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N. 131 (2024)

Dispositivi medici tra qualità e circolarità: stato dell’arte e opportunità future

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3280/mesa2024-131oa20240
Inviata
maggio 23, 2025
Pubblicato
2025-07-03

Abstract

Il presente articolo ha l’obiettivo di indagare lo stato dell’arte della letteratura scientifica in merito allo studio della qualità, della sostenibilità e della circolarità dei dispositivi medici e di identificare i principali temi di ricerca. Per raggiungere questo scopo è stata svolta un’analisi bibliometrica della letteratura e 927 documenti sono estratti dal database Scopus e inclusi nell’indagine. I dati sono stati esaminati attraverso analisi descrittive, delle performance e della co-occurrence analysis svolta sulle parole chiave fornite dagli autori negli articoli.
La ricerca ha permesso di identificare i giornali, i Paesi e le istituzioni che hanno pubblicato più frequentemente studi connessi al fenomeno indagato e di individuare cinque cluster che rappresentano i contenuti di maggiore interesse per i ricercatori.

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