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The key research areas of biomedical engineering are identified and analyzed. It is demonstrated how biomedical engineering fits into the world map of science. An analysis of biomedical engineering core journals provides statistical data about citation patterns in this discipline.
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Garfield, E. Mapping the world of biomedical engineering: Alza lecture (1985). Ann Biomed Eng 14, 97–108 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02584261
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02584261