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Table 2 Number of publications (N), h-index, impact index () and modified impact index () for the top 10 European universities in life sciences and biomedicine according to Times Higher Education1 (based on publications occurring during 2002–2006 from 36 medical fields).

From: Assessing the impact of biomedical research in academic institutions of disparate sizes

University

Country

Rank according to THE1

N

h-index

Impact index

Modified impact index

Oxford

UK

2

5578

105

2.259

1.403

Edinburgh

UK

5

3318

77

2.088

1.296

Cambridge

UK

1

5605

96

2.061

1.280

Bristol

UK

9

3309

72

1.955

1.214

Imperial

UK

3

10624

118

1.906

1.184

Uppsala

Sweden

7

4073

77

1.906

1.183

Heidelberg

Germany

8

5785

86

1.821

1.131

Louis Pasteur Strasbourg I

France

10

1315

43

1.760

1.093

UCL

UK

4

12662

115

1.718

1.067

King's College

UK

6

8980

95

1.654

1.027

  1. MII values > 1 indicate that an institution performs better in terms of its h-index that it would be expected, given the number of publications it produces.
  2. 1 Times Higher Education – QS World University Rankings 2007 – Life Sciences and Biomedicine (rank among European Universities)