List of cities by scientific output

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The following article lists the cities and metropolitan areas with the greatest scientific output, according to the Nature Index. The Nature Index attempts to objectively measure the scientific output of institutions, cities and countries by the amount of scientific articles and papers published in leading journals. Differences in quality are taken into account. Only articles published in 82 [note 1] selected quality journals are counted. All these journals are in the English language. They were selected by a committee. If authors from several institutions from different cities are involved in a scientific article, it is divided accordingly, assuming that all researchers were equally involved in the article.

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In 2019, Beijing was the city in the world with the largest scientific output, accounting for 2.8% of the world's total. [2] New York City was second in the world, with about 2% of the world's total. Overall, the United States has the most cities in the top 100 list, followed by China.

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The top 100 cities and metropolitan areas with the highest share of articles published in scientific journals in 2022 according to the Nature Index 2023 Science Cities: [3]

RankCity/Metro areaCountry
1 Beijing Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
2 New York metropolitan area Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
3 Shanghai Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
4 Boston metropolitan area Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
5 San Francisco Bay Area Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
6 Nanjing Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
7 Baltimore-Washington Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
8 Guangzhou Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
9 Tokyo metropolitan area Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
10 Wuhan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
11 Paris metropolitan area Flag of France.svg  France
12 Seoul metropolitan area Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
13 Hefei Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
14 Los Angeles metropolitan area Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
15 London metropolitan area Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
16 Hangzhou Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
17 Chicago metropolitan area Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
18 Tianjin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
19 Shenzhen Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
20 Xi'an Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
21 Hong Kong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
22 Zürich Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
23 Cambridge Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
24 Chengdu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
25 Singapore Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore
26 San Diego metropolitan area Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
27 Berlin metropolitan area Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
28 Munich Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
29 Philadelphia metropolitan area Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
30 Changsha Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
31 Changchun Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
32 Jinan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
33 Oxford Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
34 Houston metropolitan area Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
35 Seattle metropolitan area Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
36 Chongqing Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
37 Dalian Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
38 Xiamen Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
39 Melbourne Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
40 Suzhou Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
41 Toronto metropolitan area Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
42 Lausanne Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
43 Qingdao Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
44 Daejeon Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
45 Fuzhou Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
46 Ann Arbor Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
47 Barcelona metropolitan area Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
48 Kyoto Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
49 Ithaca Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
50 Copenhagen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
51 Atlanta metropolitan area Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
52 Stockholm Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
53 Sydney Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
54 Vienna Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
55 Montreal Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
56 Madrid Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
57 Lanzhou Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
58 Osaka Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
59 Austin Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
60 Moscow Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
61 Tsukuba Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
62 Boulder Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
63 Heidelberg Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
64 Harbin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
65 Pittsburgh Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
66 Taipei Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan [note 2]
67 St. Louis Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
68 Urbana Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
69 Madison Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
70 Dallas–Fort Worth Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
71 Nagoya metropolitan Area Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
72 Vancouver Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
73 Edinburgh Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
74 Amsterdam metropolitan area Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
75 Dresden Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
76 Zhengzhou Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
77 Brisbane Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
78 Minneapolis–Saint Paul Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
79 State College Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
80 Grenoble Flag of France.svg  France
81 Bengaluru Flag of India.svg  India
82 Durham Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
83 Rome Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
84 Santa Barbara Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
85 Geneva Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
86 Chapel Hill Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
87 Rehovot Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
88 Milan Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
89 Bristol metropolitan area Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
90 Hamburg Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
91 Irvine Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
92 Göttingen Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
93 Columbus Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
94 Sendai Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
95 College Station Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
96 Leuven Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
97 Helsinki Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
98 Manchester Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
99 Mainz Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
100 Tel Aviv Flag of Israel.svg  Israel

Leading cities in different fields

The 10 cities and metropolitan areas with the highest share of articles published in the fields of biological sciences, Earth & environmental sciences, chemistry and physical sciences:

RankBiological sciences [4] Earth & environmental sciences [5] Chemistry [6] Physical sciences [7]
1 Flag of the United States.svg New York metropolitan area Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Beijing Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Beijing Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Beijing
2 Flag of the United States.svg Boston metropolitan area Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Nanjing Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Shanghai Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Shanghai
3 Flag of the United States.svg San Francisco Bay Area Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Guangzhou Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Nanjing Flag of the United States.svg New York metropolitan area
4 Flag of the United States.svg Baltimore-Washington Flag of the United States.svg Baltimore-Washington Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Guangzhou Flag of the United States.svg Boston metropolitan area
5 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Beijing Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Shanghai Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Hefei Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Nanjing
6 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Shanghai Flag of the United States.svg New York metropolitan area Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Tianjin Flag of South Korea.svg Seoul metropolitan area
7 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg London metropolitan area Flag of the United States.svg San Francisco Bay Area Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wuhan Flag of the United States.svg San Francisco Bay Area
8 Flag of France.svg Paris metropolitan area Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wuhan Flag of Japan.svg Tokyo metropolitan area Flag of Japan.svg Tokyo metropolitan area
9 Flag of the United States.svg San Diego metropolitan area Flag of the United States.svg Los Angeles metropolitan area Flag of the United States.svg New York metropolitan area Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Hefei
10 Flag of the United States.svg Los Angeles metropolitan area Flag of France.svg Paris metropolitan area Flag of South Korea.svg Seoul metropolitan area Flag of France.svg Paris metropolitan area

Notes

  1. The current complete list of the 82 leading scientific journals, as of September 2022, are: ACS Nano , Advanced Functional Materials , Advanced Materials , American Journal of Human Genetics , Analytical Chemistry , Angewandte Chemie International Edition , Applied Physics Letters , Astronomy & Astrophysics , Cancer Cell , Cancer Research , Cell , Cell Host & Microbe , Cell Metabolism , Cell Stem Cell , Chemical Communications , Chemical Science , Current Biology , Developmental Cell , Earth and Planetary Science Letters , Ecology Letters , eLife , Environmental Science & Technology , European Physical Journal C , Genes & Development , Genome Research , Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta , Geology , Geophysical Research Letters , Immunity , Inorganic Chemistry , Journal of Biological Chemistry , Journal of Cell Biology , Journal of Clinical Investigation , Journal of Experimental Medicine , Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres , Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth , Journal of High Energy Physics , Journal of Neuroscience , Journal of the American Chemical Society , Macromolecules , Molecular Cell , Molecular Psychiatry , Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters , Nano Letters , Nature , Nature Biotechnology , Nature Cell Biology , Nature Chemical Biology , Nature Chemistry , Nature Climate Change , Nature Communications , Nature Genetics , Nature Geoscience , Nature Immunology , Nature Materials , Nature Medicine , Nature Methods , Nature Nanotechnology , Nature Neuroscience , Nature Photonics , Nature Physics , Nature Structural & Molecular Biology , Neuron , Organic Letters , Physical Review A , Physical Review B , Physical Review D , Physical Review Letters , Physical Review X , PLOS Biology , PLOS Genetics , Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America , Proceedings of the Royal Society B , Science , Science Advances , Science Translational Medicine , The Astrophysical Journal Letters , The EMBO Journal , The ISME Journal: Multidisciplinary Journal of Microbial Ecology , The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters , The Plant Cell , and Water Research . [1]
  2. Controlled by the Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Republic of China on Taiwan. See also Political status of Taiwan and One China.

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