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Henriquez-Camacho, CesarCorresponding AuthorLosa, JuanAuthor

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January 17, 2023
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Biomarkers for Sepsis

Publicated to:Biomed Research International. 2014 547818- - 2014-01-01 2014(), DOI: 10.1155/2014/547818

Authors: Henriquez-Camacho, Cesar; Losa, Juan

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Hosp Univ Fdn Alorcon, Madrid 28922, Spain - Author

Abstract

Bloodstream infections are a major concern because of high levels of antibiotic consumption and of the increasing prevalence of antimicrobial resistance. Bacteraemia is identified in a small percentage of patients with signs and symptoms of sepsis. Biomarkers are widely used in clinical practice and they are useful for monitoring the infectious process. Procalcitonin (PCT) and C-reactive protein (CRP) have been most widely used, but even these have limited abilities to distinguish sepsis from other inflammatory conditions or to predict outcome. PCT has been used to guide empirical antibacterial therapy in patients with respiratory infections and help to determine if antibacterial therapy can be stopped. New biomarkers such as those in this review will discuss the major types of biomarkers of bloodstream infections/sepsis, including soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells-1 (sTREM-1), soluble urokinase-type plasminogen receptor (suPAR), proadrenomedullin (ProADM), and presepsin.

Keywords

BiomarkersC-reactive proteinCalca protein, humanCalcitoninCalcitonin gene-related peptideDiagnosisHumansInflammatory response syndromeIntensive-care unitsPlasminogen-activator receptorPredicts mortalityPresepsinProcalcitonin levelsProtein precursorsSepsisSerum procalcitoninTherapy

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Biomed Research International due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency Scopus (SJR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2014, it was in position , thus managing to position itself as a Q2 (Segundo Cuartil), in the category Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (Miscellaneous). Notably, the journal is positioned en el Cuartil Q3 for the agency WoS (JCR) in the category Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from World Citations provided by WoS (ESI, Clarivate), it yields a value for the citation normalization relative to the expected citation rate of: 4.95. This 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: ESI Nov 14, 2024)

This information is reinforced by other indicators of the same type, which, although dynamic over time and dependent on the set of average global citations at the time of their calculation, consistently position the work at some point among the top 50% most cited in its field:

  • Weighted Average of Normalized Impact by the Scopus agency: 5.29 (source consulted: FECYT Feb 2024)
  • Field Citation Ratio (FCR) from Dimensions: 41.07 (source consulted: Dimensions Aug 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-08-15, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 154
  • Scopus: 165
  • Europe PMC: 99

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 2025-08-15:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 329.
  • 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: 329 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 3.

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

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 (Henríquez Camacho, César Augusto) and Last Author (Losa García, Juan Emilio).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been Henríquez Camacho, César Augusto.