2022 Research Leaders: Leading NPO/NGO institutions

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 Max Planck Society, Germany 793.17 781.22 2707
-1.5%
2 Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres, Germany 582.76 564.70 2586
-3.1%
3 Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Russia 236.34 242.39 915
2.6%
4 Leibniz Association, Germany 199.53 200.26 1036
0.4%
5 Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), China 164.86 164.61 447
-0.2%
6 Scripps Research, United States of America (USA) 119.37 104.25 251
-12.7%
7 Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Spain 100.42 100.77 353
0.3%
8 Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, United States of America (USA) 67.12 77.78 498
15.9%
9 The Francis Crick Institute, United Kingdom (UK) 58.84 57.46 186
-2.3%
10 National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), United States of America (USA) 46.41 44.54 164
-4.0%
11 Pasteur Institute, France 46.23 44.21 275
-4.4%
12 State Key Laboratory of Regional Environment and Sustainability, China 42.55 40.61 94
-4.5%
13 Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics (PI), Canada 44.44 39.58 115
-10.9%
14 Institute for Corpuscular Physics (IFIC), Spain 33.21 35.62 188
7.3%
15 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), United States of America (USA) 37.59 33.24 138
-11.6%
16 Institute of Earth Physics of Paris (IPGP), France 33.81 33.04 109
-2.3%
17 Salk Institute for Biological Studies (Salk), United States of America (USA) 28.66 32.73 93
14.2%
18 Carnegie Institution for Science (CIS), United States of America (USA) 29.49 32.29 166
9.5%
19 Wellcome Sanger Institute, United Kingdom (UK) 28.17 31.94 169
13.4%
20 Institut de Physique Théorique (IPhT), France 23.22 30.58 87
31.7%
21 Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes (ISCR), France 25.48 30.19 73
18.5%
22 ENS Physics Laboratory (LPENS), France 27.86 29.45 75
5.7%
23 John Innes Centre (JIC), United Kingdom (UK) 20.22 29.22 78
44.5%
24 Institute for Theoretical Physics (IFT), Spain 36.57 28.86 120
-21.1%
25 HHMI Janelia Research Campus, United States of America (USA) 34.10 28.01 82
-17.9%
26 Joint Quantum Institute (JQI), United States of America (USA) 29.40 27.27 60
-7.2%
27 Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (QNLM), China 22.32 24.06 142
7.8%
28 Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research (HPSTAR), China 17.51 23.69 64
35.3%
29 Vienna Biocenter (VBC), Austria 23.62 23.39 102
-1.0%
30 Cluster of Excellence - Complexity and Topology in Quantum Matter (ct.qmat), Germany 16.88 23.18 79
37.3%
31 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL), United States of America (USA) 26.34 22.85 70
-13.2%
32 Fraunhofer Society, Germany 18.75 22.84 177
21.8%
33 Institut Néel, France 18.95 21.67 67
14.3%
34 Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), France 22.15 21.21 92
-4.3%
35 Simons Foundation, United States of America (USA) 26.92 20.77 153
-22.9%
36 JILA, United States of America (USA) 23.21 19.15 53
-17.5%
37 Flanders Institute for Biotechnology (VIB), Belgium 25.87 19.13 145
-26.1%
38 Institute of Supramolecular Science and Engineering (ISIS), France 19.77 18.87 47
-4.6%
39 Laboratoire de Physique des 2 infinis Irène Joliot-Curie (IJCLab), France 12.32 18.81 175
52.7%
40 Institute for Systems Research Atomic and Molecular Complexes (IRSAMC), France 17.77 18.78 50
5.7%
41 Laboratoire de Physique des Solides (LPS), France 18.58 18.67 46
0.5%
42 Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA), Spain 20.62 17.89 295
-13.3%
43 Institute of Earth Sciences (ISTerre), France 14.24 17.84 59
25.3%
44 Theoretical Physics Center (CPHT), France 12.35 16.35 48
32.3%
45 IPSL Sciences Laboratory of Climate and the Environment (LSCE), France 12.75 16.34 69
28.2%
46 China Geological Survey (CGS), China 13.22 16.13 253
22.0%
47 State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, China 13.95 16.06 69
15.1%
48 Cancer Research UK (CRUK), United Kingdom (UK) 10.89 16.04 130
47.3%
49 Laboratoire de Physique ENS de Lyon, France 15.32 15.97 39
4.2%
50 Institut de Biologie Paris-Seine (IBPS), France 9.42 15.96 40
69.3%
51 Allen Institute, United States of America (USA) 12.18 15.87 37
30.3%
52 The Jackson Laboratory (JAX), United States of America (USA) 21.60 15.86 71
-26.6%
53 The Wistar Institute, United States of America (USA) 10.20 15.12 53
48.3%
54 Chan Zuckerberg Biohub (CZ Biohub), United States of America (USA) 14.68 15.05 166
2.5%
55 Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP), United States of America (USA) 18.12 15.03 80
-17.1%
56 Hansjorg Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, United States of America (USA) 16.96 14.78 78
-12.8%
57 Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (WEHI), Australia 12.29 14.75 81
20.1%
58 Ames Laboratory, United States of America (USA) 14.51 14.67 53
1.1%
59 Kastler Brossel Laboratory (LKB), France 17.64 14.44 31
-18.2%
60 Gladstone Institutes, United States of America (USA) 10.29 14.42 75
40.2%
61 The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity (Doherty Institute), Australia 10.58 14.33 59
35.4%
62 Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), United States of America (USA) 19.98 14.04 95
-29.7%
63 Institute of Molecular Sciences (ISM), France 14.03 13.64 34
-2.7%
64 Stowers Institute for Medical Research, United States of America (USA) 16.54 13.62 23
-17.7%
65 Institute of Mineralogy, Materials Physics and Cosmochemistry (IMPMC), France 9.91 13.61 59
37.4%
66 CAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, China 2.73 13.53 29
395.9%
67 National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics (NICPB), Estonia 3.41 13.44 83
294.1%
68 Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre (IMEC), Belgium 10.66 13.04 42
22.3%
69 Curie Institute, France 14.02 12.90 113
-8.0%
70 Department of Biology Ecole Normale Supérieure (IBENS), France 10.41 12.85 43
23.5%
71 Laboratoire Charles Coulomb (L2C), France 10.86 12.75 39
17.4%
72 Oncode Institute, Netherlands 13.43 12.45 91
-7.3%
73 Instituto Galego de Física de Altas Enerxías (IGFAE), Spain N/A 12.22 63 N/A
74 National Institute for Subatomic Physics (Nikhef), Netherlands 13.53 12.21 161
-9.7%
75 Center for Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies (C2N), France 13.92 12.16 34
-12.6%
76 Van Andel Research Institute (VAI), United States of America (USA) 11.59 12.14 31
4.7%
77 Institut Laue Langevin (ILL), France 11.30 11.93 75
5.6%
78 Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research (FMI), Switzerland 12.77 11.90 34
-6.8%
79 La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI), United States of America (USA) 11.27 11.80 56
4.7%
80 Institute of Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), France 15.86 11.73 54
-26.1%
81 Institute for Nanoscience and Cryogenics (INAC), France 11.60 11.64 48
0.3%
82 National Oceanography Centre Southampton (NOCS), United Kingdom (UK) 17.18 11.60 48
-32.5%
83 Rudjer Boskovic Institute (RBI), Croatia 15.04 11.52 106
-23.4%
84 International Solvay Institutes, Belgium 7.81 11.23 46
43.9%
85 Ludwig Cancer Research, United States of America (USA) 7.48 11.20 123
49.8%
86 Laboratory of Theoretical and High Energy Physics (LPTHE), France 10.84 11.06 30
2.1%
87 Paris Institute of Nanosciences (INSP), France 9.44 10.84 34
14.9%
88 Institut Charles Sadron (ICS), France 6.21 10.71 20
72.6%
89 Institute for Structural Biology (IBS), France 9.66 10.71 30
10.9%
90 Institute Charles Gerhardt of Montpellier (ICGM), France 13.14 10.33 32
-21.4%
91 Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), China 5.29 10.17 68
92.1%
92 Center for Integrative Biology in Toulouse (CBI Toulouse), France 12.92 10.04 22
-22.2%
93 Laboratoire Albert Fert, France 6.68 9.95 33
49.0%
94 Fujian Science and Technology Innovation Laboratory for Optoelectronic Information of China, China N/A 9.90 54 N/A
95 National Enterprise for NanoScience and NanoTechnology (NEST), Italy 16.10 9.88 31
-38.6%
96 Institute of Molecular Sciences of Marseille (iSm2), France 6.39 9.87 22
54.4%
97 Imagine Institute, France 8.44 9.85 64
16.8%
98 Institut de Chimie Moléculaire et des Matériaux d'Orsay (ICMMO), France 6.44 9.74 26
51.3%
99 Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), United States of America (USA) 15.59 9.73 56
-37.6%
100 Institute of Chemistry of Natural Substances (ICSN), France 8.32 9.56 20
14.9%
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