2020 Research Leaders: Leading institutions in chemistry

The 2020 Research Leaders are based on Nature Index data from 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2019.

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Position Institution Share 2018 Share 2019 Count 2019 Change in Share 2018–2019
1 Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), China 559.95 581.89 1634
3.9%
2 University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), China 145.35 198.49 433
36.6%
3 French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), France 183.37 185.80 845
1.3%
4 Max Planck Society, Germany 154.67 151.21 365
-2.2%
5 Nanjing University (NJU), China 155.76 146.62 268
-5.9%
6 Tsinghua University, China 135.78 142.69 349
5.1%
7 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS), China 103.91 140.36 641
35.1%
8 Peking University (PKU), China 110.83 129.42 455
16.8%
9 Sichuan University (SCU), China 103.94 128.09 169
23.2%
10 Nankai University (NKU), China 97.35 127.32 306
30.8%
11 Kyoto University, Japan 118.56 119.19 217
0.5%
12 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), United States of America (USA) 110.42 115.43 202
4.5%
13 Zhejiang University (ZJU), China 99.96 114.32 212
14.4%
14 Soochow University, China 97.52 113.85 196
16.7%
15 The University of Tokyo (UTokyo), Japan 110.09 112.26 216
2.0%
16 Stanford University, United States of America (USA) 90.76 106.86 212
17.7%
17 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland 72.14 103.77 160
43.8%
18 Northwestern University (NU), United States of America (USA) 95.96 95.97 175
0.0%
19 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich), Switzerland 92.45 95.52 190
3.3%
20 Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres, Germany 85.12 94.76 348
11.3%
21 Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore 106.36 92.74 210
-12.8%
22 University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley), United States of America (USA) 86.52 91.41 220
5.7%
23 Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU), China 64.92 91.27 163
40.6%
24 University of Oxford, United Kingdom (UK) 85.79 90.71 162
5.7%
25 Jilin University (JLU), China 70.70 89.03 164
25.9%
26 Xiamen University (XMU), China 73.17 87.46 143
19.5%
27 Fudan University, China 81.96 84.31 184
2.9%
28 University of Cambridge, United Kingdom (UK) 90.19 83.48 174
-7.4%
29 Wuhan University (WHU), China 67.31 82.41 133
22.4%
30 The University of Osaka (UOsaka), Japan 70.65 80.90 129
14.5%
31 National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore 93.20 79.50 178
-14.7%
32 Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech), China 49.78 77.69 136
56.1%
33 Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), China 75.41 76.65 178
1.6%
34 Tianjin University (TJU), China 61.72 76.29 281
23.6%
35 East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST), China 54.72 74.64 136
36.4%
36 Institute of Science Tokyo (Science Tokyo), Japan 59.93 72.93 126
21.7%
37 Lanzhou University (LZU), China 71.07 70.02 129
-1.5%
38 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), United States of America (USA) 58.33 69.87 118
19.8%
39 South China University of Technology (SCUT), China 67.60 67.37 151
-0.3%
40 Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), China 63.64 66.05 118
3.8%
41 Leibniz Association, Germany 52.80 62.82 159
19.0%
42 East China Normal University (ECNU), China 54.39 60.83 117
11.9%
43 University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), United States of America (USA) 47.44 59.31 125
25.0%
44 University of Toronto (U of T), Canada 72.67 58.93 89
-18.9%
45 Hunan University (HNU), China 48.89 58.65 101
20.0%
46 University of Michigan (U-M), United States of America (USA) 67.23 58.12 106
-13.5%
47 Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), China 50.52 58.11 148
15.0%
48 RWTH Aachen University (RWTH Aachen), Germany 52.39 57.67 100
10.1%
49 The University of Chicago (UChicago), United States of America (USA) 48.87 56.68 118
16.0%
50 University of Pennsylvania (Penn), United States of America (USA) 59.04 56.05 106
-5.1%
51 Hokkaido University, Japan 45.45 55.65 107
22.4%
52 The University of Manchester (UoM), United Kingdom (UK) 56.48 55.44 106
-1.9%
53 Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich (LMU), Germany 65.56 55.29 125
-15.7%
54 University of Minnesota (UMN), United States of America (USA) 74.08 55.19 89
-25.5%
55 Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), United States of America (USA) 63.17 55.16 220
-12.7%
56 University of Münster (WWU), Germany 63.75 54.78 80
-14.1%
57 Harvard University, United States of America (USA) 57.59 54.24 121
-5.8%
58 California Institute of Technology (Caltech), United States of America (USA) 56.35 54.16 95
-3.9%
59 Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany 39.84 54.00 115
35.6%
60 Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), South Korea 53.90 53.79 111
-0.2%
61 Cornell University, United States of America (USA) 51.20 53.32 122
4.1%
62 University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), United States of America (USA) 52.11 53.11 115
1.9%
63 Dalian University of Technology (DUT), China 53.10 51.97 96
-2.1%
64 Fuzhou University (FZU), China 35.82 51.85 95
44.7%
65 Yale University, United States of America (USA) 39.14 51.13 75
30.6%
66 Xi'an Jiaotong University (XJTU), China 33.60 51.01 117
51.8%
67 University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison), United States of America (USA) 38.69 50.30 87
30.0%
68 Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), United States of America (USA) 33.03 49.50 107
49.9%
69 The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin), United States of America (USA) 71.05 49.10 97
-30.9%
70 University of Göttingen, Germany 41.73 49.03 78
17.5%
71 Shandong University (SDU), China 33.95 48.44 122
42.7%
72 Princeton University, United States of America (USA) 52.60 48.41 87
-8.0%
73 Tohoku University, Japan 59.95 48.38 108
-19.3%
74 Kyushu University, Japan 43.31 48.33 91
11.6%
75 University of Würzburg (JMU), Germany 35.64 47.88 70
34.3%
76 Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India 44.15 47.47 95
7.5%
77 Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Russia 58.54 46.69 132
-20.2%
78 Zhengzhou University (ZZU), China 28.70 46.46 127
61.9%
79 Nagoya University, Japan 55.81 44.89 92
-19.6%
80 Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT), China 33.26 44.09 96
32.6%
81 Texas A&M University (TAMU), United States of America (USA) 50.63 43.86 78
-13.4%
82 Beijing University of Chemical Technology (BUCT), China 43.63 43.44 96
-0.4%
83 The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State), United States of America (USA) 48.62 43.06 93
-11.4%
84 Johns Hopkins University (JHU), United States of America (USA) 28.42 42.69 82
50.2%
85 Beijing Normal University (BNU), China 30.64 42.41 95
38.4%
86 Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Spain 48.79 42.40 175
-13.1%
87 Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), United States of America (USA) 47.04 42.25 181
-10.2%
88 University of Bristol (UoB), United Kingdom (UK) 43.67 42.02 67
-3.8%
89 University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego), United States of America (USA) 40.57 41.64 86
2.6%
90 The Ohio State University (OSU), United States of America (USA) 35.21 41.50 60
17.8%
91 University of California, Irvine (UCI), United States of America (USA) 43.31 41.10 73
-5.1%
92 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC), United States of America (USA) 34.64 40.74 61
17.6%
93 The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), China 39.40 40.13 109
1.8%
94 Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Spain 36.55 40.11 86
9.7%
95 Shaanxi Normal University (SNNU), China 31.97 38.26 71
19.7%
96 University of Regensburg (UR), Germany 28.24 38.20 60
35.3%
97 Philipps University of Marburg (Uni Marburg), Germany 26.16 36.83 56
40.8%
98 Heidelberg University (Uni Heidelberg), Germany 27.90 36.62 57
31.2%
99 Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin), Germany 43.50 36.59 63
-15.9%
100 University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney), Australia 30.54 36.38 92
19.1%
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