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Macromolecular Bioscience
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Macromolecular Bioscience

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Materials Science 221 296 378 34
Chemistry 295 179 246 25

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 508
Documents by Best Scientists*: 553
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 13
SCIMAGO H-index: 125
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.893
Impact Factor: 4.1

Overview

Top Research Topics at Macromolecular Bioscience?

Macromolecular Bioscience covers a variety of subjects, including Polymer chemistry, Polymer, Chemical engineering, Biophysics and Nanotechnology. The Polymer chemistry works featured in it incorporate elements from Copolymer, Polymerization, Aqueous solution and Drug carrier. While work presented in the journal provided substantial information on Copolymer, it also covered topics in Ethylene glycol and Micelle.

Research in Drug carrier discussed is concerned with the study of Drug delivery as a whole. Macromolecular Bioscience covers Polymer research under the subject of Organic chemistry. It connects the study in Chemical engineering with the closely related area of Polyelectrolyte.

The studies on Biophysics discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Biochemistry, Cell adhesion and In vivo. Macromolecular Bioscience deals with Nanotechnology in conjunction with Tissue engineering and similar fields in Scaffold. Self-healing hydrogels research featured in the journal incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Swelling and Gelatin.

  • Polymer chemistry (25.55%)
  • Polymer (17.62%)
  • Chemical engineering (15.95%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • An Overview of Polylactides as Packaging Materials (2243 citations)
  • Bone Tissue Engineering: State of the Art and Future Trends (1281 citations)
  • Alginate hydrogels as biomaterials. (1262 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Macromolecular Bioscience:

The published articles focus largely on the fields of Polymer chemistry, Polymer, Chemical engineering, Nanotechnology and Tissue engineering. The studies on Polymer chemistry discussed at the journal papers can also contribute to research in the domains of Copolymer, Biocompatibility, Drug carrier and Aqueous solution. While work presented in the journal publications provide substantial information on Tissue engineering, it also covers topics in Biomaterial, Anatomy, Composite material and Scaffold.

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

  • Enzyme
  • Organic chemistry
  • Gene

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The main points discussed in Macromolecular Bioscience deals with Self-healing hydrogels, Nanotechnology, Tissue engineering, Drug delivery and Biocompatibility. Issues in Self-healing hydrogels were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Hyaluronic acid, Biophysics, Biomedical engineering, Swelling and Gelatin. Regeneration (biology) and Scaffold are some topics wherein Tissue engineering research discussed in Macromolecular Bioscience have an impact.

It explores issues in Drug delivery which can be linked to other research areas like Controlled release, Polymer and In vivo. It focuses on Polymer but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Combinatorial chemistry and Cell culture. The Biocompatibility study featured falls within the wider field of Chemical engineering.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Hydrogel-Forming Microneedles: Current Advancements and Future Trends. (13 citations)
  • A Quantitative Description for Designing the Extrudability of Shear-Thinning Physical Hydrogels. (11 citations)
  • Bioprinting of Collagen: Considerations, Potentials, and Applications. (11 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 Macromolecular Bioscience (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Xuesi Chen (49 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition,
  • David L. Kaplan (37 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Thomas Heinze (34 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Katharina Landfester (28 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Rui L. Reis (27 papers) published 1 paper 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 Macromolecular Bioscience (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (136 papers) published 12 papers at the last edition, 6 more than at the previous edition,
  • Max Planck Society (85 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Zhejiang University (52 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Jena (52 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Tokyo Institute of Technology (48 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as 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, 0.49% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 16.83% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 7.92% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 14.36% of all publications and 60.89% 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 Hydrogels for Skin Wound Repair

    Unknown

    (2022)
    213 Citations
  • Hyaluronic Acid (HA)-Based Silk Fibroin/Zinc Oxide Core-Shell Electrospun Dressing for Burn Wound Management.

    Zhina Hadisi;Zhina Hadisi;Mehdi Farokhi;Hamid Reza Bakhsheshi-Rad;Maryam Jahanshahi;Maryam Jahanshahi

    (2020)
    156 Citations
  • Antibacterial Hybrid Hydrogels.

    Zhongming Cao;Yue Luo;Zhaoyang Li;Lei Tan

    (2021)
    135 Citations
  • Surface Modification Strategies to Improve the Osseointegration of Poly(etheretherketone) and Its Composites.

    Emily Buck;Hao Li;Marta Cerruti

    (2020)
    106 Citations
  • Bioprinting of Collagen: Considerations, Potentials, and Applications.

    Jia Min Lee;Sean Kang Qiang Suen;Wei Long Ng;Wai Cheung Ma

    (2021)
    96 Citations
  • Effects of Processing Parameters of 3D Bioprinting on the Cellular Activity of Bioinks.

    Jaideep Adhikari;Avinava Roy;Anindya Das;Manojit Ghosh

    (2021)
    91 Citations
  • Nanoparticles Based on Hydrophobic Polysaccharide Derivatives-Formation Principles, Characterization Techniques, and Biomedical Applications

    Martin Gericke;Peter Schulze;Thomas Heinze

    (2020)
    81 Citations
  • Heating/Solvent Responsive Shape-Memory Polymers for Implant Biomedical Devices in Minimally Invasive Surgery: Current Status and Challenge.

    Rui Xiao;Wei Min Huang

    (2020)
    80 Citations
  • Novel Poly(vinyl alcohol)/Chitosan/Modified Graphene Oxide Biocomposite for Wound Dressing Application.

    Siyao Chen;He Wang;Zhiwen Jian;Guoxia Fei

    (2020)
    76 Citations

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