2021 tables: Institutions - life sciences - academic

The 2021 tables are based on Nature Index data from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020.

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# Institution Share 2019 Share 2020 Count 2020 Change in Adjusted Share 2019-2020*
1 University of Barcelona (UB), Spain 18.33 20.60 168 3.9%
2 Pompeu Fabra University (UPF), Spain 11.38 13.93 130 13.2%
3 Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM), Spain 11.52 11.93 89 -4.3%
4 Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), Spain 6.80 8.06 100 9.6%
5 University of Salamanca (USAL), Spain 4.03 7.67 27 76.1%
6 University of Valencia (UV), Spain 2.40 7.60 45 193.2%
7 Pablo de Olavide University (UPO), Spain 3.01 5.82 31 78.8%
8 Complutense University of Madrid (UCM), Spain 2.78 5.63 70 87.2%
9 University of Seville (US), Spain 3.55 4.49 33 16.9%
10 University of Navarra (UNAV), Spain 5.23 4.11 25 -27.3%
11 University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Spain 3.32 3.77 45 5.1%
12 University of Santiago de Compostela (USC), Spain 3.21 3.38 37 -2.8%
13 University of Granada (UGR), Spain 2.97 3.00 26 -6.6%
14 University of Murcia (UMU), Spain 5.04 2.91 16 -46.5%
15 Miguel Hernández University of Elche (UMH), Spain 6.13 2.80 16 -57.7%
16 University of Cantabria (UC), Spain 0.54 2.67 17 355.3%
17 University of Málaga (UMA), Spain 1.97 2.14 11 0.7%
18 King Juan Carlos University (URJC), Spain 3.18 1.64 12 -52.3%
19 University of Alcalá (UAH), Spain 1.20 1.55 21 18.9%
20 University of Oviedo (UniOvi), Spain 1.79 1.43 23 -26.1%
21 Technical University of Madrid (UPM), Spain 2.63 1.35 15 -52.5%
22 University of Zaragoza (Unizar), Spain 1.62 1.30 19 -25.7%
23 University of Vigo (UVIGO), Spain 1.34 1.30 17 -10.8%
24 University of Lleida (UDL), Spain 1.03 1.27 7 13.3%
25 University of Extremadura (UEx), Spain 0.56 1.19 4 95.7%
26 University of the Balearic Islands (UIB), Spain 1.62 1.05 11 -40.1%
27 Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV), Spain 1.12 0.90 8 -25.5%
28 Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), Spain 0.73 0.89 15 12.3%
29 University of Cádiz (UCA), Spain 1.03 0.86 8 -22.5%
30 University of Almeria (UAL), Spain 0.01 0.71 6 7,068.2%
31 University of Cordoba (UCO), Spain 0.64 0.64 7 -7.5%
32 University of A Coruña (UDC), Spain 0.75 0.55 3 -32.6%
33 University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM), Spain 0.33 0.53 6 47.1%
34 Charles III University of Madrid (UC3M), Spain 0.08 0.50 14 462.7%
35 Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (UIC), Spain 0.73 0.46 3 -42.3%
36 University of Alicante (UA), Spain 0.78 0.46 5 -45.9%
37 University of Valladolid (UVa), Spain 0.65 0.44 7 -38.5%
38 University of La Rioja (UR), Spain 0.35 0.41 4 7.6%
39 European University of Madrid (UEM), Spain 0.53 0.38 18 -34.5%
40 Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona GSE), Spain – 0.33 1 N/A
41 Comillas Pontifical University (UPCO), Spain 0.06 0.30 2 377.2%
42 University of Girona (UdG), Spain 1.33 0.30 10 -79.2%
43 CEU Cardinal Herrera University, Spain 0.23 0.27 2 12.5%
44 University of León (ULE), Spain 0.23 0.27 3 9.7%
45 San Pablo CEU University (USPCEU), Spain 0.11 0.24 6 94.2%
46 Rovira i Virgili University (URV), Spain 1.17 0.24 10 -81.5%
47 Public University of Navarre (UPNA), Spain 0.39 0.23 9 -45.7%
48 IE University, Spain – 0.20 1 N/A
49 University of La Laguna (ULL), Spain 2.49 0.17 5 -93.8%
50 University of Vic - Central University of Catalonia (UVic-UCC), Spain 0.35 0.15 14 -59.2%
51 Jaume I University (UJI), Spain 0.31 0.14 5 -58.5%
52 University of Huelva (UHU), Spain 0.00 0.13 3 2,450.7%
52 University of Jaén (UJU), Spain 0.13 0.13 3 -10.5%
53 Francisco de Vitoria University (UFV), Spain 0.05 0.11 3 130.4%
54 University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC), Spain 0.45 0.09 3 -81.9%
55 Hospitales de Granada, Spain 0.00 0.08 4 1,934.6%
56 National University of Distance Education (UNED), Spain 0.04 0.08 1 74.4%
57 Open University of Catalonia (UOC), Spain 0.04 0.06 2 41.5%
58 Valencia Catholic University Saint Vincent Martyr (UCV), Spain 0.15 0.05 1 -72.0%
59 HM Hospitales, Spain 0.01 0.03 1 185.8%
60 Fernando Pessoa Canarias University (UFPC), Spain 0.02 0.03 3 50.4%
61 Fundació Jesuïtes Educació, Spain – 0.03 1 N/A
62 Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia (UCAM), Spain 0.48 0.02 1 -95.7%
63 Saint Louis University (SLU Madrid), Spain 0.02 0.01 1 -10.2%
63 University of Valencia Science Park, Spain – 0.01 1 N/A
64 Ramon Llull University (URL), Spain 0.50 0.01 1 -98.4%
65 European University of the Atlantic (UNEATLANTICO), Spain – 0.01 1 N/A
66 University of Deusto, Spain – 0.01 1 N/A

Footnote

Each year, the Nature Index publishes tables based on counts of high-quality research outputs in the previous calendar year. Users please note:

  1. The data behind the tables are based on a relatively small proportion of total research papers, they cover the natural 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 82 natural-science journals, selected on reputation by an independent panel of leading scientists in their fields.
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*The change in adjusted Share accounts for the small annual variation in the total number of articles in Nature Index journals. Share values have been adjusted to 2021 levels to calculate the percentage change. For more information on the adjustment, please see the Adjusted metric explainer.


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