It is important that academics produce research that can be widely used and valued by the academic community around the world. This is termed

Research valued and widely used by the global academic community reflects citation impact.

Research impact is a broader term covering effects beyond academia as well.

Ethics impact would concern the moral conduct of the work, not its academic uptake.

Teaching impact concerns effects on students and pedagogy, not scholarly citation.

Citation impact is often measured by how frequently a work is cited by others.

Indices such as the h-index summarize a scholar's citation impact.