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\section{Finnish Astronomy Institutes Re-evaluated}  In a survey with results presented as a LISA VI conference poster \cite{2010ASPC..433..116I} the question was asked whether the effect of institutional mergers could be evaluated using bibliometric methods. Before 2010, two Finnish astronomical institutes had underwent recent institutional rearrangements, and these could be detected in their publication track records as giving some boost to their evaluation results. In 2010, the other two universities with University of Helsinki  astronomy researchunits  underwentmore or less  similar changes. For analyzing the effect of these changes, citation counts for Finnish astronomy papers were retrieved from Web of Science. Figure 5 shows the number of citations by year. Results for both University of Helsinki and Aalto University (formerly Helsinki University of Technology) show a sharp growth curve starting from 2010. One is tempted to interpret this as proof for successful mergers. However, the reasons could be complex, as bibliometrics seldom gives straight answers. Both universities have been active participants in the Planck collaboration and this could explain some of the growth, but not all of it.