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Antonella Motta

Antonella Motta

D-Index & Metrics

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
57
Citations
11175
World Ranking
2678
National Ranking
68

Antonella Motta publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Antonella Motta sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 187 publications — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

Antonella Motta D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Antonella Motta sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Overview

Antonella Motta is a researcher affiliated with the University of Trento in Italy. Their work spans multiple fields of study including Engineering, Materials Science, and Medicine, with a strong focus on biomaterials and biomedical engineering.

Their research covers several key subfields such as Biomaterials, Biomedical Engineering, Surgery, Automotive Engineering, and Molecular Biology. Within these domains, Motta's main topics of work include:

  • Silk-based biomaterials and applications
  • Bone Tissue Engineering Materials
  • 3D Printing in Biomedical Research
  • Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies
  • Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications
  • Surgical Sutures and Adhesives
  • Wound Healing and Treatments

Their frequent coauthors encompass researchers such as Devid Maniglio, Francesca Agostinacchio, Yuejiao Yang, Nicola M. Pugno, and Claudio Migliaresi, with collaboration counts ranging from 10 to 15 publications each.

Motta's research has been published in notable venues, including multiple publications in:

  • Biomaterials Advances
  • ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering
  • Materials
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology

Selected recent papers from their body of work include:

  • "A Comprehensive Review on Collagen Type I Development of Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering: From Biosynthesis to Bioscaffold" (2022), published in Biomedicines
  • "Recent advances in 3D printing with protein-based inks" (2021), published in Progress in Polymer Science
  • "3D printing of PCL/nano-hydroxyapatite scaffolds derived from biogenic sources for bone tissue engineering" (2021), published in Sustainable Materials and Technologies
  • "Amphiphilic copolymers in biomedical applications: Synthesis routes and property control" (2021), published in Materials Science and Engineering C
  • "Use of Bombyx mori silk fibroin in tissue engineering: From cocoons to medical devices, challenges, and future perspectives" (2022), published in Biomaterials Advances

Best Publications

  • In vitro evaluation of the inflammatory potential of the silk fibroin.

    Matteo Santin;Antonella Motta;Giuliano Freddi;Mario Cannas

  • Scaffolds for tissue engineering and 3D cell culture.

    Eleonora Carletti;Antonella Motta;Claudio Migliaresi

  • Tissue-like self-assembly in cocultures of endothelial cells and osteoblasts and the formation of microcapillary-like structures on three-dimensional porous biomaterials.

    Ronald E Unger;Anne Sartoris;Kirsten Peters;Antonella Motta

  • The healing of confined critical size cancellous defects in the presence of silk fibroin hydrogel

    M. Fini;A. Motta;P. Torricelli;G. Giavaresi

  • Growth of human cells on a non-woven silk fibroin net: a potential for use in tissue engineering

    Ronald E Unger;Michael Wolf;Kirsten Peters;Antonella Motta

  • Regenerated silk fibroin films: Thermal and dynamic mechanical analysis

    Antonella Motta;Luca Fambri;Claudio Migliaresi

  • Novel Genipin-Cross-Linked Chitosan/Silk Fibroin Sponges for Cartilage Engineering Strategies

    Simone S. Silva;Antonella Motta;Márcia T. Rodrigues;Ana F. M. Pinheiro

  • The rapid anastomosis between prevascularized networks on silk fibroin scaffolds generated in vitro with cocultures of human microvascular endothelial and osteoblast cells and the host vasculature

    Ronald E. Unger;Shahram Ghanaati;Carina Orth;Anne Sartoris

  • Endothelialization of a non-woven silk fibroin net for use in tissue engineering: growth and gene regulation of human endothelial cells.

    R.E. Unger;K. Peters;M. Wolf;A. Motta

  • Development of Injectable Hyaluronic Acid/Cellulose Nanocrystals Bionanocomposite Hydrogels for Tissue Engineering Applications.

    Rui M. A. Domingues;Marta Silva;Pavel Gershovich;Sefano Betta

  • Fibroin hydrogels for biomedical applications: preparation, characterization and in vitro cell culture studies.

    Antonella Motta;C. Migliaresi;F. Faccioni;P. Torricelli

  • Outgrowth endothelial cells isolated and expanded from human peripheral blood progenitor cells as a potential source of autologous cells for endothelialization of silk fibroin biomaterials.

    Sabine Fuchs;Antonella Motta;Claudio Migliaresi;Charles James Kirkpatrick

  • Dynamic processes involved in the pre-vascularization of silk fibroin constructs for bone regeneration using outgrowth endothelial cells.

    Sabine Fuchs;Xin Jiang;Harald Schmidt;Eva Dohle

  • The synergistic effects of 3-D porous silk fibroin matrix scaffold properties and hydrodynamic environment in cartilage tissue regeneration.

    Yun Wang;Erika Bella;Christopher S.D. Lee;Claudio Migliaresi

  • Evaluation of composition and crosslinking effects on collagen-based composite constructs.

    Krishna Madhavan;Dmitry Belchenko;Antonella Motta;Wei Tan;Wei Tan

  • Functionality of endothelial cells on silk fibroin nets: comparative study of micro- and nanometric fibre size.

    Borys Bondar;Sabine Fuchs;Antonella Motta;Claudio Migliaresi

  • Osteoblast: osteoclast co-cultures on silk fibroin, chitosan and PLLA films.

    Gemma L. Jones;Antonella Motta;Mike J. Marshall;Alicia J. El Haj

  • Human mesenchymal stem cells cultured on silk hydrogels with variable stiffness and growth factor differentiate into mature smooth muscle cell phenotype.

    Michael Floren;Walter Bonani;Anirudh Dharmarajan;Antonella Motta

  • Scaffold vascularization in vivo driven by primary human osteoblasts in concert with host inflammatory cells.

    Shahram Ghanaati;Ronald E. Unger;Matthew J. Webber;Mike Barbeck

  • Fibroin scaffold repairs critical-size bone defects in vivo supported by human amniotic fluid and dental pulp stem cells.

    Massimo Riccio;Tullia Maraldi;Alessandra Pisciotta;Giovanni B. La Sala

  • Heparin functionalization increases retention of TGF-β2 and GDF5 on biphasic silk fibroin scaffolds for tendon/ligament-to-bone tissue engineering

    Sònia Font Tellado;Silvia Chiera;Walter Bonani;Patrina S.P. Poh

Frequent Co-Authors

Claudio Migliaresi
Claudio Migliaresi University of Trento
Nicola Pugno
Nicola Pugno University of Trento
Rui L. Reis
Rui L. Reis University of Minho
Ronald E. Unger
Ronald E. Unger Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Manuela E. Gomes
Manuela E. Gomes University of Minho
João F. Mano
João F. Mano University of Aveiro
Maria Cristina Tanzi
Maria Cristina Tanzi Polytechnic University of Milan
David L. Kaplan
David L. Kaplan Tufts University
Julio San Román
Julio San Román Spanish National Research Council
Paola Torricelli
Paola Torricelli University of Bologna

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