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Analysis of institutional authors

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June 9, 2019
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Rapid Prototyping for Biomedical Engineering: Current Capabilities and Challenges

Publicated to: Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering. 14 73-96 - 2012-08-01 14(), DOI: 10.1146/annurev-bioeng-071811-150112

Authors:

Lantada, AD; Morgado, PL
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Affiliations

Univ Politecn Madrid, Dept Mech Engn, Prod Dev Lab, E-28006 Madrid, Spain - Author

Abstract

A new set of manufacturing technologies has emerged in the past decades to address market requirements in a customized way and to provide support for research tasks that require prototypes. These new techniques and technologies are usually referred to as rapid prototyping and manufacturing technologies, and they allow prototypes to be produced in a wide range of materials with remarkable precision in a couple of hours. Although they have been rapidly incorporated into product development methodologies, they are still under development, and their applications in bioengineering are continuously evolving. Rapid prototyping and manufacturing technologies can be of assistance in every stage of the development process of novel biodevices, to address various problems that can arise in the devices' interactions with biological systems and the fact that the design decisions must be tested carefully. This review focuses on the main fields of application for rapid prototyping in biomedical engineering and health sciences, as well as on the most remarkable challenges and research trends.
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Keywords

AnimalsBiocompatible materialsBiofabricationBiomedical devicesBiomedical engineeringBiotechnologyBoneCellsComputer-aided-designConstructionEquipment designHumansMicro-ctOrgan printingRapid manufacturingReconstructionScaffoldsSurgerySystemTechnologiesTechnology, pharmaceuticalTissue engineeringTissue scaffolds

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2012, it was in position 1/78, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Engineering, Biomedical.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from World Citations provided by WoS (ESI, Clarivate), it yields a value for the citation normalization relative to the expected citation rate of: 3.54. This indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: ESI Nov 13, 2025)

This information is reinforced by other indicators of the same type, which, although dynamic over time and dependent on the set of average global citations at the time of their calculation, consistently position the work at some point among the top 50% most cited in its field:

  • Weighted Average of Normalized Impact by the Scopus agency: 3.71 (source consulted: FECYT Mar 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2026-04-02, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 130
  • Scopus: 150
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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 2026-04-02:

  • 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: 317 (PlumX).

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/16834/

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: 508
  • Downloads: 1,895
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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 (DIAZ LANTADA, ANDRES) and Last Author (Lafont Morgado, Pilar).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been DIAZ LANTADA, ANDRES.

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