 91.96 | 345 |
| 14 | National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) | United States of America (USA) | North America | 0.3531 | 80.75 | 312 |
| 15 | U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs | United States of America (USA) | North America | 0.3509 | 28.87 | 371 |
| 16 | National Research Council (CNR) | Italy | Europe | 0.3255 | 110.20 | 548 |
| 17 | Academia Sinica | Taiwan | Asia Pacific | 0.3228 | 76.05 | 370 |
| 18 | The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) | Australia | Asia Pacific | 0.3203 | 32.66 | 193 |
| 19 | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) | United States of America (USA) | North America | 0.3165 | 47.66 | 189 |
| 20 | Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) | United States of America (USA) | North America | 0.3129 | 96.52 | 559 |
| 21 | U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) | United States of America (USA) | North America | 0.3112 | 69.56 | 282 |
| 22 | National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE) | France | Europe | 0.3026 | 35.97 | 652 |
| 23 | French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) | France | Europe | 0.2983 | 675.69 | 4,399 |
| 24 | Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) | United States of America (USA) | North America | 0.2980 | 92.11 | 358 |
| 25 | National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) | Japan | Asia Pacific | 0.2927 | 99.87 | 396 |