Top 200 government institutions in Earth & Environmental Sciences

The tables show leading institutions ranked by their fractional count (FC) in Earth and environmental sciences from 2015 to 2017. Also listed are institutions’ total number of Earth and environmental sciences articles in the Nature Index (AC 2015–2017) and the proportion of each institution’s FC in Earth and environmental sciences relative to total FC from 2015 to 2017 (% E&E 2015–2017).

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1 Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) China553.151,46911.7 %
2 National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) United States of America (USA)309.261,32976.9 %
3 French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) France303.562,02613.5 %
4 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) United States of America (USA)211.3880991.6 %
5 U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) United States of America (USA)208.3354294.8 %
6 National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) United States of America (USA)121.2437293.5 %
7 National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) Italy92.3820399.4 %
8 Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) United States of America (USA)87.0524530.5 %
9 The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Australia77.4629151.6 %
10 Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (EAWAG) Switzerland75.9122886.6 %
11 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) United States of America (USA)75.3917694.0 %
12 Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) Spain73.6230211.6 %
13 Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) Canada69.7719692.5 %
14 Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) United States of America (USA)69.6322112.4 %
15 Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) Japan63.0321491.4 %
16 Institute of Research for Development (IRD) France63.0283270.8 %
17 China Meteorological Administration (CMA) China56.7519799.3 %
18 Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) United States of America (USA)48.0919316.9 %
19 National Research Council (CNR) Italy44.8614812.0 %
20 Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) United States of America (USA)42.9212532.4 %
21 China Earthquake Administration (CEA) China42.7912399.3 %
22 U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) United States of America (USA)42.5015014.9 %
23 Met Office United Kingdom (UK)41.4112198.7 %
24 Smithsonian Institution United States of America (USA)37.2517832.5 %
25 NERC British Antarctic Survey (BAS) United Kingdom (UK)36.8810889.6 %
26 Academia Sinica Taiwan36.849616.4 %
27 NERC National Oceanography Centre (NOC) United Kingdom (UK)35.6016493.6 %
28 Atomic Energy and Alternative Energies Commission (CEA) France29.472539.5 %
29 U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) United States of America (USA)28.2412342.4 %
30 Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) India26.87564.8 %
31 Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (ASCR) Czech Republic25.458611.0 %
32 National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) Japan23.887811.3 %
33 Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) United States of America (USA)23.38676.6 %
34 French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA) France23.0918523.1 %
35 Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) Japan22.426299.4 %
36 Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) United States of America (USA)22.041146.4 %
37 Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) Finland21.797695.2 %
38 NERC British Geological Survey (BGS) United Kingdom (UK)21.088396.3 %
39 India Department of Space (DOS) India20.713586.1 %
40 India Ministry of Earth Science (MoES) India20.705597.6 %
41 Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (EMPA) Switzerland19.325727.0 %
42 Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) Australia19.1644100.0 %
43 France Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy France19.1528387.6 %
44 Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) Switzerland19.118113.0 %
45 Swedish Institute of Space Physics (IRF) Sweden18.957284.6 %
46 National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES) Japan18.387286.3 %
47 Natural Resources Canada Canada18.147294.9 %
48 Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) India18.03434.7 %
49 Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences (CAGS) China17.375492.7 %
50 German Federal Institute of Hydrology (BfG) Germany17.043699.6 %
51 China Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) China16.615095.7 %
52 Natural History Museum United Kingdom (UK)16.337553.9 %
53 Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES) France15.8230679.0 %
54 Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), NWO Netherlands15.766880.5 %
55 NERC National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS) United Kingdom (UK)15.62127100.0 %
56 State Oceanic Administration (SOA) China15.5310878.5 %
57 French Institute of Science and Technology for Transport, Development and Networks (IFSTTAR) France14.6217883.3 %
58 National Museum of Natural History (MNHN) France14.1018642.8 %
59 Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Japan14.027670.0 %
60 Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL) Switzerland13.677087.1 %
61 National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience (NIED) Japan13.5737100.0 %
62 French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea (Ifremer) France13.278882.5 %
63 Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS) Denmark13.134896.1 %
64 Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI) Netherlands12.954899.6 %
65 Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI) Sweden12.9310595.3 %
66 Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI) South Korea12.605391.1 %
67 National Research Institute of Science and Technology for Environment and Agriculture (IRSTEA) France12.574799.0 %
68 Swedish Museum of Natural History Sweden12.536065.0 %
69 Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) United States of America (USA)12.37535.6 %
70 Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) Australia12.304830.0 %
71 National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF) Italy12.305713.3 %
72 NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH) United Kingdom (UK)11.856265.7 %
73 Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) Canada11.794189.5 %
74 European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) United Kingdom (UK)11.653998.3 %
75 Geological Survey of Israel Israel11.624290.2 %
76 European Commission (EC) Belgium11.223943.8 %
77 Catalan Institute for Water Research (ICRA) Spain11.133998.3 %
78 Ministry of Science, Technology, Innovation and Communication (MCTIC) Brazil10.594322.0 %
79 National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET) Argentina10.36778.8 %
80 Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW) Austria10.336310.8 %
81 Bureau de Recherches Geologiques et Minieres (BRGM) France10.236197.9 %
82 Sandia National Laboratories United States of America (USA)9.98456.9 %
83 Geological Survey of Norway (NGU) Norway9.686299.1 %
84 U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) United States of America (USA)9.643239.4 %
85 European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) France9.525014.0 %
86 Polish Academy of Sciences (PAS) Poland9.27395.7 %
87 NERC National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO) United Kingdom (UK)9.1095100.0 %
88 National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) United States of America (USA)8.92283.1 %
89 California Environmental Protection Agency United States of America (USA)8.4522100.0 %
90 Australian Government Department of the Environment and Energy Australia8.435590.2 %
91 Norway Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries Norway8.289574.1 %
92 Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) Japan8.191923.4 %
93 Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) China7.863013.0 %
94 Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR) Germany7.792795.9 %
95 People's Liberation Army (PLA) China7.72315.1 %
96 Physical Research Laboratory (PRL) India7.501325.3 %
97 Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station (CAES) United States of America (USA)7.3219100.0 %
98 New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) United States of America (USA)6.962437.6 %
99 Netherlands Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport (VWS) Netherlands6.612267.4 %
100 Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) South Korea6.56215.8 %
101 Health Canada Canada6.401584.0 %
102 RIKEN Japan6.01311.3 %
103 National Park Service (NPS) United States of America (USA)5.974084.4 %
104 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) United States of America (USA)5.761519.8 %
105 United Nations (UN) International5.734028.3 %
106 Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI) Denmark5.6618100.0 %
107 Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC) China5.392033.9 %
108 Ontario Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change (MOECC) Canada5.322374.3 %
109 Norwegian Polar Institute Norway5.304499.1 %
110 U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) United States of America (USA)5.231499.6 %
111 Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (JASRI) Japan5.073112.6 %
112 Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (KIOST) South Korea4.892392.3 %
113 Southern California Coastal Water Research Project (SCCWRP) United States of America (USA)4.7113100.0 %
114 Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) Italy4.57168.8 %
115 Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy (BIRA-IASB) Belgium4.411766.9 %
116 Federal Office for Meteorology and Climatology (MeteoSwiss) Switzerland4.2712100.0 %
117 District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (DC WASA) United States of America (USA)4.2016100.0 %
118 National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT) Mexico4.162222.5 %
119 National Institutes of Health (NIH) United States of America (USA)4.14170.4 %
120 Norway Ministry of Education and Research Norway4.134998.8 %
121 Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM) South Korea4.092175.2 %
122 Royal Observatory of Belgium (ROB) Belgium4.011262.1 %
123 National Geology and Mining Service (SERNAGEOMIN) Chile3.991097.6 %
124 United Kingdom Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) United Kingdom (UK)3.952271.6 %
125 China Ministry of Water Resources China3.9119100.0 %
126 Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) United States of America (USA)3.912779.9 %
127 Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HAS) Hungary3.85283.4 %
128 National Institute for Amazonian Research (INPA) Brazil3.771977.6 %
129 Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA) United States of America (USA)3.748100.0 %
130 Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) Australia3.712635.4 %
131 China Geological Survey (CGS) China3.697357.1 %
132 Western Australia Department of Mines and Petroleum (DMP) Australia3.481299.9 %
133 Icelandic Met Office (IMO) Iceland3.471594.6 %
134 Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) South Korea3.4614100.0 %
135 European Space Agency (ESA) France3.362722.9 %
136 Geophysical Institute of Peru (IGP) Peru3.3517100.0 %
137 Czech Geological Survey Czech Republic3.3419100.0 %
138 SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research Netherlands3.331349.5 %
139 Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH) Norway3.24759.8 %
140 National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology (QST) Japan3.04610.8 %
141 Centre Européen de Recherche et de Formation Avancée en Calcul Scientifique (CERFACS) France3.0210100.0 %
142 Geological Survey of Finland (GTK) Finland3.019100.0 %
143 PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency Netherlands2.9415100.0 %
144 Government of Western Australia Australia2.905668.5 %
145 Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) Indonesia2.851682.2 %
146 Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera (IPMA) Portugal2.8114100.0 %
147 Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) United States of America (USA)2.801177.0 %
148 Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO) Spain2.791555.8 %
149 National Research Council (NRC) Canada2.6794.7 %
150 Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI) Japan2.65687.7 %
151 Geoscience Australia Australia2.601794.0 %
152 Museum of Natural History of Vienna (NHMW) Austria2.591195.1 %
153 Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO) - Remote Sensing and Earth Observation Processes (TAP) Belgium2.551077.6 %
154 Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium (RMI) Belgium2.50381.3 %
155 Alberta Geological Survey Canada2.435100.0 %
156 Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI) Germany2.371381.7 %
157 Israel Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development Israel2.37834.4 %
158 Institute for Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety (IRSN) France2.36985.0 %
159 National Institute of Public Health (NIPH) Japan2.33496.3 %
160 APEC Climate Center (APCC) South Korea2.307100.0 %
161 National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) Japan2.2850.9 %
162 National Institute for Health and Medical Research (INSERM) France2.24410.8 %
163 Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in South Africa South Africa2.221055.6 %
164 Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) United Kingdom (UK)2.17232.3 %
165 Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) Canada2.101025.0 %
166 National Institute of Geographic and Forest Information (IGN) France2.071196.8 %
167 Madrid Institute of Advanced Studies (IMDEA) Spain2.0744.9 %
168 Department of Industry Australia2.055562.5 %
169 Natural Resources Institute Finland (LUKE) Finland2.031156.5 %
170 Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency (FRA) Japan2.03677.0 %
171 Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) Finland2.011352.7 %
172 Geological Agency of Indonesia Indonesia2.008100.0 %
173 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) United States of America (USA)1.962647.6 %
174 National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN) Italy1.93130.5 %
175 Institute of Health Carlos III (ISCIII) Spain1.93113.4 %
176 National Research Institute for Mathematics and Computer Science (CWI) Netherlands1.92341.3 %
177 Federal Environment Agency Germany (UBA) Germany1.926100.0 %
178 Brazil Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, and Supply Brazil1.911156.6 %
179 National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) Japan1.88139.1 %
180 Alaska Department of Natural Resources (DNR) United States of America (USA)1.8816100.0 %
181 Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences (CAFS) China1.875558.3 %
182 The National Food Agency Sweden1.874100.0 %
183 Agroscope Switzerland1.851732.6 %
184 South African National Space Agency (SANSA) South Africa1.785100.0 %
185 Central Weather Bureau Taiwan1.728100.0 %
186 Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA) Italy1.721126.4 %
187 Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR) Greece1.71486.8 %
188 Finland Ministry of Social Affairs and Health Finland1.70630.8 %
189 Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research (ILVO) Belgium1.69393.6 %
190 Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) South Korea1.64319.9 %
191 National Centre for Scientific Research 'Demokritos' (NCSR) Greece1.6476.3 %
192 PUB, Singapore's National Water Agency Singapore1.616100.0 %
193 Russian Federal Nuclear Center (RFNC-VNIIEF) Russia1.60277.9 %
194 Centre for Energy, Environment and Technology (CIEMAT) Spain1.59721.3 %
195 National Institutes of Natural Sciences (NINS) Japan1.57131.6 %
196 Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) Singapore1.5360.6 %
197 Greenland Institute of Natural Resources (GINR) Greenland1.52788.4 %
198 National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) United States of America (USA)1.5181.6 %
199 Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP), State Government Victoria Australia1.515170.7 %
200 Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN) Japan1.516100.0 %