Nature Index Identifies Top Contributors to Innovation

New rankings highlight institutions that have produced large numbers of articles cited in others' patents.

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The Weizmann Institute of Science, ranked fourth, is the only non-US institution listed in the top 10.WIKIMEDIAThe Scripps Research Institute in San Diego, Rockefeller University, and MIT are the world’s top three institutions when it comes to inspiring new inventions, according to the Nature Index 2017 Innovation supplement. Published today (August 9), the report ranks 200 universities and research organizations based on their contributions to published research that is later cited in other organizations’ patents.

“This analysis comes at a time when following the transfer of scientific knowledge into industry and the economy is a growing priority for governments and research funding agencies,” says Nature Index founder David Swinbanks in a statement. “For them, the need to demonstrate that publicly funded science is being used for society’s benefit is paramount.”

The rankings, which are based on a metric devised by Nature Index partner The Lens, combine information on the number of cited articles produced by researchers at a particular institution, and the relative contribution of individual authors to each publication. The supplement is one of many produced by Nature Index, which, since its foundation in late 2014, has amassed a database of research output from around 8,000 institutions in 150 ...

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