Rank;Global Rank;Institution;Country;Sector 1;116;Microsoft Research, Cambridge;GBR;Companies 2;161;Nokia, Finland;FIN;Companies 3;260;Merck KGaA, Germany;DEU;Companies 4;274;Novo Nordisk A/S;DNK;Companies 5;324;Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Switzerland;CHE;Companies 6;347;GlaxoSmithKline, United Kingdom;GBR;Companies 7;353;AstraZeneca, United Kingdom;GBR;Companies 8;355;Hoffmann-La Roche, Ltd., Switzerland;CHE;Companies 9;365;Novartis, Switzerland;CHE;Companies 10;397;Ericsson Sweden;SWE;Companies 11;401;GlaxoSmithKline, Belgium;BEL;Companies 12;442;IMEC International;BEL;Companies 13;495;Siemens AG, Germany;DEU;Companies 14;545;Bayer AG, Germany;DEU;Companies 15;564;Pfizer Inc., United Kingdom;GBR;Companies 16;575;BASF, Germany;DEU;Companies 17;602;Philips Research, Eindhoven;NLD;Companies 18;608;Janssen Research & Development, LLC;BEL;Companies 19;684;Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH Germany;DEU;Companies 20;724;IBM Switzerland Research Laboratory;CHE;Companies 21;752;Sanofi, France;FRA;Companies 22;767;Nokia Networks, Germany;DEU;Companies 23;772;Nestle Switzerland;CHE;Companies 24;785;Eli Lilly and Company Ltd., United Kingdom;GBR;Companies 25;795;AstraZeneca, Sweden;SWE;Companies 26;846;Bosch, Germany;DEU;Companies 27;852;Daimler AG;DEU;Companies 28;874;STMicroelectronics;FRA;Companies 29;982;France Telecom, S.A.;FRA;Companies 30;1044;STMicroelectronics;ITA;Companies 31;1084;BMW AG, Germany;DEU;Companies 32;1157;Thales Group France, S.A.;FRA;Companies 33;1195;Infineon Technologies;DEU;Companies 34;1321;VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland;FIN;Companies 35;1435;Infineon Technologies Austria AG;AUT;Companies 36;1466;ABB, Switzerland;CHE;Companies 37;1618;Shell, Netherlands;NLD;Companies 38;1826;Syngenta, United Kingdom;GBR;Companies 39;1933;Unilever, United Kingdom;GBR;Companies 40;2438;Statoil ASA, Norway;NOR;Companies 41;2441;ABB Corporate Research Center, Sweden;SWE;Companies 42;2460;ABB, Sweden;SWE;Companies 43;2521;SINTEF Group;NOR;Companies 44;3229;Total, France;FRA;Companies 45;3387;BMJ Group;GBR;Companies 46;3428;Sincrotrone Trieste;ITA;Companies 47;3731;Shell, United Kingdom;GBR;Companies 48;3837;Rolls-Royce plc, United Kingdom;GBR;Companies 49;4046;Airbus, Germany;DEU;Companies 50;4102;European XFEL GmbH;DEU;Companies 51;4652;Electricite de France, S.A. *;FRA;Companies 52;5248;Atomic Weapons Establishment;GBR;Companies