2019 Research Leaders: Leading institutions in chemistry

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

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Position Institution Share 2017 Share 2018 Count 2018 Change in Share 2017–2018
1 Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), China 537.62 559.95 1493
4.2%
2 French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), France 192.68 183.37 832
-4.8%
3 Nanjing University (NJU), China 122.92 155.76 277
26.7%
4 Max Planck Society, Germany 145.89 154.67 367
6.0%
5 University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), China 141.98 145.35 351
2.4%
6 Tsinghua University, China 113.50 135.78 339
19.6%
7 Kyoto University, Japan 140.83 118.56 222
-15.8%
8 Peking University (PKU), China 118.58 110.83 380
-6.5%
9 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), United States of America (USA) 84.41 110.42 209
30.8%
10 The University of Tokyo (UTokyo), Japan 123.69 110.09 209
-11.0%
11 Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore 94.28 106.36 210
12.8%
12 Sichuan University (SCU), China 80.54 103.94 146
29.1%
13 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS), China 97.50 103.91 523
6.6%
14 Zhejiang University (ZJU), China 88.76 99.96 199
12.6%
15 Soochow University, China 86.89 97.52 163
12.2%
16 Nankai University (NKU), China 86.35 97.35 299
12.7%
17 Northwestern University (NU), United States of America (USA) 87.69 95.96 169
9.4%
18 National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore 81.49 93.20 197
14.4%
19 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich), Switzerland 95.34 92.45 183
-3.0%
20 Stanford University, United States of America (USA) 93.86 90.76 209
-3.3%
21 University of Cambridge, United Kingdom (UK) 98.89 90.19 183
-8.8%
22 University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley), United States of America (USA) 109.23 86.52 221
-20.8%
23 University of Oxford, United Kingdom (UK) 90.05 85.79 176
-4.7%
24 Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres, Germany 94.60 85.12 312
-10.0%
25 Fudan University, China 71.73 81.96 164
14.3%
26 Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), China 54.27 75.41 156
38.9%
27 University of Minnesota (UMN), United States of America (USA) 53.46 74.08 118
38.6%
28 Xiamen University (XMU), China 74.34 73.17 112
-1.6%
29 University of Toronto (U of T), Canada 62.40 72.67 109
16.5%
30 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland 66.27 72.14 130
8.9%
31 Lanzhou University (LZU), China 64.58 71.07 134
10.1%
32 The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin), United States of America (USA) 77.70 71.05 113
-8.6%
33 Jilin University (JLU), China 55.22 70.70 133
28.0%
34 The University of Osaka (UOsaka), Japan 96.95 70.65 125
-27.1%
35 South China University of Technology (SCUT), China 54.23 67.60 127
24.7%
36 Wuhan University (WHU), China 66.52 67.31 109
1.2%
37 University of Michigan (U-M), United States of America (USA) 67.35 67.23 106
-0.2%
38 Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich (LMU), Germany 48.30 65.56 109
35.7%
39 Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU), China 65.19 64.92 121
-0.4%
40 University of Münster (WWU), Germany 62.49 63.75 88
2.0%
41 Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), China 43.40 63.64 114
46.7%
42 Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), United States of America (USA) 61.17 63.17 247
3.3%
43 Tianjin University (TJU), China 44.38 61.72 276
39.1%
44 Tohoku University, Japan 49.12 59.95 119
22.0%
45 Institute of Science Tokyo (Science Tokyo), Japan 62.24 59.93 105
-3.7%
46 University of Pennsylvania (Penn), United States of America (USA) 60.52 59.04 98
-2.4%
47 Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Russia 59.71 58.54 141
-2.0%
48 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), United States of America (USA) 56.72 58.33 108
2.8%
49 Harvard University, United States of America (USA) 72.87 57.59 128
-21.0%
50 The University of Manchester (UoM), United Kingdom (UK) 64.61 56.48 111
-12.6%
51 California Institute of Technology (Caltech), United States of America (USA) 62.92 56.35 106
-10.4%
52 Nagoya University, Japan 49.54 55.81 104
12.7%
53 East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST), China 58.67 54.72 109
-6.7%
54 East China Normal University (ECNU), China 52.03 54.39 87
4.5%
55 Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), South Korea 40.98 53.90 107
31.5%
56 Dalian University of Technology (DUT), China 38.57 53.10 86
37.7%
57 Leibniz Association, Germany 62.93 52.80 138
-16.1%
58 Princeton University, United States of America (USA) 56.54 52.60 82
-7.0%
59 RWTH Aachen University (RWTH Aachen), Germany 52.90 52.39 95
-1.0%
60 University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), United States of America (USA) 46.03 52.11 109
13.2%
61 Cornell University, United States of America (USA) 46.08 51.20 106
11.1%
62 Texas A&M University (TAMU), United States of America (USA) 61.85 50.63 84
-18.1%
63 Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), China 38.49 50.52 112
31.2%
64 Seoul National University (SNU), South Korea 43.46 50.49 83
16.2%
65 Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech), China 32.06 49.78 105
55.2%
66 Hunan University (HNU), China 36.74 48.89 85
33.1%
67 The University of Chicago (UChicago), United States of America (USA) 43.28 48.87 112
12.9%
68 Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Spain 41.55 48.79 176
17.4%
69 The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State), United States of America (USA) 55.76 48.62 107
-12.8%
70 University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), United States of America (USA) 53.80 47.44 86
-11.8%
71 Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), United States of America (USA) 50.20 47.04 188
-6.3%
72 Purdue University, United States of America (USA) 40.45 46.49 99
14.9%
73 Hokkaido University, Japan 46.37 45.45 86
-2.0%
74 Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India 62.27 44.15 81
-29.1%
75 University of Bristol (UoB), United Kingdom (UK) 57.81 43.67 67
-24.4%
76 Beijing University of Chemical Technology (BUCT), China 31.19 43.63 95
39.9%
77 Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin), Germany 45.55 43.50 80
-4.5%
78 Kyushu University, Japan 43.78 43.31 84
-1.1%
79 University of California, Irvine (UCI), United States of America (USA) 46.74 43.31 74
-7.3%
80 King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia 54.57 42.72 94
-21.7%
81 University of Göttingen, Germany 53.88 41.73 69
-22.5%
82 University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego), United States of America (USA) 34.84 40.57 77
16.4%
83 Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany 43.77 39.84 89
-9.0%
84 The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), China 40.94 39.40 100
-3.8%
85 Scripps Research, United States of America (USA) 55.05 39.37 60
-28.5%
86 Yale University, United States of America (USA) 47.91 39.14 80
-18.3%
87 University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison), United States of America (USA) 58.78 38.69 71
-34.2%
88 Imperial College London (ICL), United Kingdom (UK) 38.67 38.06 104
-1.6%
89 Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), United States of America (USA) 42.54 36.98 121
-13.1%
90 Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Spain 41.05 36.55 85
-10.9%
91 Northwest University (NWU), China 24.29 36.25 61
49.2%
92 University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU), Germany 45.08 35.97 76
-20.2%
93 The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), China 27.44 35.91 107
30.9%
94 Fuzhou University (FZU), China 29.08 35.82 56
23.2%
95 University of Würzburg (JMU), Germany 46.39 35.64 61
-23.2%
96 The Ohio State University (OSU), United States of America (USA) 25.50 35.21 57
38.1%
97 Columbia University in the City of New York (CU), United States of America (USA) 44.02 35.11 70
-20.3%
98 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC), United States of America (USA) 49.37 34.64 58
-29.8%
99 Shandong University (SDU), China 24.36 33.95 81
39.4%
100 University of Washington (UW), United States of America (USA) 37.25 33.87 64
-9.1%
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