2022 tables: Institutions - physical sciences - corporate

The 2022 tables are based on Nature Index data from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021.

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# Institution Share 2020 Share 2021 Count 2021 Change in Adjusted Share* 2020–2021
1 Thales S.A., France 3.47 4.04 51 7.6%
2 NaMLab gGmbH, Germany – 2.00 5 N/A
3 Nokia Corporation, Finland 1.47 1.97 10 24.6%
4 BASF SE, Germany 1.82 1.91 14 -2.6%
5 AstraZeneca plc, United Kingdom (UK) 1.07 1.90 4 65.1%
6 TYDEX LLC, Russia – 1.25 2 N/A
7 AMO GmbH, Germany 0.38 1.23 6 196.2%
8 Schott AG, Germany – 1.17 2 N/A
9 Robert Bosch GmbH, Germany 0.16 1.11 5 523.3%
10 Bayer AG, Germany 0.61 1.04 4 59.6%
11 C. H. Boehringer Sohn AG & Co. KG (Boehringer Ingelheim), Germany 1.70 1.04 2 -43.6%
12 ELI-HU Nonprofit Ltd., Hungary 0.93 1.03 6 3.0%
13 Anglo American plc, United Kingdom (UK) 0.45 0.98 4 102.3%
14 ThrustMe, France – 0.95 1 N/A
15 Unilever, United Kingdom (UK) 0.70 0.94 3 24.9%
16 Saule Technologies Ltd., Poland 0.20 0.80 1 265.9%
17 Oxford Instruments, United Kingdom (UK) 0.87 0.79 5 -15.7%
18 Attocube Systems AG, Germany 0.20 0.78 3 260.3%
19 Evotec AG, Germany – 0.75 1 N/A
20 Center for Nanotechnology GmbH (CeNTech GmbH), Germany 1.65 0.73 4 -59.3%
21 CNSystems Medizintechnik GmbH, Austria – 0.71 1 N/A
22 Phasecraft Ltd., United Kingdom (UK) 0.71 0.67 1 -12.9%
23 SiSaf Ltd., United Kingdom (UK) – 0.64 1 N/A
24 Merck KGaA, Germany 0.48 0.60 5 15.6%
25 NIL Technology ApS, Denmark – 0.60 1 N/A
26 Silicon Austria Labs GmbH, Austria – 0.58 2 N/A
27 NanOsc AB, Sweden 0.26 0.54 3 91.7%
28 Earlham Institute (EI), United Kingdom (UK) 0.00 0.53 2 132602.3%
29 mirSense SAS, France – 0.53 2 N/A
30 Aixtron SE, Germany – 0.51 2 N/A
31 Research Institutes of Sweden (RISE), Sweden 0.71 0.50 4 -34.5%
32 Alpes Lasers SA, Switzerland – 0.50 1 N/A
32 3SP Technologies SAS, France – 0.50 1 N/A
32 IQE plc, United Kingdom (UK) – 0.50 1 N/A
32 Arm Limited, United Kingdom (UK) – 0.50 1 N/A
32 VASP Software (Austria) (VASP), Austria – 0.50 1 N/A
32 Nanoscribe GmbH, Germany – 0.50 1 N/A
32 PragmatIC Semiconductor Ltd., United Kingdom (UK) – 0.50 1 N/A
32 Aledia S.A, France – 0.50 1 N/A
32 Abberior Instruments GmbH, Germany 0.04 0.50 1 1010.8%
32 Eni s.p.a., Italy – 0.50 1 N/A
33 European Spallation Source ESS AB, Sweden 0.32 0.44 7 26.4%
34 Materials Center Leoben Forschung GmbH, Austria – 0.44 2 N/A
35 AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Austria 0.30 0.41 10 25.0%
36 Soitec S.A., France – 0.40 2 N/A
37 Abbelight SAS, France – 0.40 1 N/A
38 Qnami AG, Switzerland – 0.39 1 N/A
39 Cycle GmbH, Germany – 0.39 2 N/A
40 CRV Holding, Netherlands – 0.38 1 N/A
40 Studio Tomás Saraceno GmbH, Germany – 0.38 1 N/A
40 FZSoNick SA, Switzerland – 0.38 1 N/A
41 Jcmwave GmbH, Germany 0.10 0.36 3 236.1%
42 Volkswagen AG, Germany – 0.35 4 N/A
43 ASSA ABLOY AB, Sweden – 0.35 2 N/A
44 Siemens AG, Germany 0.02 0.35 4 1369.2%
45 Kelvin Nanotechnology Ltd., United Kingdom (UK) – 0.34 2 N/A
46 CSC - IT Center for Science Ltd., Finland 0.75 0.33 1 -58.9%
46 aixACCT Systems GmbH, Germany – 0.33 1 N/A
46 LIGENTEC SA, Switzerland – 0.33 1 N/A
46 SIMUSERV GmbH, Germany – 0.33 1 N/A
46 TVR Iaşi, Romania – 0.33 2 N/A
46 Elantas Beck GmbH, Germany – 0.33 1 N/A
47 LunaLEC AB, Sweden – 0.32 2 N/A
48 Sensor Spin Technologies, Russia – 0.31 1 N/A
48 Preussen Elektra GmbH, Germany – 0.31 2 N/A
49 F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG, Switzerland 1.93 0.30 3 -85.4%
50 Airbus SE, Netherlands 0.25 0.30 5 13.7%

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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 2022 levels to calculate the percentage change. For more information on the adjustment, please see the Adjusted metric explainer.


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