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Biofabrication
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Biofabrication

1758-5082

Published by: IOP Publishing

https://iopscience.iop.org/journal/1758-5090

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Materials Science 146 150 225 46
Engineering and Technology 186 43 101 33
Biology and Biochemistry 223 60 79 26

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 338
Documents by Best Scientists*: 401
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 12
SCIMAGO H-index: 124
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.628
Impact Factor: 8

Overview

Top Research Topics at Biofabrication?

Biofabrication primarily focuses on research topics in Biomedical engineering, Tissue engineering, Nanotechnology, Scaffold and Biofabrication. In Biofabrication, Self-healing hydrogels, Mesenchymal stem cell, Gelatin and Regeneration (biology) are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in Biomedical engineering research. While work presented in Biofabrication provided substantial information on Tissue engineering, it also covered topics in Regenerative medicine, Composite material, Polymer and Extracellular matrix, Cell biology.

The presented research on Extracellular matrix deals specifically with Cell but it also addresses topics in Biophysics and Cell growth. It explores issues in Cell biology which can be linked to other research areas like In vitro and In vivo. The work on Nanotechnology tackled in the journal brings together disciplines like Biocompatibility, Cell adhesion, 3D printing and Microscale chemistry.

Topics in Scaffold explored in Biofabrication were investigated in conjunction with research in Biomaterial, Porosity, Bone regeneration and Polycaprolactone. Biofabrication study tackled is connected to the field of Spheroid. 3D bioprinting research discussed connects with the study of Extrusion.

  • Biomedical engineering (42.86%)
  • Tissue engineering (35.50%)
  • Nanotechnology (25.05%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Bioink properties before, during and after 3D bioprinting (453 citations)
  • Rapid 3D printing of anatomically accurate and mechanically heterogeneous aortic valve hydrogel scaffolds (441 citations)
  • Tissue engineering by self-assembly and bio-printing of living cells. (437 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Biofabrication:

The journal publications are organized to reinforce research efforts on Biomedical engineering, Tissue engineering, Nanotechnology, Self-healing hydrogels and Biofabrication. In particular, the Biomedical engineering works presented in the published articles emphasize discussions on 3D bioprinting. The most cited publications hold forums on Tissue engineering that merge themes from other disciplines such as Polyester, Composite material, 3D printing, Scaffold and Gelatin.

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

  • Composite material
  • Internal medicine
  • Biochemistry

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Biofabrication was organized to reinforce research efforts on Biofabrication, Biomedical engineering, Extracellular matrix, Chondrogenesis and MC3T3. The concepts on Biofabrication presented in the journal can also apply to other research fields, including Spheroid and Integrin. Biofabrication facilitates discussions on Extracellular matrix that incorporate concepts from other fields like Tissue engineering and Hepatocyte.

It explores topics in Chondrogenesis which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Scaffold, Regeneration (biology), Gelatin and Hyaluronic acid. The journal focuses on MC3T3 but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Bone regeneration, In vivo, Bone tissue engineering and Bone healing. The study on Bone healing presented in the journal intersects with subjects under the field of Porous scaffold.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Biofabrication of cell-free dual drug-releasing biomimetic scaffolds for meniscal regeneration. (0 citations)
  • Efficient fabrication of monodisperse hepatocyte spheroids and encapsulation in hybrid hydrogel with controllable extracellular matrix effect. (0 citations)
  • Corrigendum: Bioactive Sr2+/Fe3+ co-substituted hydroxyapatite in cryogenically 3D printed porous scaffolds for bone tissue engineering. Liang Yang et al 2021 Biofabrication 13 035007 (0 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 Biofabrication (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Wei Sun (37 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Dong-Woo Cho (28 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Ali Khademhosseini (24 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Lorenzo Moroni (20 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jos Malda (16 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 Biofabrication (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Tsinghua University (51 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Pohang University of Science and Technology (35 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • Drexel University (29 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Würzburg (22 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (22 papers) absent at the last 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, 25.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 0.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 50.00% of all publications and 25.00% 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

  • The bioprinting roadmap

    Wei Sun;Wei Sun;Binil Starly;Andrew C. Daly;Jason A. Burdick

    (2020)
    392 Citations
  • Vat polymerization-based bioprinting-process, materials, applications and regulatory challenges.

    Wei Long Ng;Jia Min Lee;Miaomiao Zhou;Yi-Wen Chen

    (2020)
    379 Citations
  • Assessment methodologies for extrusion-based bioink printability.

    Gregory Gillispie;Peter Prim;Joshua S Copus;Joshua S Copus;John P Fisher

    (2020)
    359 Citations
  • Engineering bioinks for 3D bioprinting.

    Guy Decante;João B Costa;Joana Silva-Correia;Maurice N Collins

    (2021)
    217 Citations
  • Drug compound screening in single and integrated multi-organoid body-on-a-chip systems

    Aleksander Skardal;Aleksander Skardal;Julio Aleman;Steven Forsythe;Shiny Rajan

    (2020)
    182 Citations
  • Directly coaxial 3D bioprinting of large-scale vascularized tissue constructs.

    Lei Shao;Qing Gao;Chaoqie Xie;Jianzhong Fu

    (2020)
    166 Citations
  • Hyaluronic Acid as a Bioink for Extrusion-Based 3D Printing

    Dalila Petta;Ugo D'amora;Luigi Ambrosio;Dirk Grijpma

    (2020)
    139 Citations

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