2019 Research Leaders: Leading institutions

The 2019 Research Leaders are based on Nature Index data from 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2018.

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Position Institution Share 2017 Share 2018 Count 2018 Change in Adjusted Share* 2017–2018
1 Max Planck Society, Germany 748.00 777.30 2528 -1.9% Decrease
2 French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), France 714.05 696.50 4368 -7.9% Decrease
3 Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres, Germany 514.88 505.37 2264 -7.3% Decrease
4 University of Cambridge, United Kingdom (UK) 420.80 448.39 1378 0.6% Increase
5 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich), Switzerland 385.07 418.68 1086 2.6% Increase
6 University of Oxford, United Kingdom (UK) 408.56 412.98 1296 -4.6% Decrease
7 Imperial College London (ICL), United Kingdom (UK) 210.14 233.43 920 4.9% Increase
8 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland 208.06 223.85 588 1.6% Increase
9 Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Spain 203.17 204.76 1222 -4.9% Decrease
10 UCL, United Kingdom (UK) 189.78 202.02 816 0.5% Increase
11 Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich (LMU), Germany 181.17 201.48 662 5.0% Increase
12 Leibniz Association, Germany 186.77 200.00 848 1.1% Increase
13 Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Russia 176.80 196.70 884 5.0% Increase
14 University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Denmark 140.80 158.66 616 6.4% Increase
15 The University of Manchester (UoM), United Kingdom (UK) 164.94 146.92 575 -15.9% Decrease
16 Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany 132.34 145.73 540 4.0% Increase
17 University of Bristol (UoB), United Kingdom (UK) 154.01 143.17 507 -12.2% Decrease
18 The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom (UK) 156.18 141.88 616 -14.2% Decrease
19 Utrecht University (UU), Netherlands 131.25 136.24 610 -2.0% Decrease
20 National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN), Italy 119.04 135.63 717 7.6% Increase
21 University of Zurich (UZH), Switzerland 129.89 132.16 649 -3.9% Decrease
22 University of Münster (WWU), Germany 112.55 131.89 327 10.6% Increase
23 Heidelberg University (Uni Heidelberg), Germany 126.73 128.33 578 -4.4% Decrease
24 Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Spain 107.99 112.77 396 -1.4% Decrease
25 University of Geneva (UNIGE), Switzerland 111.41 111.19 386 -5.8% Decrease
26 Uppsala University (UU), Sweden 97.53 106.74 469 3.3% Increase
27 Catholic University of Leuven (KU Leuven), Belgium 120.31 105.14 318 -17.5% Decrease
28 National Research Council (CNR), Italy 114.37 103.48 512 -14.6% Decrease
29 Sorbonne University, France 107.65 103.32 1084 -9.4% Decrease
30 RWTH Aachen University (RWTH Aachen), Germany 93.58 101.46 456 2.3% Increase
31 University of Göttingen, Germany 105.17 100.84 359 -9.5% Decrease
32 The French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), France 95.87 99.49 918 -2.0% Decrease
33 University of Southampton (Soton), United Kingdom (UK) 79.06 99.48 405 18.8% Increase
34 Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), Netherlands 73.92 96.67 258 23.5% Increase
35 University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU), Germany 87.60 96.18 262 3.7% Increase
36 University of Paris-Saclay, France 93.10 95.32 804 -3.4% Decrease
37 University of Würzburg (JMU), Germany 118.88 94.56 311 -24.9% Decrease
38 University of Basel (UB), Switzerland 106.87 93.96 322 -17.0% Decrease
39 Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU), Germany 93.56 93.70 386 -5.5% Decrease
40 Aarhus University (AU), Denmark 80.98 93.38 292 8.9% Increase
41 National Institute for Health and Medical Research (INSERM), France 93.18 92.95 933 -5.8% Decrease
42 UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), United Kingdom (UK) 100.03 92.14 756 -13.0% Decrease
43 University of Tübingen (Uni Tübingen), Germany 75.90 90.87 329 13.0% Increase
44 Free University of Berlin (FU Berlin), Germany 93.70 90.82 525 -8.5% Decrease
45 University of Amsterdam (UvA), Netherlands 78.10 89.28 544 7.9% Increase
46 Goethe University Frankfurt (GU), Germany 67.98 89.21 282 23.9% Increase
47 University of Groningen (RUG), Netherlands 112.12 89.09 321 -25.0% Decrease
48 King's College London (KCL), United Kingdom (UK) 80.14 87.84 418 3.5% Increase
49 Czech Academy of Sciences (CAS), Czech Republic 88.90 87.45 393 -7.1% Decrease
50 Stockholm University, Sweden 82.16 86.68 461 -0.4% Decrease
51 University of Freiburg (Uni Freiburg), Germany 95.47 85.39 304 -15.6% Decrease
52 Durham University, United Kingdom (UK) 81.78 85.21 242 -1.6% Decrease
53 University of Hamburg (UHH), Germany 81.75 84.82 418 -2.0% Decrease
54 Ghent University (UGent), Belgium 64.51 84.39 360 23.5% Increase
55 TU Dresden, Germany 90.93 84.05 395 -12.7% Decrease
56 Lund University (LU), Sweden 83.96 81.14 348 -8.8% Decrease
57 University of Glasgow, United Kingdom (UK) 77.05 78.54 414 -3.8% Decrease
58 Karolinska Institute (KI), Sweden 76.44 78.15 378 -3.5% Decrease
59 Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark 74.70 76.88 267 -2.8% Decrease
60 Leiden University, Netherlands 85.96 76.65 327 -15.8% Decrease
61 University of Bonn (Uni Bonn), Germany 80.46 75.10 331 -11.9% Decrease
62 Université PSL, France 74.70 74.44 760 -5.9% Decrease
63 University of Bern (UniBE), Switzerland 64.11 74.08 324 9.1% Increase
64 University of Leeds, United Kingdom (UK) 68.04 73.48 268 2.0% Increase
65 University of Oslo (UiO), Norway 67.96 70.70 348 -1.8% Decrease
66 University of Vienna, Austria 66.84 70.01 258 -1.1% Decrease
67 European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Switzerland 55.89 69.50 438 17.4% Increase
68 Radboud University Nijmegen (RU), Netherlands 77.50 68.39 464 -16.7% Decrease
69 The University of Warwick (Warwick), United Kingdom (UK) 76.64 67.20 295 -17.2% Decrease
70 Humboldt University of Berlin (HU Berlin), Germany 69.50 67.17 529 -8.8% Decrease
71 University of Regensburg (UR), Germany 62.91 66.74 165 0.1% Increase
72 Paris Cité University, France 66.91 64.29 763 -9.3% Decrease
73 Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin), Germany 67.17 63.68 167 -10.5% Decrease
74 The University of Sheffield, United Kingdom (UK) 65.94 63.35 268 -9.3% Decrease
75 Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), Netherlands 66.78 63.07 153 -10.8% Decrease
76 University of Barcelona (UB), Spain 71.15 62.26 353 -17.4% Decrease
77 University of Helsinki, Finland 60.82 62.17 398 -3.5% Decrease
78 University of Cologne (UoC), Germany 55.07 61.13 236 4.8% Increase
79 University of Exeter, United Kingdom (UK) 52.94 59.80 216 6.6% Increase
80 Grenoble Alpes University (UGA), France 77.92 59.55 533 -27.9% Decrease
81 Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM), Spain 56.50 59.04 414 -1.4% Decrease
82 University of St Andrews, United Kingdom (UK) 58.15 58.49 203 -5.0% Decrease
83 University of Lyon, France 64.09 58.29 451 -14.1% Decrease
84 University of Lausanne (UNIL), Switzerland 55.33 57.72 222 -1.5% Decrease
85 F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG, Switzerland 54.75 57.50 136 -0.8% Decrease
86 KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden 54.97 57.39 432 -1.4% Decrease
87 The University of Nottingham (UoN), United Kingdom (UK) 60.74 57.25 179 -11.0% Decrease
88 Ruhr University Bochum (RUB), Germany 56.11 56.73 175 -4.6% Decrease
89 University of Liverpool, United Kingdom (UK) 53.64 56.49 349 -0.6% Decrease
90 University of Birmingham (UB), United Kingdom (UK) 53.84 56.34 349 -1.2% Decrease
91 Chalmers University of Technology (Chalmers), Sweden 38.33 55.91 150 37.7% Increase
92 The Francis Crick Institute, United Kingdom (UK) 62.19 55.64 163 -15.5% Decrease
93 Queen Mary University of London (QMUL), United Kingdom (UK) 44.42 54.29 296 15.4% Increase
94 University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Spain 54.67 53.18 230 -8.2% Decrease
95 Polish Academy of Sciences (PAS), Poland 55.76 53.16 325 -10.0% Decrease
96 VU Amsterdam, Netherlands 42.19 53.11 392 18.8% Increase
97 University of Strasbourg, France 57.04 52.71 419 -12.8% Decrease
98 European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Germany 45.05 51.87 258 8.7% Increase
99 University of Valencia (UV), Spain 44.92 51.58 287 8.4% Increase
100 Newcastle University, United Kingdom (UK) 39.49 51.44 206 23.0% Increase
101 University of York, United Kingdom (UK) 42.64 49.52 168 9.6% Increase
102 University of Warsaw (UW), Poland 34.58 49.30 228 34.6% Increase
103 Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien), Austria 54.04 49.11 215 -14.2% Decrease
104 Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU), Russia 48.19 49.04 400 -3.9% Decrease
105 University of Toulouse, France 48.31 48.14 401 -5.9% Decrease
106 Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), Switzerland 51.70 46.91 280 -14.3% Decrease
107 Wageningen University & Research (WUR), Netherlands 51.88 46.60 163 -15.2% Decrease
108 University of Lisbon (ULISBOA), Portugal 34.35 46.06 255 26.6% Increase
109 Philipps University of Marburg (Uni Marburg), Germany 46.06 45.68 133 -6.4% Decrease
110 Aix-Marseille University (AMU), France 45.36 44.58 466 -7.2% Decrease
111 University of Montpellier, France 42.64 43.98 376 -2.6% Decrease
112 Complutense University of Madrid (UCM), Spain 38.32 43.76 191 7.8% Increase
113 University of Kiel (CAU), Germany 30.70 43.66 173 34.2% Increase
114 Aalto University, Finland 41.05 43.27 254 -0.5% Decrease
115 University of Stuttgart, Germany 40.76 42.60 141 -1.3% Decrease
116 University of Padova (UNIPD), Italy 40.87 42.56 335 -1.7% Decrease
117 University of Bordeaux, France 37.68 41.99 267 5.2% Increase
118 University of Gothenburg (GU), Sweden 31.81 40.97 146 21.6% Increase
119 Scientific Institute for Research, Hospitalization and Healthcare (IRCCS), Italy 47.39 40.54 215 -19.3% Decrease
120 Italian Institute of Technology (IIT), Italy 37.00 40.51 144 3.4% Increase
121 Cardiff University, United Kingdom (UK) 41.27 40.36 191 -7.7% Decrease
122 Leipzig University, Germany 49.93 39.74 163 -24.9% Decrease
123 University of Bremen (Uni Bremen), Germany 32.90 39.62 130 13.7% Increase
124 Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway 24.51 39.56 125 52.4% Increase
125 Sapienza University of Rome, Italy 40.21 39.15 400 -8.1% Decrease
126 Ulm University, Germany 33.59 38.87 160 9.2% Increase
127 Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Belgium 41.70 38.34 232 -13.2% Decrease
128 Pasteur Institute, France 37.96 38.33 223 -4.7% Decrease
129 National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE), France 37.49 38.07 407 -4.1% Decrease
130 Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU), Germany 23.00 37.87 140 55.5% Increase
131 Wellcome Sanger Institute, United Kingdom (UK) 32.31 37.51 203 9.6% Increase
132 Friedrich Schiller University Jena (FSU), Germany 38.48 37.33 177 -8.4% Decrease
133 University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE), Germany 42.95 37.26 137 -18.1% Decrease
134 University of Santiago de Compostela (USC), Spain 31.85 37.18 157 10.2% Increase
135 University of Innsbruck (LFU), Austria 33.29 37.06 173 5.1% Increase
136 University of Bayreuth (UBT), Germany 43.81 37.03 96 -20.2% Decrease
137 University of Twente (UTwente), Netherlands 24.91 36.44 85 38.1% Increase
138 Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW), Austria 38.23 36.22 296 -10.6% Decrease
139 Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HAS), Hungary 34.33 34.59 308 -4.9% Decrease
140 University of Bath, United Kingdom (UK) 32.82 34.32 103 -1.3% Decrease
141 University of Florence (UNIFI), Italy 33.25 34.25 233 -2.8% Decrease
142 University of Turin (UNITO), Italy 25.31 33.47 276 24.8% Increase
143 University of Bologna (UNIBO), Italy 28.00 33.43 351 12.7% Increase
144 National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF), Italy 34.86 33.26 136 -9.9% Decrease
145 University of Konstanz, Germany 41.20 33.24 87 -23.8% Decrease
146 Jagiellonian University (UJ), Poland 31.44 32.93 160 -1.1% Decrease
147 The University of Dublin, Ireland 47.78 32.51 131 -35.8% Decrease
148 Giessen University (JLU), Germany 23.72 32.19 181 28.1% Increase
149 TU Dortmund University, Germany 41.96 31.72 186 -28.6% Decrease
150 Linköping University (LiU), Sweden 37.72 31.67 114 -20.7% Decrease
151 Novartis AG, Switzerland 41.58 31.42 109 -28.7% Decrease
152 Charles University (CU), Czech Republic 30.19 31.19 336 -2.5% Decrease
153 Leibniz University Hannover (LUH), Germany 30.54 31.05 110 -4.0% Decrease
154 Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (EAWAG), Switzerland 24.41 30.92 95 19.6% Increase
155 University of Sussex, United Kingdom (UK) 36.17 30.89 156 -19.4% Decrease
156 Institute of Research for Development (IRD), France 30.72 30.45 539 -6.4% Decrease
157 University of Dundee, United Kingdom (UK) 26.24 30.24 94 8.8% Increase
158 AstraZeneca plc, United Kingdom (UK) 30.13 30.10 136 -5.7% Decrease
159 Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), Spain 34.72 29.93 246 -18.6% Decrease
160 Institute of Health Carlos III (ISCIII), Spain 31.69 29.83 230 -11.2% Decrease
161 Catholic University of Louvain (UCLouvain), Belgium 25.97 29.80 199 8.3% Increase
162 NWO-I, the Institutes Organisation of NWO, Netherlands 31.37 29.57 311 -11.0% Decrease
163 University of Antwerp (UA), Belgium 26.22 29.29 230 5.5% Increase
164 University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom (UK) 35.50 29.25 100 -22.2% Decrease
165 National Research Center Kurchatov Institute (NRCKI), Russia 20.84 29.12 344 31.9% Increase
166 University of Milan (UNIMI), Italy 35.23 29.06 239 -22.1% Decrease
167 Technical University of Darmstadt (TU Darmstadt), Germany 30.45 28.87 117 -10.5% Decrease
168 University of Fribourg (UNIFR), Switzerland 23.96 28.67 100 13.0% Increase
169 Saarland University (Saar-Uni), Germany 17.40 28.63 88 55.3% Increase
170 Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA), Italy 27.10 28.13 94 -2.0% Decrease
171 National Institute of Applied Sciences (INSA), France 28.04 27.90 281 -6.0% Decrease
172 Flanders Institute for Biotechnology (VIB), Belgium 22.91 27.45 155 13.1% Increase
173 Umeå University (UMU), Sweden 29.12 27.37 116 -11.3% Decrease
174 University of Granada (UGR), Spain 22.31 26.63 162 12.7% Increase
175 Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR), Netherlands 23.04 25.73 161 5.5% Increase
176 Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (EMPA), Switzerland 22.01 25.59 88 9.8% Increase
177 University of Milano-Bicocca (UNIMIB), Italy 25.73 25.57 232 -6.2% Decrease
178 University of Bergen (UIB), Norway 24.05 25.56 224 0.3% Increase
179 University of Naples Federico II (UNINA), Italy 22.72 25.14 305 4.5% Increase
180 Graz University of Technology (TU Graz), Austria 22.87 24.76 84 2.2% Increase
181 National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV), Italy 30.02 24.71 62 -22.3% Decrease
182 University of Potsdam, Germany 21.94 24.17 145 4.0% Increase
183 University of Pisa (UNIPI), Italy 12.34 24.16 302 84.9% Increase
184 Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Sweden 19.94 23.76 96 12.5% Increase
185 Institute of Science and Technology Austria (IST Austria), Austria 24.87 23.61 55 -10.4% Decrease
186 Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU), Germany 29.21 23.49 98 -24.1% Decrease
187 Saint Petersburg State University (SPbU), Russia 17.86 23.40 94 23.7% Increase
188 Lancaster University, United Kingdom (UK) 25.59 23.35 186 -13.9% Decrease
189 University of Southern Denmark (SDU), Denmark 21.86 22.83 125 -1.4% Decrease
190 European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), France 23.27 22.64 130 -8.2% Decrease
191 University of Oldenburg, Germany 14.50 22.53 65 46.7% Increase
192 Bielefeld University, Germany 18.90 22.30 51 11.4% Increase
193 University of Liège (ULg), Belgium 26.70 22.21 93 -21.4% Decrease
194 Vienna Biocenter (VBC), Austria 21.98 22.04 84 -5.3% Decrease
195 University of Leicester, United Kingdom (UK) 18.84 21.94 96 9.9% Increase
196 Masaryk University (MU), Czech Republic 22.15 21.83 87 -7.0% Decrease
197 University of East Anglia (UEA), United Kingdom (UK) 33.96 21.78 102 -39.5% Decrease
198 Queen's University Belfast (QUB), United Kingdom (UK) 25.35 21.71 92 -19.2% Decrease
199 University of Jyväskylä, Finland 19.65 21.46 196 3.1% Increase
200 Medical University of Vienna (MUW), Austria 17.33 21.12 125 15.0% Increase
201 Fraunhofer Society, Germany 13.97 21.04 121 42.2% Increase
202 University of Siegen, Germany 19.72 20.44 113 -2.2% Decrease
203 Tampere University, Finland 11.34 20.43 218 70.1% Increase
204 University of Reading, United Kingdom (UK) 20.45 20.06 79 -7.4% Decrease
205 Technical University Braunschweig (TU Braunschweig), Germany 28.64 19.78 63 -34.8% Decrease
206 Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA), Spain 19.80 19.64 284 -6.4% Decrease
207 University of Porto (UP), Portugal 17.57 19.18 142 3.1% Increase
208 University of Graz (Uni Graz), Austria 20.26 18.94 63 -11.7% Decrease
209 Swansea University, United Kingdom (UK) 21.20 18.47 62 -17.8% Decrease
210 Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology - State University (MIPT), Russia 11.39 18.18 232 50.6% Increase
211 University of Zaragoza (Unizar), Spain 15.90 18.14 106 7.7% Increase
212 University College Dublin (UCD), Ireland 20.68 18.10 222 -17.4% Decrease
213 GSK, United Kingdom (UK) 16.67 18.04 85 2.2% Increase
214 Heriot-Watt University, United Kingdom (UK) 16.05 17.73 69 4.3% Increase
215 University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy 13.05 17.72 179 28.1% Increase
216 University of Rostock, Germany 12.91 17.72 98 29.6% Increase
217 University of Oviedo (UniOvi), Spain 22.43 17.64 173 -25.8% Decrease
218 University of Turku (UTU), Finland 13.04 17.63 112 27.6% Increase
219 University of Rennes 1, France 17.20 17.32 154 -5.0% Decrease
220 University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom (UK) 16.38 17.10 77 -1.4% Decrease
221 John Innes Centre (JIC), United Kingdom (UK) 19.07 17.07 54 -15.5% Decrease
222 Free University of Brussels (VUB), Belgium 15.25 16.95 184 4.9% Increase
223 University of Kaiserslautern-Landau (RPTU), Germany 13.39 16.90 51 19.2% Increase
224 Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR), Russia 16.24 16.70 262 -2.9% Decrease
225 Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), Netherlands 16.13 16.65 125 -2.6% Decrease
226 Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), France 19.20 16.22 225 -20.3% Decrease
227 Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Italy 14.61 16.17 155 4.5% Increase
228 IMDEA Institutes, Spain 12.44 15.90 66 20.7% Increase
229 Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI), Netherlands 19.45 15.81 74 -23.2% Decrease
230 Pompeu Fabra University (UPF), Spain 15.14 15.76 103 -1.7% Decrease
231 University of Pavia (UNIPV), Italy 13.74 15.67 239 7.6% Increase
232 Hannover Medical School (MHH), Germany 17.55 15.59 78 -16.2% Decrease
233 ITMO National Research University (ITMO University), Russia 14.93 15.43 62 -2.4% Decrease
234 The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR), United Kingdom (UK) 14.71 15.37 77 -1.3% Decrease
235 Polytechnic University of Milan, Italy 19.58 15.32 66 -26.2% Decrease
236 University of Lorraine (UL), France 14.20 15.23 96 1.2% Increase
237 Palacky University (PU), Czech Republic 13.54 15.11 108 5.3% Increase
238 University of Iceland, Iceland 13.79 15.03 87 2.9% Increase
239 University of Trento (UNITN), Italy 19.20 14.91 169 -26.7% Decrease
240 Met Office, United Kingdom (UK) 10.30 14.36 59 31.7% Increase
241 University of Lille Nord de France, France 14.12 14.30 134 -4.4% Decrease
242 Institut Laue Langevin (ILL), France 10.36 14.28 79 30.2% Increase
243 European Southern Observatory (ESO), Germany 10.23 14.04 102 29.5% Increase
244 University of Seville (US), Spain 10.86 13.91 81 20.9% Increase
245 University of Ljubljana, Slovenia 15.15 13.83 121 -13.8% Decrease
246 École Polytechnique, France 14.11 13.74 295 -8.1% Decrease
247 University of Coimbra (UC), Portugal 7.81 13.64 112 64.9% Increase
248 Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV), Spain 10.29 13.54 57 24.3% Increase
249 Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), Spain 11.28 13.35 45 11.8% Increase
250 University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ), France 9.22 13.35 158 36.6% Increase
251 Cancer Research UK (CRUK), United Kingdom (UK) 11.23 13.30 115 11.8% Increase
252 University of Genova, Italy 11.29 13.30 279 11.2% Increase
253 Rudjer Boskovic Institute (RBI), Croatia 14.74 13.29 155 -14.9% Decrease
254 The National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (NASU), Ukraine 10.87 13.13 210 14.1% Increase
255 University of Crete (UOC), Greece 10.39 13.13 49 19.2% Increase
256 New University of Lisbon (UNL), Portugal 8.01 13.09 69 54.3% Increase
257 University of Aveiro (UA), Portugal 19.99 13.02 54 -38.5% Decrease
258 University of London - Royal Holloway (RHUL), United Kingdom (UK) 12.94 13.00 127 -5.1% Decrease
259 University of Wrocław (UWr), Poland 15.56 12.89 45 -21.8% Decrease
260 Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), Spain 12.05 12.86 90 0.8% Increase
261 Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (AMU), Poland 16.19 12.86 44 -25.0% Decrease
262 University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM), Spain 4.61 12.77 55 161.6% Increase
263 University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg 9.61 12.74 43 25.1% Increase
264 European Commission (EC), Belgium 7.71 12.70 45 55.6% Increase
265 University of La Laguna (ULL), Spain 8.28 12.63 175 44.1% Increase
266 University of Limerick (UL), Ireland 9.80 12.63 26 21.6% Increase
267 University of Plymouth, United Kingdom (UK) 11.49 12.60 42 3.5% Increase
268 Paderborn University, Germany 8.43 12.12 28 35.8% Increase
269 Maastricht University (UM), Netherlands 11.19 12.02 63 1.4% Increase
270 University of Oulu, Finland 9.16 12.01 70 23.8% Increase
271 University of Augsburg, Germany 9.29 11.94 50 21.4% Increase
272 University of Salerno (UNISA), Italy 12.96 11.92 68 -13.2% Decrease
273 Institut Polytechnique de Bordeaux (Bordeaux INP), France 13.77 11.85 87 -18.8% Decrease
274 NERC British Antarctic Survey (BAS), United Kingdom (UK) 17.50 11.78 45 -36.5% Decrease
275 Jozef Stefan Institute (IJS), Slovenia 14.02 11.77 125 -20.7% Decrease
276 International Solvay Institutes, Belgium 10.00 11.76 50 11.1% Increase
277 Collège de France, France 14.52 11.74 137 -23.7% Decrease
278 University of Greifswald, Germany 9.62 11.69 71 14.7% Increase
279 Johannes Kepler University of Linz (JKU), Austria 16.92 11.48 33 -35.9% Decrease
280 University of Surrey, United Kingdom (UK) 15.46 11.34 52 -30.7% Decrease
281 NERC National Oceanography Centre (NOC), United Kingdom (UK) 11.53 11.29 72 -7.6% Decrease
282 Champalimaud Foundation, Portugal 7.50 11.26 27 41.8% Increase
283 Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre (IMEC), Belgium 11.99 11.20 34 -11.8% Decrease
284 University College Cork (UCC), Ireland 12.62 11.14 52 -16.7% Decrease
285 Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES), France 8.77 11.07 204 19.2% Increase
286 University of Nantes, France 9.50 11.04 124 9.6% Increase
287 University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague (UCT), Czech Republic 8.94 10.99 24 16.1% Increase
288 University of Girona (UdG), Spain 14.31 10.99 39 -27.5% Decrease
289 University of Belgrade, Serbia 6.99 10.99 192 48.5% Increase
290 Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg (OVGU), Germany 11.46 10.96 46 -9.7% Decrease
291 Novosibirsk State University (NSU), Russia 10.80 10.76 237 -5.9% Decrease
292 University of Perugia, Italy 13.18 10.72 180 -23.2% Decrease
293 National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (UOA), Greece 12.48 10.52 236 -20.4% Decrease
294 French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea (Ifremer), France 3.73 10.47 77 164.7% Increase
295 University of Galway, Ireland 9.09 10.37 46 7.7% Increase
296 University of Tartu (UT), Estonia 15.86 10.20 70 -39.3% Decrease
297 Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech), Russia 5.51 10.19 67 74.6% Increase
298 University Clermont Auvergne (UCA), France 10.19 10.17 192 -5.8% Decrease
299 University of Roma Tre, Italy 9.09 10.10 111 4.9% Increase
300 University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway (UiT), Norway 16.99 10.03 62 -44.3% Decrease
301 Natural History Museum, United Kingdom (UK) 10.08 9.99 52 -6.5% Decrease
302 University of Debrecen, Hungary 5.79 9.88 129 61.1% Increase
303 University of Osnabrück (Uni Osnabrück), Germany 10.37 9.86 27 -10.3% Decrease
304 Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics (SIB), Switzerland 9.94 9.79 83 -7.1% Decrease
305 University of Aalborg (AAU), Denmark 6.89 9.78 47 34.0% Increase
306 Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI), Finland 3.85 9.77 36 139.8% Increase
307 University of Trieste (UNITS), Italy 11.24 9.77 183 -17.9% Decrease
308 University of Zagreb, Croatia 7.37 9.69 64 24.2% Increase
309 University of Mons (UMONS), Belgium 7.87 9.67 61 16.0% Increase
310 Chemnitz University of Technology (TU Chemnitz), Germany 6.73 9.52 34 33.5% Increase
311 University of Salamanca (USAL), Spain 7.28 9.52 36 23.3% Increase
312 Birkbeck, University of London (BBK), United Kingdom (UK) 8.99 9.48 53 -0.4% Decrease
313 University of Catania, Italy 7.11 9.47 159 25.8% Increase
314 University of the Balearic Islands (UIB), Spain 5.79 9.37 36 52.7% Increase
315 Swedish Institute of Space Physics (IRF), Sweden 6.08 9.33 41 44.9% Increase
316 National Physical Laboratory (NPL), United Kingdom (UK) 9.17 9.30 54 -4.3% Decrease
317 National Institute of Geographic and Forest Information (IGN), France 7.62 9.22 108 14.2% Increase
318 University of Murcia (UMU), Spain 10.01 9.18 33 -13.4% Decrease
319 Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), Hungary 9.38 9.17 146 -7.7% Decrease
320 Technical University of Madrid (UPM), Spain 6.69 9.15 52 29.1% Increase
321 Kazan Federal University (KFU), Russia 5.53 9.09 49 55.2% Increase
322 CIC nanoGUNE Consolider, Spain 15.63 9.02 25 -45.5% Decrease
323 Jaume I University (UJI), Spain 10.95 9.02 46 -22.3% Decrease
324 National University of Science and Technology (MISIS), Russia 4.83 9.01 81 76.1% Increase
325 Rovira i Virgili University (URV), Spain 11.72 9.01 40 -27.4% Decrease
326 University of Parma (UNIPR), Italy 9.48 8.95 44 -10.9% Decrease
327 Elettra - Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A., Italy 8.92 8.92 42 -5.6% Decrease
328 University of Kent, United Kingdom (UK) 9.67 8.91 31 -13.0% Decrease
329 National Interuniversity Consortium of Materials Science and Technology (INSTM), Italy 8.89 8.90 62 -5.5% Decrease
330 Oncode Institute, Netherlands 0.00 8.88 92 0.0% Increase
331 France Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy, France 7.20 8.86 157 16.2% Increase
332 Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME), Hungary 5.76 8.83 38 44.6% Increase
333 BASF SE, Germany 8.08 8.75 49 2.1% Increase
334 Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS), Bulgaria 3.98 8.74 154 107.1% Increase
335 London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), United Kingdom (UK) 3.40 8.73 60 142.6% Increase
336 National Institute of Chemistry, Slovenia, Slovenia 6.96 8.71 21 18.1% Increase
337 University of Neuchâtel (UniNE), Switzerland 5.54 8.71 25 48.2% Increase
338 Gulbenkian Science Institute (IGC), Portugal 6.88 8.50 22 16.6% Increase
339 Université de La Réunion, France 7.46 8.44 102 6.9% Increase
340 National Museum of Natural History (MNHN), France 11.43 8.42 131 -30.4% Decrease
341 University of Silesia (US), Poland 5.83 8.39 25 35.8% Increase
342 Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH), Greece 11.05 8.39 31 -28.4% Decrease
343 Institute of Molecular Biology gGmbH (IMB), Germany 5.85 8.35 28 34.8% Increase
344 Institute of Molecular Medicine (IMM), Portugal 5.02 8.33 29 56.7% Increase
345 University of Alcalá (UAH), Spain 8.28 8.29 34 -5.5% Decrease
346 University of Cantabria (UC), Spain 6.84 8.28 145 14.2% Increase
347 Polytechnic University of Turin, Italy 8.29 8.26 51 -5.9% Decrease
348 National Centre for Nuclear Research (NCBJ), Poland 4.71 8.10 194 62.5% Increase
349 Catalan Health Institute (ICS), Spain 5.60 8.08 84 36.1% Increase
350 Università della Svizzera Italiana (USI), Switzerland 8.25 7.98 28 -8.7% Decrease
351 University of Hull, United Kingdom (UK) 10.17 7.98 35 -25.9% Decrease
352 Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), Norway 9.29 7.95 36 -19.2% Decrease
353 The Open University (OU), United Kingdom (UK) 5.39 7.80 35 36.6% Increase
354 National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Russia 5.41 7.75 236 35.3% Increase
355 National Centre for Scientific Research 'Demokritos' (NCSR), Greece 8.37 7.66 122 -13.6% Decrease
356 Babraham Institute, United Kingdom (UK) 9.27 7.64 28 -22.1% Decrease
357 National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece 6.51 7.64 175 10.9% Increase
358 University of Cagliari (UNICA), Italy 6.64 7.60 87 8.2% Increase
359 Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust (OUH), United Kingdom (UK) 6.34 7.59 101 13.1% Increase
360 Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM), Germany 5.77 7.58 21 23.9% Increase
361 Scuola Normale Superiore (SNS), Italy 10.34 7.57 194 -30.9% Decrease
362 Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), Netherlands 5.23 7.49 45 35.2% Increase
363 University of Savoy (USMB), France 11.74 7.48 219 -39.8% Decrease
364 University of Lübeck, Germany 5.79 7.48 92 22.0% Increase
365 University of Ioannina (UOI), Greece 4.92 7.48 123 43.4% Increase
366 Tomsk State University (TSU), Russia 6.29 7.44 109 11.6% Increase
367 Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), Germany 7.74 7.43 21 -9.3% Decrease
368 University of Minho (UM), Portugal 7.01 7.42 111 -0.1% Decrease
369 Medical University of Innsbruck (MUI), Austria 8.19 7.41 38 -14.6% Decrease
370 École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Rennes (ENSCR), France 7.27 7.28 72 -5.4% Decrease
371 Vilnius University (VU), Lithuania 7.57 7.26 127 -9.5% Decrease
372 University of Orléans, France 4.19 7.23 74 62.8% Increase
373 Italian Foundation for Cancer Research (FIRC), Italy 7.46 7.22 42 -8.6% Decrease
374 Sanofi, France 5.17 7.21 33 31.7% Increase
375 British Geological Survey (BGS), United Kingdom (UK) 5.31 7.06 39 25.5% Increase
376 University of Valladolid (UVa), Spain 6.17 7.02 12 7.3% Increase
377 NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH), United Kingdom (UK) 4.25 6.94 34 54.2% Increase
378 University of Wuppertal, Germany 12.18 6.91 92 -46.4% Decrease
379 University of Eastern Finland (UEF), Finland 12.64 6.88 56 -48.6% Decrease
380 University of La Rioja (UR), Spain 5.22 6.85 17 23.9% Increase
381 Clausthal University of Technology (TU Clausthal), Germany 1.42 6.85 10 354.5% Increase
382 Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS), Ireland 2.57 6.84 26 151.3% Increase
383 University of Salzburg, Austria 5.27 6.82 18 22.2% Increase
384 Wrocław University of Science and Technology (WRUT), Poland 9.01 6.71 23 -29.7% Decrease
385 University of Szeged (SZTE), Hungary 6.51 6.66 33 -3.5% Decrease
386 University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU), Austria 9.30 6.61 26 -32.9% Decrease
387 University of Kassel, Germany 5.63 6.59 19 10.4% Increase
388 Loughborough University, United Kingdom (UK) 14.60 6.58 31 -57.4% Decrease
389 University of Málaga (UMA), Spain 6.15 6.47 35 -0.7% Decrease
390 Ural Federal University (UrFU), Russia 5.09 6.40 28 18.8% Increase
391 Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), Switzerland 6.71 6.39 33 -10.2% Decrease
392 Constructor University, Germany 8.04 6.37 17 -25.2% Decrease
393 University of A Coruña (UDC), Spain 4.85 6.34 15 23.4% Increase
394 National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE), Russia 2.74 6.33 61 118.2% Increase
395 École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier (ENSCM), France 6.19 6.33 85 -3.5% Decrease
396 University of Calabria (UNICAL), Italy 8.32 6.25 93 -29.0% Decrease
397 University of Alicante (UA), Spain 5.71 6.21 37 2.8% Increase
398 University of Bari Aldo Moro (UniBA), Italy 7.31 6.18 187 -20.1% Decrease
399 Center for Cooperative Research in Biosciences (CIC bioGUNE), Spain 6.61 6.12 27 -12.6% Decrease
400 University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Italy 0.60 6.06 24 851.3% Increase
401 Keele University, United Kingdom (UK) 2.69 6.03 29 111.3% Increase
402 University of Patras, Greece 5.13 5.98 22 10.0% Increase
403 Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU), Russia 4.47 5.95 123 25.6% Increase
404 Ilmenau University of Technology (TU Ilmenau), Germany 5.58 5.90 15 -0.2% Decrease
405 Gustave Eiffel University, France 8.71 5.87 66 -36.4% Decrease
406 Miguel Hernández University of Elche (UMH), Spain 4.78 5.74 17 13.2% Increase
407 University of Vigo (UVIGO), Spain 7.80 5.73 25 -30.7% Decrease
408 AGH University of Science and Technology (AGH UST), Poland 3.57 5.72 126 51.1% Increase
409 Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI), Ireland 8.94 5.72 36 -39.7% Decrease
410 NHS Lothian, United Kingdom (UK) 6.60 5.63 89 -19.5% Decrease
411 Silesian University in Opava (SLU), Czech Republic 5.24 5.58 13 0.6% Increase
412 Åbo Akademi University, Finland 5.99 5.55 33 -12.5% Decrease
413 University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (UNIMORE), Italy 4.11 5.52 58 26.9% Increase
414 Bayer AG, Germany 3.55 5.51 41 46.6% Increase
415 Boehringer Ingelheim, Germany 6.37 5.49 24 -18.7% Decrease
416 University of Ferrara (UNIFE), Italy 5.83 5.45 83 -11.7% Decrease
417 University of Haute-Alsace (UHA), France 4.14 5.42 113 23.7% Increase
418 University of Brescia (UNIBS), Italy 2.90 5.40 48 76.0% Increase
419 Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg (TUBAF), Germany 3.70 5.34 17 36.4% Increase
420 Wetsus Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Water Technology, Netherlands 4.23 5.33 15 19.0% Increase
421 UCB S.A., Belgium 4.16 5.32 14 20.8% Increase
422 International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (INL), Portugal 2.72 5.32 23 84.8% Increase
423 Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod (UNN), Russia 3.05 5.28 16 63.7% Increase
424 Centre for Cooperative Research in Biomaterials (CIC biomaGUNE), Spain 5.62 5.25 28 -11.8% Decrease
425 Institute Gustave-Roussy (IGR), France 3.90 5.24 59 26.9% Increase
426 National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control (INRIA), France 5.71 5.24 206 -13.3% Decrease
427 University of Messina (UNIME), Italy 1.61 5.23 26 207.4% Increase
428 Swedish Museum of Natural History, Sweden 7.84 5.23 35 -37.0% Decrease
429 University of Stavanger (UiS), Norway 5.38 5.22 17 -8.4% Decrease
430 University of Burgos (UBU), Spain 5.01 5.22 13 -1.7% Decrease
431 University of Cyprus, Cyprus 4.52 5.16 111 7.9% Increase
432 University Institute of France (IUF), France 7.14 5.15 61 -32.0% Decrease
433 German Federal Institute of Hydrology (BfG), Germany 2.90 5.14 7 67.0% Increase
434 University of Pau and Pays de l'Adour (UPPA), France 2.10 5.12 40 129.6% Increase
435 University of Palermo (UNIPA), Italy 6.83 5.10 30 -29.5% Decrease
436 University of Navarra (UNAV), Spain 4.54 5.10 30 6.1% Increase
437 University of Huddersfield, United Kingdom (UK) 2.68 5.09 13 79.5% Increase
438 Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM), United Kingdom (UK) 4.16 4.97 23 12.8% Increase
439 Maria Curie-Skłodowska University (UMCS), Poland 1.59 4.94 11 193.2% Increase
440 University of Namur (UNamur), Belgium 5.97 4.90 19 -22.5% Decrease
441 Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń (NCU), Poland 1.93 4.89 24 139.6% Increase
442 University of Western Brittany (UBO), France 2.93 4.82 58 55.0% Increase
443 National Office for Aerospace Studies and Research (ONERA), France 3.22 4.82 15 41.1% Increase
444 University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom (UK) 7.29 4.81 26 -37.7% Decrease
445 European Space Agency (ESA), France 5.32 4.78 34 -15.3% Decrease
446 University of Siena (UNISI), Italy 3.60 4.77 111 25.2% Increase
447 University of South Bohemia, Czech Republic 3.41 4.76 23 31.7% Increase
448 Pablo de Olavide University (UPO), Spain 3.79 4.69 35 16.9% Increase
449 Charles III University of Madrid (UC3M), Spain 5.55 4.64 35 -21.0% Decrease
450 Academy of Athens, Greece 5.40 4.60 25 -19.5% Decrease
451 Dublin City University (DCU), Ireland 2.84 4.59 22 52.3% Increase
452 NERC National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS), United Kingdom (UK) 3.80 4.57 31 13.7% Increase
453 Agroscope, Switzerland 2.03 4.56 12 112.0% Increase
454 Rigshospitalet, Denmark 4.00 4.54 82 7.2% Increase
455 Lyon University Hospital (HCL), France 2.11 4.54 54 103.0% Increase
456 Cranfield University, United Kingdom (UK) 2.25 4.54 20 90.8% Increase
457 University of Eastern Piedmont "Amedeo Avogadro" (UNIPMN), Italy 5.18 4.54 154 -17.3% Decrease
458 Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), Luxembourg 6.63 4.52 20 -35.6% Decrease
459 International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), Italy 4.24 4.51 12 0.6% Increase
460 Caen University (UNICAEN), France 6.28 4.50 44 -32.4% Decrease
461 Northumbria University, United Kingdom (UK) 5.73 4.50 21 -25.9% Decrease
462 Medical University of Graz (Med Uni Graz), Austria 5.25 4.46 39 -19.8% Decrease
463 University of Toulon (UTLN), France 3.64 4.42 45 14.5% Increase
464 International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Austria 3.65 4.41 28 14.3% Increase
465 Thales S.A., France 4.11 4.36 37 0.1% Increase
466 Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Bulgaria 2.70 4.35 103 52.1% Increase
467 University of Rouen, France 5.24 4.34 40 -21.8% Decrease
468 University of Salento, Italy 5.27 4.24 83 -24.0% Decrease
469 University of Burgundy, France 5.28 4.24 52 -24.2% Decrease
470 Centrale Méditerranée, France 4.85 4.23 38 -17.8% Decrease
471 Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom (UK) 3.72 4.21 15 7.1% Increase
472 ALBA Synchrotron, Spain 3.33 4.21 25 19.1% Increase
473 Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU), Russia 1.61 4.20 18 147.0% Increase
474 University of Hertfordshire (UH), United Kingdom (UK) 2.60 4.19 14 52.1% Increase
475 Bureau de Recherches Geologiques et Minieres (BRGM), France 3.08 4.13 18 26.8% Increase
476 Russian Quantum Center (RQC), Russia 3.06 4.11 26 26.8% Increase
477 Fondazione Piemontese per la Ricerca sul Cancro Onlus (FPRC), Italy 1.33 4.05 11 186.5% Increase
478 Bangor University, United Kingdom (UK) 4.29 4.03 20 -11.2% Decrease
479 Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom (UK) 3.79 4.03 52 0.3% Increase
480 Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (CULS), Czech Republic 0.47 3.98 17 705.6% Increase
481 Ligue Contre Le Cancer, France 4.33 3.96 34 -13.7% Decrease
482 University of Extremadura (UEx), Spain 2.07 3.92 11 78.7% Increase
483 European X-ray Free-Electron Laser Facility GmbH (XFEL), Germany 1.35 3.91 37 173.9% Increase
484 Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center (NERSC), Norway 2.46 3.90 42 50.0% Increase
485 University Children's Hospital Basel (UKBB), Switzerland 5.27 3.86 45 -30.9% Decrease
486 Merck KGaA, Germany 3.92 3.84 24 -7.5% Decrease
487 Royal Veterinary College, University of London (RVC), United Kingdom (UK) 2.32 3.80 18 54.7% Increase
488 Roskilde University (RUC), Denmark 1.89 3.79 24 88.8% Increase
489 Paris-Est Créteil University (UPEC), France 5.34 3.79 54 -33.1% Decrease
490 Norway Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries, Norway 4.42 3.77 48 -19.5% Decrease
491 Le Mans University, France 3.56 3.75 33 -0.6% Decrease
492 Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom (UK) 4.16 3.71 92 -15.7% Decrease
493 Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU), Russia 3.04 3.71 103 15.2% Increase
494 Catalan Institute for Water Research (ICRA), Spain 2.75 3.71 8 27.0% Increase
495 University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna (VUM), Austria 4.44 3.69 24 -21.5% Decrease
496 Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAS), Slovakia 7.06 3.69 102 -50.7% Decrease
497 Gdańsk University of Technology (GUT), Poland 5.72 3.68 13 -39.2% Decrease
498 City, University of London (CUL), United Kingdom (UK) 1.53 3.68 16 127.7% Increase
499 Norwegian Research Centre AS (NORCE), Norway 2.57 3.68 54 35.3% Increase
500 Bruno Kessler Foundation (FBK), Italy 1.49 3.66 95 132.3% Increase

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