Rank;Global Rank;Institution;Country;Sector 1;342;Novo Nordisk A/S;DNK;Companies 2;418;Microsoft Research, Cambridge;GBR;Companies 3;841;Novartis, Switzerland;CHE;Companies 4;886;GlaxoSmithKline, Belgium;BEL;Companies 5;1034;Sanofi, France;FRA;Companies 6;1055;GlaxoSmithKline, United Kingdom;GBR;Companies 7;1158;Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH Germany;DEU;Companies 8;1335;AstraZeneca, United Kingdom;GBR;Companies 9;1367;IMEC International;BEL;Companies 10;1391;Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Switzerland;CHE;Companies 11;1443;Bayer AG, Germany;DEU;Companies 12;1715;Eli Lilly and Company Ltd., United Kingdom;GBR;Companies 13;1855;AstraZeneca, Sweden;SWE;Companies 14;1916;Hoffmann-La Roche, Ltd., Switzerland;CHE;Companies 15;1924;Nestle Switzerland;CHE;Companies 16;2012;Janssen Research & Development, LLC;BEL;Companies 17;2050;IBM Switzerland Research Laboratory;CHE;Companies 18;2090;SINTEF Group;NOR;Companies 19;2403;Unilever, United Kingdom;GBR;Companies 20;2457;Pfizer Inc., United Kingdom;GBR;Companies 21;2472;Syngenta, United Kingdom;GBR;Companies 22;2731;BMJ Group;GBR;Companies 23;2948;VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland;FIN;Companies 24;3056;Shell, Netherlands;NLD;Companies 25;3075;Ericsson Sweden;SWE;Companies 26;3121;European XFEL GmbH;DEU;Companies 27;3190;Philips Research, Eindhoven;NLD;Companies 28;3237;Sincrotrone Trieste;ITA;Companies 29;3512;Nokia Networks, Germany;DEU;Companies 30;3800;Nokia, Finland;FIN;Companies 31;3884;Merck KGaA, Germany;DEU;Companies 32;4094;Rolls-Royce plc, United Kingdom;GBR;Companies 33;4124;BASF, Germany;DEU;Companies 34;4154;Siemens AG, Germany;DEU;Companies 35;4249;Daimler AG;DEU;Companies 36;4436;Thales Group France, S.A.;FRA;Companies 37;4447;Electricite de France, S.A. *;FRA;Companies 38;4697;Statoil ASA, Norway;NOR;Companies 39;4721;Atomic Weapons Establishment;GBR;Companies 40;4827;STMicroelectronics;FRA;Companies 41;4894;BMW AG, Germany;DEU;Companies 42;4970;France Telecom, S.A.;FRA;Companies 43;5081;ABB Corporate Research Center, Sweden;SWE;Companies 43;5081;ABB, Sweden;SWE;Companies 45;5155;Infineon Technologies;DEU;Companies 46;5274;ABB, Switzerland;CHE;Companies 47;5391;Bosch, Germany;DEU;Companies 48;5466;Shell, United Kingdom;GBR;Companies 49;5576;Airbus, Germany;DEU;Companies 50;5698;Infineon Technologies Austria AG;AUT;Companies 51;5746;Total, France;FRA;Companies 52;5867;STMicroelectronics;ITA;Companies