Journal Papers

2025

F. Diaz, C. Borrás Pinilla, Cecilia E. García Cena. Fault detection in axial piston hydraulic pumps: integrating principal compenent asnalysis with Silhoutte- Based Cluster Evaluation. Enfoque UTE. Q3 (2025). https://doi.org/10.29019/enfoqueute.1120
D. Sosa Mendez, D. Bedolla, M. Saad, Y. Kali, Cecilia E. García Cena and A.L. Álvarez . Upper-Limb Robotic Rehabilitation: Online Sliding Mode Controller Gain Tuning Using Particle Swarm Optimization. Robotics (2025), 14(4), 51; https://doi.org/10.3390/robotics14040051 IF 2.3. JCR 2023 Q2 (Robotics) / CiteScore - Q1 (Mechanical Engineering).
F. Diaz, C. Borrás Pinilla, Cecilia E. García Cena. Exploring Robotics Technologies for upper limb rehbailitation: current status and futures direction. Journal of Sensor and Actuator Networks (2025), 14(3), 48. https://doi.org/10.3390/jsan14030048 IF 3.3. JCR - Q2 (Computer Science, Information Systems) / CiteScore - Q1 (Control and Optimization)
E. P. Madrid Ruiz, H. H Oscanoa Fernandez, R. Cedazo León, and Cecilia E. García Cena. Design of JARI: A Robot to Enhance Social Interaction in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Machines 2025, 13(5), 436; http://doi.org/10.3390/machines13050436 . Impact factor 2.1. JCR Q2. Mechanical Engineering.
R. H. Yepes Hoyos, C. F. Rengifo Rodas, Cecilia E. García Cena. Admittance Control for Minimizing Human Physical Effort in Robot Programming through Motion Guidance. Journal on Intelligent Service Robotics. IF 2.3. JCR - Q3 (Robotics) / CiteScore 5.7 (40/204) Q1. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11370-025-00611-3
J. Lapeña-Motilva, M. Ruiz-Ortiz, G. M. Doniger, M. A. Nogales, V. Giménez de Bejar, S. Álvarez-Sesmero, M. Morales Conejo, F. Bartolomé, C, Alquezar, Cecilia E. García Cena, J. Benito-León. Cognitive Functioning in Survivors of Toxic Oil Syndrome: A Case-Control Study Four Decades After the Epidemic. J. Clin. Med. 2025, 14(11), 3746; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm14113746 . Impact Factor 3. JCR Q1.Medicine.
M. Ruiz-Ortiz, Cecilia E. García Cena, J. B León. Blood Biomarkers of Neurodegeneration Four Decades After Toxic Oil Syndrome: A Case-Control Study. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2025, 26(11), 5122; Journal Rank: JCR - Q1 (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology) / CiteScore - Q1 (Inorganic Chemistry). https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202504.1012.v1
Benito León, Lapela, Ruiz-Ortiz, Doniger, Álvarez-Sesmero, Giménez de Bejar, Nogales, Morales, Mondal, DEB, Bartolome, Alquezar and Cecilia E. García-Cena. Frontal–Subcortical Dysfunction in Toxic Oil Syndrome: A Proof-of-Concept Eye-Tracking and Cognitive Study Four Decades After Exposure. Front. Neurosci. Sec. Translational Neuroscience Volume 19 - 2025. Journal Rank: JCR - Q2 (Neuroscience). CiteScore 6.6, Q2 (General Neuroscience), https://10.3389/fnins.2025.1666809
Xin Chen, Yujie Gu, Cecilia E. García-Cena and Pooya Sareh. WanderPal: An intelligent wearable to enhance mobility for people with severe visual impairments. Device. CellPress. CiteScore Q2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.device.2025.100924
Jose Cornejo, Alfredo Weitzenfeld, José Baca, Cecilia E. García Cena. Space Robotics: A Proposal for Technical Guideline Standardization of Biomimetic Engineering Design Methodology Applied to Mechatronics Systems. Biomimetic Engineering. JCR Q1 IF 3.9. Miscellaneous Engineering. CiteScore - Q2 (Biomedical Engineering). https://doi.org/10.3390/biomimetics10100668

Under Review

E. Ruiz Madrid, Cecilia E. García Cena and R. Cedazo León. Protocol and metrics to evaluate children-robot interaction in the classroom at Primary School. Under Review in IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing. Q1.

R. Cedazo León, Cecilia E. García Cena and ZHICHENG JIANG. Inclusive Citizen Science: Engaging Visually Impaired Students with Chatbots. Under review in ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing. Impact factor 2.1. JCR Q3. Citescore: 6.2 Q2 Human-Computer Interaction 59/145.

Journal papers 2024

Leonardo Ariel Cano, Ana Lía Albarracín, Alvaro Gabriel Pizá, Cecilia E. García-Cena, Eduardo Fernández-Jover, Fernando Daniel Farfán. Assessing Cognitive Workload in Motor Decision-Making through Functional Connectivity Analysis: Towards Early Detection and Monitoring of Neurodegenerative Diseases. Biomedical sensors. Sensors 2024, 24(4), 1089; https://doi.org/10.3390/s24041089 Impact Factor 3.9. Q2. CiteScore 6.8

Diego E. Guzmán Villamarín, Carlos F. Rengifo Rodas, Juan D. Guzmán Villamarín, Cecilia E. Garcia Cena. Virtual reality games for cognitive rehabilitation of older adults: a review of adaptive games, domains and techniques. Virtual Reality Journal. Impact Factor 6.91. 2024, 8(8), 64; Q1. http://doi.org/10.1007/s10055-024-00968-3

D. Sosa Mendez, Cecilia E. García Cena, D. Bellosa Martinez and A. Martín Gonzalez. Bi-triad applied to the metaheuristic optimization of an upper limb exoskeleton: physical rehabilitation case study. Sensors 2024, 24(7), 2231. Impact Factor 3.9. Q2. CiteScore 6.8. Q1. https://doi.org/10.3390/s24072231

Benito-León J., Lapeña J., García-Vasco L., Cuevas C., Viloria-Porto J., Calvo Córdoba A., Arrieta-Ortubay E., Ruiz-Ruigómez M., Sánchez-Sánchez C., Cecilia E. García-Cena, Exploring Cognitive Dysfunction in Long COVID Patients: Eye Movement Abnormalities and Frontal-Subcortical Circuits Implications via Eye-Tracking and Machine Learning. The American Journal of Medicine. ISSN 0002-9343.Impact Factor: 5.9, 31/167 . Q1. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2024.04.004 .

Carmen Lage, …., Cecilia E. Garcia Cena et. al., Oculomotor Dysfunction in Idiopathic and LRRK2-Parkinson's Disease and At-Risk Individuals. Journal of Parkinson's Disease. Pre-press, pp. 1-12, 2024. ISSN 1877-7171. NEUROSCIENCES. Factor de Impacto 5.2. Q1. http://doi.org/10.3233/JPD-230416 .

D. E. Guzmán Villamarín, Carlos F. Rengifo Rodas, Cecilia E. Garcia Cena. Serious Games for Cognitive Rehabilitation in Older Adults: A Conceptual Framework. Journal on Multimodal Technologies and Interaction (ISSN 2414-4088). 2024, 8(8), 64; http://doi.org/10.3390/mti8080064 Impact Factor 2.4. Q2. Citescore Q2 4.9

Eliseo Cortes Torres, Luis E. García González, Luis E. Villamizar Marín, Cecilia El García Cena. Mechanical design of a novel 3R-DoF bioinspired robotic fin based on kinematics modelling and analysis. Actuators. 13(9), 353, 2024. (ISSN 2076-0825); https://doi.org/10.3390/act13090353 . Q2 (Engineering, Mechanical), CiteScore - Q2 (Control and Optimization).

José Cornejo; Cecilia E. García Cena; José Baca. Animal-Morphing Bio-inspired Mechatronic Systems: Research Framework in Robot Design to Enhance Interplanetary Exploration on the Moon. Biomimetics (ISSN 2313-7673). https://doi.org/10.3390/biomimetics9110693. 9(11), 692, 08/11/2024. IF: 3.8 Q1 (Engineering, multidisciplinary), 34/179.

J. Benito-León, J. Lapeña, Cecilia E. García Cena. Eye-Tracking Technology: A Tool to Enhance Understanding of Memory Complaints in COVID-19 Survivors. Accepted in CNS Spectrums. Cambridge Press University. Carta al editor. 2024. IF. 3.8 Q2 (Clinical Neurology 75/280)

Journal papers 2023

1. D. Sosa Mendez and Cecilia E. García Cena. Robotic digital twin as a training platform for rehabilitation health personnel. Enfoque UTE. e-ISSN: 1390-6542. https://doi.org/10.29019/enfoqueute.971. (2023). Factor de Impacto: 0.5. Q4

2. Cecilia E. Garcia Cena, et al., Internet of medical things. Measurement of respiratory dynamics using wearable sensors in post-COVID-19 patients. Enfoque UTE. e-ISSN: 1390-6542. https://doi.org/10.29019/enfoqueute.972. (2023). Factor de Impacto: 0.5. Q4

3. Cardona, M.; Serrano, F.; Cecilia E. García-Cena. Dynamic Modeling and Passivity Based Control of the RV-3SB Robot. Actuators ISSN 2076-0825 Special issue Actuators for Robotics 2023. https://doi.org/10.3390/act12090339 . Q2

4. A. Calvo, Cecilia E. García Cena, C. Montolliu. Automatic video-oculography system for detection of Minimal Hepatic Encephalopathy using machine learning tools. Biomedical Sensors. Sensors 2023, 23(19), 8073; https://doi.org/10.3390/s23198073. Q2

Journal papers 2022

1. F. Casanova‑Ferrer*, Cecilia E. García Cena*, et.al. Minimal hepatic encephalopathy is associated to alterations in eye movements. Scientific Reports. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-21230-3. Accepted 22/09/2022. Factor de Impacto: 4,996. Q2. (*both authors contributed equal)

2. Cecilia E. Garcia Cena, et.al., Toward an Automatic Assessment of Cognitive Dysfunction in Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis Patients Using Eye Movement Analysis. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/s22218220 . Monitoring Technologies in Healthcare Applications. Sensors. Factor de Impacto (2022) 3,847. Q2. CiteScore: 6.5 Q1

3. M. A. Perez Baya, J. S. Cely, Cecilia E. Garcia Cena, A. Sintov and R. Saltarén. Method to develop legs for underwater robots: from multibody dynamics with experimental data to mechatronic implementation. https://doi.org/10.3390/s22218462. (2022). Sensors Electronics. Impact factor.3.847 Q2. Zenodo: https://zenodo.org/uploads/10577033

4. J. S. Cely, M. A. Perez Baya, M. Carpio, Cecilia E. Garcia Cena, A. Sintov and R. Saltarén. Control Strategy of an Underactuated Underwater Drone-Shape Robot for Grasping Tasks. https://doi.org/10.3390/s22228828. Sensors Electronics. Vol 22 (22), (2022). Impact factor.3.847 Q2.

Journal papers 2021

1. C. Lage, Cecilia E. García Cena, et.al., Oculomotor behaviour in the differential diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease and frontotemporal dementia. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2020.603790. Frontier of Neurology. 04 February 2021. Factor de Impacto: 5,702. Q1

2. Oz Yakrangi, Roque J. Saltarén Pazmiño, Juan S. Cely, Alejandro Rodríguez, Cecilia E. García Cena, Pablo San Segundo Carrillo, Julio De La Cueva, and Amir Shapiro. An Intelligent Algorithm for Decision Making System and Control of the GEMMA Guide Paradigm Using the Fuzzy Petri Nets Approach. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics10040489. MDPI Electronics. (2021) Impact factor 2.412. Q3.

3. Carpio, M.; Saltarén, R.; Viola, J.; García Cena, Cecilia E.; Guerra, J.; Cely, J.; Calderón, C. A Simulation Study of a Planar Cable-Driven Parallel Robot to Transport Supplies for Patients with Contagious Diseases in Health Care Centers. Robotics 2021, 10, 111. doi: 10.3390/robotics10040111. ScoreCite: 3.5 Scopus. Q1, SCImago JR 0.764 Q2

4. María Paz Guerrero-Molina, Claudia Rodriguez-López, Luisa Panadés-de Oliveira, David Uriarte-Pérez de Urabayen, Nicolás Garzo-Caldas, Cecilia E García-Cena, Rosa A Saiz-Díaz, Julián Benito-León, Jesús Gonzalez de la Aleja. Antisaccades and memory-guided saccades in genetic generalized epilepsy and temporal lobe epilepsy. (2021) Oct. 123:108236. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2021.108236. Epub 2021 Aug 19. Impact Factor: 2.937, Q2.

5. Cecilia E. Garcia Cena, M. Campos Costas, R. Saltarén Pazmiño, Cristina P. Santos, d. Gómez-Andrés and Julian Benito-León. Eye Movement Alterations in Post-COVID-19 Condition: A Proof-of-Concept Study. Sensors. ISSN: 1424-8220.Special Issue: Wearable Technologies and Applications for Eye Tracking. 22(4) 1481-1496. Feb. 2022, https://doi.org/10.3390/s22041481 Impact Factor (2021): 3.576. Q2. https://zenodo.org/records/10578833.

Journal papers 2020

1. Cardona, M., Serrano, F., Martín, J. A., Rausell, E., Saltarén, R. y García-Cena, Cecilia. E. (2021) «El exoesqueleto de rehabilitación de la marcha ALICE: análisis dinámico y evaluación del sistema de control utilizando cuaternios de Hamilton», Revista Iberoamericana de Automática e Informática industrial, 18(1), pp. 48–57. doi: 10.4995/riai.2020.12558. Factor de impacto: 1.202. Ranking Q4.

2. M. Cardona, Cecilia E. García Cena, F. Serrano and R. Saltaren. ALICE: Conceptual Development of a Lower Limb Exoskeleton Robot Driven by an On-Board Muscoloskeletal Simulator. https://doi.org/10.3390/s20030789. Sensors. Special Issue on Mechanical Sensors. (2020). Factor de Impacto 3.031. Q1

3. Cecilia E. García Cena, David Gómez Andrés and Irene Pulido Valdeolivas. Measurement and Analysis of Eye Movements Performance to Predict Healthy Brain Aging. IEEE Access. Vol. 8, pp 1-13. 2020. ISNN: 2169-3536.DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2020.2992254 Factor de Impacto: 4.098. Q2

Jorunal papers prior 2019

1. Cecilia E. García Cena, Ricardo Carelli, José F. Postigo and Carlos Soria. “Supervisory Control for a Robot Teleoperation System: A Hybrid Approach”. Control Engineering Practice. ISSN 0967-0661. Volumen: 11. Pp: 723-732. Elsevier (2003). Factor de Impacto: 0.536. Ranking: Q3

2. Cecilia E. García Cena, R.Carelli, J. F. Postigo, B.Kuchen and A. Castro. “On line Estimation of Communication Time Delay in a Robotic Teleoperation System. Latin American Applied Research. ISSN 0327-0793. Volumen: 33. Pp. 371-377. (2003). Factor de Impacto: 0.214. Ranking: Q4.

3. R. Saltarén, C. Alvarez, R. Aracil y Cecilia E. García Cena. “Concepción, Desarrollo y Avances en el Control de Navegación de Robots Submarinos Paralelos: el Robot REMO-I”. Revista Iberoamericana de Automática e Informática Industrial. ISSN: 1697-79120. Volumen: 6(3). Pp. 92-100. Elsevier (2009). Factor de Impacto: 0.292. Ranking: Q4.

4. M. Artigas, R. Aracil, M. Ferre y Cecilia E. García Cena. “Sistema de Control Bilateral Adaptativo por Convergencia de Estados en Teleoperación” Revista Iberoamericana de Automática e Informática Industrial ISSN. 1697-79120. Volumen: 7 (3). Pp. 42- 52. Elsevier. (2010). Factor de Impacto: 0.195. Ranking: Q4.

5. Cecilia E. García Cena, R. Saltaren Pazmiño, J. Lopez Blasquez, R.Aracil Santoja. “Desarrollo de un interfaz de realidad virtual para los robots multiagentes Smart”. Revista Iberoamericana de Automática e Informática Industrial. ISSN: 1697-79120. Volumen: 7 (4). Pp. 17- 27. Elsevier (2010). Factor de Impacto: 0.195. Ranking: Q4.

6. Cecilia E. Garcia Cena, R. Saltaren Pazmiño, R.Carelli Albarracin, M. Artigas Barrios, R.Aracil Santoja. “Diseño de un controlador hibrido en ambientes virtuales para teleoperacion”. Revista Iberoamericana de Automática e Informática Industrial. ISSN: 1697-79120. Volumen: 7(3). Pp. 53-62. Elsevier (2010). Factor de Impacto: 0.195. Ranking: Q4.

7. Cecilia E. García Cena, Roque Saltaren Pazmiño, and Rafael Aracil Santoja. “Experiences in the Development of a Teleoperated Parallel Robot for Aerial Line Maintenance”. Robotica. ISSN 1469-8668. Pp. 801-811. ACTA Press. Cambridge (2011). Factor de Impacto: 1.032. Ranking: Q3.

8. Cecilia E. Garcia Cena, M. A. Artigas, R. Aracil Santoja and R. Saltaren Pazmiño. “Optimal analysis of a Teleoperated System with an Adaptive controller”. Inter. Journal of Robotics and Automation. ISSN 0826-8185. Volumen: 26 (4). Pp. 389- 400. ACTA Press. Cambridge (2011). Factor de Impacto: 0.288. Ranking: Q4.

9. R. Saltaren, Cecilia E. Garcia Cena, C. Alvarez and R. Aracil. “Experiences and Results from Designing and Developing a 6 D.O.F. Underwater Robot.” Robotics and Autonomous Systems”. ISSN 0921-8890. Volumen: 59 (2). Pp: 101-112. Elsevier. (2011) Factor de Impacto: 1.361. Ranking: Q2.

10. E. Yime, R. Saltarén, Cecilia E. García Cena and J. M. Sabater. “Robot based on task-space dynamical model”. IET Control Theory and Applications. ISSN 1751-8644. Volumen: 5 (2). Pp: 2111-2119. The Institution of Engineering and Technology: (2011). Factor de Impacto: 1.321. Ranking: Q2.

11. I Carrera, H. Moreno, R. Saltarén, C. Perez, L. Puglisi and Cecilia E. García Cena. “ROAD: Domestic Assitant and Rehabilitation Robot”. Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing. ISSN 0140-0118. Volumen: 5 (2). Pp. 2201-2211. Springer-Verlag (2011). Factor de Impacto: 1.878. Ranking: Q2.

12. Cecilia E. García Cena, P. Cárdenas, L. Puglisi and R. Saltarén. “Design and Modelling of the Multiagent robotic system: SMART”. Robotics and Autonomous Systems. ISSN 0921-8890. Volumen: 60 (2). Pp: 143-153. Elsevier (2012). Factor de Impacto: 1.156. Ranking: Q2.

13. M. Urdaneta, Cecilia E. García Cena, R. Saltaren, G. Contreras y G. Ejarque. “Estructura Robótica basada en Tensegrity para Robot en Tuberías Petroleras”. Revista Iberoamericana de Automática e Informática Industrial. ISSN 1697-79120. Volumen: 9(2). Pp: 135-143. Elsevier (2012). Factor de Impacto: 0.375. Ranking: Q4.

14. L. Puglisi, R. Saltarén, H. Moreno, P. Cárdenas, Cecilia E. García Cena and R. Aracil. “Dimensional synthesis of a spherical parallel manipulator based on the evaluation of global performance indexes”. Robotics and Autonomous Systems. ISSN: 0921-8890. Volumen: 60(8). Pp. 1037- 1045. Elsevier (2012). Factor de Impacto: 1.156. Ranking: Q2.

15. Urdaneta, M., Cecilia E. García Cena, Poletti, G., Ejarque, G., Saltaren, R., Aracil, R. “Development of a novel autonomous robot for navigation and: Inspect in oil wells”. Control Engineering and Applied Informatics. ISSN 1454-8658. Volumen: 14(3). Pp: 9-14. Romanian Society of Control Engineering and Technical Informatics. (2012). Factor de Impacto: 0.202. Ranking: Q4.

16. M. Urdaneta Lima, Cecilia E. García Cena, R. Saltarén Pazmiño, Contreras G, Ejarque G. “Structure robotic for vertical oil pipeline design methodology. Metodología para definir los criterios de diseño de una Estructura Robótica en Tuberías Petroleras de Operación Vertical”. Revista Técnica de La Facultad de Ingeniería de la Universidad del Zulia. ISSN 0254-0770. Volumen: 35(2). Pp: 121- 131. Universidad del Zulia (2012). Factor de impacto: 0.033. Ranking: Q4

17. M. Urdaneta Lima, Cecilia E. García Cena, Saltarén R. Contreras G., Ejarque G. Design and application oilfield pipelines inspection prototype robot (progressive cavity pumps and electric submersible pumps). Revista técnica de la Facultad de Ingenieria Universidad del Zulia Volume 36, Issue 1, Pages 3 – 12 (2013). Factor de impacto: 0.033. Ranking: Q4

18. Cecilia E. García Cena, P. Cárdenas, R. Saltaren, L. Puglisi and R. Aracil. “A Cooperative Multi-Agent Robotics System: Design and Modeling”. Expert Systems with Applications. ISSN 0957-4174. Volumen: 40 (12). Pp: 4737-4748. Elsevier (2013). Factor de Impacto: 1.965. Ranking: Q1.

19. Puglisi, L.J., Saltaren, R.J., Rey Portolés, G., Moreno, H., Cárdenas, P.F., Cecilia E. García Cena. “Design and kinematic analysis of 3PSS-1S wrist for needle insertion guidance”. Robotics and Autonomous Systems. ISSN 0921-8890. Volumen: 61(5). Pp: 417-427. Elsevier (2013). Factor de Impacto: 1.105. Ranking: Q3.

20. Julio Tafur, Cecilia E. García Cena, Rafael Aracil Santonja and Roque Saltarén Pazmiño. “Diseño de un Controlador por Convergencia de Estado para un Sistema Teleoperado no Lineal con Retardo de Comunicación”. Revista Iberoamericana de Automática e Informática Industrial. ISSN 1697-7912. Volumen: 11(4). Pp: 406-416. Elsevier (2014). Factor de Impacto: 0.318. Ranking: Q4.

21. Julio Tafur, Cecilia E. García Cena, Rafael Aracil Santonja and Roque Saltarén Pazmiño. “State Convergence Theory Applied to a Non-Linear and Delayed Telerobotic System”. Journal of Engineering Mathematics. ISSN: 0022-0833. Volumen: 91. Pp: 193-210. Springer International Publishing. (2015). Factor de Impacto: 0.665. Ranking: Q3.

22. Lisandro Puglisi, Roque Saltarén Pazmiño, Cecilia E. García Cena. “On the Velocity and Acceleration Estimation from Discrete Time-Position Signal of Linear Encoders”. Control Engineering and Applied Informatics. ISSN 1454-8658. Volumen: 14(3). Pp: 9-14. Romanian Society of Control Engineering and Technical Informatics. (2015). Factor de Impacto: 0.449. Ranking: Q4.

23. Lisandro Puglisi, Roque Saltarén Pazmiño, Cecilia E. García Cena, Ilka Banfield. “Robustness Analysis of a PI Controller for a Hydraulic Actuator”. Control Engineering Practice. ISSN 0967-0661. Volumen: 43(3). Pp. 94-108. Journal Elsevier International Federation of Automatic Control (2015). Factor de Impacto: 1.830. Ranking: Q2, T1

24. Marie André Destarac, Cecilia E. García Cena, Roque Saltarén Pazmiño, Mónica J. Reyes Urbina, Javier López López and Ricardo Espinoza Gómez. “Modeling and Simulation of Upper Brachial Plexus Injury”. IEEE Journal Systems. DOI: 10.1109/JSYST.2014. Volumen: 11(4). Pp: 912 – 921. IEEE (2016). Factor de Impacto: 3,882. Ranking: Q1.

25. Basil Mohammed Al-Hadithi, Cecilia E. García Cena, Raquel Cedazo León, Carlos Loor Loor. “Desarrollo de un Sistema de Iluminación Artificial Inteligente para Cultivos Protegidos”. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.riai.2016.07.005. Revista Iberoamericana de Automática e Informática Industrial. ISSN 1697-7912. Volumen: 13(4). Pp: 421-429. Elsevier (2016). Factor de Impacto: 0.500. Ranking: Q4.

26. Puglisi L., Saltaren Pazmiño R., Cecilia E. García Cena, Cardenas P., Moreno H. “Implementation of a Generic Constraint Function to Solve the Direct Kinematics of Parallel Manipulators Using Newton-Raphson Approach”. Journal of Control Engineering and Applied Informatics. Vol 19, Num 2. Mayo 2017. Factor de Impacto (2016): 0.449. Ranking: Q4.

27. S. Álvarez de Miguel, G. Mollocana Lara, Cecilia E. García Cena, M. Romero, J.M. García de María and J. González-Aguilar. Identification Model and PI & PID-Controller Design for a Novel Electric Air Heater. Automatika Journal (2017). https://doi.org/10.1080/00051144.2017.1342958. Automatika, Vol.58 (1), Pp. 55-68, Factor de Impacto (2016): 0.311. Ranking: Q4.

28. E. Hernández, S. Hernández, D. Molina, R. Acebrón, and Cecilia E. García Cena. OSCANN: Technical Characterization of a Novel Gaze Tracking Analyzer. 10.3390/s18020522. Sensors (2018), 18(2), 522. Factor de Impacto: 3.031. Ranking Q1.

29. M. A. Destarac, Cecilia E. García Cena, J. García, R. Espinoza and R. J. Saltarén. Orte: Upper Limb Rehabilitation Robot. Biomechanical Analysis of Human Movements. IEEE Latin American Transaction (2018). 10.1109/TLA.2018.8444160. Factor de Impacto: 0,804. Ranking: Q4

30. A. J. Larrazabal, Cecilia E. García Cena y C. E. Martinez Video-oculography eye tracking towards clinics applications: a review. Journal on Computer Biology and Medicine. Vol. 18. Pp. 57-66. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compbiomed.2019.03.025. (2019). Factor de Impacto: 3,434. Q1.

31. M. Cardona, Cecilia E. García Cena. Biomechanical Analysis of the Lower Limb: A Full-Body Musculoskeletal Model for Muscle-Driven Simulation. 10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2927515. IEEE Access (2019). Vol 7. Pp: 92709 – 92723.ISSN: 2169-3536. Factor de Impacto. 4.098. Q1

Conference Papers

2025

1. An Improved YOLOv8-Seg Network for Curb Segmentation in Street Detection. Xin Chen, Jiayi Li, Cecilia E. García-Cena and Pooya Sareh. Accepted in International Symposium on Machine Learning and Social Computing (MLSC 2025). Hong Kong, China, 10/16/2025 - 10/18/2025.

2. Delay-Based State Feedback Control for the Inertial Wheel Pendulum. Julián-Alejandro Hernández-Gallardo, Diego Torres-García, Erick Moreno-Negrete, Cecilia E. García Cena, Emilio J. Gonzalez-Galvan, and César-Fernando Méndez-Barrios. Accepted in V Latin American Conference on Robotics and Automation, (LACAR 2025). Cuzco, Perú 10-12/11/2025.

3. Integral control for second order non-minimum phase systems with process shaping. E. Moreno-Negrete, Julián-Alejandro Hernández Gallardo, Cecilia E. García Cena, Yann E. Bouvier, H. Miranda-Vidales and César-Fernando Méndez-Barrios. Accepted in V Latin American Conference on Robotics and Automation, (LACAR 2025). Cuzco, Perú 10-12/11/2025.

4. Modeling and Evaluation of a Stackable 6-RUS Module for Peristaltic Propulsion with Active Orientation for Lunar Subsurface Exploration. Milton José Ortega Batista, Cristina Moreno Díaz, Alberto Andrés Dámaso, Roque Saltarén Pazmiño, and Cecilia E. García-Cena. Accepted in V Latin American Conference on Robotics and Automation (LACAR 2025). Cuzco, Perú 10-12/11/2025.

5. Design and Laboratory Validation of a Rigid–Radial Peristaltic Locomotion Cell for Lunar–Analog Granular Media. Milton José Ortega Batista, Cristina Moreno Díaz, Alberto Andrés Dámaso, Roque Saltarén Pazmiño and Cecilia E. García Cena. Accepted in IEEE ICAR 2025. 22nd International Conference on Advanced Robotics. 02-05/12/2025. San Juan, Argentina.

6. Kinematic analysis and control of an upper limb exoskeleton with three degrees of freedom. Fabian Horacio Diaz, Carlos Borrás Pinilla and Cecilia E. García Cena. Accepted in V Latin American Conference on Robotics and Automation (LACAR 2025). Cuzco, Perú 10-12/11/2025

Conference papers prior 2024

Sandra Piñón, Cecilia E. García Cena, y H. Álvarez. “Control Optimo de Temperatura Interior en un invernadero”. Proc. Convención y Feria Internacional: INFORMATICA ’98. ISSN: 09-26840. La Habana. Cuba. Date: 16/02-21/02 1998.

2. S. Piñón, C. Soria, Cecilia E. García Cena and B. Kuchen. “Optimal Control of a greenhouse by feedback linearization”. Proc. IEEE Int. Conference on Industrial Applications INDUSCON. ISBN 1679-0375. Pp. 261-265. Sao Paulo. Brasil. Date: 08/09-10/09 1998. Ed. IEEE.

3. S. Piñón, Cecilia E. García Cena, H. Alvarez y B. Kuchen. “Control Óptimo de Cultivos Protegidos”. Proc. VIII Congreso Latinoamericano de Control Automático. Pp: 745-750. Viña del Mar. Chile. Date: 09/11-13/11 1998. Ed. Elsevier.

4. Cecilia E. García Cena, R. Carelli y J. F. Postigo. “Time Delay Compensation Control Strucutre for a Robotic Teleoperation System” Proc. 4th IFAC International Symposium on Intelligent Components and Instruments for Control Applications SICICA 2000. ISBN 0-08-043244-1. Pp. 321-326. Buenos Aires. Argentina. Date: 13/06-15/09 2000. Ed. Elsevier.

5. Cecilia E. García Cena, B. Morales, J. Postigo, R. Carelli and J.Cury. “Supervisory Control for a Robotic Teleoperation System. Hybrid Control Approach”. Proc. Second Conference in Management and Control of Production and Logistic. MCPL 2000. ISBN-10: 0080436218. Pp: 321-326. Grenoble. France. Date: 05/07-08/07 2000. Ed. Pergamon.

6. B. Morales, R. Carelli and Cecilia E. García Cena. “Control Strategy for Avoiding Singularities”. Proc. 4th IFAC International Symposium on Intelligent Components and Instruments for Control Applications. ISBN 0-08-043244-1. Pp. 327-332. Buenos Aires. Argentina. Date: 13/09-15/09 2000. Ed. Elsevier.

7. Cecilia E. García Cena, B. Morales, R. Carelli and J. Postigo. “Stability Analysis for a Teleoperation System with Time Delay and Force Feedback”. Proc. 31th Conference on Decision and Control, CDC. ISBN 0 78036641 7. Pp 3453-3458. Sydney, Australia. Date: 2/12-15/12 2000 Ed. IEEE.

8. Cecilia E. García Cena, R. Carelli and J. Postigo. “Análisis y Estructura de Control de una Estación de Teleoperación Robótica no lineal con Retardos de Comunicación”. Jornadas Iberoamericanas de Robótica. Lima. Perú. Date: 24/04-29/04 2000.

9. Cecilia E. García Cena, R.Aracil, R. Saltarén, M. A. Scaranno. “Mechanical Design, Kinematic Control and Teleoperation of the Parallel Robot RobMep”. Proc. 7th Symposium on Robot Control Syroco 2003. ISBN 0-08-044009 6. ISSN 1474-6670. Pp 301-306. Wrocław, Poland. Date: 01/09-03/09 2003. Ed. Elsevier (2004)

10. J. A. Escalera, R. Saltarén, M. Ferre, R.Aracil, Cecilia E. García Cena. “Base Molecule Design and Simulation of modular Robot Robmat”. Proc. 7 Word IFAC Congress. ISBN: 978-3-902661-75-3. ISSN: 14746670. DOI: 10.3182/20050703-6-CZ-1902.01275. Praga, República Checa. Date: 04/07-08/07 2005. Ed. Elsevier.

11. Artigas, M.A., Aracil, R., Ferre, M., Cecilia E. García Cena. “Bilateral adaptative control by state of convergence in teleoperation systems”. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Control Applications. ISBN: 978-142444602-5. DOI: 10.1109/CCA.2009.5281146. Pp. 548-553. Saint Petersburg; Russian. Date: 08/07-10/07 2009. Ed. IEEE.

12. Cecilia E. García Cena, S. de Clerq, R. Saltarén, R. Aracil and W. Verschelde. “Development of Communication Architecture for the Multiagent Robotic System. SMART”. ECUMICT 2010. Wireless and Mobile Application. ISSN 978-9-08-0825550-5. Gent, Bélgica. 13/04-15/04 2010.

13. J. Tafur, C.Peña, R. Aracil y Cecilia E. García Cena. “Implementación de una plataforma experimental para un sistema de teleoperación robótica en tiempo real”. AWARD to the best paper of the conference. IX Conferencia Iberoamericana en Sistemas, Cibernética e Informática. ISBN 1934272930. Orlando. Florida. EEUU. Date: 29/06-02/07 2010.

14. J. Tafur, Cecilia E. García Cena, R. Aracil and R. Saltarén. “Control of a nonlinear teleoperation system by state convergence”. IX IEEE International Conference on Control and Automation, ICCA. ISSN: 19483449 ISBN: 978-145771475-7. DOI: 10.1109/ICCA.2011.6137947. Pp. 489-494. Santiago de Chile. Chile. Date: 19/12-21/12 2011. Ed. IEEE.

15. Banfield I, Saltarén R., Puglisi L., Cecilia E. García Cena, Aracil R., Regueiro I. and Cardona M. “Design of a Hydraulic 6UPS Mechanism for Experimental Research”. Proc. IEEE XXXI CONCAPAN. ISBN 978-954-580-318-5. San Salvador. El Salvador. Date: 09/11-11/11 2011. Ed. IEEE.

16. Urdaneta Lima M., Cecilia E. García Cena, Saltarén R. y Cardona M. “Implementación de Robot Prototipo para la Inspección de Tuberías en Pozos Petroleros”. Proc of IEEE XXXI CONCAPAN. ISBN 978-954-580-318-5. Pp 145-148. San Salvador. El Salvador. Date: 09/11-11/11 2011. Ed. IEEE.

17. J. Tafur, Cecilia E. García Cena, R. Aracil and R. Saltarén. “Control of a teleoperation system by state convergence with variable time delay”. 9th France-Japan and 7th Europe-Asia Congress on Mechatronics, MECATRONICS 2012 / 13th International Workshop on Research and Education in Mechatronics, REM 2012. ISBN: 978-146734771-6. DOI: 10.1109/MECATRONICS.2012.6450986. Pp. 40-47. Paris. France. Date: 21/11-23/11 2012.

18. J. Tafur, Cecilia E. García Cena, R. Aracil and R. Saltarén. “Advances in control of teleoperation system by state convergence”. Proc. of WMSCI 2012 - The 16th World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics. ISBN: 978-193633862-7. Pp. 228-233. Orlando, FL; United States. Date: 17/07-20/07 2012.

19. Luis J. Monge, Cecilia E. García Cena, Marie André Destarac and Roque Saltarén Pazmiño. “Simulation of Rehabilittion Therapies for Brachial Plexus Injury under the Influence of External Actuators”. Proc. Converging Clinical and Engineering Research on Neurorehabilitation. ISBN 978-3-319-46669-9. Segovia, Spain. Date: 10/16. Ed Springer-Verlag, 2016.

20. Marie André Destarac, Cecilia E. García Cena and Roque Saltarén Pazmiño. “Simulation of the Length Change in Muscles during the Arm Rotation for the Upper Brachial Plexus Injury”. Converging Clinical and Engineering Research on Neurorehabilitation. ISBN 978-3-319-46669-9. Segovia, Spain. Date: 10/16. Ed Springer-Verlag, 2016.

21. Marie André Destarac, Cecilia E. García Cena, Roque Saltarén Pazmiño and Rafael Aracil. “Kinematic and Kinetic simulation of Upper Brachial Plexus Injury in the Arm Rotation”. Proc. Open Conference on Future Trends in Robotics. ISBN: 978-84-608-8452-1. Pp. 11-18. Madrid, Spain. Date: 09/16.

22. Luis J. Monge, Marie André Destarac, Cecilia E. García Cena and Santiago Hernández. “Modelling and Simulation of servomotors for a Rehabilitation Exoskeleton”. Proc. of Open Conference on Future Trends in Robotics. ISBN: 978-84-608-8452-1. Pp. 29-36. Madrid, Spain. Date: 09/16.

23. Marie André Destarac, Cecilia E. García Cena, Adrián Mérida Martínez, Luis J. Monge Chamorro and Roque Saltarén Pazmiño. “Analysis of the Influence of External Actuators on the Glenohumeral Joint movements”. LACAR, Latin American Congress on Robotics and Automation. Ciudad de Panamá, Panamá. Date: 02/17. Ed. Springer International Publishing.

24. Jorge García Montaño, Cecilia E. García Cena, Luis J. Monge Chamorro, Marie André Destarac and Roque Saltarén Pazmiño. “Mechanical Design of a Robotic Exoskeleton for Upper Limb Rehabilitation”. LACAR, Advances in Automation and Robotics Research in Latin American. Ciudad de Panamá, Panamá. Date: 02/17. Ed. Springer International Publishing.

25. Experimental Identification of Lu-Gre Friction Model in an Hydraulic Actuator. L Puglisi, R. Saltarén and Cecilia E. García Cena. LACAR, Advances in Automation and Robotics Research in Latin American. Ciudad de Panamá, Panamá. Date: 02/17. Ed. Springer International Publishing.

26. R. A. E. Gomez et al., "ORTE exoskeleton: Actuation system dimensioning and selection," 2017 IEEE 37th Central America and Panama Convention (CONCAPAN XXXVII), 2017, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/CONCAPAN.2017.8278493.

27. M. Cardona, M. A. Destarac and C. E. García, "Exoskeleton robots for rehabilitation: State of the art and future trends," 2017 IEEE 37th Central America and Panama Convention (CONCAPAN XXXVII), 2017, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/CONCAPAN.2017.8278480.

28. M. A. Destarac, J. G. Montaño, M. Cardona, R. E. Gómez, L. J. Puglisi and C. E. García Cena, "ORTE Exoskeleton: Kinematic Analysis and Dynamic Modeling," 2018 IEEE 38th Central America and Panama Convention (CONCAPAN XXXVIII), 2018, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/CONCAPAN.2018.8596581.

29. Eye corners tracking for head movement estimation. A. Larrazabal, Cecilia E. García Cena y Cesar E. Martinez. IEEE International Work Conference on Bioinspired Intelligence. Budapest. Hungría. (2019). Julio 3-5 pp. 53-58.

30. Musculoskeletal Modeling as a Tool for Biomechanical Analysis of Normal and Pathological Gait. M. Cardona y Cecilia E. Garcia Cena (2019). VIII Congreso Latinoamericano de Ingeniería Biomédica. México. Pp. 955-963. Award to the best paper.

31. M. Cardona and Cecilia E. García Cena. Direct Kinematics and Jacobian Analysis of Exoskeleton Robots using Screw Theory and Simscape Multibody. (2019). IEEE CONCAPAN 2019.

32. Eye corner tracker for head movement estimation. Larrazabal A., Cecilia E García Cena and C. Martinez. 14th Women in Machine Learning Workshop WiML, Vancouver Canada (2019).

33. M. Cardona and Cecilia E. García Cena. Musculoskeletal Modeling as a Tool for Biomechanical Analysis of Normal and Pathological Gait. World Congress On Medical Physics And Biomedical Engineering: Radiation Oncology. 75 955-963 - 2020-01-01 75(), doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-30648-9_124.

34. M. Cardona, Cecilia E. Garcia Cena, J. Andrés Martín and E. Rausell, "Actuation System Selection of ALICE Exoskeleton Robot Based on Dynamic Simulation," 2020 IEEE ANDESCON, 2020, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/ANDESCON50619.2020.9272197.

35. D. Sosa Mendez and Cecilia E. Garcia Cena. Rehabilitation Upper Limb Exoskeleton: Human-Robot Simulation Framework. Latin American Conference on Automation and robotics. November 15-17, 2023. El Salvador. ISBN 978-3-031-54762-1. Ed. By Springer

36. A. Calvo Córdoba, Cecilia E. García Cena, C. Lage and P. Sanchez-Juan. Eye tracking and machine learning non-invasive biomarker for Alzheimer’s disease and frontotemporal dementia diagnosis. Latin American Conference on Automation and robotics. November 15-17, 2023. El Salvador. ISBN 978-3-031-54762-1. Ed. By Springer. Best paper Award.

37. Diego Guzman, Carlos Rengifo, Juan Guzmán and Cecilia E. Garcia Cena. Virtual Reality Game for Cognitive Training: an Usability and Qualitative Evaluation. 6th International Conference on NeuroRehabilitation (ICNR2024), La Granja, Segovia. Nov 8th- 11st, 2024.

38. Dynamic Analysis Base on Lie Algebra of a 2-DOF Spatial Mechanism for a Bio-inspired Manta Ray Robot. Luis Eduardo Garcia, Eliseo de J. Cortes Torres, Luis E. Villamizar Marín and Cecilia E. García Cena. Iberoamerican Conference on Robotics 2024, Madrid 6-8 November. IEEE Xplore. http://doi.org/10.1109/ROBOT61475.2024.10796905

39. Development of a wire-driven compliant joint fin for a bio-inspired underwater robot. Eliseo de J. Cortés Torres, Luis Eduardo García, Luis E. Villamizar Marin and Cecilia E. García Cena. Iberoamerican Conference on Robotics 2024, Madrid 6-8 November. IEEE Xplore. http://doi.org/10.1109/ROBOT61475.2024.10797405 .

40. Quantifying Engagement: Metrics for Effective Child-Robot Interaction. Ericka Patricia Madrid Ruiz, Raquel Cedazo León and Cecilia E. García Cena. Iberoamerican Conference on Robotics 2024, Madrid 6-8 November. IEEE Xplore. http://doi.org/10.1109/ROBOT61475.2024.10796908 .

41. Virtual Reality Game for Cognitive Training: a Usability and Qualitative Evaluation. Diego Guzman, Carlos Rengifo and Cecilia E. Garcia Cena. Iberoamerican Conference on Robotics 2024, Madrid 6-8 November. IEEE Xplore. http://doi.org/10.1109/ROBOT61475.2024.10796937

Book Chapters

1. Cecilia E. García Cena, Roque Saltarén Pazmiño, Marie André Destarac, Edgar Loranca Vega, Ricardo Espinosa Gómez, Rafael Aracil Santonja. “Skeletal Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Upper Limb of Human Shoulder under Brachial Plexus Injury”. Advances in Robotics. ISBN: 978-3-319-03412-6. Volumen: 252. Pp: 195-207. Springer International Publishing (2013).

2. Cardona M., Destarac M., Cecilia E. García Cena. (2020) Robotics for Rehabilitation: A State of the Art. In: Exoskeleton Robots for Rehabilitation and Healthcare Devices. SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4732-4_1.

3. Cardona M; Yúdice J; Huguet F; López G; García Cena CE; Solanki VK Gait Capture Systems. In Springerbriefs In Applied Sciences And Technology. 27-42 - 2020-01-01 (), doi: 10.1007/978-981-15-4732-4_3

4. Cardona M; Solanki VK; García Cena CE. Technologies for Therapy and Assistance of Lower Limb Disabilities: Sit to Stand and Walking. Springer briefs In Applied Sciences And Technology. 43-66. 10.1007/978-981-15-4732-4_4.

5. Exoskeleton Robots for Rehabilitation and Healthcare Devices. Manuel Cardona Vijender Kumar Solanki, Cecilia E. García Cena. Springer. ISBN: 978-981-15-4732-4.

6. Advance in Automation and Robotics Research. Manuel N. Cardona, José Baca, Cecilia E. Garcia Cena, Isela G. Carrera, Carol Martinez. Springer ISBN: 978-3-031-54762-1. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-54763-8. 2024.

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