The recently published Nature Index 2017 Science Cities supplement reveals that New York is poised for a boom in the life sciences. While the city is rich with talent in the discipline, less money has historically been invested in New York-based companies because the city's high costs and a lack of lab space have made it difficult for start-ups to thrive.
Now, with the development of incubators offering shared equipment and mentorship for new companies, as well as new sources of funding, New York may be able to support a transformation into a bustling biotech hub. Indeed, of the total authorship contribution by the city's researchers to high-quality papers in the Nature Index, 60 percent fell within the life sciences.
The finding is one of several key insights reported in the Nature Index 2017 Science Cities supplement, which explores the high-quality research in the natural sciences being produced by 10 cities chosen for their strong scientific credentials, metropolitan atmosphere, and global ties. In addition to New York, the supplement explores the changing scientific landscapes in London, with possible complications of Brexit approaching; in Spain, including Barcelona and Madrid, amid talks about independence in Catalonia; in China, including Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Guangzhou, where scientific output continues to grow; and in South Korea, including the capital Seoul and its rival science city Daejeon, which is experiencing a research boom.
In New York, more than 100 institutions based in the city contribute to the high-quality natural science journals included in the Nature Index. New York-based institutions attracted about $1.1 billion in funding from the United States National Institutes of Health in 2017. In the past few years alone, advances in precision medicine, the development of new treatments for hepatitis C, and discoveries about the microbiome have only been possible due to the ingenuity of scientists at New York-based institutions.
In addition to identifying key research trends in the featured cities, the supplement also identifies the top 10 institutions in each, including New York's Columbia University in the City of New York; New York University; The Rockefeller University; Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; Mount Sinai Health System; Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Weill Cornell Medical College; Cornell University; The City University of New York; Pfizer Inc.; and IBM Research.
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