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Medical Engineering and Physics

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Engineering and Technology 645 41 68 13

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 138
Documents by Best Scientists*: 175
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 3
SCIMAGO H-index: 130
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.525
Impact Factor: 2.3

Overview

Top Research Topics at Medical Engineering & Physics?

The journal aims to foster the development of research in Biomedical engineering, Finite element method, Artificial intelligence, Biomechanics and Simulation. Topics in Biomedical engineering were tackled in line with various other fields like Femur, Stiffness, Implant and Anatomy. In Medical Engineering & Physics, researchers investigate the Finite element method study as part of research in the field of Structural engineering.

In addition to Artificial intelligence research, it aims to explore topics under Computer vision and Pattern recognition. The studies tackled, which mainly focus on Biomechanics, apply to Orthodontics as well. Studies on Orthodontics discussed in the journal link to the field of Surgery.

Many of the studies tackled connect Simulation with a similar field of study like Kinematics.

  • Biomedical engineering (24.05%)
  • Finite element method (10.81%)
  • Artificial intelligence (9.68%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Mechanical properties and the hierarchical structure of bone (1857 citations)
  • Relations of mechanical properties to density and CT numbers in human bone (578 citations)
  • Needle insertion into soft tissue: a survey. (540 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Medical Engineering & Physics:

The published papers are mainly concerned with subjects like Biomedical engineering, Finite element method, Biomechanics, Artificial intelligence and Anatomy. The published articles address concerns in Biomedical engineering which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Soft tissue, Tomography, Stiffness and Implant. The published articles focus on Artificial intelligence but sometimes tackle the closely related topic of Pattern recognition which is concerned with Speech recognition.

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

  • Internal medicine
  • Surgery
  • Composite material

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal mostly deals with topics like Biomedical engineering, Orthodontics, Finite element method, Artificial intelligence and Biomechanics. While Biomedical engineering is the focus of the journal, it also provided insights into the studies of Imaging phantom, Compression (physics), Stiffness and Soft tissue. Topics in Orthodontics explored in Medical Engineering & Physics were investigated in conjunction with research in Fixation (histology), Kinematics, Femur and Fracture (geology).

Kinematics and Motion capture are closely related fields of research discussed in the journal. The studies in Finite element method featured incorporate elements of Stress (mechanics) and Material properties. Research on Artificial intelligence addressed in Medical Engineering & Physics frequently intersections with the field of Computer vision.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Gait analysis in neurological populations: Progression in the use of wearables (12 citations)
  • Data-driven gait analysis for diagnosis and severity rating of Parkinson's disease. (3 citations)
  • Performance of high conformability vs. high radial force devices in the virtual treatment of TAVI patients with bicuspid aortic valve. (3 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 Medical Engineering & Physics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Cheng-Kung Cheng (21 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Marco Viceconti (21 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Ming Zhang (20 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Zhongmin Jin (18 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Alberto Redaelli (18 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 Medical Engineering & Physics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Polytechnic University of Milan (71 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 6 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Southampton (68 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Pittsburgh (53 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Leeds (52 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University of Strathclyde (49 papers) absent at the last 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, 5.26% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 7.14% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 8.73% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 10.32% of all publications and 73.81% 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

  • Computing patient-specific hemodynamics in stented femoral artery models obtained from computed tomography using a validated 3D reconstruction method

    Monika Colombo;Marco Bologna;Marc Garbey;Scott Berceli

    (2020)
    42 Citations
  • Deciphering ascending thoracic aortic aneurysm hemodynamics in relation to biomechanical properties.

    Giuseppe De Nisco;Paola Tasso;Karol Calò;Valentina Mazzi

    (2020)
    37 Citations
  • Active delivery of multi-layer drug-loaded microneedle patches using magnetically driven capsule.

    Jihun Lee;Hyoryong Lee;Su-hyun Kwon;Sukho Park

    (2020)
    35 Citations
  • Does the inflow velocity profile influence physiologically relevant flow patterns in computational hemodynamic models of left anterior descending coronary artery

    Maurizio Lodi Rizzini;Diego Gallo;Giuseppe De Nisco;Fabrizio D'Ascenzo

    (2020)
    30 Citations
  • Assistive locomotion device with haptic feedback for guiding visually impaired people

    Mario F. Jiménez;Ricardo C. Mello;Teodiano Bastos;Anselmo Frizera

    (2020)
    27 Citations
  • Testing the impact of discoplasty on the biomechanics of the intervertebral disc with simulated degeneration: An in vitro study.

    Chloé Techens;Marco Palanca;Peter Endre Éltes;Áron Lazáry

    (2020)
    21 Citations
  • Influence of musculoskeletal model parameter values on prediction of accurate knee contact forces during walking

    Gil Serrancolí;Allison L. Kinney;Benjamin J. Fregly

    (2020)
    20 Citations
  • Compact and tunable stretch bioreactor advancing tissue engineering implementation. Application to engineered cardiac constructs.

    Giovanni Putame;Stefano Gabetti;Dario Carbonaro;Franca Di Meglio

    (2020)
    20 Citations
  • Multimodal characterization of the bone-implant interface using Raman spectroscopy and nanoindentation.

    Manon Fraulob;Siyuan Pang;Sophie Le Cann;Romain Vayron

    (2020)
    18 Citations
  • Self-expandable stent for thrombus removal modeling: Solid or beam finite elements?

    (2022)
    17 Citations

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