2023 Research Leaders: Leading institutions in chemistry

The 2023 Research Leaders are based on Nature Index data from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022.

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Position Institution Share 2021 Share 2022 Count 2022 Change in Share 2021–2022
1 Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), China N/A 590.45 1862 N/A
2 University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), China N/A 220.64 528 N/A
3 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS), China N/A 163.56 681 N/A
4 Nanjing University (NJU), China N/A 160.73 315 N/A
5 French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), France N/A 148.64 702 N/A
6 Nankai University (NKU), China N/A 147.82 350 N/A
7 Tsinghua University, China N/A 143.11 374 N/A
8 Sichuan University (SCU), China N/A 137.49 203 N/A
9 Max Planck Society, Germany N/A 136.39 359 N/A
10 Zhejiang University (ZJU), China N/A 132.06 276 N/A
11 Peking University (PKU), China N/A 121.57 493 N/A
12 Jilin University (JLU), China N/A 119.20 226 N/A
13 Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), China N/A 113.05 233 N/A
14 Tianjin University (TJU), China N/A 112.14 309 N/A
15 Fudan University, China N/A 110.41 242 N/A
16 Soochow University, China N/A 106.36 207 N/A
17 Xiamen University (XMU), China N/A 106.33 192 N/A
18 Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU), China N/A 101.25 179 N/A
19 Dalian University of Technology (DUT), China N/A 94.31 159 N/A
20 Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), China N/A 92.28 209 N/A
21 South China University of Technology (SCUT), China N/A 89.55 185 N/A
22 The University of Tokyo (UTokyo), Japan N/A 85.78 158 N/A
23 Shandong University (SDU), China N/A 83.07 195 N/A
24 Kyoto University, Japan N/A 82.99 170 N/A
25 Wuhan University (WHU), China N/A 82.71 155 N/A
26 Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres, Germany N/A 82.12 312 N/A
27 University of Cambridge, United Kingdom (UK) N/A 80.64 165 N/A
28 National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore N/A 79.16 221 N/A
29 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), United States of America (USA) N/A 78.24 157 N/A
30 Zhengzhou University (ZZU), China N/A 77.82 226 N/A
31 Lanzhou University (LZU), China N/A 77.81 137 N/A
32 East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST), China N/A 77.53 147 N/A
33 Northwestern University (NU), United States of America (USA) N/A 75.57 140 N/A
34 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich), Switzerland N/A 73.28 154 N/A
35 University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley), United States of America (USA) N/A 73.19 176 N/A
36 Stanford University, United States of America (USA) N/A 68.00 158 N/A
37 The University of Osaka (UOsaka), Japan N/A 67.88 135 N/A
38 University of Oxford, United Kingdom (UK) N/A 67.74 150 N/A
39 Beijing University of Chemical Technology (BUCT), China N/A 67.24 118 N/A
40 Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), China N/A 66.49 146 N/A
41 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland N/A 65.94 126 N/A
42 Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT), China N/A 65.82 137 N/A
43 Xi'an Jiaotong University (XJTU), China N/A 65.32 141 N/A
44 Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech), China N/A 62.82 137 N/A
45 East China Normal University (ECNU), China N/A 61.36 147 N/A
46 Central South University (CSU), China N/A 60.64 115 N/A
47 Hunan University (HNU), China N/A 58.99 106 N/A
48 Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Russia N/A 57.30 135 N/A
49 University of Michigan (U-M), United States of America (USA) N/A 56.83 112 N/A
50 Leibniz Association, Germany N/A 56.54 167 N/A
51 Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), South Korea N/A 54.87 110 N/A
52 Henan University (HENU), China N/A 54.22 82 N/A
53 Institute of Science Tokyo (Science Tokyo), Japan N/A 52.17 110 N/A
54 Fuzhou University (FZU), China N/A 52.03 112 N/A
55 California Institute of Technology (Caltech), United States of America (USA) N/A 51.93 97 N/A
56 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), United States of America (USA) N/A 50.79 98 N/A
57 Shaanxi Normal University (SNNU), China N/A 50.15 80 N/A
58 Harvard University, United States of America (USA) N/A 50.10 114 N/A
59 Hokkaido University, Japan N/A 49.93 92 N/A
60 Jiangsu University (JSU), China N/A 49.53 80 N/A
61 Shenzhen University (SZU), China N/A 49.22 132 N/A
62 Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India N/A 49.21 102 N/A
63 Anhui University (AHU), China N/A 48.63 96 N/A
64 Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany N/A 48.55 112 N/A
65 Texas A&M University (TAMU), United States of America (USA) N/A 48.23 77 N/A
66 University of Pennsylvania (Penn), United States of America (USA) N/A 48.08 86 N/A
67 Seoul National University (SNU), South Korea N/A 47.92 89 N/A
68 Southeast University (SEU), China N/A 47.90 104 N/A
69 Chongqing University (CQU), China N/A 47.29 97 N/A
70 Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore N/A 47.10 142 N/A
71 University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), United States of America (USA) N/A 46.66 113 N/A
72 University of Science and Technology Beijing (USTB), China N/A 45.77 89 N/A
73 University of Münster (WWU), Germany N/A 45.56 68 N/A
74 Princeton University, United States of America (USA) N/A 45.25 87 N/A
75 Northeast Normal University (NENU), China N/A 44.74 67 N/A
76 Indian Institute of Science (IISc), India N/A 44.02 67 N/A
77 The University of Manchester (UoM), United Kingdom (UK) N/A 43.88 90 N/A
78 The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin), United States of America (USA) N/A 43.87 100 N/A
79 Shandong Normal University (SDNU), China N/A 42.97 71 N/A
80 RWTH Aachen University (RWTH Aachen), Germany N/A 42.30 96 N/A
81 City University of Hong Kong (CityU), China N/A 41.97 129 N/A
82 The University of Chicago (UChicago), United States of America (USA) N/A 41.34 93 N/A
83 Southwest University (SWU), China N/A 41.02 46 N/A
84 Zhejiang University of Technology (ZJUT), China N/A 40.46 86 N/A
85 Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich (LMU), Germany N/A 40.42 98 N/A
86 King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia N/A 39.92 90 N/A
87 University of California, Irvine (UCI), United States of America (USA) N/A 39.14 71 N/A
88 Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), United States of America (USA) N/A 39.01 182 N/A
89 University of Toronto (U of T), Canada N/A 38.76 74 N/A
90 Beijing Normal University (BNU), China N/A 38.45 102 N/A
91 Yale University, United States of America (USA) N/A 38.38 67 N/A
92 Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Spain N/A 38.19 163 N/A
93 The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), China N/A 37.99 121 N/A
94 Northwest University (NWU), China N/A 37.98 57 N/A
95 Kyushu University, Japan N/A 37.85 84 N/A
96 University of Würzburg (JMU), Germany N/A 37.73 68 N/A
97 Tohoku University, Japan N/A 37.40 92 N/A
98 Imperial College London (ICL), United Kingdom (UK) N/A 37.24 101 N/A
99 Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay), India N/A 37.08 46 N/A
100 Scripps Research, United States of America (USA) N/A 36.90 62 N/A
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