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Biomaterials
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Biomaterials

0142-9612

Published by: Elsevier

https://www.journals.elsevier.com/biomaterials

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Materials Science 26 569 962 102
Engineering and Technology 75 87 130 51

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 1452
Documents by Best Scientists*: 1716
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 43
SCIMAGO H-index: 451
SCIMAGO SJR: 2.998
Impact Factor: 12.9

Overview

Top Research Topics at Biomaterials?

The main points discussed in the journal deals with Biomedical engineering, Cell biology, Biophysics, In vivo and Tissue engineering. The work on Biomedical engineering tackled in it brings together disciplines like Biocompatibility, Self-healing hydrogels and Implant. The Cell biology works featured in Biomaterials incorporate elements from Cell and Cellular differentiation.

While it focused on Biophysics, it was also able to explore topics like Adhesion, Cell adhesion, Cell culture, Nanotechnology and Biochemistry. The Cell culture study featured in Biomaterials draws parallels with the field of Molecular biology. Specifically, studies on Nanoparticle are prevalent in the Nanotechnology works discussed.

In addition to In vivo research, it aims to explore topics under Cancer research, In vitro and Drug delivery. Studies on Drug delivery discussed in Biomaterials link to the field of Pharmacology. Many of the studies tackled connect Tissue engineering with a similar field of study like Regeneration (biology).

  • Biomedical engineering (21.86%)
  • Cell biology (14.40%)
  • Biophysics (14.04%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • How useful is SBF in predicting in vivo bone bioactivity (6039 citations)
  • Synthesis and surface engineering of iron oxide nanoparticles for biomedical applications (5345 citations)
  • Porosity of 3D biomaterial scaffolds and osteogenesis. (4382 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Biomaterials:

The journal publications explore disciplines such as Biomedical engineering, Tissue engineering, Biophysics, Composite material and In vivo. The journal publications facilitate discussions on Biomedical engineering that incorporate concepts from other fields like Biocompatibility, Self-healing hydrogels and Cell biology. In addition to Biophysics research, the journal papers aim to explore topics under Nanotechnology, Drug delivery, Biochemistry and Cell adhesion.

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 Biomaterials (based on the number of publications) are:

  • David L. Kaplan (122 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Robert Langer (110 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Hsing-Wen Sung (80 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Paul K. Chu (75 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Antonios G. Mikos (74 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous 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 Biomaterials (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (702 papers) published 57 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • National University of Singapore (366 papers) published 13 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (344 papers) published 11 papers at the last edition, 7 more than at the previous edition,
  • Shanghai Jiao Tong University (331 papers) published 29 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
  • Seoul National University (310 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 1 more 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 2021 edition, 2.25% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 26.23% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 12.12% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 16.56% of all publications and 45.09% 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

  • Progress in 3D bioprinting technology for tissue/organ regenerative engineering

    Ishita Matai;Gurvinder Kaur;Amir Seyedsalehi;Aneesah McClinton

    (2020)
    1070 Citations
  • ROS-scavenging hydrogel to promote healing of bacteria infected diabetic wounds.

    He Zhao;Jie Huang;Yan Li;Xinjing Lv

    (2020)
    756 Citations
  • Advances in nanomaterials for photodynamic therapy applications: Status and challenges.

    Jianming Chen;Taojian Fan;Zhongjian Xie;Qiqiao Zeng

    (2020)
    689 Citations
  • Exosome laden oxygen releasing antioxidant and antibacterial cryogel wound dressing OxOBand alleviate diabetic and infectious wound healing

    Parvaiz A. Shiekh;Anamika Singh;Ashok Kumar

    (2020)
    402 Citations
  • Nano-particle mediated M2 macrophage polarization enhances bone formation and MSC osteogenesis in an IL-10 dependent manner.

    Olwyn R. Mahon;David C. Browe;Tomas Gonzalez-Fernandez;Pierluca Pitacco

    (2020)
    376 Citations
  • 'Green' nanotherapeutics from tea leaves for orally targeted prevention and alleviation of colon diseases.

    (2021)
    323 Citations
  • Hierarchical micro/nanofibrous membranes of sustained releasing VEGF for periosteal regeneration.

    Liang Wu;Yong Gu;Lili Liu;Jingcheng Tang

    (2020)
    289 Citations
  • Conductive biomaterials for muscle tissue engineering

    Ruonan Dong;Peter X. Ma;Baolin Guo

    (2020)
    286 Citations
  • Substrate curvature as a cue to guide spatiotemporal cell and tissue organization.

    Sebastien J.P. Callens;Rafael J.C. Uyttendaele;Lidy E. Fratila-Apachitei;Amir A. Zadpoor

    (2020)
    245 Citations

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