Leading 200 science cities
The leading 200 science cities and metropolitan areas ranked by article Share (Share) in 2024. Also listed are each city’s article count (Count) in 2024, and its contribution to the location’s total Share for the year.
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| 1 | Beijing | China mainland | 5,501.45 | 11,915 | 17.1% |
| 2 | Shanghai | China mainland | 3,153.61 | 6,680 | 9.8% |
| 3 | New York MA | United States of America (USA) | 2,376.77 | 6,529 | 10.8% |
| 4 | Boston MA | United States of America (USA) | 2,157.61 | 5,791 | 9.8% |
| 5 | Nanjing | China mainland | 2,135.61 | 4,282 | 6.7% |
| 6 | Guangzhou | China mainland | 1,820.05 | 3,966 | 5.7% |
| 7 | San Francisco Bay Area | United States of America (USA) | 1,720.89 | 4,769 | 7.8% |
| 8 | Wuhan | China mainland | 1,526.22 | 3,027 | 4.8% |
| 9 | Baltimore - Washington | United States of America (USA) | 1,493.73 | 4,453 | 6.8% |
| 10 | Hangzhou | China mainland | 1,351.70 | 3,119 | 4.2% |
| 11 | Tokyo MA | Japan | 1,243.61 | 2,981 | 39.0% |
| 12 | Hefei | China mainland | 1,213.55 | 2,954 | 3.8% |
| 13 | Seoul MA | South Korea | 1,176.78 | 2,566 | 58.3% |
| 14 | Paris MA | France | 1,082.45 | 3,456 | 44.7% |
| 15 | Tianjin | China mainland | 993.02 | 2,063 | 3.1% |
| 16 | Xi’an | China mainland | 991.89 | 1,977 | 3.1% |
| 17 | Los Angeles MA | United States of America (USA) | 971.62 | 2,918 | 4.4% |
| 18 | Shenzhen | China mainland | 964.09 | 2,736 | 3.0% |
| 19 | London MA | United Kingdom (UK) | 937.29 | 3,374 | 23.8% |
| 20 | Hong Kong | China mainland | 898.75 | 2,546 | 2.8% |
| 21 | Chengdu | China mainland | 876.38 | 1,788 | 2.7% |
| 22 | Chicago MA | United States of America (USA) | 863.98 | 2,611 | 3.9% |
| 23 | Changsha | China mainland | 781.10 | 1,621 | 2.4% |
| 24 | Changchun | China mainland | 739.40 | 1,394 | 2.3% |
| 25 | Singapore | Singapore | 689.99 | 1,797 | 100.0% |
| 26 | Philadelphia MA | United States of America (USA) | 633.16 | 1,992 | 2.9% |
| 27 | Jinan | China mainland | 626.98 | 1,389 | 2.0% |
| 28 | Zürich | Switzerland | 615.39 | 1,721 | 40.4% |
| 29 | Cambridge | United Kingdom (UK) | 555.47 | 1,809 | 14.1% |
| 30 | Munich | Germany | 535.57 | 1,742 | 10.7% |
| 31 | Qingdao | China mainland | 535.00 | 1,166 | 1.7% |
| 32 | Berlin MA | Germany | 522.75 | 1,776 | 10.5% |
| 33 | Suzhou | China mainland | 518.74 | 1,312 | 1.6% |
| 34 | San Diego MA | United States of America (USA) | 515.38 | 1,576 | 2.3% |
| 35 | Chongqing | China mainland | 509.23 | 1,046 | 1.6% |
| 36 | Seattle MA | United States of America (USA) | 490.45 | 1,676 | 2.2% |
| 37 | Houston MA | United States of America (USA) | 489.06 | 1,602 | 2.2% |
| 38 | Oxford | United Kingdom (UK) | 482.58 | 1,880 | 12.2% |
| 39 | Melbourne | Australia | 481.40 | 1,681 | 32.7% |
| 40 | Xiamen | China mainland | 461.04 | 1,040 | 1.4% |
| 41 | Fuzhou | China mainland | 459.81 | 1,076 | 1.4% |
| 42 | Dalian | China mainland | 457.10 | 966 | 1.4% |
| 43 | Harbin | China mainland | 436.93 | 941 | 1.4% |
| 44 | Toronto MA | Canada | 436.41 | 1,446 | 23.5% |
| 45 | Atlanta MA | United States of America (USA) | 421.65 | 1,409 | 1.9% |
| 46 | Ann Arbor | United States of America (USA) | 419.32 | 1,276 | 1.9% |
| 47 | Copenhagen | Denmark | 418.17 | 1,387 | 65.9% |
| 48 | Lanzhou | China mainland | 375.42 | 863 | 1.2% |
| 49 | Sydney | Australia | 361.57 | 1,401 | 24.6% |
| 50 | Barcelona MA | Spain | 357.07 | 1,508 | 25.6% |
| 51 | Madrid | Spain | 356.44 | 1,561 | 25.5% |
| 52 | Daejeon | South Korea | 346.21 | 921 | 17.2% |
| 53 | Stockholm | Sweden | 332.45 | 1,247 | 39.5% |
| 54 | Montreal MA | Canada | 330.54 | 1,044 | 17.8% |
| 55 | Lausanne | Switzerland | 324.03 | 994 | 21.3% |
| 56 | Vienna | Austria | 314.92 | 1,023 | 67.9% |
| 57 | Kyoto | Japan | 303.58 | 919 | 9.5% |
| 58 | Zhengzhou | China mainland | 300.19 | 976 | 0.9% |
| 59 | Pittsburgh | United States of America (USA) | 295.23 | 1,110 | 1.3% |
| 60 | St. Louis | United States of America (USA) | 294.93 | 891 | 1.3% |
| 61 | Amsterdam MA | Netherlands | 280.25 | 1,188 | 23.2% |
| 62 | Taipei | Taiwan | 277.58 | 857 | 52.6% |
| 63 | Heidelberg | Germany | 253.77 | 1,041 | 5.1% |
| 64 | Boulder | United States of America (USA) | 251.87 | 826 | 1.1% |
| 65 | Osaka | Japan | 250.81 | 793 | 7.9% |
| 66 | Tsukuba | Japan | 247.97 | 996 | 7.8% |
| 67 | Dallas - Fort Worth | United States of America (USA) | 247.64 | 918 | 1.1% |
| 68 | Austin | United States of America (USA) | 247.23 | 729 | 1.1% |
| 69 | Ithaca | United States of America (USA) | 242.74 | 711 | 1.1% |
| 70 | Nanchang | China mainland | 240.99 | 550 | 0.8% |
| 71 | Brisbane | Australia | 239.38 | 839 | 16.3% |
| 72 | Milan | Italy | 238.16 | 1,163 | 16.6% |
| 73 | Madison | United States of America (USA) | 236.86 | 780 | 1.1% |
| 74 | Minneapolis - Saint Paul | United States of America (USA) | 236.08 | 822 | 1.1% |
| 75 | Durham | United States of America (USA) | 234.48 | 891 | 1.1% |
| 76 | Nagoya MA | Japan | 233.14 | 772 | 7.3% |
| 77 | Vancouver MA | Canada | 228.23 | 807 | 12.3% |
| 78 | Dresden | Germany | 220.09 | 790 | 4.4% |
| 79 | Chapel Hill | United States of America (USA) | 214.39 | 747 | 1.0% |
| 80 | Urbana | United States of America (USA) | 214.19 | 558 | 1.0% |
| 81 | Rome | Italy | 210.65 | 1,122 | 14.7% |
| 82 | Shenyang | China mainland | 210.38 | 623 | 0.7% |
| 83 | Kunming | China mainland | 207.34 | 629 | 0.6% |
| 84 | Moscow | Russia | 207.04 | 520 | 51.7% |
| 85 | Ningbo | China mainland | 206.99 | 587 | 0.6% |
| 86 | State College | United States of America (USA) | 205.12 | 576 | 0.9% |
| 87 | Edinburgh | United Kingdom (UK) | 204.27 | 837 | 5.2% |
| 88 | Denver MA | United States of America (USA) | 198.31 | 749 | 0.9% |
| 89 | Hamburg | Germany | 198.10 | 894 | 4.0% |
| 90 | Leuven | Belgium | 197.42 | 713 | 37.3% |
| 91 | Genève | Switzerland | 192.89 | 850 | 12.7% |
| 92 | Kolkata MA | India | 183.69 | 382 | 10.3% |
| 93 | Columbus | United States of America (USA) | 182.72 | 733 | 0.8% |
| 94 | Bengaluru | India | 179.10 | 409 | 10.0% |
| 95 | Manchester | United Kingdom (UK) | 176.95 | 783 | 4.5% |
| 96 | Central National Capital Region (Delhi) | India | 175.35 | 480 | 9.8% |
| 97 | Mumbai MA | India | 174.30 | 448 | 9.8% |
| 98 | Zhenjiang | China mainland | 173.32 | 322 | 0.5% |
| 99 | Helsinki | Finland | 173.22 | 720 | 56.3% |
| 100 | Nashville | United States of America (USA) | 172.76 | 680 | 0.8% |
| 101 | Prague | Czech Republic | 170.46 | 726 | 61.9% |
| 102 | West Lafayette | United States of America (USA) | 170.29 | 429 | 0.8% |
| 103 | Irvine | United States of America (USA) | 167.92 | 567 | 0.8% |
| 104 | Tel Aviv | Israel | 164.27 | 561 | 25.3% |
| 105 | Basel | Switzerland | 163.78 | 555 | 10.8% |
| 106 | Göttingen | Germany | 162.96 | 549 | 3.3% |
| 107 | Karlsruhe | Germany | 160.90 | 456 | 3.2% |
| 108 | Santa Barbara | United States of America (USA) | 158.21 | 507 | 0.7% |
| 109 | Mainz | Germany | 156.66 | 632 | 3.1% |
| 110 | Grenoble | France | 155.29 | 722 | 6.4% |
| 111 | College Station | United States of America (USA) | 152.43 | 454 | 0.7% |
| 112 | Bristol MA | United Kingdom (UK) | 151.68 | 647 | 3.9% |
| 113 | Cleveland | United States of America (USA) | 150.40 | 541 | 0.7% |
| 114 | Reẖovot | Israel | 148.80 | 382 | 23.0% |
| 115 | Taiyuan | China mainland | 146.43 | 550 | 0.5% |
| 116 | Lyon | France | 144.77 | 641 | 6.0% |
| 117 | Uppsala | Sweden | 144.67 | 698 | 17.2% |
| 118 | Yangzhou | China mainland | 144.28 | 337 | 0.4% |
| 119 | Jeddah | Saudi Arabia | 143.01 | 376 | 81.0% |
| 120 | Würzburg | Germany | 141.48 | 470 | 2.8% |
| 121 | Utrecht | Netherlands | 141.23 | 626 | 11.7% |
| 122 | Göteborg | Sweden | 138.84 | 545 | 16.5% |
| 123 | Gainesville | United States of America (USA) | 138.83 | 481 | 0.6% |
| 124 | Warsaw | Poland | 138.55 | 658 | 41.3% |
| 125 | Sendai | Japan | 136.64 | 489 | 4.3% |
| 126 | Århus | Denmark | 134.26 | 483 | 21.2% |
| 127 | Salt Lake City | United States of America (USA) | 133.25 | 479 | 0.6% |
| 128 | Jerusalem | Israel | 133.03 | 359 | 20.5% |
| 129 | Toulouse | France | 132.16 | 575 | 5.5% |
| 130 | Wenzhou | China mainland | 131.46 | 353 | 0.4% |
| 131 | Münster | Germany | 128.19 | 434 | 2.6% |
| 132 | Groningen | Netherlands | 127.39 | 554 | 10.6% |
| 133 | Rochester | United States of America (USA) | 126.50 | 491 | 0.6% |
| 134 | Davis | United States of America (USA) | 125.22 | 488 | 0.6% |
| 135 | Leiden | Netherlands | 124.48 | 526 | 10.3% |
| 136 | Kaifeng | China mainland | 124.36 | 338 | 0.4% |
| 137 | Pohang | South Korea | 123.66 | 348 | 6.1% |
| 138 | Xinxiang | China mainland | 123.04 | 435 | 0.4% |
| 139 | Frankfurt am Main | Germany | 121.11 | 552 | 2.4% |
| 140 | Lund | Sweden | 119.46 | 554 | 14.2% |
| 141 | Freiburg | Germany | 118.89 | 439 | 2.4% |
| 142 | Guiyang | China mainland | 117.96 | 318 | 0.4% |
| 143 | Haifa | Israel | 117.33 | 350 | 18.1% |
| 144 | Glasgow | United Kingdom (UK) | 117.20 | 583 | 3.0% |
| 145 | Edmonton | Canada | 114.55 | 453 | 6.2% |
| 146 | Tucson | United States of America (USA) | 114.25 | 538 | 0.5% |
| 147 | Oslo | Norway | 114.12 | 544 | 46.4% |
| 148 | Nanning | China mainland | 113.99 | 360 | 0.4% |
| 149 | Sapporo | Japan | 113.89 | 330 | 3.6% |
| 150 | Leipzig | Germany | 113.49 | 451 | 2.3% |
| 151 | São Paulo | Brazil | 113.11 | 604 | 30.4% |
| 152 | Bonn | Germany | 112.84 | 575 | 2.3% |
| 153 | Erlangen | Germany | 111.89 | 357 | 2.2% |
| 154 | Tübingen | Germany | 111.27 | 416 | 2.2% |
| 155 | Fukuoka MA | Japan | 110.98 | 444 | 3.5% |
| 156 | Nijmegen | Netherlands | 110.71 | 414 | 9.2% |
| 157 | Strasbourg | France | 110.56 | 441 | 4.6% |
| 158 | Waterloo | Canada | 110.32 | 311 | 6.0% |
| 159 | Brussels | Belgium | 110.10 | 498 | 20.8% |
| 160 | Valencia | Spain | 109.93 | 499 | 7.9% |
| 161 | Wuxi | China mainland | 109.49 | 259 | 0.3% |
| 162 | Baoding | China mainland | 106.09 | 280 | 0.3% |
| 163 | Riverside | United States of America (USA) | 105.68 | 330 | 0.5% |
| 164 | Köln | Germany | 105.58 | 443 | 2.1% |
| 165 | Phoenix MA | United States of America (USA) | 104.17 | 460 | 0.5% |
| 166 | Padova | Italy | 103.71 | 519 | 7.2% |
| 167 | Trieste | Italy | 102.68 | 474 | 7.2% |
| 168 | Providence | United States of America (USA) | 102.48 | 408 | 0.5% |
| 169 | Ottawa | Canada | 102.07 | 442 | 5.5% |
| 170 | Aachen | Germany | 101.99 | 429 | 2.0% |
| 171 | Charlottesville | United States of America (USA) | 98.91 | 428 | 0.4% |
| 172 | Bloomington | United States of America (USA) | 98.66 | 423 | 0.4% |
| 173 | Changzhou | China mainland | 98.52 | 250 | 0.3% |
| 174 | Delft | Netherlands | 97.45 | 286 | 8.1% |
| 175 | Chennai MA | India | 96.18 | 307 | 5.4% |
| 176 | Gent | Belgium | 96.09 | 401 | 18.2% |
| 177 | Perth | Australia | 95.47 | 450 | 6.5% |
| 178 | Jena | Germany | 95.29 | 338 | 1.9% |
| 179 | Rochester | United States of America (USA) | 95.23 | 366 | 0.4% |
| 180 | Liverpool | United Kingdom (UK) | 94.94 | 511 | 2.4% |
| 181 | Adelaide | Australia | 94.13 | 473 | 6.4% |
| 182 | Cincinnati | United States of America (USA) | 93.65 | 401 | 0.4% |
| 183 | Dublin | Ireland | 93.49 | 494 | 70.1% |
| 184 | Naples | Italy | 92.85 | 506 | 6.5% |
| 185 | Miami MA | United States of America (USA) | 92.55 | 470 | 0.4% |
| 186 | Wuhu | China mainland | 92.36 | 224 | 0.3% |
| 187 | Richland | United States of America (USA) | 92.11 | 264 | 0.4% |
| 188 | Montpellier | France | 90.55 | 385 | 3.7% |
| 189 | Marseille | France | 89.81 | 502 | 3.7% |
| 190 | Hsinchu | Taiwan | 89.77 | 343 | 17.0% |
| 191 | Ulsan | South Korea | 89.13 | 252 | 4.4% |
| 192 | Canberra | Australia | 88.58 | 341 | 6.0% |
| 193 | Bern | Switzerland | 87.68 | 448 | 5.8% |
| 194 | Pune MA | India | 87.63 | 235 | 4.9% |
| 195 | Oak Ridge | United States of America (USA) | 87.57 | 388 | 0.4% |
| 196 | Stuttgart | Germany | 87.39 | 281 | 1.8% |
| 197 | Raleigh | United States of America (USA) | 86.35 | 255 | 0.4% |
| 198 | Birmingham | United Kingdom (UK) | 84.90 | 527 | 2.2% |
| 199 | Leeds | United Kingdom (UK) | 84.88 | 332 | 2.2% |
| 200 | Xianyang | China mainland | 83.74 | 170 | 0.3% |
Footnote
* Singapore is a city-state