2017 Research Leaders: Leading healthcare institutions

The 2017 Research Leaders are based on Nature Index data from 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2016.

Table criteria

Position Institution Share 2015 Share 2016 Count 2016 Change in Adjusted Share* 2015–2016
1 The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (UT Southwestern Medical Center), United States of America (USA) 127.11 127.94 273 3.2% Increase
2 Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC), CU, United States of America (USA) 102.68 114.74 319 14.6% Increase
3 Duke University Health System, United States of America (USA) 99.36 95.47 253 -1.5% Decrease
4 UC San Diego Health Sciences, United States of America (USA) 92.33 95.17 367 5.7% Increase
5 UW Medicine, United States of America (USA) 78.51 90.56 275 18.3% Increase
6 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), United States of America (USA) 90.47 90.44 263 2.5% Increase
7 Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), United States of America (USA) 93.13 90.23 556 -0.6% Decrease
8 The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, United States of America (USA) 77.59 85.86 280 13.5% Increase
9 UCLA Health, United States of America (USA) 85.05 83.45 286 0.6% Increase
10 Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), United States of America (USA) 67.85 76.92 224 16.3% Increase
11 Michigan Medicine, U-M, United States of America (USA) 89.85 74.28 251 -15.2% Decrease
12 Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS), United States of America (USA) 61.33 72.77 249 21.7% Increase
13 NYU Langone Health, United States of America (USA) 65.31 66.75 188 4.8% Increase
14 Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH), United States of America (USA) 66.73 56.65 459 -12.9% Decrease
15 Mayo Clinic, United States of America (USA) 46.90 54.01 162 18.1% Increase
16 Boston Children's Hospital (BCH), United States of America (USA) 54.73 52.00 373 -2.6% Decrease
17 St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (St. Jude), United States of America (USA) 42.30 48.01 112 16.4% Increase
18 Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI), United States of America (USA) 45.86 42.05 379 -6.0% Decrease
19 Scientific Institute for Research, Hospitalization and Healthcare (IRCCS), Italy 52.56 40.27 208 -21.4% Decrease
20 Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), United States of America (USA) 29.55 35.28 289 22.5% Increase
21 UCSF Health, United States of America (USA) 30.87 35.17 162 16.8% Increase
22 Health Sciences Center (HSC), Utah, United States of America (USA) 29.66 29.41 84 1.7% Increase
23 Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC), United States of America (USA) 23.83 28.22 85 21.5% Increase
24 Radboud University Medical Centre (Radboudumc), RU, Netherlands 23.26 27.10 168 19.5% Increase
25 The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), United States of America (USA) 29.31 25.67 133 -10.2% Decrease
26 Cleveland Clinic, United States of America (USA) 32.15 24.91 80 -20.5% Decrease
27 Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), Netherlands 26.77 24.29 156 -7.0% Decrease
28 Erasmus University Medical Center (Erasmus MC), Netherlands 23.76 23.82 166 2.8% Increase
29 Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI), Netherlands 19.55 23.00 96 20.7% Increase
30 University Health Network (UHN), U of T, Canada 23.20 21.69 105 -4.1% Decrease
31 University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), UHH, Germany 20.57 20.31 95 1.2% Increase
32 University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC), UR, United States of America (USA) 17.82 20.08 65 15.5% Increase
33 McGill University Health Centre (MUHC), Canada 25.06 19.03 86 -22.1% Decrease
34 City of Hope, United States of America (USA) 11.54 18.89 51 67.9% Increase
35 University Hospital Bonn (UKB), Uni Bonn, Germany 18.53 18.80 98 4.1% Increase
36 The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), U of T, Canada 24.59 18.36 100 -23.4% Decrease
37 University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG), Germany 16.44 18.12 83 13.0% Increase
38 VU University Medical Center (VUmc), Netherlands 11.45 17.85 89 59.8% Increase
39 The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio), United States of America (USA) 16.98 17.69 44 6.9% Increase
40 Academic Medical Center (AMC), UvA, Netherlands 10.44 17.65 142 73.4% Increase
41 University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC), United States of America (USA) 15.69 17.16 32 12.2% Increase
42 Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), France 15.02 17.12 198 16.9% Increase
43 University Medical Center Utrecht (UMC Utrecht), Netherlands 22.42 17.11 135 -21.7% Decrease
44 Hannover Medical School (MHH), Germany 15.42 16.60 75 10.4% Increase
45 Heidelberg University Hospital at Medical Faculty Heidelberg, Uni Heidelberg, Germany 9.25 16.47 107 82.7% Increase
46 University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), RUG, Netherlands 11.14 16.14 94 48.5% Increase
47 Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), United States of America (USA) 20.44 15.34 96 -23.0% Decrease
48 UC Davis Health, United States of America (USA) 16.06 15.30 59 -2.3% Decrease
49 Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center (OSUWMC), United States of America (USA) 17.74 14.37 63 -16.9% Decrease
50 Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), Spain 13.95 14.25 38 4.7% Increase
51 West China School of Medicine/West China Hospital of Sichuan University (WCSM/WCH), SCU, China 9.01 14.23 67 62.0% Increase
52 University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC), United States of America (USA) 11.10 13.03 44 20.4% Increase
53 University Hospital Tübingen (UKT), Uni Tübingen, Germany 10.42 12.79 70 25.9% Increase
54 University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), United States of America (USA) 13.30 12.45 63 -4.0% Decrease
55 University Hospital of Munich (KUM), LMU, Germany 8.61 11.90 91 41.6% Increase
56 Houston Methodist, United States of America (USA) 11.24 11.89 49 8.5% Increase
57 University of Pennsylvania Health System (UPHS), United States of America (USA) 4.09 11.78 57 195.1% Increase
58 University Hospital Zurich (UHZ), Switzerland 6.93 11.50 43 70.2% Increase
59 TUM University Hospital Klinikum rechts der Isar (MRI), Germany 7.70 11.02 118 46.8% Increase
60 UConn Health, United States of America (USA) 12.71 10.93 38 -11.8% Decrease
61 Johns Hopkins Health System Corporation (JHHS), United States of America (USA) 9.27 10.85 103 20.1% Increase
62 University Medical Center Freiburg, Germany 9.85 10.78 66 12.3% Increase
63 UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, United States of America (USA) 15.03 10.76 70 -26.5% Decrease
64 University Hospital of Münster (UKM), WWU, Germany 5.72 10.72 47 92.3% Increase
65 University Hospital of Lausanne (CHUV), UNIL, Switzerland 8.88 10.54 71 21.7% Increase
66 Texas Children's Hospital, BCM, United States of America (USA) 9.49 10.33 102 11.7% Increase
67 OU Health Sciences Center (OUHSC), United States of America (USA) 16.76 9.80 36 -40.0% Decrease
68 University Medical Center Mainz, JGU, Germany 10.09 9.72 51 -1.2% Decrease
69 Fox Chase Cancer Center (FCCC), Temple University, United States of America (USA) 4.61 9.36 28 108.5% Increase
70 UTMB Health, United States of America (USA) 8.24 9.31 38 15.9% Increase
71 Oslo University Hospital (OUS), Norway 8.54 8.25 63 -1.0% Decrease
72 Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Cedars-Sinai), United States of America (USA) 12.98 8.24 40 -34.9% Decrease
73 H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, United States of America (USA) 8.86 8.23 27 -4.8% Decrease
74 Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust (OUH), United Kingdom (UK) 5.79 8.07 84 42.9% Increase
75 Stanford Health Care, United States of America (USA) 8.15 7.92 105 -0.3% Decrease
76 Stanford Children's Health, United States of America (USA) 8.38 7.86 106 -3.8% Decrease
77 UNM Health Sciences Center (HSC), United States of America (USA) 8.69 7.77 25 -8.2% Decrease
78 Catalan Health Institute (ICS), Spain 6.38 7.70 68 23.8% Increase
79 Medical University of Innsbruck (MUI), Austria 8.44 7.56 42 -8.1% Decrease
80 Health Sciences Center (HSC), UofL, United States of America (USA) 9.66 7.55 21 -19.8% Decrease
81 University Hospital of Erlangen, FAU, Germany 6.49 7.43 47 17.4% Increase
82 University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), United States of America (USA) 10.09 7.39 30 -24.9% Decrease
83 Sinai Health System, U of T, Canada 15.24 7.22 52 -51.4% Decrease
84 Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC), United States of America (USA) 3.41 7.08 16 113.1% Increase
85 Saarland University Medical Center (UKS) / Faculty of Medicine, Saar-Uni, Germany 4.93 6.98 26 45.1% Increase
86 Harvard Joslin Diabetes Center, United States of America (USA) 7.76 6.85 96 -9.5% Decrease
87 Yonsei University Health System (YUHS), South Korea 12.10 6.63 31 -43.8% Decrease
88 University Hospital Basel (USB), UB, Switzerland 4.94 6.44 43 33.5% Increase
89 Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA), Canada 9.95 6.24 36 -35.6% Decrease
90 Ulm University Medical Center, Germany 4.23 6.14 49 48.9% Increase
91 CHU de Québec, UL, Canada 7.49 6.00 33 -17.8% Decrease
92 National Taiwan University Hospital (NTUH), Taiwan 3.22 5.52 19 76.0% Increase
93 Abramson Cancer Center, Penn, United States of America (USA) 8.62 5.41 33 -35.6% Decrease
94 Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre (Peter Mac), Australia 4.99 5.41 32 11.0% Increase
95 Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center (SYSUCC), SYSU, China 4.16 5.34 27 31.7% Increase
96 Hadassah Medical Center, HUJI, Israel 7.02 5.30 30 -22.6% Decrease
97 Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego, United States of America (USA) 1.53 5.23 60 250.0% Increase
98 Rush University Medical Center, United States of America (USA) 5.78 5.18 31 -8.1% Decrease
99 National Cancer Center (NCC), Japan 5.69 5.18 20 -6.6% Decrease
100 Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI), United States of America (USA) 5.69 5.18 22 -6.7% Decrease

Footnote

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