2018 tables: Institutions - corporate

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

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# Institution Share 2016 Share 2017 Count 2017 Change in Adjusted Share* 2016–2017
1 F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG, Switzerland 43.91 54.75 116 22.9%
2 IBM Corporation, United States of America (USA) 42.90 47.71 111 9.6%
3 Novartis International AG, Switzerland 41.29 41.58 130 -0.7%
4 Merck & Co., Inc., United States of America (USA) 29.74 35.51 73 17.7%
5 AstraZeneca plc, United Kingdom (UK) 32.19 30.13 130 -7.8%
6 Pfizer Inc., United States of America (USA) 27.91 23.24 70 -17.9%
7 GNS Science, New Zealand 10.85 17.04 66 54.8%
8 GlaxoSmithKline plc. (GSK), United Kingdom (UK) 17.92 16.67 68 -8.3%
9 Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS), United States of America (USA) 8.12 16.34 45 98.2%
10 Samsung Group, South Korea 19.37 15.03 65 -23.5%
11 Amgen Inc., United States of America (USA) 20.35 14.77 56 -28.5%
12 DowDuPont Inc., United States of America (USA) 14.61 12.74 41 -14.1%
13 Johnson & Johnson, United States of America (USA) 7.77 11.64 39 47.7%
14 Microsoft Corporation, United States of America (USA) 11.06 11.60 63 3.3%
15 Eli Lilly and Company, United States of America (USA) 9.79 9.38 32 -5.6%
16 Alphabet Inc., United States of America (USA) 11.58 9.31 29 -20.7%
17 AbbVie Inc., United States of America (USA) 2.23 8.55 21 277.7%
18 Toyota Group, Japan 12.79 8.38 19 -35.4%
19 BASF SE, Germany 12.76 8.08 46 -37.5%
20 China State Shipbuilding Corporation Limited (CSSC), China 5.17 8.02 114 53.0%
21 Toshiba Corporation, Japan 7.30 7.91 14 6.9%
22 Exxon Mobil Corporation (ExxonMobil), United States of America (USA) 7.32 7.82 24 5.4%
23 Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., United States of America (USA) 8.49 7.62 42 -11.5%
24 Formosa Plastics Group, Taiwan 7.02 7.52 30 5.6%
25 FiberHome Technologies Group, China 5.15 7.28 58 39.2%
26 Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT), Japan 16.61 7.11 12 -57.8%
27 Biogen Inc., United States of America (USA) 4.54 6.96 20 50.9%
28 BGI, China 5.71 6.52 31 12.5%
29 Bruker Corporation, United States of America (USA) 4.71 6.43 36 34.6%
30 C. H. Boehringer Sohn AG & Co. KG (Boehringer Ingelheim), Germany 10.84 6.37 23 -42.1%
31 Science Systems and Applications, Inc. (SSAI), United States of America (USA) 6.84 5.88 31 -15.2%
32 Novo Nordisk A/S, Denmark 4.36 5.86 15 32.4%
33 Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Japan 2.69 5.69 20 108.5%
34 Sanofi, France 5.13 5.17 28 -0.8%
35 NorthWest Research Associates, Inc. (NWRA), United States of America (USA) 1.74 4.98 24 182.4%
36 Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., United States of America (USA) 4.57 4.95 16 6.7%
37 Eisai Co., Ltd., Japan 2.27 4.86 10 111.0%
38 Hitachi, Ltd., Japan 4.56 4.82 26 4.2%
39 China National Chemical Corporation (ChemChina), China 3.01 4.67 17 52.9%
40 Chevron Corporation, United States of America (USA) 3.29 4.66 26 39.3%
41 GATS Inc., United States of America (USA) 2.22 4.58 13 103.6%
42 Leidos Holdings, Inc., United States of America (USA) 5.36 4.27 60 -21.5%
43 China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), China 1.44 4.25 33 190.7%
44 Western Digital Corporation, United States of America (USA) 5.23 4.20 11 -20.8%
45 UCB S.A., Belgium 1.56 4.16 19 162.8%
46 Thales S.A., France 6.08 4.11 29 -33.4%
47 National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd. (NIWA), New Zealand 5.60 4.04 38 -28.9%
48 Merck KGaA, Germany 4.17 3.92 19 -7.4%
49 Jinchuan Group Co., Ltd., China 1.74 3.91 21 121.4%
50 HP Inc., United States of America (USA) 6.66 3.76 7 -44.3%
51 Human Longevity, Inc., United States of America (USA) 0.99 3.74 8 272.8%
52 Mitsubishi Group, Japan 3.68 3.69 23 -1.3%
53 New England Biolabs, Inc. (NEB), United States of America (USA) 2.90 3.63 8 23.3%
54 Bayer AG, Germany 5.21 3.61 26 -31.6%
55 Schlumberger Limited, United States of America (USA) 1.69 3.58 11 108.5%
56 Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., United States of America (USA) 4.24 3.45 18 -19.8%
57 AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Austria 1.92 3.43 21 76.5%
58 Nestlé S.A., Switzerland 3.43 3.41 15 -1.9%
59 China National Tobacco Company (CNTC), China 0.43 3.29 15 648.0%
60 Waters Corporation, United States of America (USA) 2.18 3.27 12 48.1%
61 Agilent Technologies, Inc., United States of America (USA) 2.51 3.24 16 27.2%
62 Illumina, Inc., United States of America (USA) 2.71 3.21 14 16.6%
63 Solvay S.A., Belgium 1.59 3.03 13 87.1%
64 Center for Nanotechnology GmbH (CeNTech GmbH), Germany 3.62 2.95 13 -19.8%
65 Danaher Corporation, United States of America (USA) 1.59 2.89 9 78.6%
66 Royal Dutch Shell plc (Shell), Netherlands 4.69 2.88 14 -39.4%
67 Airbus SE, Netherlands 0.88 2.83 11 215.2%
68 Chengdu Institute of Organic Chemistry (CIOC), CAS, China 1.92 2.72 7 39.9%
69 Equinor ASA, Norway 0.43 2.69 6 517.7%
70 HRL Laboratories LLC, United States of America (USA) 5.75 2.63 8 -55.0%
71 KWH Water B.V., Netherlands 2.31 2.62 9 12.1%
72 Intel Corporation, United States of America (USA) 2.43 2.56 22 4.0%
73 NGM Biopharmaceuticals, Inc., United States of America (USA) 0.64 2.54 3 289.5%
74 Rigaku Corporation, Japan 0.92 2.48 14 164.2%
75 Unilever, United Kingdom (UK) 1.86 2.46 18 30.3%
76 Infineon Technologies AG, Germany 0.06 2.43 5 4212.1%
77 JEOL Ltd., Japan 3.10 2.43 18 -22.9%
78 Jacobs, United States of America (USA) 1.70 2.40 26 39.6%
79 Synthetic Genomics, Inc. (SGI), United States of America (USA) 1.40 2.30 3 62.3%
80 Foundation Medicine, Inc., United States of America (USA) 1.04 2.27 4 114.6%
81 Norwegian Research Centre AS (NORCE), Norway 3.13 2.23 30 -29.8%
82 South Australian Water Corporation (SA Water), Australia 1.26 2.23 6 74.9%
83 Sony Corporation, Japan 1.05 2.21 3 108.1%
84 Northrop Grumman Corporation, United States of America (USA) 1.75 2.19 21 23.3%
85 Lockheed Martin Corporation, United States of America (USA) 1.37 2.16 16 56.1%
86 Haldor Topsøe A/S, Denmark 2.13 2.14 7 -1.0%
87 Johnson Matthey (JM), United Kingdom (UK) 2.02 2.12 13 3.1%
88 Techint Group, Italy 0.91 2.11 13 128.7%
89 Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology (ACIB), Austria 1.17 2.10 8 77.4%
90 Total S.A., France 2.18 2.08 11 -6.0%
91 Koninklijke Philips N.V. (Philips), Netherlands 0.84 2.05 18 141.3%
92 Aerodyne Research, Inc. (ARI), United States of America (USA) 1.91 2.03 15 5.0%
93 Nokia Corporation, Finland 1.22 2.03 11 64.2%
94 FujiFilm Corporation, Japan 0.45 2.02 15 340.6%
95 10x Genomics, United States of America (USA) 1.12 2.01 4 76.1%
96 Soraa Inc., United States of America (USA) 2.00 2.00 2 -1.4%
96 Seattle Genetics, Inc., United States of America (USA) 3.03 2.00 2 -34.9%
97 China Electronics Technology Group Corporation (CETC), China 1.44 1.97 6 35.1%
98 Shimadzu Corporation, Japan 3.17 1.97 11 -38.7%
99 Earlham Institute (EI), United Kingdom (UK) 1.01 1.95 11 90.3%
100 Research Institutes of Sweden (RISE), Sweden 0.61 1.83 19 197.6%

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