A 3D-printed passive exoskeleton for upper limb assistance in children with motor disorders: proof of concept through an electromyography-based assessment
Publicated to:Peerj. 11 e15095- - 2023-03-29 11(), DOI: 10.7717/peerj.15095
Authors: Sanchez, Cristina; Blanco, Laura; del Rio, Carmina; Urendes, Eloy; Costa, Vanina; Raya, Rafael
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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel
The work has been published in the journal Peerj 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, 2023, it was in position , thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Miscellaneous).
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: 1.1. 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 14, 2024)
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: 2.73 (source consulted: FECYT Feb 2024)
- Field Citation Ratio (FCR) from Dimensions: 8.98 (source consulted: Dimensions Jun 2025)
Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-06-06, the following number of citations:
- WoS: 6
- Scopus: 9
- Europe PMC: 1
Impact and social visibility
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 (SANCHEZ LOPEZ DE PABLO, CRISTINA) and Last Author (RAYA LOPEZ, RAFAEL).
the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been SANCHEZ LOPEZ DE PABLO, CRISTINA.