World's Top Non-University Institutions in Science

2006 ranking of World’s Top Non-University Institutions in Science is given below:

Rank	Institution	Country	Citations per paper
1	Max Planck Society	Germany	12.4
2	Chinese Academy of Sciences	China	10.5
3	Russian Academy of Sciences	Russia	9.6
4	CNRS (National Council for Scientific Research)	France	8.0
5	Nasa	US	7.9
6	CSIC (National Research Council)	Spain	7.7
7	US Department of Agriculture	US	7.6
8	Los Alamos National Laboratory	US	7.4
9	CNR (National Research Council)	Italy	7.0
10	INFN (National Institute of Nuclear Physics)	Italy	6.2
11	Advanced Institute of Science & Technology	Japan	5.1
12=	JST (Japan Science & Technology Agency)	Japan	4.6
12=	Brookhaven National Laboratory	US	4.6
14	Argonne National Laboratory	US	4.3
15	CEA (Atomic Energy Commission)	France	3.9

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