In a table of Top European Universities in Pharmacology based on data provided by Thomson Reuters from its Essential Science Indicators, Dundee is placed first at 33.11 citations per paper (190 papers, 6,291 citations) in the second half of 2009. While this table is for European universities, it also gives the world ranking for each university and Dundee is again top.
Pete Downes, Principal of the university, said citations are one of the most important measures of excellence in basic research because they indicate the extent to which other scientists recognise the quality of research. “Impact is at the core of our agenda, so to be ranked so highly in a table like this is particularly pleasing.”
For the full table see:
http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=410026&c=1
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