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International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery
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International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Electronics and Electrical Engineering 430 10 16 6
Computer Science 669 23 36 8
Engineering and Technology 1049 12 19 7
Medicine 2408 25 23 10

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 88
Documents by Best Scientists*: 104
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 4
SCIMAGO H-index: 69
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.55
Impact Factor: 2.1

Overview

Top Research Topics at International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery?

International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery explores disciplines such as Surgery, Artificial intelligence, Simulation, Robotic surgery and Robot. The work tackled in it goes beyond the discipline of Surgery as it also encompasses General surgery. The Artificial intelligence works featured in International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery incorporate elements from Imaging phantom and Computer vision.

Some problems in Imaging phantom that were presented in International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery overlapped with concepts under Biomedical engineering and Ultrasound. The journal holds forums on Simulation that merges themes from other disciplines such as Workspace and Teleoperation. The work on Robotic surgery tackled in International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery brings together disciplines like Laparoscopic surgery and Colorectal cancer.

The main emphasis of International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery is the research on Robot, emphasizing the topic of Robotic systems.

  • Surgery (40.26%)
  • Artificial intelligence (20.87%)
  • Simulation (20.48%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Evolution of autonomous and semi-autonomous robotic surgical systems: a review of the literature (248 citations)
  • OpenIGTLink: an open network protocol for image-guided therapy environment (221 citations)
  • Human tactile perception as a standard for artificial tactile sensing--a review. (215 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery:

The journal papers focus largely on the fields of Surgery, Artificial intelligence, Robot, Simulation and Robotic surgery. In addition to Surgery research, the most cited articles aim to explore topics under Medical physics and General surgery. The study on Artificial intelligence presented in the most cited papers is investigated in conjunction with research in Computer vision.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Surgery
  • Internal medicine
  • Radiology

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal facilitates discussions on Surgery, Robotic surgery, Robot, Artificial intelligence and Perioperative. The tackled Surgery research is interrelated with Colorectal cancer which concerns subjects like Mortality rate. The studies in Robotic surgery featured incorporate elements of Stage (cooking), Prostatectomy, Retrospective cohort study and Colorectal surgery.

The research on Robot featured in it combines topics in other fields like Trajectory, Imaging phantom, Simulation, Work (physics) and Biomedical engineering. While Simulation is the focus of International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery, it also provided insights into the studies of Workspace and Degrees of freedom (mechanics). The studies in Artificial intelligence featured incorporate elements of Pedicle screw and Computer vision.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Automatic recognition of bladder tumours using deep learning technology and its clinical application. (5 citations)
  • HoloYolo: A proof-of-concept study for marker-less surgical navigation of spinal rod implants with augmented reality and on-device machine learning. (5 citations)
  • Open versus robot-assisted partial nephrectomy: A longitudinal comparison of 880 patients over 10 years. (4 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Shuxin Wang (19 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Rajni V. Patel (15 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Philippe Morel (14 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Nicolas C. Buchs (13 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Monika Hagen (13 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Shanghai Jiao Tong University (46 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 6 more than at the previous edition,
  • Imperial College London (28 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Beihang University (27 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Johns Hopkins University (27 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Tianjin University (26 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 5.92% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 20.75% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 7.55% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 18.87% of all publications and 52.83% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Top Publications

  • K-FLEX: A flexible robotic platform for scar-free endoscopic surgery.

    Minho Hwang;Dong-Soo Kwon

    (2020)
    111 Citations
  • Automatic 3D landmarking model using patch-based deep neural networks for CT image of oral and maxillofacial surgery.

    Qingchuan Ma;Etsuko Kobayashi;Bowen Fan;Keiichi Nakagawa

    (2020)
    45 Citations
  • SmartArm: Integration and validation of a versatile surgical robotic system for constrained workspaces

    Murilo Marques Marinho;Kanako Harada;Akio Morita;Mamoru Mitsuishi

    (2020)
    36 Citations
  • A deep learning framework for real‐time 3D model registration in robot‐assisted laparoscopic surgery

    (2022)
    36 Citations
  • Visual servoing of continuum robots: Methods, challenges, and prospects

    (2022)
    34 Citations
  • Towards development of a tele-mentoring framework for minimally invasive surgeries.

    Dehlela Shabir;Nihal Abdurahiman;Jhasketan Padhan;May Trinh

    (2021)
    34 Citations
  • Comparison of robot‐assisted and conventional laparoscopy for colorectal surgery for endometriosis: A prospective cohort study

    (2022)
    27 Citations
  • Operational framework and training standard requirements for AI-empowered robotic surgery.

    Shane O'Sullivan;Simon Leonard;Andreas Holzinger;Colin Allen

    (2020)
    24 Citations
  • Robotic rectal resection preserves anorectal function: Systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Julia K Grass;Chien-Chih Chen;Nathaniel Melling;Bharathi Lingala

    (2021)
    24 Citations
  • Effect of backlash hysteresis of surgical tool bending joints on task performance in teleoperated flexible endoscopic robot.

    Hansoul Kim;Minho Hwang;Joonhwan Kim;Jae Min You

    (2020)
    15 Citations

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