MUG was named by Elsevier the 2017 winner of Polish Research Impact Leaders Award in Medical Sciences. According to Elsevier's press release, the evaluation criteria are based on a combination of bibliometric indicators collected from Elsevier’s SciVal. Indicators needed to reflect an increase in the number of publications in the most prestigious scientific journals, and showcase a high-level of international cooperation and impact, as measured by the Field-Weighted Citation Index. Universities whose authors published at least 50 publications in the period 2014-2016 in the given disciplines were considered for the award. Jagiellonian University and University of Rzeszow were the other 2 finalists for the award in this discipline.