Top 20 science cities in Physical Sciences
The top 20 science cities and metro areas (MA) in the physical sciences, ordered by fractional count (FC) in 2017. Also shown are each city’s total number of physical science articles (AC) in 2017 and the city’s share of the country or region’s FC in the subject.
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| 1 | Beijing | China | 802.27 | 1,802 | 28.0% |
| 2 | San Francisco - San Jose | United States of America (USA) | 516.15 | 1,268 | 10.3% |
| 3 | Boston - Cambridge - Newton | United States of America (USA) | 503.75 | 1,255 | 10.1% |
| 4 | New York MA | United States of America (USA) | 453.27 | 1,212 | 9.1% |
| 5 | Tokyo MA | Japan | 446.00 | 1,023 | 46.3% |
| 6 | Paris MA | France | 357.31 | 1,073 | 47.9% |
| 7 | Seoul MA | South Korea | 347.83 | 754 | 56.2% |
| 8 | Baltimore - Washington | United States of America (USA) | 309.82 | 893 | 6.2% |
| 9 | Los Angeles - Long Beach - Anaheim | United States of America (USA) | 280.24 | 751 | 5.6% |
| 10 | Shanghai | China | 278.18 | 724 | 9.7% |
| 11 | Chicago - Naperville - Elgin | United States of America (USA) | 274.48 | 815 | 5.5% |
| 12 | Singapore | Singapore | 264.59 | 481 | 100.0%* |
| 13 | Nanjing | China | 227.12 | 579 | 7.9% |
| 14 | Zürich | Switzerland | 188.86 | 546 | 39.1% |
| 15 | Munich | Germany | 181.07 | 586 | 11.6% |
| 16 | London MA | United Kingdom (UK) | 175.30 | 663 | 17.2% |
| 17 | Berlin MA | Germany | 162.03 | 477 | 10.3% |
| 18 | Kyoto - Osaka - Kobe (Keihanshin) | Japan | 157.73 | 441 | 16.4% |
| 19 | Wuhan | China | 154.03 | 371 | 5.4% |
| 20 | Cambridge | United Kingdom (UK) | 153.83 | 503 | 15.1% |
Footnote
* Singapore is a city-state.