2019 tables: Institutions - corporate

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

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# Institution Share 2017 Share 2018 Count 2018 Change in Adjusted Share* 2017–2018
1 F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG, Switzerland 54.75 57.50 136 -0.9%
2 IBM Corporation, United States of America (USA) 47.71 40.65 112 -19.6%
3 Novartis International AG, Switzerland 41.58 31.42 109 -28.7%
4 AstraZeneca plc, United Kingdom (UK) 30.13 30.10 136 -5.7%
5 Merck & Co., Inc., United States of America (USA) 35.51 28.91 69 -23.2%
6 Alphabet Inc., United States of America (USA) 9.31 21.49 56 117.8%
7 Pfizer Inc., United States of America (USA) 23.24 21.16 67 -14.1%
8 Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS), United States of America (USA) 16.34 18.62 47 7.6%
9 GlaxoSmithKline plc. (GSK), United Kingdom (UK) 16.67 18.04 85 2.2%
10 Amgen Inc., United States of America (USA) 14.77 17.50 64 11.8%
11 Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT), Japan 7.11 16.56 39 119.9%
12 Samsung Group, South Korea 15.03 15.72 71 -1.3%
13 GNS Science, New Zealand 17.04 15.43 64 -14.5%
14 DowDuPont Inc., United States of America (USA) 12.74 14.58 51 8.0%
15 Microsoft Corporation, United States of America (USA) 11.60 13.73 69 11.8%
16 China State Shipbuilding Corporation Limited (CSSC), China 8.02 12.83 195 51.0%
17 Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., United States of America (USA) 7.62 11.66 56 44.4%
18 FiberHome Technologies Group, China 7.28 10.37 90 34.5%
19 Johnson & Johnson, United States of America (USA) 11.64 9.85 41 -20.1%
20 Toyota Group, Japan 8.38 9.53 25 7.3%
21 BASF SE, Germany 8.08 8.75 49 2.1%
22 Exxon Mobil Corporation (ExxonMobil), United States of America (USA) 7.82 8.60 28 3.8%
23 Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., United States of America (USA) 4.95 8.00 19 52.6%
24 Science Systems and Applications, Inc. (SSAI), United States of America (USA) 5.88 7.95 35 27.5%
25 Sanofi, France 5.17 7.21 33 31.7%
26 AbbVie Inc., United States of America (USA) 8.55 7.06 23 -22.1%
27 BGI, China 6.52 6.83 32 -1.1%
28 China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), China 4.25 6.69 44 48.8%
29 Formosa Plastics Group, Taiwan 7.52 6.49 27 -18.5%
30 Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Japan 5.69 6.46 21 7.2%
31 Leidos Holdings, Inc., United States of America (USA) 4.27 6.30 82 39.2%
32 Hitachi, Ltd., Japan 4.82 6.23 26 21.9%
33 Jinchuan Group Co., Ltd., China 3.91 6.03 30 45.5%
34 Eli Lilly and Company, United States of America (USA) 9.38 5.93 32 -40.2%
35 Bayer AG, Germany 3.61 5.51 41 43.9%
36 C. H. Boehringer Sohn AG & Co. KG (Boehringer Ingelheim), Germany 6.37 5.49 24 -18.7%
37 UCB S.A., Belgium 4.16 5.32 14 20.8%
38 Bruker Corporation, United States of America (USA) 6.43 5.31 33 -22.0%
39 Toshiba Corporation, Japan 7.91 5.28 8 -37.0%
40 China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), China 0.80 5.09 18 501.8%
41 National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd. (NIWA), New Zealand 4.04 5.01 42 17.2%
42 Eisai Co., Ltd., Japan 4.86 4.53 20 -12.0%
43 Thales S.A., France 4.11 4.36 37 0.1%
44 Shanghai Jiahua Poly Battery Technology Co., Ltd., China 0.65 4.25 13 516.5%
45 Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., United States of America (USA) 3.45 4.08 21 11.4%
46 HP Inc., United States of America (USA) 3.76 4.05 10 1.4%
47 Merck KGaA, Germany 3.92 3.84 24 -7.5%
48 Norwegian Research Centre AS (NORCE), Norway 2.23 3.58 45 51.8%
49 Intel Corporation, United States of America (USA) 2.56 3.43 21 26.6%
50 Shimadzu Corporation, Japan 1.97 3.38 14 62.3%
51 Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc. (AER), United States of America (USA) 1.14 3.33 9 175.0%
52 Novo Nordisk A/S, Denmark 5.86 3.33 16 -46.3%
53 Illumina, Inc., United States of America (USA) 3.21 3.22 17 -5.2%
54 Royal Dutch Shell plc (Shell), Netherlands 2.88 3.22 15 5.6%
55 Agilent Technologies, Inc., United States of America (USA) 3.24 3.14 16 -8.5%
56 JEOL Ltd., Japan 2.43 3.13 24 22.0%
57 Center for Nanotechnology GmbH (CeNTech GmbH), Germany 2.95 3.09 17 -1.1%
58 China Electronics Technology Group Corporation (CETC), China 1.97 3.06 12 46.7%
59 Abbott Laboratories, United States of America (USA) 0.10 3.04 6 2736.1%
60 Mitsubishi Group, Japan 3.69 3.03 21 -22.5%
61 China National Chemical Corporation (ChemChina), China 4.67 2.97 14 -40.0%
62 General Electric Company (GE), United States of America (USA) 0.85 2.84 11 214.8%
63 Techint Group, Italy 2.11 2.80 14 25.1%
64 Chengdu Institute of Organic Chemistry (CIOC), CAS, China 2.72 2.72 8 -5.8%
65 Total S.A., France 2.08 2.70 14 22.7%
66 New England Biolabs, Inc. (NEB), United States of America (USA) 3.63 2.68 7 -30.2%
67 Synfuels China Technology Co., Ltd., China 1.23 2.57 15 96.7%
68 Sociedad Europea de Análisis Diferencial de Movilidad SL (SEADM), Spain – 2.56 4 N/A
69 D-Wave Systems, Inc., Canada – 2.50 4 N/A
70 Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC), Saudi Arabia 1.76 2.46 8 31.8%
71 Waters Corporation, United States of America (USA) 3.27 2.45 9 -29.3%
72 Johnson Matthey (JM), United Kingdom (UK) 2.12 2.45 11 9.3%
73 Human Longevity, Inc., United States of America (USA) 3.74 2.44 8 -38.3%
74 Rigaku Corporation, Japan 2.48 2.37 14 -9.5%
75 D. E. Shaw Research, United States of America (USA) 0.08 2.30 5 2500.9%
76 Gilead Sciences, Inc., United States of America (USA) 1.64 2.29 10 32.3%
77 HRL Laboratories LLC, United States of America (USA) 2.63 2.28 6 -18.0%
78 Xanadu Quantum Technologies Inc., Canada 0.25 2.25 3 749.6%
79 Jacobs, United States of America (USA) 2.40 2.22 30 -12.7%
80 Corning Incorporated, United States of America (USA) 0.26 2.21 6 712.7%
81 Tata Group, India 0.20 2.17 12 932.4%
82 Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology (ACIB), Austria 2.10 2.12 10 -4.6%
83 South Australian Water Corporation (SA Water), Australia 2.23 2.06 6 -12.9%
84 Haldor Topsøe A/S, Denmark 2.14 2.03 7 -10.4%
85 GATS Inc., United States of America (USA) 4.58 2.02 10 -58.5%
86 Biogen Inc., United States of America (USA) 6.96 2.00 15 -72.8%
87 Metrohm DropSens S.L., Spain 1.00 2.00 2 88.8%
87 Novilytic, LLC, United States of America (USA) – 2.00 2 N/A
87 Piramal Enterprises Limited, India – 2.00 2 N/A
88 Otsuka Holdings Co., Ltd., Japan 0.49 1.97 15 280.1%
89 ams-OSRAM AG, Austria 0.54 1.94 6 238.3%
90 Wellspring Biosciences, United States of America (USA) – 1.90 2 N/A
91 China National Tobacco Company (CNTC), China 3.29 1.88 10 -46.1%
92 GlobalFoundries Inc., United States of America (USA) 0.63 1.84 4 175.1%
93 NorthWest Research Associates, Inc. (NWRA), United States of America (USA) 4.98 1.83 21 -65.2%
94 Sinopec Corporation, China 1.70 1.83 27 1.7%
95 Peptide Institute, Inc., Japan 0.88 1.83 2 97.8%
96 Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia 1.72 1.78 7 -2.2%
97 Procter & Gamble (P&G), United States of America (USA) 0.58 1.77 8 190.2%
98 Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc., United States of America (USA) 1.08 1.75 12 53.5%
99 ToolGen, Inc., South Korea 0.62 1.74 3 166.1%
100 KWH Water B.V., Netherlands 2.62 1.74 11 -37.2%

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