2022 Research Leaders: Leading institutions in chemistry

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

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Position Institution Share 2020 Share 2021 Count 2021 Change in Share 2020–2021
1 Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), China 573.37 595.09 1753
3.8%
2 University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), China 173.85 201.61 459
16.0%
3 Nanjing University (NJU), China 134.20 163.68 286
22.0%
4 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS), China 141.07 161.77 668
14.7%
5 French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), France 171.21 156.74 754
-8.5%
6 Max Planck Society, Germany 165.11 156.03 396
-5.5%
7 Tsinghua University, China 124.15 149.65 370
20.5%
8 Nankai University (NKU), China 107.62 145.80 281
35.5%
9 Sichuan University (SCU), China 118.33 125.00 187
5.6%
10 Fudan University, China 91.23 112.11 224
22.9%
11 Zhejiang University (ZJU), China 105.27 111.01 235
5.5%
12 Jilin University (JLU), China 103.03 106.49 186
3.4%
13 The University of Tokyo (UTokyo), Japan 111.72 105.78 194
-5.3%
14 Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres, Germany 83.17 104.66 391
25.8%
15 Peking University (PKU), China 113.11 101.04 409
-10.7%
16 Soochow University, China 100.23 100.12 179
-0.1%
17 Xiamen University (XMU), China 91.87 99.06 177
7.8%
18 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), United States of America (USA) 104.21 97.71 185
-6.2%
19 Kyoto University, Japan 101.58 94.53 197
-6.9%
20 National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore 93.07 94.35 233
1.4%
21 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich), Switzerland 89.09 93.68 178
5.2%
22 Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU), China 80.63 91.57 182
13.6%
23 Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), China 85.38 87.22 181
2.2%
24 South China University of Technology (SCUT), China 59.76 86.15 158
44.2%
25 Tianjin University (TJU), China 86.12 84.93 223
-1.4%
26 Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore 78.26 84.71 188
8.2%
27 Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), China 82.43 82.88 204
0.5%
28 Northwestern University (NU), United States of America (USA) 96.28 82.10 155
-14.7%
29 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland 86.37 79.87 130
-7.5%
30 Wuhan University (WHU), China 72.97 79.61 146
9.1%
31 The University of Osaka (UOsaka), Japan 84.84 79.16 144
-6.7%
32 University of Münster (WWU), Germany 60.35 78.73 106
30.4%
33 Lanzhou University (LZU), China 64.80 77.84 137
20.1%
34 University of Cambridge, United Kingdom (UK) 87.07 77.75 182
-10.7%
35 Stanford University, United States of America (USA) 87.75 77.59 169
-11.6%
36 Hunan University (HNU), China 54.21 75.43 122
39.2%
37 Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Russia 82.83 75.38 167
-9.0%
38 University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley), United States of America (USA) 97.04 73.52 186
-24.2%
39 University of Oxford, United Kingdom (UK) 84.35 72.57 160
-14.0%
40 Zhengzhou University (ZZU), China 61.03 72.41 215
18.7%
41 University of Toronto (U of T), Canada 71.49 70.96 112
-0.7%
42 Harvard University, United States of America (USA) 61.63 66.68 136
8.2%
43 Shandong University (SDU), China 41.77 65.65 154
57.2%
44 Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), China 63.72 64.77 115
1.7%
45 Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT), China 38.27 63.39 112
65.6%
46 East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST), China 68.97 62.86 111
-8.9%
47 East China Normal University (ECNU), China 67.44 62.14 134
-7.9%
48 Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), South Korea 73.86 61.80 128
-16.3%
49 The University of Chicago (UChicago), United States of America (USA) 54.05 61.25 132
13.3%
50 University of Michigan (U-M), United States of America (USA) 61.09 60.58 102
-0.8%
51 Institute of Science Tokyo (Science Tokyo), Japan 71.92 60.30 109
-16.2%
52 Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech), China 58.38 59.87 116
2.6%
53 Dalian University of Technology (DUT), China 41.46 58.93 122
42.1%
54 Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany 48.69 57.18 134
17.4%
55 Chongqing University (CQU), China 30.80 57.02 100
85.1%
56 Leibniz Association, Germany 63.58 56.22 156
-11.6%
57 Seoul National University (SNU), South Korea 59.36 54.68 104
-7.9%
58 Xi'an Jiaotong University (XJTU), China 44.65 52.59 113
17.8%
59 The University of Manchester (UoM), United Kingdom (UK) 59.55 51.66 105
-13.2%
60 University of Minnesota (UMN), United States of America (USA) 56.58 51.65 92
-8.7%
61 Nagoya University, Japan 51.78 49.79 85
-3.8%
62 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), United States of America (USA) 52.75 49.66 92
-5.9%
63 Central South University (CSU), China 27.40 49.01 92
78.9%
64 Fuzhou University (FZU), China 32.49 48.81 112
50.2%
65 California Institute of Technology (Caltech), United States of America (USA) 46.92 48.36 98
3.1%
66 RWTH Aachen University (RWTH Aachen), Germany 50.22 48.28 109
-3.8%
67 University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), United States of America (USA) 57.26 48.10 112
-16.0%
68 Hokkaido University, Japan 48.06 47.75 101
-0.6%
69 Beijing University of Chemical Technology (BUCT), China 44.64 47.32 85
6.0%
70 The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin), United States of America (USA) 52.39 46.79 98
-10.7%
71 Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich (LMU), Germany 42.53 46.73 115
9.9%
72 Princeton University, United States of America (USA) 53.36 46.65 87
-12.6%
73 Kyushu University, Japan 49.32 45.77 84
-7.2%
74 University of Göttingen, Germany 50.67 45.51 90
-10.2%
75 Yale University, United States of America (USA) 44.62 44.63 83
0.0%
76 University of Pennsylvania (Penn), United States of America (USA) 48.98 43.89 86
-10.4%
77 University of Würzburg (JMU), Germany 44.58 43.64 86
-2.1%
78 Texas A&M University (TAMU), United States of America (USA) 63.29 43.44 83
-31.4%
79 Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), United States of America (USA) 59.92 42.21 191
-29.6%
80 King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia 40.19 42.18 87
4.9%
81 Tohoku University, Japan 52.25 41.55 93
-20.5%
82 University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison), United States of America (USA) 42.89 41.44 74
-3.4%
83 Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Spain 48.17 41.19 162
-14.5%
84 The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), China 29.87 40.77 154
36.5%
85 Northeast Normal University (NENU), China 29.55 40.73 61
37.8%
86 Purdue University, United States of America (USA) 49.63 40.62 87
-18.2%
87 Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay), India 29.45 40.37 57
37.1%
88 Tongji University, China 14.46 39.77 82
175.0%
89 Anhui University (AHU), China 26.73 39.15 86
46.5%
90 Shaanxi Normal University (SNNU), China 39.10 38.91 64
-0.5%
91 The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), China 47.09 38.50 124
-18.2%
92 University of California, Irvine (UCI), United States of America (USA) 31.94 38.36 74
20.1%
93 Northwest University (NWU), China 34.86 38.34 66
10.0%
94 Heidelberg University (Uni Heidelberg), Germany 33.21 38.26 74
15.2%
95 Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), United States of America (USA) 35.51 38.21 78
7.6%
96 Cornell University, United States of America (USA) 53.45 38.16 89
-28.6%
97 Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India 39.02 37.89 80
-2.9%
98 University of Regensburg (UR), Germany 28.80 37.30 56
29.5%
99 Shandong Normal University (SDNU), China 32.05 37.26 59
16.2%
100 Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT), China 32.47 36.54 83
12.5%
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