2026 Gianluca Ciardelli: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	52	9560	9231	185	180	502	9973

Overview

Gianluca Ciardelli is affiliated with the Polytechnic University of Turin in Italy. Their research work encompasses Engineering, Medicine, and Materials Science, with a focus on several subfields including Biomedical Engineering, Biomaterials, Organic Chemistry, Surgery, and Molecular Medicine.

The main topics covered in their publications include:

3D Printing in Biomedical Research
Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications
Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications
Wound Healing and Treatments
Bone Tissue Engineering Materials
Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies

Gianluca Ciardelli has contributed to multiple scientific papers, some recent examples are:

Wound dressing products: A translational investigation from the bench to the market, 2022, Engineered Regeneration
DLP 3D Printing Meets Lignocellulosic Biopolymers: Carboxymethyl Cellulose Inks for 3D Biocompatible Hydrogels, 2020, Polymers
Intratumoral injection of hydrogel-embedded nanoparticles enhances retention in glioblastoma, 2020, Nanoscale
Photocurable chitosan as bioink for cellularized therapies towards personalized scaffold architecture, 2020, Bioprinting
3D bioprinting for orthopaedic applications: Current advances, challenges and regulatory considerations, 2020, Bioprinting

Their frequent co-authors include Monica Boffito, Chiara Tonda-Turo, Rossella Laurano, Valeria Chiono, and Irene Carmagnola, with collaboration counts ranging from 9 to 23 publications.

Gianluca Ciardelli has published extensively in several venues, notably:

Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology (6 publications)
Biomedical Science and Engineering (6 publications)
Nanomaterials (5 publications)
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (4 publications)
Polymers (3 publications)

Best Publications

Collagen for bone tissue regeneration.

Ana Marina Ferreira;Piergiorgio Gentile;Valeria Chiono;Gianluca Ciardelli

1019
Citations
Blends of Poly-(ε-caprolactone) and Polysaccharides in Tissue Engineering Applications

Gianluca Ciardelli;Valeria Chiono;Giovanni Vozzi;Mariano Pracella

369
Citations
Genipin crosslinked chitosan/gelatin blends for biomedical applications

Valeria Chiono;Ettore Pulieri;Giovanni Vozzi;Gianluca Ciardelli;Gianluca Ciardelli

363
Citations
Polymeric membranes for guided bone regeneration.

Piergiorgio Gentile;Valeria Chiono;Chiara Tonda-Turo;Ana M. Ferreira

346
Citations
Materials for peripheral nerve regeneration

Gianluca Ciardelli;Gianluca Ciardelli;Valeria Chiono

331
Citations
Bioartificial polymeric materials based on polysaccharides.

Maria Grazia Cascone;N. Barbani;C. Cristallini;Paolo Giusti

264
Citations
Preparation and biodegradation of clay composites of PLA

Erika Nieddu;L. Mazzucco;P. Gentile;T. Benko

171
Citations
Comparative analysis of gelatin scaffolds crosslinked by genipin and silane coupling agent.

C. Tonda-Turo;Piergiorgio Gentile;S. Saracino;Valeria Chiono

156
Citations
Bioactive glass/polymer composite scaffolds mimicking bone tissue.

Piergiorgio Gentile;Monica Mattioli-Belmonte;Valeria Chiono;Concetta Ferretti

143
Citations
Polyurethane-based scaffolds for myocardial tissue engineering.

Valeria Chiono;Pamela Mozetic;Monica Boffito;Susanna Sartori

127
Citations
The Effect of Electrospun Gelatin Fibers Alignment on Schwann Cell and Axon Behavior and Organization in the Perspective of Artificial Nerve Design

Sara Gnavi;Benedetta Elena Fornasari;Chiara Tonda-Turo;Rossella Laurano

126
Citations
Chapter 9: Artificial scaffolds for peripheral nerve reconstruction

Valeria Chiono;Chiara Tonda-Turo;Gianluca Ciardelli

123
Citations
Interactions of osteoblasts and macrophages with biodegradable and highly porous polyesterurethane foam and its degradation products

B. Saad;S. Matter;G. Ciardelli;P. Neuenschwander

122
Citations
Localised controlled release of simvastatin from porous chitosan-gelatin scaffolds engrafted with simvastatin loaded PLGA-microparticles for bone tissue engineering application.

Piergiorgio Gentile;Piergiorgio Gentile;Vijay Kumar Nandagiri;Vijay Kumar Nandagiri;Jacqueline Daly;Valeria Chiono

120
Citations
Gelatin-based hydrogel for vascular endothelial growth factor release in peripheral nerve tissue engineering.

S. Gnavi;L. Di Blasio;C. Tonda-Turo;A. Mancardi

118
Citations
Transglutaminase reactivity with gelatine: perspective applications in tissue engineering.

F. Bertoni;N. Barbani;P. Giusti;Gianluca Ciardelli

111
Citations
DLP 3D Printing Meets Lignocellulosic Biopolymers: Carboxymethyl Cellulose Inks for 3D Biocompatible Hydrogels.

Giuseppe Melilli;Irene Carmagnola;Chiara Tonda-Turo;Fabrizio Pirri

108
Citations
Biomimetic materials and scaffolds for myocardial tissue regeneration

Antonella Silvestri;Monica Boffito;Susanna Sartori;Gianluca Ciardelli

106
Citations
Polymeric scaffolds for cardiac tissue engineering: requirements and fabrication technologies

Monica Boffito;Susanna Sartori;Gianluca Ciardelli

104
Citations
Chitosan/gelatin blends for biomedical applications

Ettore Pulieri;Valeria Chiono;Gianluca Ciardelli;Gianluca Ciardelli;Giovanni Vozzi

103
Citations
Surface modification of a synthetic polyurethane by plasma glow discharge: Preparation and characterization of bioactive monolayers

Susanna Sartori;Alfonsina Rechichi;Alfonsina Rechichi;G. Vozzi;M. D’Acunto

98
Citations
Biocompatible block copolymer

Peter Neuenschwander;Georg K. Uhlschmid;Ulrich W. Suter;Gianluca Ciardelli

97
Citations