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Abstract

We present a detailed bibliometric analysis of the scientific contributions of Manuel Cardona, who represents an interesting example of a renowned scientist with a long and fruitful career. His publications provide an appropriate basis to apply various bibliometric techniques to measure the impact of his scientific achievements. For this purpose, we have taken into account his full publication record, the institutions of all his coauthors, the journals where his papers have been published, and the citations of his papers as a measure of their impact. We have analyzed in more detail some of his most important publications, which appeared as journal papers and book contributions. Additionally, we have broken down the complete ensemble of the citing papers with respect to the countries of authors, the journals, and the subject areas. The analysis performed in this study also makes use of the Hirsch index as one of the most recognized bibliometric indicators which has rapidly captured the field of research evaluation. Finally, we have established the citation historiogram based on the most highly-cited papers to visualize their citation network. (C) 2011 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim