Table 2.
Immunology output of the top 20 European countries (1996–2013). Output ranked on H index, a measure of impact from the research output. Data obtained from SCImago Journal & Country Rank (http://www.scimagojr.com), accessed 13 April 2015. Data are from the Immunology and Microbiology section from SCImago
| Rank | Country | Citable documents | Citations | Citations per document | H index |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Kingdom | 79201 | 2590073 | 31.88 | 359 |
| 2 | Germany | 67651 | 2147660 | 32.51 | 353 |
| 3 | France | 54499 | 1608328 | 29.03 | 302 |
| 4 | Italy | 35717 | 974429 | 28.41 | 276 |
| 5 | Netherlands | 28289 | 962503 | 34.91 | 274 |
| 6 | Switzerland | 20141 | 776740 | 40.09 | 271 |
| 7 | Sweden | 19546 | 589792 | 30.33 | 220 |
| 8 | Spain | 30699 | 703785 | 24.23 | 211 |
| 9 | Belgium | 14857 | 440608 | 31.3 | 202 |
| 10 | Denmark | 12282 | 359960 | 30.21 | 188 |
| 11 | Austria | 9562 | 298973 | 33.09 | 185 |
| 12 | Finland | 7726 | 223800 | 29.18 | 158 |
| 13 | Ireland | 5342 | 157267 | 33.64 | 153 |
| 14 | Norway | 6494 | 185200 | 29.92 | 150 |
| 15 | Greece | 4736 | 105160 | 24.58 | 110 |
| 16 | Russian Federation | 12641 | 113805 | 9.11 | 108 |
| 17 | Poland | 9450 | 109371 | 12.5 | 107 |
| 18 | Hungary | 3983 | 78230 | 20.53 | 105 |
| 19 | Portugal | 5699 | 104312 | 22.17 | 104 |
| 20 | Czech Republic | 6514 | 92618 | 15.13 | 99 |