Rank;Global Rank;Institution;Country;Sector;Best Country Quartile 1;134;National Center for Biotechnology Information;USA;Government;1 2;171;Doe Joint Genome Institute;USA;Government;1 3;174;National Aeronautics and Space Administration *;USA;Government;1 4;218;Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory *;USA;Government;1 5;259;United States Department of Agriculture;USA;Government;1 6;342;Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics;USA;Government;1 7;346;Space Telescope Science Institute;USA;Government;1 8;353;SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory;USA;Government;1 9;374;Oak Ridge National Laboratory;USA;Government;1 10;423;Argonne National Laboratory *;USA;Government;1 11;425;Smithsonian Institution *;USA;Government;1 12;503;National Radio Astronomy Observatory Charlottesville;USA;Government;1 13;555;NASA Goddard Space Flight Center;USA;Government;1 14;628;Los Alamos National Laboratory *;USA;Government;1 15;668;Brookhaven National Laboratory *;USA;Government;1 16;679;Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory *;USA;Government;1 17;699;Infrared Processing and Analysis Center;USA;Government;1 18;712;National Renewable Energy Laboratory;USA;Government;1 19;720;Joint Quantum Institute;USA;Government;1 20;798;Pacific Northwest National Laboratory *;USA;Government;1 21;812;National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration;USA;Government;1 22;824;Jet Propulsion Laboratory;USA;Government;1 23;834;Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory;USA;Government;1 24;859;NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies;USA;Government;1 25;861;National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Socorro;USA;Government;1 26;886;National Center for Atmospheric Research;USA;Government;1 27;929;Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico;USA;Government;1 28;966;NASA Ames Research Center;USA;Government;1 28;966;Molecular Foundry;USA;Government;1 30;989;Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory;USA;Government;1 31;1052;United States Geological Survey;USA;Government;1 32;1066;National Institute of Standards and Technology *;USA;Government;1 33;1128;NASA Langley Research Center;USA;Government;2 34;1225;Joint BioEnergy Institute;USA;Government;1 35;1421;U.S. Army *;USA;Government;1 36;1433;US Environmental Protection Agency;USA;Government;1 37;1481;Smithsonian Environmental Research Center;USA;Government;1 38;1484;Center for Nanoscale Materials;USA;Government;1 39;1552;American Museum of Natural History;USA;Government;1 40;1591;U.S. Department of Energy *;USA;Government;1 41;1631;US Food and Drug Administration;USA;Government;1 42;1635;Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research;USA;Government;1 43;1662;Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics;USA;Government;1 44;1680;Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility;USA;Government;2 45;1902;Sandia National Laboratories, California;USA;Government;1 46;2008;TRIUMF - National Laboratory for Particle and Nuclear Physics;CAN;Government;2 47;2051;Ames Laboratory;USA;Government;2 48;2090;Douglas Mental Health University Institute;CAN;Government;2 49;2230;National High Magnetic Field Laboratory;USA;Government;2 50;2250;US National Science Foundation *;USA;Government;2 51;2424;Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education;USA;Government;2 52;2450;Environment Canada;CAN;Government;1 53;2472;HealthPartners Research Foundation;USA;Government;2 54;2538;Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory;USA;Government;2 55;2546;Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History;USA;Government;1 56;2580;Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute;USA;Government;1 57;2639;Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada;CAN;Government;1 58;2679;Center for Drug Evaluation & Research;USA;Government;1 59;2706;United States Agency for International Development United States;USA;Government;2 60;2746;NASA Marshall Space Flight Center;USA;Government;2 61;2839;Arthritis Research Canada;CAN;Government;2 62;2887;National Research Council Canada *;CAN;Government;1 63;3048;National Energy Technology Laboratory;USA;Government;2 64;3269;Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies;USA;Government;2 65;3295;University of Maryland, Center for Environmental Science;USA;Government;2 65;3295;Field Museum Natural History;USA;Government;2 67;3328;Fisheries and Oceans Canada Dartmouth;CAN;Government;3 68;3391;Fisheries and Oceans Canada *;CAN;Government;1 69;3554;Westat Corp;USA;Government;3 70;3589;Natural Resources Canada;CAN;Government;1 71;3757;Bedford Institute of Oceanography;CAN;Government;3 72;3850;NASA Johnson Space Center;USA;Government;3 73;3929;Federal Reserve System;USA;Government;1 74;4001;US Naval Research Laboratory;USA;Government;1 75;4354;U.S. Air Force;USA;Government;2 76;4557;Idaho National Laboratory;USA;Government;3 76;4557;National Research Council of the National Academies;USA;Government;1 78;4613;Glenn Research Center;USA;Government;2 79;4904;Steadman Philippon Research Institute;USA;Government;3 80;5034;Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition;USA;Government;2 81;5130;Center for Devices and Radiological Health;USA;Government;1 82;5262;National Center for Toxicological Research;USA;Government;2 83;5294;NASA Stennis Space Center;USA;Government;3 84;5405;Natural History Museum of los Angeles County;USA;Government;3 85;5615;American Institutes for Research;USA;Government;3 86;5620;Nemours Children's Health System;USA;Government;3 87;5700;United States Fish and Wildlife Service;USA;Government;1 88;6222;Missouri Botanical Garden;USA;Government;2 89;7084;Savannah River National Laboratory;USA;Government;3 90;7284;New York Botanical Garden;USA;Government;3 91;7950;Defence Research and Development Canada;CAN;Government;2 92;8782;Canadian Nuclear Laboratories;CAN;Government;3 93;9054;Research Institute for Fragrance Materials;USA;Government;4