CES-Centre for Social Studies, Colégio de S. Jerónimo, 3000-995 Coimbra, Portugal.
Faculty of Economics & CinTurs-Research Centre for Tourism, Sustainability and Well-Being, University of Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal.
Sensors (Basel). 2024 May 12;24(10):3082. doi: 10.3390/s24103082.
More sustainable biosensor production is growing in importance, allowing for the development of technological solutions for several industries, such as those in the health, chemical, and food sectors. Tracking the latest advancements in biosensors' scientific production is fundamental to determining the opportunities for the future of the biosensing field. This article aims to map scientific production in the biosensors field by running a bibliometric analysis of journal articles registered in the Web of Science database under biosensor-related vital concepts. The key concepts were selected by researchers and biosensor technology developers working on the BioAssembler Horizon project. The findings lead to identifying the scientific and technological knowledge base on biosensing devices and tracking the main scientific organisations developing this technology throughout the COVID-19 period (2019-2023). The institutional origin of the publications characterised the global distribution of related knowledge competencies and research partnerships. These results are discussed, shedding light on the scientific, economic, political, and structural factors that contribute to the formation of a scientific knowledge-based focus on the performance and design of these sensors. Moreover, the lack of scientific ties between the three axes of organisations producing expertise in this area (China, USA, and Russia) points towards the need to find synergies through new mechanisms of co-authorship and collaboration.
更可持续的生物传感器生产变得越来越重要，为医疗、化学和食品等多个行业的技术解决方案的发展提供了可能。跟踪生物传感器科学生产的最新进展对于确定生物传感领域的未来机会至关重要。本文旨在通过对在 Web of Science 数据库中注册的与生物传感器相关的重要概念的期刊文章进行文献计量分析，来绘制生物传感器领域的科学生产图谱。关键概念是由参与 BioAssembler 地平线项目的研究人员和生物传感器技术开发人员选择的。研究结果有助于确定生物传感设备的科技知识库，并跟踪在整个 COVID-19 期间（2019-2023 年）开发这项技术的主要科研机构。出版物的机构来源描述了相关知识能力和研究伙伴关系的全球分布情况。本文对这些结果进行了讨论，揭示了有助于形成基于科学知识的重点关注这些传感器性能和设计的科学、经济、政治和结构因素。此外，在该领域拥有专业知识的三个组织轴心（中国、美国和俄罗斯）之间缺乏科学联系，这表明需要通过新的合作和协作机制找到协同作用。
