Rank;Global Rank;Institution;Country;Sector 1;29;Microsoft Research, Cambridge;GBR;Companies 2;552;BMJ Group;GBR;Companies 3;811;Siemens AG, Germany;DEU;Companies 4;823;Philips Research, Eindhoven;NLD;Companies 5;972;GlaxoSmithKline, United Kingdom;GBR;Companies 6;1314;ABB, Switzerland;CHE;Companies 7;1354;ABB Corporate Research Center, Sweden;SWE;Companies 8;1368;BASF, Germany;DEU;Companies 9;1553;Novo Nordisk A/S;DNK;Companies 10;1583;Ericsson Sweden;SWE;Companies 11;1590;ABB, Sweden;SWE;Companies 12;1598;Shell, Netherlands;NLD;Companies 13;1650;VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland;FIN;Companies 14;1710;Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Switzerland;CHE;Companies 15;1741;Nestle Switzerland;CHE;Companies 16;1785;Novartis, Switzerland;CHE;Companies 17;2006;Bayer AG, Germany;DEU;Companies 18;2032;STMicroelectronics;FRA;Companies 19;2054;SINTEF Group;NOR;Companies 20;2141;STMicroelectronics;ITA;Companies 21;2211;Thales Group France, S.A.;FRA;Companies 22;2237;Daimler AG;DEU;Companies 22;2237;AstraZeneca, Sweden;SWE;Companies 24;2283;Electricite de France, S.A. *;FRA;Companies 25;2324;AstraZeneca, United Kingdom;GBR;Companies 25;2324;Nokia, Finland;FIN;Companies 27;2355;BMW AG, Germany;DEU;Companies 28;2386;IMEC International;BEL;Companies 29;2414;Merck KGaA, Germany;DEU;Companies 30;2466;France Telecom, S.A.;FRA;Companies 31;2523;Total, France;FRA;Companies 32;2583;Hoffmann-La Roche, Ltd., Switzerland;CHE;Companies 33;2609;Bosch, Germany;DEU;Companies 34;2648;Infineon Technologies;DEU;Companies 35;2733;Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH Germany;DEU;Companies 36;2771;Infineon Technologies Austria AG;AUT;Companies 37;3042;Rolls-Royce plc, United Kingdom;GBR;Companies 38;3137;Janssen Research & Development, LLC;BEL;Companies 39;3283;Syngenta, United Kingdom;GBR;Companies 40;3490;Sincrotrone Trieste;ITA;Companies 41;3666;Sanofi, France;FRA;Companies 42;3740;Statoil ASA, Norway;NOR;Companies 42;3740;Airbus, Germany;DEU;Companies 44;4036;IBM Switzerland Research Laboratory;CHE;Companies 45;4070;Unilever, United Kingdom;GBR;Companies 46;4572;Pfizer Inc., United Kingdom;GBR;Companies 46;4572;GlaxoSmithKline, Belgium;BEL;Companies 48;4881;Eli Lilly and Company Ltd., United Kingdom;GBR;Companies 49;5050;European XFEL GmbH;DEU;Companies 50;5344;Shell, United Kingdom;GBR;Companies 51;5462;Nokia Networks, Germany;DEU;Companies 52;5992;Atomic Weapons Establishment;GBR;Companies