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Time frame: 1 May 2023 - 30 April 2024
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Top-performing institutions

Academic

  1. Harvard University

    Share: 1081.75 | Count: 3636

  2. University of Science and Technology of China (USTC)

    Share: 692.29 | Count: 2122

  3. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS)

    Share: 690.29 | Count: 3488
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Corporate

  1. F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG

    Share: 59.4 | Count: 167

  2. AstraZeneca plc

    Share: 47.21 | Count: 177

  3. Alphabet Inc.

    Share: 37.56 | Count: 89
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Government

  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

    Share: 2433.05 | Count: 8102

  2. French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)

    Share: 604.09 | Count: 4439

  3. National Institutes of Health (NIH)

    Share: 404.72 | Count: 1119
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Healthcare

  1. Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)

    Share: 164.79 | Count: 953

  2. Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH)

    Share: 162.28 | Count: 926

  3. The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (UT Southwestern Medical Center)

    Share: 144.56 | Count: 416
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NPO/NGO

  1. Max Planck Society

    Share: 681.27 | Count: 2715

  2. Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres

    Share: 548.41 | Count: 2870

  3. Leibniz Association

    Share: 198.92 | Count: 1290
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Biological sciences

  1. Harvard University

    Share: 491.18 | Count: 1501

  2. Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

    Share: 335.47 | Count: 1231

  3. National Institutes of Health (NIH)

    Share: 280.25 | Count: 709
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Chemistry

  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

    Share: 1152.57 | Count: 3568

  2. University of Science and Technology of China (USTC)

    Share: 395.12 | Count: 958

  3. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS)

    Share: 330.79 | Count: 1418
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Earth & environmental sciences

  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

    Share: 463.23 | Count: 1456

  2. Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres

    Share: 121.72 | Count: 440

  3. Nanjing University (NJU)

    Share: 118.93 | Count: 369
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Health sciences

  1. Harvard University

    Share: 486.54 | Count: 1585

  2. National Institutes of Health (NIH)

    Share: 161.18 | Count: 559

  3. Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU)

    Share: 103.86 | Count: 242
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Physical sciences

  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

    Share: 917.02 | Count: 3401

  2. University of Science and Technology of China (USTC)

    Share: 343.95 | Count: 1226

  3. Tsinghua University

    Share: 332.87 | Count: 1188
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Africa

  1. University of Cape Town (UCT)

    Share: 95.93 | Count: 308

  2. University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (Wits University)

    Share: 64.41 | Count: 269

  3. Stellenbosch University (SU)

    Share: 38.98 | Count: 93
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Asia Pacific

  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

    Share: 2516.31 | Count: 8346

  2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS)

    Share: 711.14 | Count: 3593

  3. University of Science and Technology of China (USTC)

    Share: 710.93 | Count: 2190
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Europe

  1. Max Planck Society

    Share: 679.23 | Count: 2686

  2. French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)

    Share: 600.04 | Count: 4420

  3. Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres

    Share: 563.23 | Count: 2894
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North America

  1. Harvard University

    Share: 1079.82 | Count: 3616

  2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

    Share: 459.38 | Count: 1962

  3. Stanford University

    Share: 457.74 | Count: 1896
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South America

  1. University of São Paulo (USP)

    Share: 47.76 | Count: 412

  2. National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET)

    Share: 31.51 | Count: 342

  3. State University of Campinas (UNICAMP)

    Share: 19.31 | Count: 149
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Western Asia

  1. Weizmann Institute of Science (WIS)

    Share: 144.15 | Count: 437

  2. Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI)

    Share: 127.04 | Count: 321

  3. King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)

    Share: 120.34 | Count: 272
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