Additive manufacturing for metal-based bio-implant development: A bibliometric analysis

Abstract

The trend of growth and global population expansion generate new issues in health care, demanding rapid solutions tailored to specific clinical needs. Additive manufacturing is a rapidly evolving technology for biomedical applications and metal implant fabrication. Additive manufacturing allows the development of complex structures with biomimicry attributes in reduced lead time. This article comprises a general overview of the implementation of various additive manufacturing technologies in biomedical applications. In addition, the research area under examination has also been described using bibliometric analysis, which includes the number of publications each year and in terms of regional distribution, top-cited documents, citation mapping of journals and researchers, co-occurrence mapping, keyword analysis, country-wise publications, cluster assessment, content analysis, etc. Moreover, future study directions are highlighted with an objective to recuperate the curiosity of the global research community to mature this technique further. © IMechE 2022.