Biomedical engineering research in Chilean universities - A bibliometric analysis

IF 1.3 4区工程技术 Q3 COMPUTER SCIENCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMS

IEEE Latin America Transactions Pub Date : 2024-03-14 DOI:10.1109/TLA.2024.10472960

Javiera Vásquez-Salgado;Rosa L. Figueroa;Julio Sotelo;Manuel Villalobos-Cid

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Biomedical engineering (BME) combines engineering, biology, and medicine to develop innovative healthcare solutions. There is an increasing demand for BME professionals following technological and scientific advances. In Chile, only three universities offer undergraduate BME programs: Universidad de Valparaiso, Universidad de Concepcion, and Universidad de Santiago de Chile. Each institution has defined its curriculum, professional profile, and research focus based on its perspective of the country's needs. However, the scope of their research contribution has not been studied. In this work, we perform a comprehensive bibliometric analysis using data from the SCOPUS database to evaluate publications by researchers affiliated with Chilean undergraduate BME programs from 2000 to 2022. The objective is to identify the research areas of BME in Chile, understand the similarities and differences between universities, analyse their research areas, explore collaboration relationships, and characterise the discipline's evolution. The main contributions of this work are (1) a quantitative and qualitative analysis of BME research in Chile, (2) the identification of BME research areas and their development over time, (3) the creation of a dashboard-style web tool, and (4) proposing a robust methodology for bibliometric analysis applicable to BME literature in Chile and similar contexts. This work represents the first collaboration involving authors from all universities with undergraduate Chilean BME programs.

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智利大学的生物医学工程研究--文献计量分析

生物医学工程（BME）将工程学、生物学和医学相结合，开发出创新的医疗保健解决方案。随着技术和科学的进步，对生物医学工程专业人才的需求日益增长。在智利，只有三所大学开设了生物医学工程本科课程：瓦尔帕莱索大学、康塞普西翁大学和智利圣地亚哥大学。每所院校都根据本国需求确定了自己的课程设置、专业概况和研究重点。然而，它们的研究贡献范围尚未得到研究。在这项工作中，我们利用 SCOPUS 数据库中的数据进行了全面的文献计量分析，以评估 2000 年至 2022 年期间智利本科 BME 课程所属研究人员发表的论文。目的是确定智利生物医学工程的研究领域，了解各大学之间的异同，分析其研究领域，探索合作关系，并描述该学科的演变特征。这项工作的主要贡献在于：(1) 对智利的 BME 研究进行了定量和定性分析；(2) 确定了 BME 研究领域及其随时间的发展；(3) 创建了一个仪表盘式的网络工具；(4) 提出了一种适用于智利和类似背景下 BME 文献的可靠的文献计量分析方法。这项工作是智利所有开设生物医学工程本科课程的大学的作者之间的首次合作。

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IEEE Latin America Transactions COMPUTER SCIENCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMS-ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC

CiteScore

3.50

自引率

7.70%

发文量

192

审稿时长

3-8 weeks

期刊介绍： IEEE Latin America Transactions (IEEE LATAM) is an interdisciplinary journal focused on the dissemination of original and quality research papers / review articles in Spanish and Portuguese of emerging topics in three main areas: Computing, Electric Energy and Electronics. Some of the sub-areas of the journal are, but not limited to: Automatic control, communications, instrumentation, artificial intelligence, power and industrial electronics, fault diagnosis and detection, transportation electrification, internet of things, electrical machines, circuits and systems, biomedicine and biomedical / haptic applications, secure communications, robotics, sensors and actuators, computer networks, smart grids, among others.