News agency Reuters has released its annual ranking of the top 100 most innovative institutions across the world and recognised Stanford University as the top achiever for the third year running.

UK-based news agency Reuters has released its annual ranking of the top 100 most innovative institutions across the world and recognised Stanford University as the top achiever for the third year running. The list tracks and ranks universities based on their scientific output, the invention of new technologies and their impact on new markets and industries.

Using data collated by research firm Clarivate Analytics, Reuters ranked institutions based on a range of criteria – patent volume, patent success, global patents,…