Recently, Springer Nature Group releasedNature Index 2019 Annual TablesFrom which it was found that,Roche, Merck, Thermo Fisher Scientific, BGI, Bruker, Hitachi, Shimadzu, Illumina, JEOL, Agilent, GE, Waters, PacBioA total of 13 in vitro diagnostics (IVD) instrument companies are listed among the Global Top 100 Enterprises.
Of the 13 companies, nine are from Europe and the United States, three are from Japan, and one is China’s BGI. Among them, GE, Shimadzu, PacBio, and Thermo Fisher saw significant year-on-year increases in their Nature Index scores, with Shimadzu’s ranking jumping from 97th in 2018 to 47th. The flagship products of BGI, Illumina, and PacBio are all focused on gene sequencing. Reports indicate that Illumina plans to acquire PacBio for $1.2 billion, a deal still under investigation by the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA).
Nature Index is a database that compiles information on the publication of high-quality research papers, capturing data on authors and their affiliated research institutions for original articles published in 82 independently selected high-quality natural science journals.This database was compiled by Nature Research.The Nature Index provides near real-time data on high-quality research outputs and collaborations at the institutional, national, and regional levels, reflecting the level of original basic research conducted by an organization or institution.
Nature IndexInstrument Companies on the 2019 List
Nature Index2019 Global Corporate List
The 2019 tables are based on Nature Index data from 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2018.
