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October 10, 2022
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MOSQITO: An open-source and free toolbox for sound quality metrics in the industry and education

Publicated to:Proceedings Of Inter-Noise 2021 - 2021 International Congress And Exposition Of Noise Control Engineering. - 2021-01-01 (), DOI: 10.3397/IN-2021-1767

Authors: San Millán-Castillo R; Latorre-Iglesias E; Jiménez-Caminero D; Álvarez-Jimeno JM; Glesser M; Wanty S

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EOMYS Ruche d'Entreprise de Lille Hellemmes, 121 rue Chanzy - Hellemmes CS 10128, Lille, 59030, France - Author
Rey Juan Carlos University, Departamento de Teoría de la Señal y las Comunicaciones, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería de Telecomunicación (ESTIT), Camino del Molino, s/n, Madrid, C.P.:28943, Spain - Author
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Departamento de Ingeniería Audiovisual y Comunicaciones (DIAC), Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería y Sistemas de Comunicación (ETSIST), C/Nikola Tesla s/n, Madrid, C.P.:28031, Spain - Author

Abstract

Sound quality metrics provide an objective assessment of the psychoacoustics of sounds. A wide range of metrics has been already standardised while others remain active research topics. Calculation algorithms are available in commercial equipment or Matlab scripts. However, they may not present available data on general documentation and validation procedures. Moreover, the use of these tools might be unaffordable for some students and independent researchers. In recent years, the scientific and technical community has been developing uncountable open-source software projects in several knowledge fields. The permission to use, study, modify, improve and distribute open-source software make it extremely valuable. It encourages collaboration and sharing, and thus transparency and continuous improvement of the coding. Modular Sound Quality Integrated Toolbox (MOSQITO) project relies on one of the most popular high-level and free programming languages: Python. The main objective of MOSQITO is to provide a unified and modular framework of key sound quality and psychoacoustics metrics, free and open-source, which supports reproducible testing. Moreover, open-source projects can be efficient learning tools for University degrees. This paper presents the current structure of the toolbox from a technical point of view. Besides, it discusses open-source development contributions to graduates training. © INTER-NOISE 2021 .All right reserved.

Keywords

Acoustic noiseAcoustic variables measurementCalculation algorithmsCommercial equipmentHigh level languagesMatlabMatlab scriptsModularsObjective assessmentOpen source softwareOpen systemsOpen-sourcePythonResearch topicsScientific communitySound qualitySound quality metricsSound reproduction

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from the Field Citation Ratio (FCR) of the Dimensions source, it yields a value of: 2.35, which indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: Dimensions Jul 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-07-04, the following number of citations:

  • Scopus: 4

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-07-04:

  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 8 (PlumX).

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: France.

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (San Millán Castillo, Roberto) .

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been San Millán Castillo, Roberto.