2016 tables: Institutions - physical sciences

The 2016 tables are based on Nature Index data from 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2015.

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# Institution Share 2015 Count 2015
1 French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), France 326.65 1,734
2 The French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), France 68.05 540
3 Sorbonne University, France 55.71 549
4 University of Paris-Sud (UPSud), France 39.60 391
5 Grenoble Alpes University (UGA), France 26.23 335
6 University of Paris, France 24.89 356
7 Université PSL, France 22.98 264
8 University of Lyon, France 20.02 156
9 University of Toulouse, France 17.62 132
10 National Institute of Applied Sciences (INSA), France 15.62 129
11 Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP), France 15.51 258
12 Aix-Marseille University (AMU), France 14.12 241
13 University of Strasbourg, France 13.08 131
14 École Polytechnique, France 12.75 143
15 University of Bordeaux, France 12.33 73
16 European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), France 11.28 66
17 University of Montpellier, France 8.49 56
18 University of Lille Nord de France, France 7.25 39
19 Institut Laue Langevin (ILL), France 6.63 39
20 European Space Agency (ESA), France 6.14 38
21 National Institute for Health and Medical Research (INSERM), France 6.07 63
22 Institut Mines-Télécom (IMT), France 5.78 39
23 Collège de France, France 5.64 45
24 University of Lorraine (UL), France 5.22 28
25 Institut d'Optique Graduate School (IOGS), France 4.66 28
26 Thales S.A., France 4.31 33
27 Institute of Research for Development (IRD), France 4.17 81
28 National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control (INRIA), France 3.68 71
29 University of Savoy (USMB), France 3.67 150
30 Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES), France 3.54 80
31 University of Rennes 1, France 3.13 25
32 University of Technology of Belfort-Montbéliard (UTBM), France 3.07 21
33 University of Paris Nord (Paris 13), France 3.02 12
34 University of Toulon (UTLN), France 2.99 31
35 Le Mans University, France 2.97 16
36 University Clermont Auvergne, France 2.84 139
37 Superior National School of Advanced Techniques (ENSTA ParisTech), France 2.80 18
38 Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques (IHÉS), France 2.67 12
39 University of Burgundy, France 2.25 23
40 Institut Polytechnique de Bordeaux (Bordeaux INP), France 2.25 17
41 CY Cergy Paris University, France 2.24 23
42 National Office for Aerospace Studies and Research (ONERA), France 2.22 9
43 Centrale Lille, France 2.18 27
44 Institut de Radioastronomie Millimétrique (IRAM), France 2.14 20
45 Caen University (UNICAEN), France 2.09 17
46 National Museum of Natural History (MNHN), France 2.03 21
47 University Institute of France (IUF), France 2.01 19
48 École Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay (ENS Paris-Saclay), France 2.01 19
49 University of Franche-Comté (UFC), France 2.01 14
50 École Supérieure d'Électricité (Supélec), France 1.99 27
51 National Graduate School of Engineering and Research Center (ENSICAEN), France 1.97 17
52 Gustave Eiffel University, France 1.96 9
53 University of Nantes, France 1.66 40
54 Paris-Est Créteil University (UPEC), France 1.63 13
55 National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE), France 1.62 17
56 Centrale Graduate School, France 1.59 18
57 Curie Institute, France 1.58 11
58 Lille Catholic University (Catho), France 1.56 21
59 HESAM Université, France 1.52 60
60 University of Picardie Jules Verne (UPJV), France 1.37 8
61 Higher Institute for Electronics and Digital Training (ISEN), France 1.34 12
62 National Engineering Institute in Mechanics and Microtechnologies (ENSMM), France 1.26 9
63 University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ), France 1.24 29
64 National Metrology and Testing (LNE), France 1.23 7
65 University of Haute-Alsace (UHA), France 1.21 26
66 University of Poitiers, France 1.19 5
67 University of Orléans, France 1.12 20
68 Institut Supérieur de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace (ISAE-SUPAERO), France 1.09 5
69 France Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy, France 1.07 37
70 University of Tours (UFR), France 1.02 7
71 SIGMA Clermont, France 0.93 6
72 University of Limoges (ULIM), France 0.90 8
73 École Supérieure de Chimie Physique Électronique de Lyon or (CPE Lyon), France 0.78 7
74 École Centrale Lyon, France 0.74 8
75 University of Technology of Troyes (UTT), France 0.71 5
76 École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier (ENSCM), France 0.71 8
77 Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional de Nice (CRR), France 0.68 53
77 Centre Nationaux de Création Musicale (CIRM), France 0.68 53
77 École Supérieure de Danse de Cannes Rosella Hightower, France 0.68 53
77 Sustainable Design School (SDS), France 0.68 53
77 National School of Fine Arts at the Villa Arson, France 0.68 53
77 École Supérieure de Réalisation Audiovisuelle (ESRA), France 0.68 53
77 CHU Nice, France 0.68 53
77 EDHEC Business School, France 0.68 53
78 University of Paris Ouest (Paris 10), France 0.58 2
79 ITER Organization, France 0.58 2
80 Électricité de France S.A. (EDF), France 0.50 4
81 University of South Brittany (UBS), France 0.49 3
82 University of Angers, France 0.48 4
83 University of Évry-Val d'Essonne (UEVE), France 0.47 4
84 Saint-Gobain SA, France 0.46 2
85 Bretagne Loire University, France 0.43 28
86 Capital Fund Management (CFM), France 0.43 2
87 École Nationale Supérieure des Arts et Industries Textiles (ENSAIT), France 0.43 1
88 École des Ponts ParisTech (ENPC), France 0.41 2
89 École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Rennes (ENSCR), France 0.40 6
90 French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea (Ifremer), France 0.38 1
91 Cisbio Bioassays, France 0.37 1
92 Polyrise SAS, France 0.36 1
93 University of Le Havre, France 0.36 11
94 PHASICS SA, France 0.33 1
94 Tortoise Analytics, France 0.33 1
95 University of Rouen, France 0.31 10
96 Lyon University Hospital (HCL), France 0.30 3
97 École des Mines d'Alès (EMA), France 0.27 1
98 AgroSup Dijon - National Superior Institute of Agronomic Sciences, Food and the Environment, France 0.27 10
99 Centre Léon Bérard (CLB), France 0.26 3
100 Centre de Radiologie du Tonkin Villeurbanne, France 0.25 1
100 PSA Peugeot Citroën, France 0.25 1
100 Cytoo SA, France 0.25 1
100 NEXDOT, France 0.25 1

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