The work has been published in the journal INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ROCK MECHANICS AND MINING SCIENCES due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2014, it was in position 8/32, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Engineering, Geological.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from World Citations from Scopus Elsevier, it yields a value for the Field-Weighted Citation Impact from the Scopus agency: 1.51, which indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: ESI Nov 13, 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2026-04-27, the following number of citations:

• WoS: 28
• Scopus: 33
• Open Alex: 26

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2026-04-27:

• The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 18 (PlumX).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

• The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
• Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: https://oa.upm.es/36072/

As a result of the publication of the work in the institutional repository, statistical usage data has been obtained that reflects its impact. In terms of dissemination, we can state that, as of

• Views: 536
• Downloads: 833

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: OXFORD.

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (SERRANO BERMEJO, ARTURO) and Last Author (GALINDO AIRES, RUBEN ANGEL).