| 1 | 263 | National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research | 701 | 376 | 268 | 694 |
| 2 | 325 | Landcare Research | 344 | 686 | 173 | 704 |
| 3 | 375 | Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences | 1398 | 763 | 240 | 738 |
| 4 | 588 | Plant & Food Research (Crop & Food Research) | 4768 | 1747 | 126 | 766 |
| 5 | 589 | Agresearch | 5919 | 1672 | 368 | 642 |
| 6 | 730 | Department of Conservation Te Papa Atawhai | 543 | 166 | 1646 | 2822 |
| 7 | 954 | Scion Forest Research Institute | 2763 | 2035 | 557 | 1534 |
| 8 | 1259 | Cawthron Research | 2495 | 2620 | 985 | 1832 |
| 9 | 1284 | Environmental Science and Research | 1906 | 1908 | 815 | 2377 |
| 10 | 1489 | Callaghan Innovation (Industrial Research) | 3298 | 1558 | 1701 | 2733 |
| 11 | 2389 | MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology | 4907 | 3223 | 2538 | 2188 |
| 12 | 2741 | New Zealand Meteorological Service | 2993 | 553 | 2538 | 3879 |
| 13 | 2914 | Malaghan Institute of Medical Research | 5007 | 3476 | 2538 | 2696 |
| 14 | 3515 | Medical Research Institute of New Zealand | 7133 | 5407 | 2538 | 2290 |
| 15 | 3525 | Southland Hospital | 2037 | 3042 | 2538 | 3410 |
| 16 | 4007 | National Research Centre for Growth and Development, Auckland | 2358 | 2036 | 2538 | 3879 |
| 17 | 5577 | Allan Wilson Centre for Molecular Ecology & Evolution | 5295 | 4192 | 2538 | 3879 |
| 18 | 5714 | Hawke's Bay District Health Board | 2117 | 4628 | 2538 | 3879 |
| 19 | 6135 | Qe Health Queen Elizabeth Hospital | 6700 | 4874 | 2538 | 3879 |
| 20 | 7222 | Waterways Centre for Freshwater Management | 6479 | 6660 | 2538 | 3879 |
| 21 | 7349 | New Zealand Institute for Advanced Study | 7436 | 6777 | 2538 | 3879 |
| 22 | 7503 | Auckland Medical Aid Centre | 7721 | 6978 | 2538 | 3879 |
| 23 | 7546 | Wool Research Organisation of New Zealand | 7744 | 7072 | 2538 | 3879 |
| 24 | 8007 | National Radiation Laboratory of New Zealand | 8011 | 7841 | 2538 | 3879 |
