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Bioactive Materials
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Bioactive Materials

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Materials Science 31 419 777 97

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 737
Documents by Best Scientists*: 1054
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 22
SCIMAGO H-index: 119
SCIMAGO SJR: 4.075
Impact Factor: 20.3

Overview

Top Research Topics at Bioactive Materials?

The journal primarily tackles Biomedical engineering, Cell biology, Biocompatibility, Regeneration (biology) and Tissue engineering. The journal focuses on Biomedical engineering research which is adjacent to topics in Self-healing hydrogels. In Bioactive Materials, Cell and Bone regeneration are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Cell biology research.

The Bone regeneration study featured in it draws connections with the study of Bone healing. It focused on Biocompatibility research conducted under the discipline of Chemical engineering. While it focused on Chemical engineering, it was also able to explore topics like Corrosion and Magnesium.

It focuses on Corrosion as well as the interrelated topic of Magnesium alloy. The research on Tissue engineering tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Regenerative medicine and Nanotechnology.

  • Biomedical engineering (15.24%)
  • Cell biology (13.60%)
  • Biocompatibility (13.60%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Bone grafts and biomaterials substitutes for bone defect repair: A review. (554 citations)
  • 3D bioactive composite scaffolds for bone tissue engineering. (383 citations)
  • 3D bioprinting for biomedical devices and tissue engineering: A review of recent trends and advances. (376 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Bioactive Materials:

The most cited publications primarily focus on research topics in Biocompatibility, Nanotechnology, Tissue engineering, Biomedical engineering and Scaffold. The studies on Tissue engineering discussed at the journal publications can also contribute to research in the domains of Chitosan, Nanocomposite, Drug delivery, 3D printing and Self-healing hydrogels. While Biomedical engineering is the focus of the journal publications, it also provides insights into the studies of Biofilm, Mesenchymal stem cell and PLGA.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Internal medicine
  • Enzyme
  • Gene

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Bioactive Materials mainly deals with areas of study such as Biocompatibility, Biomedical engineering, Cell biology, Tissue engineering and Cancer research. Biocompatibility research presented in it encompasses a variety of subjects, including Titanium, Biophysics, Self-healing hydrogels and Alloy. Issues in Self-healing hydrogels were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Fibrin glue and Drug delivery.

Biomedical engineering works presented in it have a specific focus on Scaffold. The study of Mesenchymal stem cell and how it intertwines with concepts under In vitro were explored in the presented Scaffold research. Tissue engineering research in Bioactive Materials involves the investigation of Nanotechnology studies, all of which are linked to disciplines such as Adhesion.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Magnetostrictive alloys: Promising materials for biomedical applications. (7 citations)
  • Synergistic enhancement of immunological responses triggered by hyperthermia sensitive Pt NPs via NIR laser to inhibit cancer relapse and metastasis. (4 citations)
  • Study of copper-cysteamine based X-ray induced photodynamic therapy and its effects on cancer cell proliferation and migration in a clinical mimic setting. (4 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Bioactive Materials (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Xiaoqun Zhu (122 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Shen Luo (122 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Ting Zhang (122 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jun Nie (122 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Hang Xu (122 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Bioactive Materials (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (104 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 48 less than at the previous edition,
  • Shanghai Jiao Tong University (76 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 57 less than at the previous edition,
  • Peking University (49 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 20 less than at the previous edition,
  • Zhejiang University (46 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 31 less than at the previous edition,
  • Sun Yat-sen University (44 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 26 less than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2022 edition, 0.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 45.57% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 16.46% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 8.86% of all publications and 29.11% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Top Publications

  • Photo-curing 3D printing technique and its challenges

    (2020)
    849 Citations
  • Decellularized extracellular matrix scaffolds: Recent trends and emerging strategies in tissue engineering

    Xuewei Zhang;Xi Chen;Hua Hong;Rubei Hu

    (2022)
    637 Citations
  • 3D printing of bone tissue engineering scaffolds.

    Chong Wang;Wei Huang;Yu Zhou;Libing He

    (2020)
    613 Citations
  • Antibacterial metals and alloys for potential biomedical implants.

    Erlin Zhang;Xiaotong Zhao;Jiali Hu;Ruoxian Wang

    (2021)
    521 Citations
  • Antibacterial and angiogenic chitosan microneedle array patch for promoting wound healing.

    Junjie Chi;Junjie Chi;Junjie Chi;Xiaoxuan Zhang;Xiaoxuan Zhang;Canwen Chen;Changmin Shao

    (2020)
    417 Citations
  • Mussel-inspired adhesive antioxidant antibacterial hemostatic composite hydrogel wound dressing via photo-polymerization for infected skin wound healing.

    Yutong Yang;Yongping Liang;Jueying Chen;Xianglong Duan

    (2022)
    406 Citations
  • Accelerated degradation of HAP/PLLA bone scaffold by PGA blending facilitates bioactivity and osteoconductivity.

    Cijun Shuai;Cijun Shuai;Cijun Shuai;Wenjing Yang;Wenjing Yang;Pei Feng;Shuping Peng;Shuping Peng

    (2021)
    405 Citations
  • Poly(lactic- co-glycolic acid)-based composite bone-substitute materials

    Duoyi Zhao;Duoyi Zhao;Tongtong Zhu;Tongtong Zhu;Jie Li;Liguo Cui

    (2021)
    399 Citations
  • Nanoparticles modified by polydopamine: Working as "drug" carriers.

    Anting Jin;Yitong Wang;Kaili Lin;Lingyong Jiang

    (2020)
    386 Citations
  • Polydopamine-mediated graphene oxide and nanohydroxyapatite-incorporated conductive scaffold with an immunomodulatory ability accelerates periodontal bone regeneration in diabetes

    (2022)
    308 Citations

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