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April 12, 2025
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ECG-Based Biometric Recognition: A Survey of Methods and Databases

Publicated to: SENSORS. 25 (6): 1864- - 2025-03-17 25(6), DOI: 10.3390/s25061864

Authors:

Meltzer, D; Luengo, D
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Univ Politecn Madrid, Dept Audiovisual & Commun Engn, Calle Nikola Tesla s-n, Madrid 28031, Spain - Author
Univ Politecn Madrid, Dept Telematics & Elect, Calle Nikola Tesla s-n, Madrid 28031, Spain - Author

Abstract

This work presents a comprehensive and chronologically ordered survey of existing studies and data sources on Electrocardiogram (ECG) based biometric recognition systems. This survey is organized in terms of the two main goals pursued in it: first, a description of the main ECG features and recognition techniques used in the existing literature, including a comprehensive compilation of references; second, a survey of the ECG databases available and used by the referenced studies. The most relevant characteristics of the databases are identified, and a comprehensive compilation of databases is given. To date, no other work has presented such a complete overview of both studies and data sources for ECG-based biometric recognition. Readers interested in the subject can obtain an understanding of the state of the art, easily identifying specific key papers by using different criteria, and become aware of the databases where they can test their novel algorithms.
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Keywords

AlgorithmsAuthenticatioBiometric identificationBiometryConvolution neural-networkDatabases, factualDiscriminant-analysisEcg biometricsEcg databasesElectrocardiogramElectrocardiographyFeature-extractionHeart-rateHumansIdentificationQrs complex detectionRespiratory rateRobust human identificationSignal processing, computer-assistedSt segmentSurveSurveyVerification

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal SENSORS due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency Scopus (SJR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2025, it was in position , thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Instrumentation.

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2026-04-27:

  • WoS: 1
  • Scopus: 1
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Impact and social visibility

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: 19 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

    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/95017/

    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: 19
    • Downloads: 8
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    Leadership analysis of institutional authors

    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 (MELTZER CAMINO, DAVID JESUS) and Last Author (LUENGO GARCIA, DAVID).

    the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been MELTZER CAMINO, DAVID JESUS.

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    Awards linked to the item

    This work was funded by MICIU/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 and by ERDF "A way of making Europe" under grant agreement No. PID2023-153035NB-I00.
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