2024Nature Index

The Nature Index Annual Tables is an annual ranking that measures the research output and influence of institutions and countries in the natural sciences. It is based on high-quality publications tracked by Nature Research and covers major disciplines such as physics, chemistry, and life sciences. The ranking provides comparative insights by institution, country, and region, and serves as an important reference for assessing global research performance and collaboration.
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NO.RankingInstitutionTotal Score (Previous Year)Total ScoreTotal PapersShare ChangelocationData RangeSubjectLocation
11Harvard University591.03530.011520-2.00%United States of America (USA)2023.1.1-2023.12.31Biological sciencesUnited States of America (USA)
22Stanford University280.11188.37684-26.50%United States of America (USA)2023.1.1-2023.12.31Biological sciencesUnited States of America (USA)
33Yale University204.24176.99458-5.30%United States of America (USA)2023.1.1-2023.12.31Biological sciencesUnited States of America (USA)
44University of Pennsylvania (Penn)178.19165.74871.70%United States of America (USA)2023.1.1-2023.12.31Biological sciencesUnited States of America (USA)
57Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL)148.99156.1844014.60%United States of America (USA)2023.1.1-2023.12.31Biological sciencesUnited States of America (USA)
66Columbia University in the City of New York (CU)161.18156.264546.00%United States of America (USA)2023.1.1-2023.12.31Biological sciencesUnited States of America (USA)
75Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)177.43161.12818-0.70%United States of America (USA)2023.1.1-2023.12.31Biological sciencesUnited States of America (USA)
88University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)178.02155.46512-4.50%United States of America (USA)2023.1.1-2023.12.31Biological sciencesUnited States of America (USA)
99University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego)166.61150.84421-1.00%United States of America (USA)2023.1.1-2023.12.31Biological sciencesUnited States of America (USA)
1010University of Michigan (U-M)132.22145.738520.50%United States of America (USA)2023.1.1-2023.12.31Biological sciencesUnited States of America (USA)
1113Peking University (PKU)116.49136.1646527.80%Chinese Mainland2023.1.1-2023.12.31Biological sciencesChina
1211University of Oxford163.93140.11538-6.60%United Kingdom (UK)2023.1.1-2023.12.31Biological sciencesUnited Kingdom (UK)
1312University of Cambridge159.77137.87527-5.70%United Kingdom (UK)2023.1.1-2023.12.31Biological sciencesUnited Kingdom (UK)
1415Zhejiang University (ZJU)113.07125.8434121.70%Chinese Mainland2023.1.1-2023.12.31Biological sciencesChina
1514Cornell University156.75126.37426-11.90%United States of America (USA)2023.1.1-2023.12.31Biological sciencesUnited States of America (USA)
1616Johns Hopkins University (JHU)171.84122.7408-21.90%United States of America (USA)2023.1.1-2023.12.31Biological sciencesUnited States of America (USA)
1717New York University (NYU)135.98116.79323-6.10%United States of America (USA)2023.1.1-2023.12.31Biological sciencesUnited States of America (USA)
1818University of Toronto (U of T)136.76116.15338-7.10%Canada2023.1.1-2023.12.31Biological sciencesCanada
1919Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU)94.8114.5327532.10%Chinese Mainland2023.1.1-2023.12.31Biological sciencesChina
2021University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)128.14110.95396-5.30%United States of America (USA)2023.1.1-2023.12.31Biological sciencesUnited States of America (USA)
2120The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (UT Southwestern Medical Center)124.44111.06239-2.40%United States of America (USA)2023.1.1-2023.12.31Biological sciencesUnited States of America (USA)
2222Duke University113.78104.573190.50%United States of America (USA)2023.1.1-2023.12.31Biological sciencesUnited States of America (USA)
2323University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley)124.93104.55325-8.50%United States of America (USA)2023.1.1-2023.12.31Biological sciencesUnited States of America (USA)
2426Fudan University107.2298.623140.60%Chinese Mainland2023.1.1-2023.12.31Biological sciencesChina
2524University of Washington (UW)123.02100.04385-11.10%United States of America (USA)2023.1.1-2023.12.31Biological sciencesUnited States of America (USA)
2625Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU)98.5998.643239.40%Chinese Mainland2023.1.1-2023.12.31Biological sciencesChina
2729Northwestern University (NU)105.4793.97224-2.60%United States of America (USA)2023.1.1-2023.12.31Biological sciencesUnited States of America (USA)
2828University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS)89.394.2156215.30%Chinese Mainland2023.1.1-2023.12.31Biological sciencesChina
2930UCL106.0887.75398-9.60%United Kingdom (UK)2023.1.1-2023.12.31Biological sciencesUnited Kingdom (UK)
3027Tsinghua University93.1797.835514.80%Chinese Mainland2023.1.1-2023.12.31Biological sciencesChina
3131University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison)87.0183.052164.40%United States of America (USA)2023.1.1-2023.12.31Biological sciencesUnited States of America (USA)
3232The University of Tokyo (UTokyo)107.1481.55277-16.80%Japan2023.1.1-2023.12.31Biological sciencesJapan
3333University of Copenhagen (UCPH)80.5580.423359.10%Denmark2023.1.1-2023.12.31Biological sciencesDenmark
3434The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC)82.0979.812676.30%United States of America (USA)2023.1.1-2023.12.31Biological sciencesUnited States of America (USA)
3535Baylor College of Medicine (BCM)64.7877.5427530.90%United States of America (USA)2023.1.1-2023.12.31Biological sciencesUnited States of America (USA)
3636McGill University83.1774.91235-1.50%Canada2023.1.1-2023.12.31Biological sciencesCanada
3738Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich)88.7373.32284-9.70%Switzerland2023.1.1-2023.12.31Biological sciencesSwitzerland
3837The University of Chicago (UChicago)97.0274.56221-16.00%United States of America (USA)2023.1.1-2023.12.31Biological sciencesUnited States of America (USA)
3939University of Minnesota (UMN)67.9371.7921815.50%United States of America (USA)2023.1.1-2023.12.31Biological sciencesUnited States of America (USA)
4040Karolinska Institute (KI)87.871.21321-11.30%Sweden2023.1.1-2023.12.31Biological sciencesSweden
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