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Biomimetics
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Biomimetics

2313-7673

Published by: MDPI

https://www.mdpi.com/journal/biomimetics

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 274 29 43 9
Materials Science 407 87 114 16
Engineering and Technology 795 43 51 10

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 298
Documents by Best Scientists*: 359
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 4
SCIMAGO H-index: 39
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.647
Impact Factor: 3.9

Overview

Top Research Topics at Biomimetics?

The aim of Biomimetics is to expand the discussion of research in Biomimetics, Nanotechnology, Composite material, Chemical engineering and Robot. Many of the studies tackled connect Biomimetics with a similar field of study like Process (engineering). The Composite material study tackling the subject of Adhesive is the focus of Biomimetics.

The work on Chemical engineering presented in the journal focuses on Nanoparticle in particular.

  • Biomimetics (12.01%)
  • Nanotechnology (10.25%)
  • Composite material (9.89%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Hydrogel Actuators and Sensors for Biomedical Soft Robots: Brief Overview with Impending Challenges. (96 citations)
  • Tree biomechanics : growth, cumulative prestresses, and reorientations (71 citations)
  • The Chemistry of Polydopamine Film Formation: The Amine-Quinone Interplay (49 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Biomimetics:

The most cited papers cover a variety of subjects, including Nanotechnology, Chemical engineering, Self-healing hydrogels, Composite material and Nanoparticle. The published articles with studies in Nanotechnology featured incorporate elements of Drag, Imidazole and Polyphenol. Metal, Polymer and Histidine are some topics wherein Self-healing hydrogels research discussed in the journal publications has an impact.

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

  • Composite material
  • Organic chemistry
  • Artificial intelligence

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Biomimetics mainly deals with areas of study such as Biomimetics, Tissue engineering, Robot, Biomedical engineering and Scale (chemistry). The research on Biomimetics tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Facade, Actuator, Variety (cybernetics), Composite material and Process (engineering). The research topics discussed in the journal include Composite material as well as Degradation (geology).

While work presented in it provided substantial information on Tissue engineering, it also covered topics in Biomaterial, Perfusion Culture, Electrospinning and Scanning electron microscope. The journal holds forums on Robot that merges themes from other disciplines such as Mechanism (engineering), Video camera and Robustness (computer science). The Gelatin works featured in Biomimetics incorporate elements from Adhesion and Chemical engineering.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • The Potential of Honeybee Products for Biomaterial Applications. (6 citations)
  • Application of Response Surface Methodology for Optimizing the Therapeutic Activity of ZnO Nanoparticles Biosynthesized from Aspergillus niger (5 citations)
  • An Evaluation Methodology for Interactive Reinforcement Learning with Simulated Users. (5 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 Biomimetics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Marco d'Ischia (6 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Roger D. Quinn (5 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Thomas Speck (5 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition,
  • Olga Speck (5 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition,
  • Ruxandra Mihaela Botez (4 papers) published 2 papers 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 Biomimetics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Naples Federico II (8 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Case Western Reserve University (6 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Max Planck Society (5 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Freiburg (5 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition,
  • Costa Rica Institute of Technology (5 papers) published 2 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, 16.95% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 18.37% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 8.16% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 22.45% of all publications and 51.02% 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 Use of Simulated Body Fluid (SBF) for Assessing Materials Bioactivity in the Context of Tissue Engineering: Review and Challenges.

    Francesco Baino;Seiji Yamaguchi

    (2020)
    221 Citations
  • Three-Dimensional Printed Antimicrobial Objects of Polylactic Acid (PLA)-Silver Nanoparticle Nanocomposite Filaments Produced by an In-Situ Reduction Reactive Melt Mixing Process.

    Nectarios Vidakis;Markos Petousis;Emmanouel Velidakis;Marco Liebscher

    (2020)
    71 Citations
  • Application of Response Surface Methodology for Optimizing the Therapeutic Activity of ZnO Nanoparticles Biosynthesized from Aspergillus niger

    Ali Es-haghi;Mohammad Ehsan Taghavizadeh Yazdi;Mohammad Sharifalhoseini;Mohsen Baghani

    (2021)
    62 Citations
  • Design Strategies and Biomimetic Approaches for Calcium Phosphate Scaffolds in Bone Tissue Regeneration

    (2022)
    57 Citations
  • A Review on Development of Bio-Inspired Implants Using 3D Printing.

    Ansheed A Raheem;Pearlin Hameed;Ruban Whenish;Renold S Elsen

    (2021)
    56 Citations
  • Forced Biomineralization: A Review.

    Hermann Ehrlich;Elizabeth Bailey;Marcin Wysokowski;Teofil Jesionowski

    (2021)
    47 Citations
  • Recent Progress on Bioinspired Antibacterial Surfaces for Biomedical Application

    (2022)
    43 Citations
  • Biomimicking Nature-Inspired Design Structures—An Experimental and Simulation Approach Using Additive Manufacturing

    (2022)
    33 Citations

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