2018 Research Leaders: Leading institutions in Earth & environmental sciences

The 2018 Research Leaders are based on Nature Index data from 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2017.

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Position Institution Share 2016 Share 2017 Count 2017 Change in Adjusted Share* 2016–2017
1 University of Helsinki, Finland 12.48 11.38 37 -4.6% Decrease
2 University of Eastern Finland (UEF), Finland 2.63 3.88 14 54.5% Increase
3 Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI), Finland 11.48 3.63 18 -66.9% Decrease
4 Aalto University, Finland 2.24 2.27 8 5.7% Increase
5 Tampere University, Finland 1.26 1.77 6 47.0% Increase
6 Geological Survey of Finland (GTK), Finland 1.21 1.30 3 12.6% Increase
7 University of Oulu, Finland 1.61 1.16 6 -24.5% Decrease
8 Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT), Finland 1.21 0.93 4 -19.1% Decrease
9 University of Turku (UTU), Finland 0.47 0.76 3 68.7% Increase
10 Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE), Finland 1.16 0.70 4 -36.9% Decrease
11 Helsinki Region Environmental Services Authority (HSY), Finland 0.15 0.31 2 117.0% Increase
12 Finland Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, Finland 0.00 0.29 2 0.0% Increase
13 Natural Resources Institute Finland (LUKE), Finland 0.57 0.28 3 -49.4% Decrease
14 Finnish Institute of Occupational Health (FIOH), Finland 0.00 0.27 1 0.0% Increase
15 University of Jyväskylä, Finland 0.41 0.22 3 -44.3% Decrease
16 BIOS Research Unit, Finland 0.00 0.17 1 0.0% Increase
17 Niras Finland Oy, Finland 0.00 0.13 2 0.0% Increase
18 Oulu University of Applied Sciences (Oulu UAS), Finland 0.00 0.09 1 0.0% Increase
19 Åbo Akademi University, Finland 0.07 0.08 1 19.6% Increase
20 Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences, Finland 0.05 0.06 1 16.2% Increase
20 Turku University of Applied Sciences (TUAS), Finland 0.00 0.06 1 0.0% Increase
21 European Forest Institute (EFI), Finland 0.00 0.00 1 0.0% Increase
22 Finland Ministry of Education, Science and Culture, Finland 0.00 0.00 6 0.0% Increase

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  1. The data behind the tables are based on a relatively small proportion of total research papers, they cover the natural sciences and health sciences only and outputs are non-normalized (that is, they don’t reflect the size of the country or institution, or its overall research output).
  2. The Nature Index is one indicator of institutional research performance. The metrics of Count and Share used to order Nature Index listings are based on an institution’s or country’s publication output in 145 natural-science and health-science journals. The journals were selected on reputation by an independent panel of leading scientists in their fields. The list is reviewed periodically and journals may be removed or added. Articles from eLife were no longer included in the Nature Index from 2023 after the journal changed its publishing model.
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