AUTHOR=Xu Shiyong , Yu Xiaona , Chen Jie , Jing Yuan 

TITLE=Advances in electronic skin research: a bibliometric analysis

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Materials

VOLUME=10

YEAR=2023

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/materials/articles/10.3389/fmats.2023.1188662

DOI=10.3389/fmats.2023.1188662

ISSN=2296-8016

ABSTRACT=<p><bold>Background:</bold> E-skin (electronic skin) is an active research area in human-computer interaction and artificial intelligence.</p><p><bold>Methods:</bold> A bibliometric analysis was performed to evaluate publications in the E-skin field between 2000 and 2021 based on the Web of Science (WoS) databases.</p><p><bold>Results:</bold> A total of 4,954 documents were identified. A detailed overview of E-skin research was presented from aspects of productive countries/regions, institutions, journals, citations, highly cited papers, keywords, and emerging topics. With the emergence of new functional materials, structural design, 3D printing, and nanofabrication techniques, E-skin research has achieved dramatic progress after 2013. Scholars and institutions in China, the United States and South Korea are leading the way in E-skin research. Pressure sensor, strain sensor, and flexible electronics are the most focused directions at present and Internet of things is the most emerging topic.</p><p><bold>Conclusion:</bold> E-skin research has achieved dramatic progress but there is still quite a challenging task in practical applications. Manufacturing process simplification, cost reduction, functional integration, energy supply, and biocompatibility are vital for the future development of E-skin.</p>