Nature Index
Nature Index helps research leaders benchmark performance, identify collaboration opportunities and track emerging research trends.
See how your institution compares with leading research organisations worldwide through trusted data, rankings and analysis from Nature Index.
See your research performance with total clarity
Nature Index delivers trusted, transparent insights into high‑quality scientific output and collaboration worldwide, helping you benchmark instantly, uncover powerful partnerships, and stay ahead of global research trends.
As a free, pan‑publisher resource, it provides simple, transparent metrics derived from hundreds of leading natural and health science journals – offering an independent, rigorous benchmark for institutions, countries/territories, and research networks.
With Nature Index, you can
- Benchmark performance
See how your institution, organisation or country compares with global peers using trusted research metrics. - Identify collaboration opportunities
Understand existing research partnerships and uncover new opportunities for collaboration. - Track emerging research trends
Monitor shifts in scientific output and identify areas of growing research strength.
Explore the organisations, countries and regions shaping global research performance through Nature Index Research Leaders.
Nature Index Research Leaders: See who’s shaping the future of global science
Discover which institutions are leading global research, where scientific excellence is growing, and how research performance is shifting across countries and regions.
Explore the Nature Index to find out
- Institutional strength: Ranked performance across academic, corporate, healthcare, NGO/NPO and government organisations.
- Geographic shifts: Where growth, investment, and scientific excellence are accelerating across regions.
- Collaboration models: How partnerships are evolving in response to changing national priorities.
Built from hundreds of high‑quality natural and health science journals, the analysis provides context you can rely on for strategy, funding, recruitment, and partnership decisions.
Go beyond the rankings with deeper analysis of the trends, disciplines and regions shaping the global research landscape.
Nature Index Supplements: Analysis of the trends shaping global research
Nature Index Supplements provide in-depth analysis of the scientific trends, regions and societal challenges shaping global research. Combining Nature’s editorial expertise with trusted Nature Index data, they help research leaders make informed planning, investment and partnership decisions.
What they deliver:
- Identify emerging areas of research growth
- Understand where innovation and investment are accelerating
- Support long-term planning with trusted evidence
In addition to research intelligence and analysis, Nature Index provides opportunities for organisations to showcase expertise and engage research leaders through sponsored content and partnerships.
Sponsorship & Visibility opportunities
If your organization has a priority research focus or regional strength, partnering on a Supplement offers a powerful brand and visibility opportunity. Strategic sponsorship or branded editorial collaborations help you reach and influence global research leaders, institutional strategists, and policymakers.
How we work
Whether you’re benchmarking institutional performance, exploring collaboration opportunities, analysing research trends or looking to reach research leaders, our team can help you get more value from Nature Index.
Meet the team
“Nature Index is a unique resource for tracking trends in global research, offering you a transparent methodology and valuable insights on the people, institutions and nations responsible for high‑quality research. As a science and data journalist, I’ve always appreciated how clearly Nature Index reveals these patterns, making it easier for you to understand where excellence is emerging and why it matters.“
When pivotal decisions depend on more than numbers, our Research Strategy Reports combine trusted evidence with expert analysis—giving you the clarity to lead with confidence.
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