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. 2021 Oct 24;126(12):9405–9429. doi: 10.1007/s11192-021-04172-x

Table 7.

The top ten prolific institutions in the production of COVID-19 research 

Ranking 31 December 2020 Documents published, Research Institutions/Affiliations N % 6 June 2021, Documents published Research Institutions/Affiliations N %
1 Harvard Medical School, USA 1422 15.56 Harvard medical school 2325 15.76
2 Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China 1111 12.16 Huazhong University of Science and Technology 1591 10.78
3 Tongji Medical College, China 1056 11.56 University of Toronto 1579 10.70
4 The Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale, INSERM, the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research 983 10.76 INSERM, France 1508 10.22
5 University of Toronto, Canada 908 9.94 Tongji Medical College 1477 10.01
6 Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy 776 8.49 University of Oxford 1395 9.45
7 University of Oxford, England 761 8.33 University College London 1289 8.74
8 Università di Roma la Sapienza, Italy 755 8.26 Imperial College London 1223 8.29
9 University College London, England 704 7.71 Università degli Studi di Milano 1209 8.19
10 Massachusetts General Hospital, USA 660 7.22 Università di Roma La Sapienza 1159 7.85
Total 9136 100.00 14,755 100.00