Table 1 List of 36 medical subjects included in the evaluation along with the estimated α s and β s (as obtained from data on publications of 219 European Academic Medical Institutions within 2002–2006) for the calculation of the modified impact index ( where h: h-index, N: number of publications)

1

Allergy

-0.033

0.668

2

Anatomy & Morphology

-0.058

0.623

3

Anesthesiology

-0.016

0.554

4

Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems

-0.004

0.600

5

Chemistry, Medicinal

0.067

0.563

6

Clinical Neurology

0.027

0.545

7

Critical Care Medicine

0.053

0.594

8

Dermatology

-0.031

0.560

9

Emergency Medicine

-0.016

0.498

10

Endocrinology & Metabolism

0.098

0.560

11

Gastroenterology & Hepatology

0.028

0.592

12

Geriatrics & Gerontology

0.049

0.558

13

Health Care Sciences & Services

-0.022

0.538

14

Hematology

0.046

0.614

15

Immunology

0.162

0.528

16

Infectious Diseases

0.075

0.566

17

Medicine, General & Internal

-0.124

0.644

18

Medicine, Research & Experimental

-0.008

0.621

19

Obstetrics & Gynecology

0.040

0.521

20

Oncology

0.205

0.500

21

Ophthalmology

-0.055

0.581

22

Orthopedics

-0.053

0.555

23

Otorhinolaryncology

0.004

0.488

24

Pathology

-0.042

0.621

25

Pediatrics

-0.027

0.528

26

Peripheral Vascular Disease

0.022

0.616

27

Physiology

0.062

0.565

28

Psychiatry

-0.012

0.566

29

Public, Environmental & Occupational Health

0.020

0.535

30

Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging

0.001

0.560

31

Respiratory System

-0.025

0.607

32

Rheumatology

-0.006

0.638

33

Surgery

0.070

0.490

34

Transplantation

0.006

0.572

35

Tropical Medicine

0.003

0.595

36

Urology & Nephrology

-0.012

0.594