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Time frame: 1 January 2023 - 31 December 2023
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Academic

  1. Harvard University

    Share: 1143.63 | Count: 3763
  2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS)

    Share: 635.81 | Count: 3227
  3. University of Science and Technology of China (USTC)

    Share: 631.2 | Count: 1858

Corporate

  1. F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG

    Share: 57.31 | Count: 166
  2. AstraZeneca plc

    Share: 41.74 | Count: 164
  3. IBM Corporation

    Share: 33.84 | Count: 96

Government

  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

    Share: 2243.22 | Count: 7554
  2. French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)

    Share: 613.78 | Count: 4400
  3. National Institutes of Health (NIH)

    Share: 394.48 | Count: 1112

NPO/NGO

  1. Max Planck Society

    Share: 642.83 | Count: 2572
  2. Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres

    Share: 531.05 | Count: 2752
  3. Leibniz Association

    Share: 191.35 | Count: 1268

Biological sciences

  1. Harvard University

    Share: 522.15 | Count: 1497
  2. Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

    Share: 299.99 | Count: 1131
  3. National Institutes of Health (NIH)

    Share: 272.04 | Count: 686

Chemistry

  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

    Share: 1071.63 | Count: 3303
  2. University of Science and Technology of China (USTC)

    Share: 359.42 | Count: 854
  3. Nanjing University (NJU)

    Share: 309.19 | Count: 541

Earth & environmental sciences

  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

    Share: 423.22 | Count: 1363
  2. Nanjing University (NJU)

    Share: 125.43 | Count: 368
  3. Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres

    Share: 120.4 | Count: 424

Health sciences

  1. Harvard University

    Share: 531.19 | Count: 1664
  2. National Institutes of Health (NIH)

    Share: 166.23 | Count: 567
  3. University of Toronto (U of T)

    Share: 118 | Count: 495

Physical sciences

  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

    Share: 825.2 | Count: 3079
  2. Tsinghua University

    Share: 309.49 | Count: 1073
  3. University of Science and Technology of China (USTC)

    Share: 303.4 | Count: 1024

Europe

  1. Max Planck Society

    Share: 638.08 | Count: 2535
  2. French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)

    Share: 606.07 | Count: 4345
  3. Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres

    Share: 524.63 | Count: 2706

North America

  1. Harvard University

    Share: 1141.34 | Count: 3717
  2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

    Share: 481.38 | Count: 1954
  3. Stanford University

    Share: 472.78 | Count: 1892
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