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Isidro F. Aguillo Caño

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Isidro Francisco Aguillo Caño (1963-) is a Spanish information scientist.

Life

Isidro Francisco Aguillo Caño was born in 1963 in Haro, La Rioja, Spain.

Isidro F. Aguillo Caño
Isidro F. Aguillo Caño. Credit: T. Baiget (2018)

He graduated in Biological Sciences from the University Complutense (UCM) de Madrid in 1985, obtained a Master in Information Sciences in 1992 by the University Carlos III de Madrid and a Diploma of Advances Studies (2007) from the Universidad de Granada.

In 1983 he joined the Department of Vertebrate Zoology of UCM under the direction of the Dr. Manuel Fernández Cruz developing studies about avian nomenclature and speciation processes in the Western Palearctic.

In 1994 he joined the Center for Scientific Information and Documentation (CINDOC), part of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), in Madrid. Under the direction of Prof. José Ramón Pérez Álvarez Ossorio, he was in charge of the Spanish National Center Point of the EU programs IMPACT, INFO2000 and MLIS from the DGXIIII of the European Commission.

The programs funded the promotion of the access to the Internet and the Web. After founding the Internet Laboratory in the CINDOC, his work focuses on webometrics, bibliometrics, scientometrics, scholarly communication, and research evaluation. He is known for his contributions to the development of web-based indicators for evaluating the online presence and visibility of universities and research institutions.

He is the founder and editor of the journal "Cybermetrics" (1997-2015), the first electronic-only journal of the CSIC, that was the top Spanish publication in the SJR Social Sciences platform. He can be considered one the founders of the cybermetrics / webometrics discipline.

In 2000 he was appointed to the Spanish Office for Science and Technology (SOST) in Brussels (Belgium) during the preparation of the 5th Framework programme that allowed setting up international consortia for the EU funded projects EICSTES (EU maps of academic web presence), WISER (pan European webometrics), ACUMEN (relevant for the introduction of the narrative) and RISIS.

In 2002 he was granted Metcalfe Visitor Professor in the University of New South Wales (Sydney, Australia). The Ranking Web of Universities was developed there, being published inspired by the Shanghai Ranking for the first time in 20024. It is the largest ranking of higher education institutions with more than 32 000 indexed ones, being published two times per year.

Other websites developed by him include the Ranking Web of Research Centers (2006-2020). Ranking Web of Hospitals (2008-2020). Ranking Web of Repositories (2008-2025), Ranking Web of Business Schools (2008-2015) and the Rankings od Spanish Researchers and Foreign Researchers in Spain (2022-).

Since 2016 he is member of the Institute de Public Goods and Policies (IPP) of the CSIC, being appointed in 2025 as the technical deputy director of the Institute in charge of the development of the local LLM infrastructure and with responsibility in the adoption and formation in AI topics.

He is data collector and supplier for third parties like the Scimago Lab (MENA Research Centers Ranking, Scimago Media Ranking and Scimago Institutions Ranking).), the QS Quacquarelli Symonds Group (Regional University Rankings) and  the IESA-CSIC SILICE database

He has published 6 books, more than 200 papers, 80 of them in international indexed journals on such research topics as evaluation of the scientific activity, electronic journals, open access initiatives and specially webometrics and web indicators. His teaching activity comprises more than 400 workshops, seminars and conferences in more than 120 Universities and professional societies worldwide.

He has been included in the list of the World's Top 2% Scientist. Stanford Elsevier Ranking (2019-2026)

Other positions held

  • Expert Group “ERA Indicators and ERA Monitoring”. European Commission. DG Research. 2009
  • Working Group on Monitoring and Indicators on Human Resources and Mobility. European Commission. DG Research. 2009
  • Organizing Committee 11th International Society of Scientometrics and Informetrics (ISSI) Conference
  • He has been member (Vocal) of the Executive Committee of the Asociación Española de terminología y de la Federación Española de Sociedades de Información y Documentación ESABID

Awards

  • In 2009 he was invested Doctor Honoris Causa by the University of Indonesia.
  • In 2015 he was recognized Doctor Honoris Causa by the National Research Nuclear University Moscow
  • In 2025 he was recognized as Professor Honoris Causa of the University AAB in Prishtina.
  • The Honorary Medal of the IREG Observatory on Academic Ranking and Excellence (2020) and the Honorary Medal of the Sociedad Española de Información y Documentación Científica SEDIC (2026) were granted for recognizing his contributions to these organizations.

Selected papers

Books

  • Mas-Bleda, Amalia; Aguillo, Isidro F. (2015). La web social como nuevo medio de comunicación y evaluación científica. Barcelona: Editorial UOC. ISBN: 9788490649220
  • Orduña-Malea, Enrique; Aguillo, Isidro F. (2014). Cibermetría. Midiendo el espacio red. Barcelona: Editorial UOC. ISBN: 9788490642337
  • Barré, Remi; Aguillo, Isidro F. et al. (2009). ERA indicators and monitoring. Expert Group Report. Brussels: European Commission. EUR 24171EN

Further reading

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