Dr Jordi Rello, head of the Clinical Research and Innovation in Pneumonia and Sepsis (CRIPS) at Vall d'Hebron Institute of Research (VHIR), is the researcher with the highest h-index in the field of critical care medicine in Spain, according to the http://indice-h.webcindario.com/" ranking published by the h-index dissemination group. His score is 1.82, just a few points less than the first and second classified who do research in any medical field in Barcelona.The ranking only takes into account researchers who are currently working in Spain and is based in the h-Index published at the ISI Web of Knowledge. The h-index is a progressive metric indicator that measures the scientific output of a researcher in a single field. It attempts to measure both the productivity and citation impact of the publication: if a scientist has published h papers with at least h citations each, his/her index is h. However, it does not take into account the journal quality.The ranking includes the 650 researchers working in Spain with the highest h-index in the field of health sciences. 25 VHIR researchers are included in this ranking, and 8 of them are among the top 5 scientists in their area and 6, among the top ten. These are the areas:Cardiology: Jordi Soler, David García-Dorado, Arturo Evangelista and Gaietà Permanyer.Dermatology: Ramon Maria Pujol and Vicente García-Patos.Gastroenterology and Hepatology: Juan Ramon Malagelada, Rafael Esteban Mur, Fernando Azpiroz, Francisco Gaurner and Maria Buti.Hematology: Francesc Bosch.General and internal medicine: Joan Ramon Laporte.Clinical neurology: Xavier Montalban, Carlos Molina, José álvarez, Joan Montaner and àlex Rovira.Neurosciences: Eduard Soriano.Orthopedics: Joan Bagó.Radiology: Julio Alonso.Rheumatology: Miquel Vilardell.Transplants: Daniel Seron.Dr. Joan Rodés from the Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS) and Dr. Manel Esteller from the Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge (IDIBELL), lead the ranking with an h-index of 2.02.