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 | California Institute of Technology (Caltech), United States of America (USA) | 73.08 | 68.35 | 258 | -3.1% |
| 2 | University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego), United States of America (USA) | 47.80 | 62.46 | 187 | 35.5% |
| 3 | Yale University, United States of America (USA) | 48.69 | 57.37 | 184 | 22.2% |
| 4 | Stanford University, United States of America (USA) | 58.20 | 56.06 | 173 | -0.1% |
| 5 | University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley), United States of America (USA) | 53.13 | 55.74 | 210 | 8.8% |
| 6 | University of Washington (UW), United States of America (USA) | 55.25 | 53.64 | 209 | 0.7% |
| 7 | University of Colorado Boulder (CU-Boulder), United States of America (USA) | 51.54 | 52.10 | 241 | 4.8% |
| 8 | Columbia University in the City of New York (CU), United States of America (USA) | 63.33 | 48.02 | 181 | -21.4% |
| 9 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), United States of America (USA) | 48.31 | 46.52 | 161 | -0.2% |
| 10 | University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), United States of America (USA) | 45.79 | 45.41 | 166 | 2.8% |
| 11 | The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State), United States of America (USA) | 45.53 | 43.76 | 135 | -0.4% |
| 12 | The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin), United States of America (USA) | 46.23 | 42.01 | 152 | -5.8% |
| 13 | Harvard University, United States of America (USA) | 39.51 | 41.75 | 154 | 9.5% |
| 14 | Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), United States of America (USA) | 24.52 | 39.03 | 125 | 65.0% |
| 15 | Colorado State University, United States of America (USA) | 35.71 | 38.24 | 127 | 11.0% |
| 16 | University of Toronto (U of T), Canada | 42.67 | 37.23 | 118 | -9.6% |
| 17 | University of California, Irvine (UCI), United States of America (USA) | 28.53 | 35.48 | 107 | 28.9% |
| 18 | 25.39 | 34.80 | 116 | 42.1% | |
| 19 | University of Hawai'i at Manoa (UH Mānoa), United States of America (USA) | 27.79 | 33.02 | 134 | 23.2% |
| 20 | University of Michigan (U-M), United States of America (USA) | 42.40 | 32.33 | 110 | -20.9% |
| 21 | University of California, Davis (UC Davis), United States of America (USA) | 27.22 | 31.21 | 108 | 18.9% |
| 22 | Princeton University, United States of America (USA) | 33.55 | 31.19 | 115 | -3.6% |
| 23 | The University of Arizona (Arizona), United States of America (USA) | 36.48 | 30.93 | 128 | -12.1% |
| 24 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), United States of America (USA) | 31.25 | 29.44 | 97 | -2.3% |
| 25 | University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), United States of America (USA) | 19.04 | 28.63 | 87 | 55.9% |
| 26 | McGill University, Canada | 20.97 | 26.46 | 105 | 30.8% |
| 27 | University of Minnesota (UMN), United States of America (USA) | 36.77 | 25.44 | 118 | -28.3% |
| 28 | Cornell University, United States of America (USA) | 21.05 | 25.15 | 97 | 23.8% |
| 29 | Rice University, United States of America (USA) | 21.20 | 25.08 | 81 | 22.6% |
| 30 | Arizona State University (ASU), United States of America (USA) | 40.74 | 23.25 | 92 | -40.9% |
| 31 | University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison), United States of America (USA) | 28.17 | 22.97 | 105 | -15.5% |
| 32 | University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP), United States of America (USA) | 26.69 | 22.92 | 120 | -11.0% |
| 33 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), United States of America (USA) | 14.46 | 22.69 | 76 | 62.7% |
| 34 | The University of British Columbia (UBC), Canada | 19.62 | 22.00 | 90 | 16.2% |
| 35 | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (RU), United States of America (USA) | 15.40 | 21.03 | 93 | 41.6% |
| 36 | Brown University, United States of America (USA) | 25.05 | 19.86 | 77 | -17.8% |
| 37 | Johns Hopkins University (JHU), United States of America (USA) | 23.00 | 19.39 | 98 | -12.6% |
| 38 | University of Oregon (UO), United States of America (USA) | 16.19 | 19.34 | 46 | 23.8% |
| 39 | University of California, Riverside (UCR), United States of America (USA) | 17.37 | 19.30 | 62 | 15.2% |
| 40 | University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC), United States of America (USA) | 21.32 | 18.80 | 79 | -8.6% |
| 41 | University of Alberta (U of A), Canada | 27.03 | 18.69 | 71 | -28.3% |
| 42 | The University of Oklahoma (OU), United States of America (USA) | 19.72 | 18.56 | 90 | -2.4% |
| 43 | Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL), United States of America (USA) | 19.47 | 17.84 | 48 | -5.0% |
| 44 | Duke University, United States of America (USA) | 20.32 | 17.59 | 75 | -10.3% |
| 45 | University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amherst), United States of America (USA) | 14.01 | 16.86 | 53 | 24.8% |
| 46 | Indiana University (IU), United States of America (USA) | 13.87 | 15.47 | 56 | 15.6% |
| 47 | State University of New York at Stony Brook (SUNY Stony Brook), United States of America (USA) | 8.82 | 15.06 | 52 | 76.9% |
| 48 | The University of New Mexico (UNM), United States of America (USA) | 11.55 | 14.80 | 51 | 32.8% |
| 49 | The University of Utah (Utah), United States of America (USA) | 23.91 | 14.69 | 58 | -36.3% |
| 50 | University of Calgary (U of C), Canada | 17.84 | 14.37 | 37 | -16.5% |
| 51 | Purdue University, United States of America (USA) | 15.30 | 14.21 | 54 | -3.7% |
| 52 | Oregon State University, United States of America (USA) | 15.44 | 14.16 | 77 | -5.0% |
| 53 | University of Southern California (USC), United States of America (USA) | 23.63 | 13.85 | 40 | -39.2% |
| 54 | North Carolina State University (NCSU), United States of America (USA) | 13.02 | 13.32 | 55 | 6.0% |
| 55 | The University of Chicago (UChicago), United States of America (USA) | 14.11 | 13.23 | 73 | -2.8% |
| 56 | Boston University (BU), United States of America (USA) | 15.18 | 12.42 | 46 | -15.2% |
| 57 | The University of Iowa (UI), United States of America (USA) | 18.79 | 12.31 | 55 | -32.1% |
| 58 | University of Wyoming, United States of America (USA) | 9.87 | 12.16 | 56 | 27.7% |
| 59 | University of Florida (UF), United States of America (USA) | 15.26 | 11.94 | 72 | -18.9% |
| 60 | Colorado School of Mines, United States of America (USA) | 15.86 | 11.81 | 36 | -22.8% |
| 61 | University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF), United States of America (USA) | 13.71 | 11.68 | 74 | -11.7% |
| 62 | University of Miami (UM), United States of America (USA) | 13.01 | 11.61 | 55 | -7.5% |
| 63 | Michigan State University (MSU), United States of America (USA) | 17.73 | 11.32 | 65 | -33.8% |
| 64 | University of South Florida (USF), United States of America (USA) | 7.62 | 10.99 | 37 | 49.4% |
| 65 | University of Saskatchewan (U of S), Canada | 9.87 | 10.96 | 49 | 15.1% |
| 66 | Utah State University (USU), United States of America (USA) | 7.02 | 10.93 | 50 | 61.3% |
| 67 | University of Victoria (UVic), Canada | 8.39 | 10.12 | 36 | 25.1% |
| 68 | University of Houston (UH), United States of America (USA) | 12.43 | 9.95 | 46 | -17.1% |
| 69 | University of Waterloo, Canada | 12.62 | 9.88 | 29 | -18.8% |
| 70 | University of Nevada, Reno (UNR), United States of America (USA) | 8.38 | 9.88 | 35 | 22.3% |
| 71 | Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), United States of America (USA) | 8.63 | 9.56 | 28 | 14.9% |
| 72 | Dalhousie University, Canada | 8.87 | 9.55 | 37 | 11.7% |
| 73 | State University of New York at Albany (SUNY Albany), United States of America (USA) | 4.69 | 9.55 | 42 | 111.2% |
| 74 | Florida State University (FSU), United States of America (USA) | 11.36 | 9.10 | 83 | -17.0% |
| 75 | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC), United States of America (USA) | 12.43 | 9.07 | 41 | -24.3% |
| 76 | Clemson University, United States of America (USA) | 18.95 | 8.51 | 15 | -53.4% |
| 77 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (NMT), United States of America (USA) | 6.23 | 8.39 | 36 | 39.6% |
| 78 | University of Delaware (UD), United States of America (USA) | 9.52 | 8.39 | 44 | -8.7% |
| 79 | Louisiana State University (LSU), United States of America (USA) | 10.05 | 8.34 | 37 | -14.0% |
| 80 | National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico | 5.36 | 8.26 | 35 | 59.6% |
| 81 | Dartmouth College, United States of America (USA) | 10.83 | 7.99 | 47 | -23.5% |
| 82 | Western University (UWO), Canada | 8.55 | 7.74 | 21 | -6.2% |
| 83 | Northern Arizona University (NAU), United States of America (USA) | 6.86 | 7.69 | 36 | 16.3% |
| 84 | The Ohio State University (OSU), United States of America (USA) | 13.31 | 7.51 | 51 | -41.5% |
| 85 | University of South Carolina - Columbia (SC), United States of America (USA) | 4.23 | 7.45 | 18 | 82.5% |
| 86 | University of Rhode Island (URI), United States of America (USA) | 6.25 | 7.18 | 34 | 19.1% |
| 87 | University of New Hampshire (UNH), United States of America (USA) | 9.07 | 6.93 | 48 | -20.8% |
| 88 | Northwestern University (NU), United States of America (USA) | 8.20 | 6.80 | 21 | -14.0% |
| 89 | University of Notre Dame (ND), United States of America (USA) | 12.47 | 6.60 | 27 | -45.2% |
| 90 | The University of Maine (UMaine), United States of America (USA) | 4.89 | 6.57 | 29 | 39.3% |
| 91 | Carleton University, Canada | 6.55 | 6.21 | 15 | -1.7% |
| 92 | Washington State University (WSU), United States of America (USA) | 8.03 | 6.15 | 33 | -20.7% |
| 93 | New York University (NYU), United States of America (USA) | 6.75 | 6.07 | 37 | -6.7% |
| 94 | University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), United States of America (USA) | 6.44 | 5.96 | 33 | -3.9% |
| 95 | Missouri University of Science and Technology (MST), United States of America (USA) | 4.13 | 5.89 | 16 | 47.8% |
| 96 | The University of Texas at Dallas (UT Dallas), United States of America (USA) | 14.78 | 5.87 | 19 | -58.8% |
| 97 | University of Connecticut (UConn), United States of America (USA) | 4.77 | 5.79 | 29 | 25.9% |
| 98 | The City University of New York (CUNY), United States of America (USA) | 7.16 | 5.66 | 30 | -18.0% |
| 99 | Texas Tech University (TTU), United States of America (USA) | 4.31 | 5.63 | 32 | 35.2% |
| 100 | The University of Tennessee at Knoxville (UTK), United States of America (USA) | 4.68 | 5.49 | 27 | 21.8% |
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