2018 Research Leaders: Leading institutions in chemistry

The 2018 Research Leaders are based on Nature Index data from 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2017.

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Position Institution Share 2016 Share 2017 Count 2017 Change in Share 2016–2017
1 Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), China 570.95 537.62 1265
-5.8%
2 French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), France 199.87 192.68 850
-3.6%
3 Max Planck Society, Germany 153.39 145.89 343
-4.9%
4 University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), China 123.89 141.98 267
14.6%
5 Kyoto University, Japan 118.03 140.83 229
19.3%
6 The University of Tokyo (UTokyo), Japan 112.44 123.69 226
10.0%
7 Nanjing University (NJU), China 131.07 122.92 210
-6.2%
8 Peking University (PKU), China 130.56 118.58 342
-9.2%
9 Tsinghua University, China 111.15 113.50 260
2.1%
10 University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley), United States of America (USA) 93.88 109.23 232
16.3%
11 University of Cambridge, United Kingdom (UK) 93.62 98.89 194
5.6%
12 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS), China 59.52 97.50 427
63.8%
13 The University of Osaka (UOsaka), Japan 76.41 96.95 161
26.9%
14 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich), Switzerland 81.57 95.34 181
16.9%
15 Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres, Germany 91.94 94.60 312
2.9%
16 Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore 95.13 94.28 193
-0.9%
17 Stanford University, United States of America (USA) 98.88 93.86 195
-5.1%
18 University of Oxford, United Kingdom (UK) 108.40 90.05 170
-16.9%
19 Zhejiang University (ZJU), China 72.57 88.76 168
22.3%
20 Northwestern University (NU), United States of America (USA) 90.55 87.69 175
-3.2%
21 Soochow University, China 74.55 86.89 129
16.5%
22 Nankai University (NKU), China 80.58 86.35 277
7.2%
23 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), United States of America (USA) 111.98 84.41 168
-24.6%
24 National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore 60.42 81.49 145
34.9%
25 Sichuan University (SCU), China 72.56 80.54 115
11.0%
26 The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin), United States of America (USA) 76.84 77.70 123
1.1%
27 Xiamen University (XMU), China 69.44 74.34 112
7.1%
28 Harvard University, United States of America (USA) 73.73 72.87 138
-1.2%
29 Fudan University, China 54.29 71.73 133
32.1%
30 University of Michigan (U-M), United States of America (USA) 65.56 67.35 104
2.7%
31 Wuhan University (WHU), China 50.44 66.52 108
31.9%
32 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland 81.57 66.27 133
-18.8%
33 Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU), China 53.07 65.19 119
22.8%
34 The University of Manchester (UoM), United Kingdom (UK) 59.97 64.61 115
7.7%
35 Lanzhou University (LZU), China 67.84 64.58 103
-4.8%
36 Leibniz Association, Germany 58.23 62.93 142
8.1%
37 California Institute of Technology (Caltech), United States of America (USA) 59.21 62.92 106
6.3%
38 University of Münster (WWU), Germany 49.06 62.49 90
27.4%
39 University of Toronto (U of T), Canada 57.36 62.40 93
8.8%
40 Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India 74.48 62.27 98
-16.4%
41 Institute of Science Tokyo (Science Tokyo), Japan 74.34 62.24 113
-16.3%
42 Texas A&M University (TAMU), United States of America (USA) 49.03 61.85 102
26.2%
43 Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), United States of America (USA) 57.54 61.17 242
6.3%
44 University of Pennsylvania (Penn), United States of America (USA) 58.92 60.52 90
2.7%
45 Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Russia 55.90 59.71 142
6.8%
46 University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison), United States of America (USA) 69.26 58.78 98
-15.1%
47 East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST), China 54.24 58.67 104
8.2%
48 University of Bristol (UoB), United Kingdom (UK) 40.04 57.81 77
44.4%
49 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), United States of America (USA) 76.60 56.72 110
-26.0%
50 Princeton University, United States of America (USA) 45.76 56.54 85
23.5%
51 The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State), United States of America (USA) 35.63 55.76 109
56.5%
52 Jilin University (JLU), China 57.86 55.22 108
-4.6%
53 Scripps Research, United States of America (USA) 49.89 55.05 88
10.3%
54 King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia 44.67 54.57 104
22.2%
55 Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), China 46.52 54.27 107
16.7%
56 South China University of Technology (SCUT), China 47.59 54.23 97
13.9%
57 University of Göttingen, Germany 40.10 53.88 93
34.4%
58 University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), United States of America (USA) 49.36 53.80 101
9.0%
59 University of Minnesota (UMN), United States of America (USA) 72.82 53.46 88
-26.6%
60 RWTH Aachen University (RWTH Aachen), Germany 42.39 52.90 96
24.8%
61 East China Normal University (ECNU), China 48.55 52.03 83
7.2%
62 Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), United States of America (USA) 49.68 50.20 202
1.1%
63 Nagoya University, Japan 44.85 49.54 89
10.5%
64 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC), United States of America (USA) 39.87 49.37 73
23.8%
65 Tohoku University, Japan 56.02 49.12 98
-12.3%
66 Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich (LMU), Germany 54.95 48.30 92
-12.1%
67 Yale University, United States of America (USA) 40.24 47.91 98
19.1%
68 University of California, Irvine (UCI), United States of America (USA) 38.53 46.74 82
21.3%
69 University of Würzburg (JMU), Germany 41.34 46.39 71
12.2%
70 Hokkaido University, Japan 49.02 46.37 94
-5.4%
71 Cornell University, United States of America (USA) 49.15 46.08 93
-6.3%
72 University of Groningen (RUG), Netherlands 37.30 46.05 73
23.5%
73 University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), United States of America (USA) 51.04 46.03 100
-9.8%
74 Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin), Germany 31.69 45.55 82
43.7%
75 University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU), Germany 36.41 45.08 88
23.8%
76 Tianjin University (TJU), China 46.04 44.38 231
-3.6%
77 Columbia University in the City of New York (CU), United States of America (USA) 34.44 44.02 98
27.8%
78 Kyushu University, Japan 49.01 43.78 94
-10.7%
79 Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany 44.85 43.77 94
-2.4%
80 Seoul National University (SNU), South Korea 50.58 43.46 71
-14.1%
81 Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), China 28.94 43.40 76
49.9%
82 The University of Chicago (UChicago), United States of America (USA) 40.10 43.28 117
8.0%
83 Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), United States of America (USA) 33.87 42.66 82
25.9%
84 Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), United States of America (USA) 33.54 42.54 128
26.8%
85 Rice University, United States of America (USA) 40.42 42.23 91
4.5%
86 Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Spain 52.31 41.55 161
-20.6%
87 Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Spain 53.13 41.05 74
-22.7%
88 Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), South Korea 54.73 40.98 78
-25.1%
89 The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), China 37.08 40.94 107
10.4%
90 Purdue University, United States of America (USA) 39.45 40.45 75
2.5%
91 Imperial College London (ICL), United Kingdom (UK) 41.93 38.67 103
-7.8%
92 Dalian University of Technology (DUT), China 26.96 38.57 70
43.1%
93 Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), China 19.68 38.49 86
95.5%
94 Southeast University (SEU), China 29.75 38.05 55
27.9%
95 Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), United States of America (USA) 40.76 37.83 80
-7.2%
96 University of Pittsburgh (Pitt), United States of America (USA) 24.88 37.59 68
51.1%
97 University of Washington (UW), United States of America (USA) 28.10 37.25 85
32.6%
98 TU Dresden, Germany 29.97 36.99 83
23.4%
99 Hunan University (HNU), China 43.91 36.74 65
-16.3%
100 Indian Institute of Science (IISc), India 33.03 36.69 49
11.1%
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