Albert Samà

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
36 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Albert Samà is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Albert Samà has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 21 papers in Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation and 19 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Albert Samà's work include Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention (21 papers), Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (19 papers) and Neurological disorders and treatments (12 papers). Albert Samà is often cited by papers focused on Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention (21 papers), Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (19 papers) and Neurological disorders and treatments (12 papers). Albert Samà collaborates with scholars based in Spain, Ireland and Italy. Albert Samà's co-authors include Xavier Parra, Luca Oneto, Davide Anguita, Carlos Pérez‐López, Andreu Catalá, Joan Cabestany, Daniel Rodríguez-Martín, Alejandro Rodríguez‐Molinero, Àngels Bayés and Eva de Mingo-Fernández and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, Expert Systems with Applications and Sensors.

In The Last Decade

Albert Samà

35 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Transition-Aware Human Activity Recognition Using Smartphones
    2015 521 citations Luca Oneto, Albert Samà et al. Neurocomputing profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Albert Samà 585 571 549 347 204 36 1.5k
Andreu Catalá 371 0.6× 348 0.6× 371 0.7× 224 0.6× 259 1.3× 77 1.3k
Marc Bächlin 497 0.8× 299 0.5× 242 0.4× 291 0.8× 126 0.6× 17 1.1k
Cristian Pasluosta 596 1.0× 173 0.3× 228 0.4× 306 0.9× 103 0.5× 46 1.3k
Patrick Kugler 528 0.9× 172 0.3× 218 0.4× 262 0.8× 83 0.4× 35 965
Sunghoon Ivan Lee 453 0.8× 243 0.4× 163 0.3× 143 0.4× 72 0.4× 87 1.4k
Gearóid Ó Laighin 425 0.7× 461 0.8× 172 0.3× 213 0.6× 81 0.4× 17 818
Mark V. Albert 277 0.5× 314 0.5× 111 0.2× 175 0.5× 102 0.5× 57 1.1k
Sînziana Mazilu 383 0.7× 117 0.2× 263 0.5× 325 0.9× 42 0.2× 15 702
Bert-Jan van Beijnum 529 0.9× 218 0.4× 82 0.1× 219 0.6× 57 0.3× 101 1.4k
Ferhat Attal 347 0.6× 481 0.8× 47 0.1× 88 0.3× 167 0.8× 19 858

Countries citing papers authored by Albert Samà

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Fields of papers citing papers by Albert Samà

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Albert Samà

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Albert Samà. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Albert Samà based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Albert Samà. Albert Samà is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Rodríguez-Martín, Daniel, Joan Cabestany, Carlos Pérez‐López, et al.. (2022). A New Paradigm in Parkinson's Disease Evaluation With Wearable Medical Devices: A Review of STAT-ONTM. Frontiers in Neurology. 13. 912343–912343. 30 indexed citations
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Rodríguez‐Molinero, Alejandro, Carlos Pérez‐López, Albert Samà, et al.. (2019). Estimating dyskinesia severity in Parkinson’s disease by using a waist-worn sensor: concurrent validity study. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 13434–13434. 24 indexed citations
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Rodríguez‐Molinero, Alejandro, Carlos Pérez‐López, Albert Samà, et al.. (2018). A Kinematic Sensor and Algorithm to Detect Motor Fluctuations in Parkinson Disease: Validation Study Under Real Conditions of Use. JMIR Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies. 5(1). e8–e8. 45 indexed citations
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Rodríguez‐Molinero, Alejandro, Albert Samà, Carlos Pérez‐López, et al.. (2017). Analysis of Correlation between an Accelerometer-Based Algorithm for Detecting Parkinsonian Gait and UPDRS Subscales. Frontiers in Neurology. 8. 431–431. 54 indexed citations
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Samà, Albert, Carlos Pérez‐López, Daniel Rodríguez-Martín, et al.. (2017). Estimating bradykinesia severity in Parkinson's disease by analysing gait through a waist-worn sensor. Computers in Biology and Medicine. 84. 114–123. 89 indexed citations
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Rodríguez-Martín, Daniel, Carlos Pérez‐López, Albert Samà, et al.. (2017). A Waist-Worn Inertial Measurement Unit for Long-Term Monitoring of Parkinson’s Disease Patients. Sensors. 17(4). 827–827. 31 indexed citations
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Pérez‐López, Carlos, Albert Samà, Daniel Rodríguez-Martín, et al.. (2016). Dopaminergic-induced dyskinesia assessment based on a single belt-worn accelerometer. Artificial Intelligence in Medicine. 67. 47–56. 45 indexed citations
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Rodríguez-Martín, Daniel, Albert Samà, Andreu Catalá, et al.. (2015). Posture detection with waist-worn accelerometer : an application to improve Freezing of Gait detection in Parkinson’s disease patients. UPCommons institutional repository (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya). 3–17. 1 indexed citations
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Oneto, Luca, et al.. (2015). Transition-Aware Human Activity Recognition Using Smartphones. Neurocomputing. 171. 754–767. 521 indexed citations breakdown →
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Rodríguez‐Molinero, Alejandro, Albert Samà, David A. Pérez-Martínez, et al.. (2015). Validation of a Portable Device for Mapping Motor and Gait Disturbances in Parkinson’s Disease. JMIR mhealth and uhealth. 3(1). e9–e9. 44 indexed citations
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Samà, Albert, Michael Lawo, Joan Cabestany, et al.. (2015). Detecting freezing of gait with a tri-axial accelerometer in Parkinson’s disease patients. Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing. 54(1). 223–233. 95 indexed citations
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Samà, Albert, et al.. (2015). Adapted step length estimators for patients with Parkinson's disease using a lateral belt worn accelerometer. Technology and Health Care. 23(2). 179–194. 15 indexed citations
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Samà, Albert, et al.. (2015). A transformational creativity tool to support chocolate designers. Pattern Recognition Letters. 67. 75–80. 5 indexed citations
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Rodríguez-Martín, Daniel, et al.. (2014). Enhancing FoG detection by means of postural context using a waist accelerometer. RECERCAT (Consorci de Serveis Universitaris de Catalunya). 1 indexed citations
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Samà, Albert, et al.. (2013). A Heterogeneous Database for Movement Knowledge Extraction in Parkinson's Disease. The European Symposium on Artificial Neural Networks. 413–418. 14 indexed citations
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Cabestany, Joan, et al.. (2013). FATE: One step towards an automatic aging people fall detection service. International Conference Mixed Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems. 545–552. 10 indexed citations
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Samà, Albert, et al.. (2013). HELP: Optimizing Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease Patients. Repositori UJI (Universitat Jaume I). 17–24. 6 indexed citations
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Rodríguez-Martín, Daniel, Carlos Pérez‐López, Albert Samà, Joan Cabestany, & Andreu Catalá. (2013). A Wearable Inertial Measurement Unit for Long-Term Monitoring in the Dependency Care Area. Sensors. 13(10). 14079–14104. 60 indexed citations
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Samà, Albert, Carlos Pérez‐López, Daniel Rodríguez-Martín, et al.. (2012). Dyskinesia and motor state detection in Parkinson's Disease patients with a single movement sensor. PubMed. 2012. 1194–1197. 57 indexed citations

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