Impact
In most countries, there are mechanisms that attempt to
measure the impact of a scientist's work.
Although many of these mechanisms have been disregarded
in a number of studies (perhaps for good reasons), it
is a fact that they are used in different ways to
assess the importance of the work of scientists all over
the world.
In spite of these concerns, I keep a detailed list of
all my citations reported in
the Citation Index.
The list (in PDF) is available here.
As of February 15th, 2010, the number of citations
reported to my publications in the Citation Index
is 1981.
Additionally, I have many other citations in books,
PhD theses, in conference proceedings and other
sources. For those who may be interested, a detailed list (including
both, citations in the Citation Index and in sources
not recorded in the Citation Index) is
available (in PDF) here.
The total number of citations reported to my work is 4018.
Thus, I can document 2037 citations that are not recorded in
the Citation Index.
Some other researchers use as a reference the h-index,
which quantifies both the actual scientific productivity and the
apparent scientific impact of a scientist. The index is based on
the set of the scientist's most cited papers and the number of
citations that they have received in other people's publications.
As of January 28th, 2010, my h-index is 35,
according to Publish or Perish. The
query used was: cac coello.
As of January 28th, 2010, my h-index is 17,
according to the Citation Index. The query used
was: coello cac OR coello ca OR coello cc
