2022 Research Leaders: Leading institutions in chemistry

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 Adjusted Share* 2020–2021
1 Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), China 951.16 1008.31 2886 3.8% Increase
2 University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), China 246.15 272.01 623 8.2% Increase
3 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS), China 195.48 264.68 1183 32.6% Increase
4 Nanjing University (NJU), China 215.28 235.15 431 7.0% Increase
5 Max Planck Society, Germany 239.71 231.19 610 -5.5% Decrease
6 Tsinghua University, China 173.72 207.98 518 17.2% Increase
7 French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), France 219.91 205.96 1029 -8.3% Decrease
8 Nankai University (NKU), China 155.63 202.28 370 27.3% Increase
9 Fudan University, China 138.33 199.14 379 41.0% Increase
10 Zhejiang University (ZJU), China 169.16 195.39 400 13.1% Increase
11 Peking University (PKU), China 180.12 190.35 687 3.5% Increase
12 Sichuan University (SCU), China 153.90 170.97 262 8.8% Increase
13 Soochow University, China 138.99 159.21 282 12.2% Increase
14 Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres, Germany 130.92 156.01 571 16.7% Increase
15 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), United States of America (USA) 142.30 153.64 344 5.7% Increase
16 Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), China 142.94 152.36 374 4.4% Increase
17 The University of Tokyo (UTokyo), Japan 162.21 151.76 298 -8.4% Decrease
18 Xiamen University (XMU), China 128.09 139.25 260 6.5% Increase
19 Jilin University (JLU), China 138.78 139.22 243 -1.8% Decrease
20 Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU), China 114.03 138.57 303 19.0% Increase
21 Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), China 124.42 135.64 329 6.8% Increase
22 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich), Switzerland 120.63 135.62 286 10.1% Increase
23 Northwestern University (NU), United States of America (USA) 145.51 133.79 257 -10.0% Decrease
24 National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore 137.52 131.59 349 -6.3% Decrease
25 Stanford University, United States of America (USA) 144.67 130.89 295 -11.4% Decrease
26 Hunan University (HNU), China 101.74 123.73 204 19.1% Increase
27 Wuhan University (WHU), China 120.79 122.87 218 -0.4% Decrease
28 Kyoto University, Japan 134.75 121.69 257 -11.6% Decrease
29 Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore 112.91 121.57 288 5.5% Increase
30 Harvard University, United States of America (USA) 104.17 118.96 286 11.8% Increase
31 University of Cambridge, United Kingdom (UK) 125.07 115.69 273 -9.4% Decrease
32 Tianjin University (TJU), China 117.80 113.84 317 -5.4% Decrease
33 University of Oxford, United Kingdom (UK) 120.87 113.74 264 -7.8% Decrease
34 University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley), United States of America (USA) 128.52 112.75 284 -14.1% Decrease
35 South China University of Technology (SCUT), China 76.06 110.47 225 42.2% Increase
36 Shandong University (SDU), China 71.07 109.40 224 50.8% Increase
37 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland 115.26 106.58 195 -9.4% Decrease
38 Osaka University, Japan 107.51 100.65 190 -8.3% Decrease
39 Zhengzhou University (ZZU), China 79.23 93.04 302 15.0% Increase
40 Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT), China 53.61 92.33 193 68.7% Increase
41 East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST), China 96.76 91.28 153 -7.6% Decrease
42 University of Münster (WWU), Germany 74.95 90.26 132 17.9% Increase
43 Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Russia 86.06 89.69 216 2.1% Increase
44 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), United States of America (USA) 83.70 88.34 169 3.4% Increase
45 Seoul National University (SNU), South Korea 97.40 87.77 174 -11.8% Decrease
46 The University of Chicago (UChicago), United States of America (USA) 75.92 86.31 181 11.3% Increase
47 Fuzhou University (FZU), China 50.38 86.23 185 67.6% Increase
48 East China Normal University (ECNU), China 85.72 85.15 196 -2.7% Decrease
49 Dalian University of Technology (DUT), China 55.45 83.82 170 48.0% Increase
50 Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech), Japan 77.70 82.83 151 4.4% Increase
51 University of Toronto (U of T), Canada 103.88 81.63 137 -23.0% Decrease
52 Lanzhou University (LZU), China 70.25 81.62 158 13.8% Increase
53 University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), United States of America (USA) 96.88 81.47 184 -17.6% Decrease
54 University of Michigan (U-M), United States of America (USA) 92.48 80.85 155 -14.4% Decrease
55 Chongqing University (CQU), China 38.64 79.68 136 101.9% Increase
56 Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), China 70.91 78.97 200 9.1% Increase
57 Leibniz Association, Germany 84.49 78.23 249 -9.3% Decrease
58 The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin), United States of America (USA) 96.24 76.25 173 -22.4% Decrease
59 Shandong Normal University (SDNU), China 63.96 75.63 104 15.8% Increase
60 Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), United States of America (USA) 83.60 74.41 318 -12.8% Decrease
61 University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego), United States of America (USA) 74.16 74.19 140 -2.0% Decrease
62 Nanjing Tech University (NanjingTech), China 81.78 73.83 154 -11.6% Decrease
63 Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany 59.06 73.14 168 21.3% Increase
64 University of Pennsylvania (Penn), United States of America (USA) 71.39 71.84 139 -1.4% Decrease
65 Imperial College London (ICL), United Kingdom (UK) 73.48 71.79 206 -4.3% Decrease
66 Central South University (CSU), China 40.42 71.47 134 73.2% Increase
67 The University of Manchester (UoM), United Kingdom (UK) 78.97 70.76 151 -12.2% Decrease
68 Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), South Korea 86.70 69.20 152 -21.8% Decrease
69 University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison), United States of America (USA) 78.38 68.33 122 -14.6% Decrease
70 California Institute of Technology (Caltech), United States of America (USA) 64.39 68.15 141 3.7% Increase
71 Purdue University, United States of America (USA) 75.79 67.37 127 -12.9% Decrease
72 Cornell University, United States of America (USA) 90.95 66.27 156 -28.6% Decrease
73 University of Minnesota (UMN), United States of America (USA) 65.03 65.41 120 -1.5% Decrease
74 University of Washington (UW), United States of America (USA) 58.78 65.15 149 8.6% Increase
75 Beijing University of Chemical Technology (BUCT), China 59.41 65.12 131 7.3% Increase
76 Hokkaido University, Japan 60.54 65.00 143 5.1% Increase
77 Yale University, United States of America (USA) 59.62 64.95 126 6.7% Increase
78 Xi'an Jiaotong University (XJTU), China 57.51 63.85 151 8.7% Increase
79 Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich (LMU), Germany 58.95 63.14 154 4.9% Increase
80 Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), South Korea 47.53 62.81 134 29.4% Increase
81 Texas A&M University (TAMU), United States of America (USA) 89.67 62.61 109 -31.6% Decrease
82 The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), China 42.62 62.40 210 43.4% Increase
83 Nagoya University, Japan 67.20 60.07 117 -12.4% Decrease
84 King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia 61.33 59.16 137 -5.5% Decrease
85 Princeton University, United States of America (USA) 65.65 58.46 124 -12.8% Decrease
86 University of Würzburg (JMU), Germany 59.52 57.80 116 -4.9% Decrease
87 City University of Hong Kong (CityU), China 57.93 57.27 175 -3.2% Decrease
88 Shenzhen University (SZU), China 49.07 57.17 168 14.1% Increase
89 RWTH Aachen University (RWTH Aachen), Germany 58.59 56.80 165 -5.1% Decrease
90 Tongji University, China 28.31 56.00 135 93.7% Increase
91 Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), United States of America (USA) 51.14 55.24 132 5.8% Increase
92 Southwest University (SWU), China 55.60 55.17 65 -2.8% Decrease
93 Tohoku University, Japan 62.35 54.79 137 -13.9% Decrease
94 The Ohio State University (OSU), United States of America (USA) 56.31 54.14 93 -5.8% Decrease
95 University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), United States of America (USA) 70.55 53.80 133 -25.3% Decrease
96 Kyushu University, Japan 60.49 52.82 113 -14.5% Decrease
97 Scripps Research, United States of America (USA) 64.79 52.80 101 -20.2% Decrease
98 Beijing Normal University (BNU), China 42.86 52.67 117 20.3% Increase
99 National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Japan 47.06 52.53 221 9.3% Increase
100 University of California, Irvine (UCI), United States of America (USA) 52.15 52.33 102 -1.7% 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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