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* Last 5 Years i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
1
World Rank
1
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
1
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
Italian National Institute of Nuclear Physics INFN
Rome ,
Italy
- Institution 1951
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
533
Top 30
873
Top 50
1,012
Top 70
1,069
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* Last 5 Years i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
2
World Rank
1
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
2
Bethesda ,
United States
- Institution 1887
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
509
Top 30
1,419
Top 50
1,802
Top 70
1,837
* Last 5 Years i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
3
World Rank
2
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
3
NASA Ames Research Center
NASA Ames
California ,
United States
- Institution 1939
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
472
Top 30
1,175
Top 50
1,439
Top 70
1,504
* Last 5 Years i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
4
World Rank
3
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
4
Berkeley ,
United States
- Institution 1931
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
356
Top 30
848
Top 50
1,053
Top 70
1,117
* Last 5 Years i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
5
World Rank
2
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
5
Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica
National Institute for Astrophysics
Rome ,
Italy
- Institution 1999
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
228
Top 30
340
Top 50
382
Top 70
402
* Last 5 Years i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
6
World Rank
4
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
6
Oak Ridge ,
United States
- Institution 1943
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
362
Top 30
854
Top 50
1,034
Top 70
1,123
* Last 5 Years i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
7
World Rank
5
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
7
Lemont ,
United States
- Institution 1946
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
295
Top 30
656
Top 50
872
Top 70
950
* Last 5 Years i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
8
World Rank
1
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
8
Region Hovedstaden
Capital Region
Kopenhag ,
Denmark
- Institution 2007
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
248
Top 30
598
Top 50
885
Top 70
1,001
* Last 5 Years i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
9
World Rank
1
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
9
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Canberra ,
Australia
- Institution 1916
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
424
Top 30
1,227
Top 50
1,568
Top 70
1,723
* Last 5 Years i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
10
World Rank
1
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
10
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
362
Top 30
937
Top 50
1,221
Top 70
1,317
* Last 5 Years i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
11
World Rank
6
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
11
Richland ,
United States
- Institution 1965
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
254
Top 30
653
Top 50
875
Top 70
975
* Last 5 Years i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
12
World Rank
7
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
12
Washington ,
United States
- Institution 1862
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
269
Top 30
471
Top 50
498
Top 70
514
* Last 5 Years i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
13
World Rank
8
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
13
New Mexico ,
United States
- Institution 1943
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
274
Top 30
774
Top 50
1,013
Top 70
1,140
* Last 5 Years i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
14
World Rank
1
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
14
Forschungszentrum Jülich
Jülich Research Centre
Jülich ,
Germany
- Institution 1967
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
212
Top 30
523
Top 50
716
Top 70
904
* Last 5 Years i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
15
World Rank
2
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
15
French National Centre for Scientific Research
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique CNRS
Paris ,
France
- Institution 1939
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
212
Top 30
557
Top 50
648
Top 70
665
* Last 5 Years i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
16
World Rank
9
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
16
Upton ,
United States
- Institution 1947
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
162
Top 30
320
Top 50
383
Top 70
412
* Last 5 Years i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
17
World Rank
10
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
17
Washington ,
United States
- Institution 1970
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
255
Top 30
669
Top 50
891
Top 70
998
* Last 5 Years i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
18
World Rank
3
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
18
National Research Council of Italy
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche d'Italia
Rome ,
Italy
- Institution 1923
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
157
Top 30
655
Top 50
1,183
Top 70
1,366
* Last 5 Years i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
19
World Rank
1
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
19
Spanish National Research Council
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas de España
Madrid ,
Spain
- Institution 1939
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
189
Top 30
390
Top 50
414
Top 70
417
* Last 5 Years i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
20
World Rank
11
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
20
Atlanta ,
United States
- Institution 1946
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
207
Top 30
563
Top 50
721
Top 70
773
* Last 5 Years i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
21
World Rank
12
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
21
Livermore ,
United States
- Institution 1952
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
165
Top 30
544
Top 50
689
Top 70
735
* Last 5 Years i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
22
World Rank
13
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
22
Washington ,
United States
- Institution 1989
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
155
Top 30
436
Top 50
619
Top 70
711
* Last 5 Years i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
23
World Rank
3
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
23
CEA (Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives)
CEA (French Atomic Energy and Alternative Energies Commission)
Paris ,
France
- Institution 1945
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
241
Top 30
750
Top 50
1,146
Top 70
1,393
* Last 5 Years i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
24
World Rank
4
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
24
Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia
Italian Institute of Technology IIT
Genova ,
Italy
- Institution 2003
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
114
Top 30
366
Top 50
631
Top 70
765
* Last 5 Years i10-Index Rankings
Rankings
25
World Rank
14
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
25
Maryland ,
United States
- Institution 1901
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
198
Top 30
613
Top 50
804
Top 70
859
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