2016 Research Leaders: Leading corporate institutions in chemistry

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

Table criteria

Position Institution Share 2015 Count 2015
1 IBM, United States of America (USA) 22.48 41
2 Merck & Co., Inc., United States of America (USA) 16.85 28
3 AstraZeneca plc, United Kingdom (UK) 16.10 51
4 GSK, United Kingdom (UK) 15.46 38
5 Novartis AG, Switzerland 14.96 34
6 Pfizer Inc., United States of America (USA) 10.09 20
7 Dow, United States of America (USA) 8.88 36
8 F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG, Switzerland 8.82 23
9 Toyota Group, Japan 8.69 18
10 Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS), United States of America (USA) 7.75 11
11 BASF SE, Germany 7.30 42
12 Boehringer Ingelheim, Germany 6.75 11
13 Samsung Group, South Korea 6.56 27
14 Amgen Inc., United States of America (USA) 5.53 8
15 Sanofi, France 5.31 11
16 Bruker Corporation, United States of America (USA) 5.29 34
17 Waters Corporation, United States of America (USA) 4.44 12
18 Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., United States of America (USA) 4.40 15
19 China National Chemical Corporation (ChemChina), China 4.17 12
20 Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Japan 3.81 10
21 Koninklijke DSM N.V. (DSM), Netherlands 3.70 8
22 Danaher Corporation, United States of America (USA) 3.54 9
23 Johnson & Johnson, United States of America (USA) 3.41 9
24 Eli Lilly and Company, United States of America (USA) 3.40 8
25 Hitachi, Ltd., Japan 3.13 16
26 Johnson Matthey (JM), United Kingdom (UK) 2.99 5
27 Center for Nanotechnology GmbH (CeNTech GmbH), Germany 2.89 12
28 Mitsubishi Group, Japan 2.77 20
29 General Electric Company (GE), United States of America (USA) 2.52 5
30 Formosa Plastics Group, Taiwan 2.32 8
31 Merck KGaA, Germany 2.23 13
32 Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, United States of America (USA) 2.13 4
33 Promega Corporation, United States of America (USA) 2.12 4
34 Agilent Technologies, Inc., United States of America (USA) 2.06 7
35 Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology (ACIB), Austria 2.04 5
36 Chevron Corporation, United States of America (USA) 2.02 8
37 Chengdu Institute of Organic Chemistry (CIOC), CAS, China 1.99 5
38 Leidos Holdings, Inc., United States of America (USA) 1.87 14
39 Eisai Co., Ltd., Japan 1.84 7
40 D. E. Shaw Research, United States of America (USA) 1.80 5
41 Peptide Institute, Inc., Japan 1.75 2
42 Gilead Sciences, Inc., United States of America (USA) 1.71 3
43 Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT), Japan 1.69 3
44 Xerox Corporation, United States of America (USA) 1.68 4
45 New England Biolabs, Inc. (NEB), United States of America (USA) 1.67 4
46 Exxon Mobil Corporation (ExxonMobil), United States of America (USA) 1.66 21
47 FiberHome Technologies Group, China 1.65 15
47 China State Shipbuilding Corporation Limited (CSSC), China 1.65 15
48 Novo Nordisk A/S, Denmark 1.55 4
49 Konica Minolta, Inc., Japan 1.55 3

Footnote

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