2021 Research Leaders: Leading corporate institutions in chemistry

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

Table criteria

Position Institution Share 2019 Share 2020 Count 2020 Change in Adjusted Share* 2019–2020
1 Sanofi, France 1.90 4.33 14 126.7% Increase
2 Total S.A., France 0.82 2.81 11 241.1% Increase
3 L’Oréal International, France 0.00 1.38 2 0.0% Increase
4 Thales S.A., France 1.52 1.23 15 -19.5% Decrease
5 Pierre Fabre SA, France 0.25 1.05 5 317.7% Increase
6 L'Oréal International, France 0.86 0.69 2 -20.0% Decrease
7 Curadigm SAS, France 0.00 0.64 1 0.0% Increase
8 Servier Laboratories, France 0.05 0.61 3 1,113.2% Increase
9 Olnica SAS, France 0.00 0.51 2 0.0% Increase
10 APIX Analytics SA, France 0.00 0.43 1 0.0% Increase
11 Oril Industrie, France 0.00 0.40 1 0.0% Increase
12 Seqens, France 0.00 0.38 1 0.0% Increase
13 Saint-Gobain SA, France 0.75 0.35 2 -54.1% Decrease
14 Expressions Parfumées SAS, France 0.00 0.33 1 0.0% Increase
14 Annealsys SAS, France 0.00 0.33 1 0.0% Increase
14 Environnement-Investigations, France 0.00 0.33 1 0.0% Increase
15 The Michelin Group, France 1.01 0.30 1 -70.8% Decrease
16 Sanofi Chimie S.A., France 0.37 0.27 2 -27.5% Decrease
17 Specific Polymers, France 0.00 0.25 1 0.0% Increase
17 Novaptech SAS, France 0.00 0.25 1 0.0% Increase
17 Syndivia SAS, France 0.00 0.25 1 0.0% Increase
17 Fluigent SA, France 0.00 0.25 1 0.0% Increase
17 Saft SA, France 0.00 0.25 1 0.0% Increase
17 Ureka - ImmuPharma Group, France 1.25 0.25 1 -80.1% Decrease
18 NH TherAguix SA, France 0.00 0.21 1 0.0% Increase
19 Minakem, France 0.00 0.20 1 0.0% Increase
19 Cisbio Bioassays, France 0.00 0.20 2 0.0% Increase
20 NanoMedSyn, France 0.12 0.20 2 61.3% Increase
21 Carbios SAS, France 0.00 0.18 1 0.0% Increase
22 Guerbet, France 0.00 0.17 2 0.0% Increase
22 Air Liquide, France 0.14 0.17 1 16.3% Increase
23 nCx Instrumentation, France 0.00 0.14 1 0.0% Increase
24 De Sangosse SAS, France 0.00 0.13 1 0.0% Increase
24 CASC4DE, France 0.00 0.13 1 0.0% Increase
25 Elementar France Sarl, France 0.00 0.11 1 0.0% Increase
26 Safran Group, France 0.05 0.10 1 112.7% Increase
27 Vivet Therapeutics SAS, France 0.00 0.09 1 0.0% Increase
28 ERAMET Group, France 0.00 0.08 1 0.0% Increase
29 Centre Technique du Papier (CTP), France 0.00 0.07 1 0.0% Increase
30 CAPACITÉS, France 0.00 0.07 1 0.0% Increase
31 New Imaging Technologies SA (NIT), France 0.00 0.07 1 0.0% Increase
32 Adisseo SA, France 0.18 0.05 1 -72.6% Decrease
32 Evotec, France, France 0.00 0.05 1 0.0% Increase
33 Technopole Brest-Iroise, France 0.00 0.04 1 0.0% Increase
34 Innate Pharma S.A., France 0.03 0.02 1 -28.0% Decrease
35 Armines, France 0.00 0.02 1 0.0% Increase
35 Yelen Analytics, France 0.00 0.02 1 0.0% Increase

Footnote

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