Nature Index
The Nature Index is a database that tracks institutions and countries/territories and their scientific output since its introduction in November, 2014.[1] Originally released with 64 natural-science journals, the Nature Index expanded to 82 natural-science journals in 2018, then added 64 health-science journals in 2023. Each year, Nature Index ranks the leading institutions (which can be companies, universities, government agencies, research institutes, or NGOs) and countries by the number of scientific articles and papers published in leading journals. This ranking can also be categorized by individual fields of research such as life sciences, chemistry, physics, or earth sciences, with different institutions leading in each. The Nature Index was conceived by Nature Portfolio. In total, more than 17,000 institutions are listed in the Nature Index.
Methodology
[edit]The Nature Index attempts to objectively measure the scientific output of institutions and countries, taking into account differences in quality. Therefore, only articles published in 145 selected high-quality journals are counted. These journals were selected by independent committees. If authors from several institutions and/or countries are involved in a scientific article, it is divided accordingly, assuming that all researchers were equally involved in the article. For example, this "fractional count" (Share) received by each author would be 0.1 for an article with 10 authors. If an author is affiliated with more than one institution, that author's Share is then subdivided equally across their affiliated institutions. The process is similar for countries/territories and regions, though the fact that some institutions have overseas labs makes the process more complicated, with such labs being counted towards their appropriate host countries.[2][3]
Top institutions
[edit]The top 20 institutions with the highest share of articles published in scientific journals according to the Nature Index 2024, which is valid for the calendar year 2023:[4]
Top countries
[edit]The countries with the highest share of articles published in scientific journals according to the Nature Index 2024, which is valid for the calendar year 2023.[5]
Rank | Country or Territory | Count | Share | Population | Count per ten million people | Share per ten million people |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 27736 | 23171.84 | 1,409,670,000 | 197 | 164.38 |
2 | ![]() | 29165 | 20292.72 | 335,893,238 | 868 | 604.14 |
N/A | ![]() | N/A | 15618.76 | 453,324,255 | N/A | 344.54 |
3 | ![]() | 9347 | 4318.69 | 84,607,016 | 1105 | 510.44 |
4 | ![]() | 8880 | 3701.99 | 67,596,281 | 1314 | 547.66 |
5 | ![]() | 5161 | 2956.75 | 124,000,000 | 416 | 238.45 |
6 | ![]() | 5453 | 2243.92 | 68,394,000 | 797 | 328.09 |
7 | ![]() | 4239 | 1702.32 | 40,769,890 | 1040 | 417.54 |
8 | ![]() | 2776 | 1630.99 | 51,293,934 | 541 | 317.97 |
9 | ![]() | 2334 | 1494.27 | 1,400,744,000 | 17 | 10.67 |
10 | ![]() | 3695 | 1393.3 | 8,960,817 | 4124 | 1554.88 |
11 | ![]() | 3653 | 1313.44 | 58,972,268 | 619 | 222.72 |
12 | ![]() | 3518 | 1263.44 | 26,821,557 | 1312 | 471.05 |
13 | ![]() | 3651 | 1247.25 | 48,592,909 | 751 | 256.67 |
14 | ![]() | 3231 | 1153.45 | 17,967,505 | 1798 | 641.96 |
15 | ![]() | 2391 | 769.37 | 10,549,287 | 2267 | 729.31 |
16 | ![]() | 1933 | 652.4 | 5,961,249 | 3243 | 1094.40 |
17 | ![]() | 1448 | 611.49 | 9,880,000 | 1466 | 618.92 |
18 | ![]() | 1424 | 542.59 | 5,917,600 | 2406 | 916.91 |
19 | ![]() | 1576 | 471.74 | 11,820,117 | 1333 | 399.10 |
20 | ![]() | 1150 | 423.67 | 23,420,442 | 491 | 180.90 |
21 | ![]() | 1391 | 401.22 | 9,159,993 | 1519 | 438.01 |
22 | ![]() | 915 | 379.67 | 146,150,789 | 63 | 25.98 |
23 | ![]() | 1257 | 331.74 | 37,620,000 | 334 | 88.18 |
24 | ![]() | 1102 | 293.88 | 203,080,756 | 54 | 14.47 |
25 | ![]() | 947 | 276.88 | 5,574,011 | 1699 | 496.73 |
26 | ![]() | 1002 | 259.01 | 5,550,203 | 1805 | 466.67 |
27 | ![]() | 875 | 207.08 | 10,900,555 | 803 | 189.97 |
28 | ![]() | 644 | 137.06 | 10,467,366 | 615 | 130.94 |
29 | ![]() | 496 | 135.65 | 5,305,600 | 935 | 255.67 |
30 | ![]() | 456 | 132.74 | 32,175,224 | 142 | 41.26 |
31 | ![]() | 632 | 123.38 | 5,281,600 | 1197 | 233.60 |
32 | ![]() | 285 | 115.77 | 84,055,000 | 34 | 13.77 |
33 | ![]() | 618 | 115.7 | 19,960,889 | 310 | 57.96 |
34 | ![]() | 603 | 104.67 | 62,027,503 | 97 | 16.87 |
35 | ![]() | 581 | 103.93 | 85,372,377 | 68 | 12.17 |
36 | ![]() | 496 | 94.55 | 9,584,000 | 518 | 98.65 |
37 | ![]() | 441 | 85.51 | 46,654,581 | 95 | 18.33 |
38 | ![]() | 438 | 85.22 | 129,625,968 | 34 | 6.57 |
39 | ![]() | 536 | 82.79 | 10,413,982 | 515 | 79.50 |
40 | ![]() | 368 | 62.36 | 66,090,475 | 56 | 9.44 |
41 | ![]() | 289 | 48.81 | 2,123,103 | 1361 | 229.90 |
42 | ![]() | 276 | 40.28 | 241,499,431 | 11 | 1.67 |
43 | ![]() | 270 | 37.76 | 9,282,410 | 291 | 40.68 |
44 | ![]() | 115 | 36.21 | 100,300,000 | 11 | 3.61 |
45 | ![]() | 211 | 34.13 | 3,855,641 | 547 | 88.52 |
46 | ![]() | 215 | 33.58 | 1,366,491 | 1573 | 245.74 |
47 | ![]() | 274 | 30.35 | 36,700,000 | 75 | 8.27 |
48 | ![]() | 342 | 29.58 | 19,051,562 | 180 | 15.53 |
49 | ![]() | 113 | 29.53 | 383,726 | 2945 | 769.56 |
50 | ![]() | 90 | 29.49 | 672,020 | 1339 | 438.83 |
51 | ![]() | 345 | 24.2 | 52,695,952 | 65 | 4.59 |
52 | ![]() | 183 | 21.02 | 33,379,500 | 55 | 6.30 |
53 | ![]() | 120 | 19.95 | 51,526,000 | 23 | 3.87 |
54 | ![]() | 80 | 19.4 | 45,562,000 | 18 | 4.26 |
55 | ![]() | 154 | 18.58 | 918,100 | 1677 | 202.37 |
56 | ![]() | 214 | 17.24 | 5,424,687 | 394 | 31.78 |
57 | ![]() | 205 | 17.16 | 104,462,545 | 20 | 1.64 |
58 | ![]() | 135 | 15.63 | 2,886,515 | 468 | 54.15 |
59 | ![]() | 112 | 14.14 | 279,118,866 | 4 | 0.51 |
60 | ![]() | 136 | 13.17 | 33,725,844 | 40 | 3.91 |
61 | ![]() | 92 | 12.76 | 2,656,032 | 346 | 48.04 |
62 | ![]() | 197 | 12.75 | 6,447,710 | 306 | 19.77 |
63 | ![]() | 114 | 12.55 | 16,938,986 | 67 | 7.41 |
64 | ![]() | 100 | 10.72 | 1,872,500 | 534 | 57.25 |
65 | ![]() | 61 | 10.4 | 107,334,000 | 6 | 0.97 |
66 | ![]() | 73 | 10.24 | 169,828,911 | 4 | 0.60 |
67 | ![]() | 219 | 9.98 | 6,641,197 | 330 | 15.03 |
68 | ![]() | 148 | 9.19 | 37,022,000 | 40 | 2.48 |
69 | ![]() | 76 | 9.15 | 61,741,120 | 12 | 1.48 |
70 | ![]() | 60 | 8.9 | 223,800,000 | 3 | 0.40 |
71 | ![]() | 43 | 8.11 | 30,832,019 | 14 | 2.63 |
72 | ![]() | 48 | 6.97 | 36,963,262 | 13 | 1.89 |
73 | ![]() | 34 | 6.81 | 3,444,263 | 99 | 19.77 |
74 | ![]() | 41 | 6.15 | 5,490,000 | 75 | 11.20 |
75 | ![]() | 41 | 6.02 | 4,064,780 | 101 | 14.81 |
76 | ![]() | 35 | 5.93 | 21,507,723 | 16 | 2.76 |
77 | ![]() | 22 | 5.75 | 5,113,071 | 43 | 11.25 |
78 | ![]() | 35 | 5.43 | 20,075,271 | 17 | 2.70 |
79 | ![]() | 38 | 4.92 | 5,262,225 | 665 | 0.00 |
80 | ![]() | 190 | 4.83 | 3,736,400 | 509 | 12.93 |
81 | ![]() | 135 | 4.44 | 112,892,781 | 12 | 0.39 |
82 | ![]() | 25 | 4.41 | 22,752,315 | 11 | 1.94 |
83 | ![]() | 32 | 4.36 | 19,610,769 | 16 | 2.22 |
84 | ![]() | 116 | 4.33 | 2,993,800 | 387 | 14.46 |
85 | ![]() | 19 | 4.29 | 13,246,394 | 14 | 3.24 |
86 | ![]() | 30 | 4.11 | 32,419,747 | 9 | 1.27 |
87 | ![]() | 21 | 4.1 | 11,516,000 | 18 | 3.56 |
88 | ![]() | 40 | 3.99 | 29,164,578 | 14 | 1.37 |
89 | ![]() | 29 | 3.75 | 15,178,979 | 19 | 2.47 |
90 | ![]() | 28 | 3.51 | 95,370,000 | 3 | 0.37 |
91 | ![]() | 15 | 3.44 | 22,395,489 | 7 | 1.54 |
92 | ![]() | 31 | 3.31 | 519,562 | 597 | 63.71 |
93 | ![]() | 26 | 3.03 | 1,832,696 | 142 | 16.53 |
94 | ![]() | 21 | 2.93 | 2,417,471 | 87 | 12.12 |
N/A | ![]() | N/A | 2.89 | 40,514,214 | N/A | 0.71 |
95 | ![]() | 49 | 2.83 | 11,089,511 | 44 | 2.55 |
96 | ![]() | 17 | 2.73 | 9,200,617 | 18 | 2.97 |
97 | ![]() | 17 | 2.73 | 11,850,232 | 14 | 2.30 |
98 | ![]() | 135 | 2.72 | 10,151,517 | 133 | 2.68 |
99 | ![]() | 77 | 2.57 | 3,457,548 | 223 | 7.43 |
100 | ![]() | 16 | 2.48 | 55,770,232 | 3 | 0.44 |
101 | ![]() | 17 | 2.4 | 26,923,353 | 6 | 0.89 |
102 | ![]() | 27 | 2.35 | 28,088,845 | 10 | 0.84 |
103 | ![]() | 84 | 2.22 | 22,037,000 | 38 | 1.01 |
104 | ![]() | 4 | 2.22 | 25,660,000 | 2 | 0.87 |
105 | ![]() | 13 | 2.22 | 18,275,743 | 7 | 1.21 |
106 | ![]() | 15 | 1.9 | 2,410,338 | 62 | 7.88 |
107 | ![]() | 12 | 1.86 | 279,890 | 429 | 66.45 |
108 | ![]() | 8 | 1.79 | 17,091,464 | 5 | 1.05 |
109 | ![]() | 17 | 1.78 | 12,606,998 | 13 | 1.41 |
110 | ![]() | 19 | 1.69 | 29,389,150 | 6 | 0.58 |
111 | ![]() | 12 | 1.63 | 38,367 | 3128 | 424.84 |
112 | ![]() | 18 | 1.57 | 8,104,267,000 | 0 | 0.00 |
113 | ![]() | 8 | 1.4 | 6,733,763 | 12 | 2.08 |
114 | ![]() | 7 | 1.38 | 45,400,000 | 2 | 0.30 |
115 | ![]() | 8 | 1.34 | 5,248,621 | 15 | 2.55 |
116 | ![]() | 19 | 1.26 | 17,602,431 | 11 | 0.72 |
117 | ![]() | 11 | 1.25 | 3,022,401 | 36 | 4.14 |
118 | ![]() | 20 | 1.24 | 28,302,000 | 7 | 0.44 |
119 | ![]() | 75 | 1.23 | 4,670,713 | 161 | 2.63 |
120 | ![]() | 10 | 1.16 | 56,865 | 1759 | 203.99 |
121 | ![]() | 17 | 1.12 | 12,006,031 | 14 | 0.93 |
122 | ![]() | 3 | 1.05 | 301,295 | 100 | 34.85 |
123 | ![]() | 11 | 1 | 11,743,017 | 9 | 0.85 |
124 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 22,923,000 | 0 | 0.44 |
125 | ![]() | 12 | 0.99 | 43,324,000 | 3 | 0.23 |
126 | ![]() | 6 | 0.79 | 8,494,260 | 7 | 0.93 |
127 | ![]() | 9 | 0.78 | 6,109,644 | 15 | 1.28 |
128 | ![]() | 5 | 0.76 | 25,369,415 | 2 | 0.30 |
129 | ![]() | 10 | 0.66 | 1,261,041 | 79 | 5.23 |
130 | ![]() | 9 | 0.64 | 7,443,000 | 12 | 0.86 |
131 | ![]() | 1 | 0.58 | 1,781,308 | 6 | 3.26 |
132 | ![]() | 6 | 0.51 | 8,095,498 | 7 | 0.63 |
133 | ![]() | 5 | 0.51 | 2,306,000 | 22 | 2.21 |
134 | ![]() | 6 | 0.48 | 7,100,000 | 8 | 0.68 |
135 | ![]() | 4 | 0.47 | 10,077,600 | 4 | 0.47 |
136 | ![]() | 5 | 0.44 | 34,094,077 | 1 | 0.13 |
137 | ![]() | 7 | 0.41 | 2,825,544 | 25 | 1.45 |
138 | ![]() | 50 | 0.41 | 5,483,450 | 91 | 0.75 |
139 | ![]() | 3 | 0.39 | 1,762,220 | 17 | 2.21 |
140 | ![]() | 1 | 0.36 | 14,746,494 | 1 | 0.24 |
141 | ![]() | 4 | 0.36 | 397,360 | 101 | 9.06 |
142 | ![]() | 7 | 0.35 | 41,984,500 | 2 | 0.08 |
143 | ![]() | 9 | 0.34 | 10,760,028 | 8 | 0.32 |
144 | ![]() | 2 | 0.34 | 18,143,379 | 1 | 0.19 |
145 | ![]() | 10 | 0.32 | 100,447 | 996 | 31.86 |
146 | ![]() | 8 | 0.32 | 2,512,758 | 32 | 1.27 |
147 | ![]() | 3 | 0.3 | 13,261,638 | 2 | 0.23 |
148 | ![]() | 6 | 0.29 | 1,577,059 | 38 | 1.84 |
149 | ![]() | 6 | 0.29 | 893,468 | 67 | 3.25 |
150 | ![]() | 2 | 0.29 | 3,748,902 | 5 | 0.77 |
151 | ![]() | 4 | 0.29 | 31,888,698 | 1 | 0.09 |
152 | ![]() | 5 | 0.28 | 885,700[6] | 56 | 3.16 |
153 | ![]() | 3 | 0.24 | 110,872 | 271 | 21.65 |
154 | ![]() | 5 | 0.24 | 85,101 | 588 | 28.20 |
155 | ![]() | 3 | 0.23 | 100,772 | 298 | 22.82 |
156 | ![]() | 7 | 0.23 | 445,400 | 157 | 5.16 |
157 | ![]() | 3 | 0.2 | 515,132 | 58 | 3.88 |
158 | ![]() | 6 | 0.18 | 11,781,559 | 5 | 0.15 |
159 | ![]() | 3 | 0.17 | 1,354,662 | 22 | 1.25 |
160 | ![]() | 7 | 0.17 | 1,367,510 | 51 | 1.24 |
161 | ![]() | 6 | 0.15 | 491,233 | 122 | 3.05 |
162 | ![]() | 1 | 0.14 | 34,262,840 | 0 | 0.04 |
163 | ![]() | 60 | 0.14 | 616,695 | 973 | 2.27 |
164 | ![]() | 34 | 0.12 | 9,745,149 | 35 | 0.12 |
165 | ![]() | 7 | 0.12 | 2,761,785 | 25 | 0.43 |
166 | ![]() | 5 | 0.11 | 6,884,888 | 7 | 0.16 |
167 | ![]() | 4 | 0.1 | 40,023 | 999 | 24.99 |
168 | ![]() | 1 | 0.1 | 349,925[6] | 29 | 2.86 |
169 | ![]() | 5 | 0.09 | 764 | 65445 | 1178.01 |
170 | ![]() | 2 | 0.09 | 1,223,362 | 16 | 0.74 |
171 | ![]() | 2 | 0.09 | 378,561[6] | 53 | 2.38 |
172 | ![]() | 7 | 0.09 | 3,277,082 | 21 | 0.27 |
173 | ![]() | 2 | 0.08 | 16,733 | 1195 | 47.81 |
174 | ![]() | 2 | 0.07 | 100,179 | 200 | 6.99 |
175 | ![]() | 7 | 0.07 | 743,699 | 94 | 0.94 |
176 | ![]() | 2 | 0.07 | 6,931,061 | 3 | 0.10 |
177 | ![]() | 7 | 0.06 | 205,557 | 341 | 2.92 |
178 | ![]() | 3 | 0.06 | 770,276 | 39 | 0.78 |
179 | ![]() | 2 | 0.05 | 54,547 | 367 | 9.17 |
180 | ![]() | 2 | 0.05 | 112,579 | 178 | 4.44 |
181 | ![]() | 1 | 0.05 | 758,316 | 13 | 0.66 |
182 | ![]() | 2 | 0.02 | 12,837,740 | 2 | 0.02 |
183 | ![]() | 5 | 0.02 | 267,800 | 187 | 0.75 |
184 | ![]() | 3 | 0.02 | 616,500 | 49 | 0.32 |
185 | ![]() | 1 | 0.01 | 47,195 | 56 | 0.56 |
185 | ![]() | 1 | 0.01 | 178,696 | 212 | 2.12 |
186 | ![]() | 2 | 0.01 | 2,233,272 | 9 | 0.04 |
187 | ![]() | 1 | 0.01 | 120,740 | 83 | 0.83 |
188 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 337,617 | 30 | 0.00 |
189 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 67,408 | 148 | 0.00 |
190 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 734,887 | 27 | 0.00 |
191 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 15,040 | 66 | 0.00 |
192 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 33,916 | 295 | 0.00 |
193 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 397,483 | 25 | 0.00 |
193 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 7,057,841 | 1 | 0.00 |
See also
[edit]- List of cities by scientific output
- List of countries by number of scientific and technical journal articles
- List of sovereign states by research and development spending
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Nature Index tables". Nature. 515 (7526): S98–S108. 2014. doi:10.1038/515S98a. ISSN 1476-4687. PMID 25390156. S2CID 205083319.
- ^ "FAQ". Nature Index. Retrieved 2021-01-11.
- ^ "A guide to the Nature Index". Nature. 569 (7756): S31. 2019-05-15. Bibcode:2019Natur.569S..31.. doi:10.1038/d41586-019-01443-9.
- ^ "2024 Research Leaders: Leading institutions | Nature Index". www.nature.com. Retrieved 2024-06-20.
- ^ "Country/territory tables". Nature Index. Springer Nature. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
- ^ a b c "Estimation de population par région, sexe et grande classe d'âge – Années 1975 à 2024" (in French). Retrieved 2024-01-17.
Notes
[edit]- ^ Including Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.
- ^ Including El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua.