Groundbreaking ideas driving the world’s most innovative companies often originate from academic research. These ideas fuel technological advancements and contribute to solutions for societal challenges – spanning healthcare, sustainability, economic development and more.
This paper is the second in the series by the Institute for Scientific Information™, highlighting ongoing developments to create a responsible framework for evaluating the societal impact of research. It explores the critical role of universities in fostering innovation on a global scale and identifies the top 50 academic research institutions whose papers were most cited by inventions from the Clarivate 2024 Top 100 Global Innovators list.
The paper includes:
- A comprehensive analysis and top 50 ranking of the universities leading in research-to-innovation impact.
- The key relationships between universities and leading innovators.
- Visualized pathways showing global knowledge flow patterns between university research and industrial inventions.
Download the full report to discover how academic research drives the world’s most innovative inventions.