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			AD Scientific Index - World University/Institution Rankings 2024								Total Number of Scientists in University/Institution
Country Ranking	Region Ranking	World Ranking	University / Institution	Country	Founded	Source	Best Scientist in University/Institution World Rank / Name		Total Institutions in Country	Total Scientists in Index	In top %3	In top %10	In top %20	In top %30	In top %40	In top %50	In top %60	In top %70	In top %80	In top %90	Total Scientists in Index
1	1	1	National Institutes of Health	United States	1887	Institution	37	Daniel Levy ⁱ	3098	2056	225	454	724	972	1,226	1,499	1,782	1,951	2,047	2,055	2,056
2	2	3	Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory	United States	1931	Institution	166	Paolo Calafiura ⁱ	3098	1020	110	254	406	557	705	846	942	998	1,018	1,020	1,020
3	3	4	NASA Ames Research Center	United States	1939	Institution	374	Regina Caputo ⁱ	3098	1507	97	321	568	772	969	1,173	1,350	1,464	1,501	1,506	1,507
4	4	6	Argonne National Laboratory	United States	1946	Institution	108	Sergei V Chekanov ⁱ	3098	775	66	185	320	415	518	616	705	758	773	775	775
5	5	9	Oak Ridge National Laboratory	United States	1943	Institution	1580	Sheng Dai	3098	967	55	210	379	534	692	820	903	947	964	967	967
6	6	10	Brookhaven National Laboratory	United States	1947	Institution	70	Eric Lancon ⁱ	3098	363	50	120	189	229	272	308	335	353	362	363	363
7	7	13	US Department of Agriculture	United States	1862	Institution	2320	Jitender Dubey	3098	498	47	175	323	389	430	458	481	493	497	498	498
8	8	14	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)	United States	1970	Institution	5138	Richard Feely	3098	865	47	156	316	443	562	673	773	838	858	863	865
9	9	15	Los Alamos National Laboratory	United States	1943	Institution	1978	Gerd J Kunde ⁱ	3098	972	45	187	355	496	626	753	878	949	968	972	972
10	10	16	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory	United States	1965	Institution	955	Richard D Smith	3098	775	44	136	263	361	473	583	688	762	774	775	775
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11	11	17	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	United States	1946	Institution	3391	Muin J Khoury ⁱ	3098	688	42	133	232	358	449	521	604	654	687	688	688
12	12	18	National Cancer Institute	United States	1937	Institution	321	Frank J Gonzalez	3098	304	41	81	107	137	175	206	249	280	303	304	304
13	13	19	Scripps Research Institute	United States	1924	Institution	82	Eric Topol ⁱ	3098	508	40	79	120	185	238	314	401	452	500	507	508
14	14	21	Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory	United States	1967	Institution	97	Benjamin Hooberman ⁱ	3098	124	36	55	73	84	92	103	111	122	123	124	124
15	15	22	National Institute of Standards and Technology	United States	1901	Institution	6373	Brian Lawn	3098	770	35	164	294	445	551	632	695	756	768	770	770
16	16	24	National Center for Atmospheric Research	United States	1960	Institution	2233	Kevin E Trenberth	3098	209	33	83	122	140	159	174	197	204	209	209	209
17	17	30	Salk Institute	United States	1960	Institution	73	Fred "Rusty" Gage	3098	225	26	38	51	67	91	122	155	183	220	225	225
18	18	31	Smithsonian Institution	United States	1846	Institution	3852	S Joseph Wright	3098	205	26	34	34	41	68	107	151	187	203	205	205
19	19	33	US Veterans Affairs	United States	1989	Institution	3252	Timothy J Wilt	3098	600	24	94	165	252	319	401	488	551	591	600	600
20	20	34	Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution	United States	1930	Institution	5032	Donald M Anderson	3098	221	24	79	116	141	160	176	191	212	221	221	221
21	21	35	Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics	United States	1973	Institution	1414	Daniel Eisenstein ⁱ	3098	139	23	51	79	96	116	124	129	134	139	139	139
22	22	37	U.S. Geological Survey	United States	1879	Institution	4941	James Nichols	3098	848	22	138	316	457	599	696	780	832	846	848	848
23	23	39	SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory	United States	1962	Institution	162	Tatsumi Koi ⁱ	3098	183	22	54	83	106	131	148	168	180	183	183	183
24	24	42	Feinstein Institute for Medical Research	United States	1995	Institution	1083	Kevin J Tracey	3098	225	21	40	61	91	114	136	173	195	220	225	225
25	25	44	Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory	United States	1952	Institution	1003	Qipeng Hu ⁱ	3098	616	20	103	216	308	415	497	575	606	614	616	616
26	26	46	National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases	United States	1955	Institution	137	AS Fauci	3098	115	20	30	44	59	71	87	98	109	115	115	115
27	27	48	Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility	United States	1984	Institution	1584	Vladimir Popov ⁱ	3098	81	19	34	48	54	61	69	74	78	80	81	81
28	28	51	Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope	United States	1951	Institution	1467	Yuman Fong	3098	304	18	43	87	118	148	193	257	284	301	304	304
29	29	55	Carnegie Institution for Science	United States		Institution	3786	Joe Berry	3098	97	18	29	39	53	62	71	83	93	95	97	97
30	30	56	National Renewable Energy Laboratory	United States	1977	Institution	5444	Kai Zhu	3098	532	17	76	169	260	339	408	479	521	530	532	532
31	31	63	National Center for Toxicological Research	United States	1969	Institution	12560	Lisa Hensley	3098	585	16	54	130	220	322	407	493	560	583	585	585
32	32	66	National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute	United States	1948	Institution	2148	George Mensah ⁱ	3098	70	16	20	33	43	52	59	66	70	70	70	70
33	33	69	H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute	United States	1986	Institution	3302	Robert Gillies	3098	259	15	47	85	121	156	200	232	248	256	259	259
34	34	71	Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center	United States	1975	Institution	2482	Gary Lyman	3098	77	15	30	42	46	56	59	67	74	76	77	77
35	35	72	International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)	United States	1975	Institution	5471	Jose Crossa	3098	385	14	63	145	210	258	308	343	368	376	385	385
36	36	75	Space Telescope Science Institute	United States	1990	Institution	1073	Anton M Koekemoer	3098	61	14	32	42	46	52	54	59	60	61	61	61
1	37	78	British Columbia Cancer Agency	Canada	1938	Institution	971	Randy D Gascoyne	278	87	14	26	36	46	57	67	77	83	86	87	87
37	38	79	Jackson Laboratory	United States	1929	Institution	1020	Jacques Banchereau	3098	167	14	23	46	68	91	109	130	148	163	167	167
2	39	82	Université INRS Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique	Canada	1969	Institution	6626	Roberto Morandotti	278	213	13	49	76	104	128	161	182	202	213	213	213
38	40	84	Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center	United States	1898	Institution	4689	James Marshall	3098	156	13	37	63	84	101	114	137	149	155	156	156
3	41	86	Centre for Addiction and Mental Health	Canada	1998	Institution	6664	Andre F Carvalho	278	143	13	32	53	71	84	97	113	130	139	142	143
39	42	87	Van Andel Research Institute	United States	1996	Institution	1617	Peter A Jones	3098	92	13	23	30	38	49	61	78	85	90	92	92
40	43	88	Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory	United States	1890	Institution	3005	Michael Wigler	3098	173	13	20	28	39	62	86	119	147	168	173	173
41	44	97	US Naval Research Laboratory	United States	1923	Institution	2215	Charles Dermer ⁱ	3098	335	11	68	115	175	230	273	313	326	334	335	335
42	45	98	Sandia National Laboratories	United States	1945	Institution	5410	Gary S Grest	3098	629	11	65	165	255	355	454	550	608	628	629	629
43	46	108	Kennedy Krieger Institute	United States	1937	Institution	2588	Peter Van Zijl	3098	94	11	22	41	55	61	71	84	89	92	94	94
4	47	110	Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute	Canada	1985	Institution	1680	Daniel J Drucker	278	71	11	19	28	32	38	46	58	64	70	71	71
44	48	111	American Cancer Society	United States	1913	Institution	1315	Ahmedin Jemal	3098	67	11	16	27	33	38	44	57	65	67	67	67
45	49	114	Southwest Research Institute	United States	1947	Institution	12137	Clark R Chapman	3098	66	10	25	38	42	51	59	62	64	66	66	66
46	50	115	Fox Chase Cancer Center	United States	1904	Institution	3626	Richard I Fisher	3098	106	10	24	40	53	65	78	91	97	105	106	106