2018 Research Leaders: Leading healthcare institutions

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

Table criteria

Position Institution Share 2016 Share 2017 Count 2017 Change in Adjusted Share* 2016–2017
1 The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (UT Southwestern Medical Center), United States of America (USA) 127.94 153.65 297 18.4% Increase
2 Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC), CU, United States of America (USA) 114.74 119.52 334 2.7% Increase
3 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), United States of America (USA) 90.44 113.52 294 23.7% Increase
4 UC San Diego Health Sciences, United States of America (USA) 95.17 101.46 375 5.1% Increase
5 Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), United States of America (USA) 90.23 100.39 550 9.7% Increase
6 Michigan Medicine, U-M, United States of America (USA) 74.28 92.55 293 22.8% Increase
7 UW Medicine, United States of America (USA) 90.56 83.40 282 -9.2% Decrease
8 The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, United States of America (USA) 85.86 78.13 257 -10.3% Decrease
9 NYU Langone Health, United States of America (USA) 66.75 77.85 220 15.0% Increase
10 Duke University Health System, United States of America (USA) 95.47 75.54 226 -22.0% Decrease
11 UCLA Health, United States of America (USA) 83.45 74.45 292 -12.1% Decrease
12 Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), United States of America (USA) 76.92 72.52 230 -7.1% Decrease
13 Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS), United States of America (USA) 72.77 65.42 278 -11.4% Decrease
14 Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH), United States of America (USA) 56.65 60.71 440 5.6% Increase
15 Boston Children's Hospital (BCH), United States of America (USA) 52.00 55.52 381 5.2% Increase
16 Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI), United States of America (USA) 42.05 55.24 432 29.5% Increase
17 Scientific Institute for Research, Hospitalization and Healthcare (IRCCS), Italy 40.27 47.39 227 16.0% Increase
18 Mayo Clinic, United States of America (USA) 54.01 42.67 151 -22.1% Decrease
19 Health Sciences Center (HSC), Utah, United States of America (USA) 29.41 36.93 113 23.8% Increase
20 St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (St. Jude), United States of America (USA) 48.01 35.90 95 -26.3% Decrease
21 UCSF Health, United States of America (USA) 35.17 32.76 175 -8.2% Decrease
22 The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), United States of America (USA) 25.67 31.37 138 20.4% Increase
23 Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC), United States of America (USA) 28.22 31.06 81 8.5% Increase
24 Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), United States of America (USA) 35.28 28.28 290 -21.0% Decrease
25 Cleveland Clinic, United States of America (USA) 24.91 28.17 90 11.5% Increase
26 The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), U of T, Canada 18.36 24.66 117 32.4% Increase
27 Radboud University Medical Centre (Radboudumc), RU, Netherlands 27.10 23.69 150 -13.8% Decrease
28 University Health Network (UHN), U of T, Canada 21.69 23.48 110 6.7% Increase
29 University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC), UR, United States of America (USA) 20.08 21.32 61 4.7% Increase
30 Erasmus University Medical Center (Erasmus MC), Netherlands 23.82 20.93 152 -13.4% Decrease
31 University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), UHH, Germany 20.31 19.91 86 -3.3% Decrease
32 City of Hope, United States of America (USA) 18.89 19.70 76 2.9% Increase
33 University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC), United States of America (USA) 17.16 19.51 48 12.1% Increase
34 Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI), Netherlands 23.00 19.45 82 -16.7% Decrease
35 Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), France 17.12 19.20 208 10.5% Increase
36 Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), Netherlands 24.29 18.88 131 -23.4% Decrease
37 Hannover Medical School (MHH), Germany 16.60 17.55 82 4.2% Increase
38 Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center (OSUWMC), United States of America (USA) 14.37 16.59 63 13.8% Increase
39 University Medical Center Utrecht (UMC Utrecht), Netherlands 17.11 16.52 123 -4.9% Decrease
40 Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), United States of America (USA) 15.34 16.27 90 4.6% Increase
41 University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG), Germany 18.12 16.01 74 -12.9% Decrease
42 University of Pennsylvania Health System (UPHS), United States of America (USA) 11.78 15.94 93 33.4% Increase
43 The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio), United States of America (USA) 17.69 14.75 50 -17.8% Decrease
44 UConn Health, United States of America (USA) 10.93 14.51 40 30.8% Increase
45 McGill University Health Centre (MUHC), Canada 19.03 14.28 84 -26.0% Decrease
46 Academic Medical Center (AMC), UvA, Netherlands 17.65 14.22 129 -20.5% Decrease
47 University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), RUG, Netherlands 16.14 13.28 86 -18.9% Decrease
48 University Medical Center Freiburg, Germany 10.78 13.25 76 21.2% Increase
49 UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, United States of America (USA) 10.76 13.22 72 21.1% Increase
50 West China School of Medicine/West China Hospital of Sichuan University (WCSM/WCH), SCU, China 14.23 13.08 51 -9.4% Decrease
51 UC Davis Health, United States of America (USA) 15.30 12.95 67 -16.6% Decrease
52 University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC), United States of America (USA) 13.03 12.66 50 -4.2% Decrease
53 Houston Methodist, United States of America (USA) 11.89 12.43 55 3.0% Increase
54 University Medical Center Mainz, JGU, Germany 9.72 12.31 56 24.9% Increase
55 Heidelberg University Hospital at Medical Faculty Heidelberg, Uni Heidelberg, Germany 16.47 12.11 93 -27.5% Decrease
56 VU University Medical Center (VUmc), Netherlands 17.85 11.96 79 -33.9% Decrease
57 Johns Hopkins Health System Corporation (JHHS), United States of America (USA) 10.85 11.31 128 2.7% Increase
58 Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), Spain 14.25 11.28 33 -22.0% Decrease
59 University Hospital Bonn (UKB), Uni Bonn, Germany 18.80 10.83 87 -43.2% Decrease
60 University Hospital Tübingen (UKT), Uni Tübingen, Germany 12.79 10.78 69 -16.9% Decrease
61 University Hospital of Erlangen, FAU, Germany 7.43 10.50 52 39.4% Increase
62 Renji Hospital, SJTU, China 4.25 10.32 36 139.4% Increase
63 Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Cedars-Sinai), United States of America (USA) 8.24 10.19 46 22.0% Increase
64 University Hospital of Munich (KUM), LMU, Germany 11.90 9.96 92 -17.4% Decrease
65 Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA), Canada 6.24 9.93 55 56.9% Increase
66 UTMB Health, United States of America (USA) 9.31 9.78 39 3.6% Increase
67 University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), United States of America (USA) 12.45 9.50 50 -24.7% Decrease
68 University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), United States of America (USA) 7.39 9.11 33 21.5% Increase
69 Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary (MEEI), United States of America (USA) 4.93 8.61 105 71.9% Increase
70 Texas Children's Hospital, BCM, United States of America (USA) 10.33 8.57 93 -18.3% Decrease
71 Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center (SYSUCC), SYSU, China 5.34 8.32 37 53.6% Increase
72 Medical University of Innsbruck (MUI), Austria 7.56 8.19 31 6.8% Increase
73 OU Health Sciences Center (OUHSC), United States of America (USA) 9.80 8.19 41 -17.6% Decrease
74 Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI), United States of America (USA) 5.18 8.17 32 55.6% Increase
75 University Hospital of Würzburg (UKW), JMU, Germany 5.12 8.17 35 57.3% Increase
76 Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre (Peter Mac), Australia 5.41 8.06 36 47.0% Increase
77 Singapore Health Services Pte. Ltd. (SingHealth), Singapore 4.78 8.05 47 65.9% Increase
78 University Hospital Basel (USB), UB, Switzerland 6.44 7.84 61 20.0% Increase
79 Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC), United States of America (USA) 7.08 7.70 20 7.2% Increase
80 University Hospital Zurich (UHZ), Switzerland 11.50 7.60 44 -34.9% Decrease
81 University Hospital of Lausanne (CHUV), UNIL, Switzerland 10.54 7.58 64 -29.1% Decrease
82 Stanford Health Care, United States of America (USA) 7.92 7.53 140 -6.2% Decrease
83 Stanford Children's Health, United States of America (USA) 7.86 7.51 138 -5.8% Decrease
84 University of Florida Health (UF Health), United States of America (USA) 4.53 7.27 37 58.4% Increase
85 H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, United States of America (USA) 8.23 7.09 31 -15.1% Decrease
86 TUM University Hospital Klinikum rechts der Isar (MRI), Germany 11.02 7.02 97 -37.2% Decrease
87 Harvard Joslin Diabetes Center, United States of America (USA) 6.85 6.97 98 0.3% Increase
88 Oslo University Hospital (OUS), Norway 8.25 6.88 59 -17.8% Decrease
89 Fox Chase Cancer Center (FCCC), Temple University, United States of America (USA) 9.36 6.73 28 -29.2% Decrease
90 University Hospital Duesseldorf (UKD), Germany 4.84 6.68 40 36.0% Increase
91 NHS Lothian, United Kingdom (UK) 4.41 6.60 101 47.5% Increase
92 Essen University Hospital, Germany 4.00 6.59 41 62.5% Increase
93 Ruijin Hospital, SJTU, China 4.18 6.53 23 53.9% Increase
94 Sinai Health System, U of T, Canada 7.22 6.49 55 -11.4% Decrease
95 Health Sciences Center (HSC), UofL, United States of America (USA) 7.55 6.48 20 -15.5% Decrease
96 Saarland University Medical Center (UKS) / Faculty of Medicine, Saar-Uni, Germany 6.98 6.47 21 -8.7% Decrease
97 Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust (OUH), United Kingdom (UK) 8.07 6.34 81 -22.6% Decrease
98 University Hospital Aachen (UKA), RWTH Aachen, Germany 4.17 6.27 40 48.1% Increase
99 Yonsei University Health System (YUHS), South Korea 6.63 6.10 27 -9.3% Decrease
100 Hadassah Medical Center, HUJI, Israel 5.30 5.92 24 10.1% Increase

Footnote

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