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 Adjusted Share* 2021–2022
1 Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), China 1008.31 1006.27 3028 0.7% Increase
2 University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), China 272.01 325.57 773 20.7% Increase
3 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS), China 264.68 278.94 1191 6.3% Increase
4 Nanjing University (NJU), China 235.15 266.12 511 14.2% Increase
5 Tsinghua University, China 207.98 237.81 574 15.3% Increase
6 Nankai University (NKU), China 202.28 227.33 489 13.4% Increase
7 Sichuan University (SCU), China 170.97 213.04 320 25.7% Increase
8 Peking University (PKU), China 190.35 212.06 808 12.4% Increase
9 Zhejiang University (ZJU), China 195.39 196.79 430 1.6% Increase
10 Max Planck Society, Germany 231.19 193.03 544 -15.8% Decrease
11 French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), France 205.96 189.81 955 -7.0% Decrease
12 Fudan University, China 199.14 180.84 382 -8.4% Decrease
13 Jilin University (JLU), China 139.22 162.12 305 17.5% Increase
14 Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), China 152.36 161.56 401 7.0% Increase
15 Xiamen University (XMU), China 139.25 160.23 289 16.1% Increase
16 Soochow University, China 159.21 160.20 288 1.5% Increase
17 Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), China 135.64 158.21 366 17.7% Increase
18 Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU), China 138.57 150.84 273 9.8% Increase
19 Tianjin University (TJU), China 113.84 141.23 413 25.1% Increase
20 Shandong University (SDU), China 109.40 137.79 289 27.0% Increase
21 Wuhan University (WHU), China 122.87 136.82 251 12.3% Increase
22 Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres, Germany 156.01 131.33 508 -15.1% Decrease
23 Stanford University, United States of America (USA) 130.89 127.88 307 -1.5% Decrease
24 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), United States of America (USA) 153.64 127.31 290 -16.4% Decrease
25 South China University of Technology (SCUT), China 110.47 127.28 270 16.2% Increase
26 The University of Tokyo (UTokyo), Japan 151.76 126.04 261 -16.2% Decrease
27 University of Cambridge, United Kingdom (UK) 115.69 118.51 255 3.3% Increase
28 Dalian University of Technology (DUT), China 83.82 118.35 208 42.4% Increase
29 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich), Switzerland 135.62 114.90 233 -14.5% Decrease
30 East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST), China 91.28 113.00 191 24.9% Increase
31 Kyoto University, Japan 121.69 111.86 226 -7.3% Decrease
32 Northwestern University (NU), United States of America (USA) 133.79 110.99 217 -16.3% Decrease
33 Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT), China 92.33 110.63 229 20.9% Increase
34 Hunan University (HNU), China 123.73 108.43 185 -11.6% Decrease
35 National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore 131.59 107.22 315 -17.8% Decrease
36 Zhengzhou University (ZZU), China 93.04 105.35 312 14.2% Increase
37 University of Oxford, United Kingdom (UK) 113.74 103.11 245 -8.6% Decrease
38 Beijing University of Chemical Technology (BUCT), China 65.12 100.41 189 55.6% Increase
39 University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley), United States of America (USA) 112.75 94.44 267 -15.5% Decrease
40 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), United States of America (USA) 88.34 93.35 168 6.6% Increase
41 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland 106.58 93.30 181 -11.7% Decrease
42 Harvard University, United States of America (USA) 118.96 91.70 234 -22.3% Decrease
43 Central South University (CSU), China 71.47 91.68 176 29.4% Increase
44 Lanzhou University (LZU), China 81.62 91.01 165 12.5% Increase
45 Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), China 78.97 90.01 240 15.0% Increase
46 Xi'an Jiaotong University (XJTU), China 63.85 87.77 213 38.7% Increase
47 Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore 121.57 85.08 225 -29.4% Decrease
48 The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin), United States of America (USA) 76.25 84.55 171 11.8% Increase
49 Chongqing University (CQU), China 79.68 83.38 161 5.6% Increase
50 Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), South Korea 69.20 81.89 161 19.4% Increase
51 Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech), China 73.83 81.55 181 11.4% Increase
52 East China Normal University (ECNU), China 85.15 81.07 184 -4.0% Decrease
53 Osaka University, Japan 100.65 81.05 170 -18.8% Decrease
54 Leibniz Association, Germany 78.23 79.66 243 2.7% Increase
55 Fuzhou University (FZU), China 86.23 79.25 181 -7.3% Decrease
56 Southwest University (SWU), China 55.17 76.42 93 39.7% Increase
57 Shandong Normal University (SDNU), China 75.63 75.63 117 0.9% Increase
58 University of Pennsylvania (Penn), United States of America (USA) 71.84 74.64 140 4.8% Increase
59 University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), United States of America (USA) 81.47 73.41 183 -9.1% Decrease
60 Seoul National University (SNU), South Korea 87.77 73.25 149 -15.8% Decrease
61 University of Michigan (U-M), United States of America (USA) 80.85 70.21 154 -12.4% Decrease
62 City University of Hong Kong (CityU), China 57.27 69.45 196 22.3% Increase
63 Shenzhen University (SZU), China 57.17 69.29 188 22.3% Increase
64 Princeton University, United States of America (USA) 58.46 68.53 130 18.3% Increase
65 Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Russia 89.69 68.31 179 -23.2% Decrease
66 Texas A&M University (TAMU), United States of America (USA) 62.61 67.72 111 9.1% Increase
67 Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany 73.14 66.97 160 -7.6% Decrease
68 University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison), United States of America (USA) 68.33 66.18 104 -2.3% Decrease
69 Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech), Japan 82.83 64.76 141 -21.1% Decrease
70 University of Toronto (U of T), Canada 81.63 64.66 117 -20.1% Decrease
71 Imperial College London (ICL), United Kingdom (UK) 71.79 64.54 189 -9.3% Decrease
72 Hokkaido University, Japan 65.00 64.15 126 -0.4% Decrease
73 The University of Manchester (UoM), United Kingdom (UK) 70.76 63.82 146 -9.0% Decrease
74 Southeast University (SEU), China 50.11 63.73 140 28.3% Increase
75 University of California, Irvine (UCI), United States of America (USA) 52.33 63.39 112 22.2% Increase
76 Shaanxi Normal University (SNNU), China 50.83 63.36 97 25.7% Increase
77 King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia 59.16 62.84 132 7.2% Increase
78 California Institute of Technology (Caltech), United States of America (USA) 68.15 61.94 132 -8.3% Decrease
79 Purdue University, United States of America (USA) 67.37 61.19 116 -8.4% Decrease
80 University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego), United States of America (USA) 74.19 60.90 124 -17.2% Decrease
81 Cornell University, United States of America (USA) 66.27 60.84 144 -7.4% Decrease
82 University of Münster (WWU), Germany 90.26 60.55 92 -32.3% Decrease
83 The University of Chicago (UChicago), United States of America (USA) 86.31 59.61 129 -30.3% Decrease
84 University of Science and Technology Beijing (USTB), China 40.32 59.29 128 48.3% Increase
85 Henan University (HENU), China 40.11 58.67 98 47.5% Increase
86 University of Würzburg (JMU), Germany 57.80 58.54 109 2.2% Increase
87 Tohoku University, Japan 54.79 57.11 139 5.1% Increase
88 University of Washington (UW), United States of America (USA) 65.15 56.71 126 -12.2% Decrease
89 Anhui University (AHU), China 38.42 55.22 124 45.0% Increase
90 Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India 44.36 54.97 124 25.0% Increase
91 Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), South Korea 62.81 54.02 125 -13.3% Decrease
92 Beijing Normal University (BNU), China 52.67 53.96 122 3.3% Increase
93 Shanghai University (SHU), China 39.13 53.47 127 37.8% Increase
94 Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), United States of America (USA) 74.41 52.93 250 -28.2% Decrease
95 ShanghaiTech University, China 39.49 52.27 172 33.5% Increase
96 The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), China 62.40 52.00 205 -15.9% Decrease
97 Jiangsu University (JSU), China 30.52 51.05 80 68.7% Increase
98 The Ohio State University (OSU), United States of America (USA) 54.14 50.84 89 -5.3% Decrease
99 Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT), China 46.30 50.60 123 10.2% Increase
100 The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), China 51.95 50.25 157 -2.4% Decrease

Footnote

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  1. The data behind the tables are based on a relatively small proportion of total research papers, they cover the natural sciences and health sciences only and outputs are non-normalized (that is, they don’t reflect the size of the country or institution, or its overall research output).
  2. The Nature Index is one indicator of institutional research performance. The metrics of Count and Share used to order Nature Index listings are based on an institution’s or country’s publication output in 145 natural-science and health-science journals. The journals were selected on reputation by an independent panel of leading scientists in their fields. The list is reviewed periodically and journals may be removed or added. Articles from eLife were no longer included in the Nature Index from 2023 after the journal changed its publishing model.
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