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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) and Fraunhofer Society top Reuters ranking of the most innovative research institutions in 2019
[September 18, 2019]

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) and Fraunhofer Society top Reuters ranking of the most innovative research institutions in 2019


NEW YORK, Sept. 18, 2019 /CNW/ -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, France's Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) and Germany's Fraunhofer Society have topped Reuters' ranking of The World's Most Innovative Research Institutions, a list that identifies which publicly funded and operated organizations are doing the most to advance science, pioneer new technologies, and power new markets and industries.

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Government agencies have long been on the forefront of innovation, conducting long-term and expensive R&D that private companies can find hard to justify to shareholders. The results of government-funded research are part of everyday life, including fluorescent lights, lasers, the global positioning system and the Internet.

Germany leads the list with five institutions in the top 25, followed by France, Japan and the United States, each with four. The eight other countries represented in the ranking (Australia, Canada, China, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan and the United Kingdom) each only have one. Viewed on a regional basis, European institutions dominate the list, with 11 ranked institutions compared to nine in the Asia-Pacific and five in North America.

To compile the 2019 ranking of the World's Most Innovative Research Institutions, Clarivate Analytics identified more than 600 global organizations that published the most articles in academic journals, then reduced that list to only include institutions that filed at least 50 patents with the World Intellectual Property Organization between 2012 and 2017. Then they evaluated each candidate on 10 different metrics, focusing on academic papers (which indicate basic research) and patent filings (which point to an institution's ability to apply research and commercialize its discoveries). Finally, they trimmed the list so that it only included government-run or funded organizations, and then ranked them based on their performance.

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World's Most Innovative Research Institutions


1

Health & Human Services Laboratories

USA

2

Fraunhofer Society

Germany

3

CEA

France

4

Japan Science & Technology Agency (JST)

Japan

5

Agency for Science Technology and Research (A*STAR)

Singapore

6

RIKEN

Japan

7

National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science & Technology (AIST)

Japan

8

National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS)

France

9

National Institute of Health & Medical Research (Inserm)

France

10

Chinese Academy of Sciences

China

11

Medical Research Council

UK

12

US Department of Veteran Affairs

USA

13

Korea Institute of Science & Technology

South Korea

14

National Institute of Materials Science (NIMS) - Japan

Japan

15

Max Planck Society

Germany

16

German Cancer Research Center

Germany

17

Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

Australia

18

Academia Sinica

Taiwan

19

National Research Council Canada

Canada

20

German Research Center for Environmental Health Munich

Germany

21

Los Alamos National Laboratory

USA

22

Jülich Research Center

Germany

23

Spanish National Research Council

Spain

24

United States Navy

USA

25

National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation (Inria)

France


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