2026 Thomas Boland: Engineering and Technology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Engineering and Technology	36	8539	8235	2352	2180	90	13509

Overview

Thomas Boland is affiliated with The University of Texas at El Paso in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily Medicine and Engineering, with a focus on Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology, Oncology, Surgery, and Biomaterials.

Their scientific contributions emphasize several main topics, including:

3D Printing in Biomedical Research
Cancer Cells and Metastasis
Diversity and Career in Medicine
Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence Research
Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications
Chemotherapy-Induced Cardiotoxicity and Mitigation

Boland's publication record features research articles in notable scientific journals. Recent work includes:

"Thermal Bioprinting Causes Ample Alterations of Expression of LUCAT1, IL6, CCL26, and NRN1L Genes and Massive Phosphorylation of Critical Oncogenic Drug Resistance Pathways in Breast Cancer Cells" (2020), published in Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
"Bioprinting of Decellularized Porcine Cardiac Tissue for Large-Scale Aortic Models" (2022), published in Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
"Detection of Anticancer Drug-Induced Cardiotoxicity Using VCAM1-Targeted Nanoprobes" (2022), published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
"Thermal inkjet bioprinting drastically alters cell phenotype" (2023), published in Biofabrication
"β-Glucan-Mediated Oral Codelivery of 5FU and Bcl2 siRNA Attenuates Stomach Cancer" (2023), published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Frequent publication venues include:

Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
Materials
Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniques
Biofabrication

Collaborative work is a key aspect of Boland's research. Frequent coauthors are:

Beu P. Oropeza
Michael E. Furth
Aleli Campbell
Denisse A. Gutiérrez
Armando Varela-Ramírez

Best Publications

Organ printing: computer-aided jet-based 3D tissue engineering

Vladimir Mironov;Thomas Boland;Thomas Trusk;Gabor Forgacs

1634
Citations
Inkjet printing of viable mammalian cells.

Tao Xu;Joyce Jin;Cassie Gregory;J J James J Hickman

1259
Citations
Application of inkjet printing to tissue engineering.

Thomas Boland;Tao Xu;Brook Damon;Xiaofeng Cui

946
Citations
Inkjet printing for high-throughput cell patterning

Elisabeth A Roth;Tao Xu;Mainak Das;Cassie Gregory

848
Citations
Human microvasculature fabrication using thermal inkjet printing technology.

Xiaofeng Cui;Thomas Boland

754
Citations
Biofabrication: reappraising the definition of an evolving field

Jürgen Groll;Thomas Boland;Torsten Blunk;Jason A. Burdick

717
Citations
Viability and electrophysiology of neural cell structures generated by the inkjet printing method.

Tao Xu;Cassie A. Gregory;Peter Molnar;Xiaofeng Cui

638
Citations
Cell and organ printing 1: Protein and cell printers

W. Cris Wilson;Thomas Boland

634
Citations
Thermal inkjet printing in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine

Xiaofeng Cui;Thomas Boland;Darryl D.D'Lima;Martin K. Lotz

626
Citations
Biofabrication: a guide to technology and terminology

Lorenzo Moroni;Thomas Boland;Jason A. Burdick;Carmelo De Maria

624
Citations
Cell and organ printing 2: Fusion of cell aggregates in three‐dimensional gels

Thomas Boland;Vladimir Mironov;Anna Gutowska;Elisabeth. A. Roth

477
Citations
Rapid prototyping of tissue-engineering constructs, using photopolymerizable hydrogels and stereolithography.

Busaina Dhariwala;Elaine Hunt;Thomas Boland

463
Citations
Cell Damage Evaluation of Thermal Inkjet Printed Chinese Hamster Ovary Cells

Xiaofeng Cui;Delphine Dean;Zaverio M. Ruggeri;Thomas Boland;Thomas Boland

412
Citations
Direct measurement of hydrogen bonding in DNA nucleotide bases by atomic force microscopy.

T. Boland;B. D. Ratner

322
Citations
Drop-on-demand printing of cells and materials for designer tissue constructs

Thomas Boland;Xu Tao;Brook J. Damon;Brian Manley

270
Citations
The relationship between ligand-binding thermodynamics and protein-ligand interaction forces measured by atomic force microscopy

Ashutosh Chilkoti;T. Boland;B. D. Ratner;P. S. Stayton

205
Citations
Construction of high-density bacterial colony arrays and patterns by the ink-jet method.

Tao Xu;Sevastioni Petridou;Eric H. Lee;Elizabeth A. Roth

200
Citations
Characterization of Patterned Self-Assembled Monolayers and Protein Arrays Generated by the Ink-Jet Method†

Laura Pardo;W. Cris Wilson;Thomas Boland

189
Citations
Fabrication and characterization of bio-engineered cardiac pseudo tissues

Tao Xu;Catalin Baicu;Michael Aho;Michael Zile

180
Citations
Characterization of the physical properties of model biomembranes at the nanometer scale with the atomic force microscope.

Yves F. Dufrêne;Thomas Boland;James W. Schneider;William R. Barger

178
Citations
The role of independently variable grafting density and layer thickness of polymer nanolayers on peptide adsorption and cell adhesion.

Nripen Singh;Xiaofeng Cui;Thomas Boland;Scott M. Husson

145
Citations
In vivo assessment of printed microvasculature in a bilayer skin graft to treat full-thickness wounds.

Maria Yanez;Julio Rincon;Aracely Dones;Carmelo De Maria

143
Citations