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.
Please note that this list excludes self-citations and citations
to unpublished manuscripts and to books and proceedings that I
have edited.
As of March 27th, 2013, the number of citations
reported to my publications which I have recorded from the Citation Index
is 3824.
Additionally, I have recorded many other citations in books,
PhD theses, 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.
Please note that this list excludes self-citations and citations
to unpublished manuscripts and to books and proceedings that I
have edited. The list also excludes citations from theses for which I
was the advisor or co-advisor.
The total number of citations reported to my work that I have recorded
is 6917. Thus, I can document 3093 citations that are not recorded in
the Citation Index.
According to my record in
Google Scholar, my total number of
citations is 17262, although this includes self-citations and
citations to unpublished manuscripts and to proceedings and books that I have
edited.
Some 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 March 27th, 2013, my h-index is 50,
according to Publish or Perish. The
query used was: cac coello.
As of March 27th, 2012, my h-index is 23,
according to the Citation Index. The query used
was: coello cac OR coello ca OR coello cc
