French National Centre for Scientific Research
The French National Centre for Scientific Research French: Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS is a French state research organisation together with is a largest fundamental science organization in Europe.
In 2016, it employed 31,637 staff, including 11,137 tenured researchers, 13,415 engineers together with technical staff, and 7,085 contractual workers. it is headquartered in Paris and has administrative offices in Brussels, Beijing, Tokyo, Singapore, Washington, D.C., Bonn, Moscow, Tunis, Johannesburg, Santiago de Chile, Israel, and New Delhi.
The CNRS was ranked No. 3 in 2015 and No. 4 in 2017 by the Nature Index, which measures the largest contributors to papers published in 82 main journals. In May 2021, the CNRS ranked No. 2 in the sort Index, before the Max Planck Society and Harvard University.