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EDITORIAL

Call for 2nd Editorial Board Meeting: A milestone for

IJB

Editor–in-Chief: Chee Kai Chua 1,2

1 Executive Director, Singapore Centre for 3D Printing, Singapore
2 Professor, Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering Cluster, School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering,
College of Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

http://dx.doi.org/10.18063/IJB.v4i1.131.
Welcome to the year of 2018!
I am glad to announce that all papers published in This issue of IJB covers 1 review, 2 perspectives
IJB (since July 2015) are now indexed in Web of and 6 original research articles. Song presents recent
Science under the category of Emerging Sources advances in 3D printing of hydrogel composite
Citation Index (ESCI). This will greatly increase the systems for tissue engineering applications, with a
visibility of IJB, encourage future submissions and focus on polymer- or hydrogel-hydrogel composites,
establish scientific impact. Meanwhile, IJB has been particle-reinforced hydrogel composites, fiber-reinforced
accepted for inclusion in Scopus since December 2017, hydrogel composites, and anisotropic filler-reinforced
the initiation of indexing process will take about three hydrogel composites. While Lepowsky and Tasoglu
months. By March or April 2018, all papers published argue that 3D printing for drug manufacturing is the
in IJB should be indexed in Scopus. future of pharmaceutical industries, owing to
rd
I am also glad to announce that the 3 International controlled release, personalised doses and on demand
Conference on Progress in Additive Manufacturing printing. Wang discusses recent progresses in organ
(PRO-AM) will be held at the Nanyang Technological 3D bioprinting and shares her perspective in this field.
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University (NTU), Singapore on 14-17 May 2018. Shuai et al. reports an nMgO containing bone scaffold,
Prior to the conference, the 2 nd Editorial Board which is antibacterial, degradable and biocompatible.
Meeting of IJB will be held at the Singapore Centre Liang et al. present a coaxial nozzle-assisted
for 3D Printing (within NTU) on the afternoon of 14 th electrohydrodynamic printing method to fabricate
May. The main agenda are to hear and discuss the cell-laden 3D structures simultaneously with high
publisher’s publication report on IJB and to make resolution and high cell viability. Deng et al. discover
decisions on renewal of editorial board membership that a corrosion resistant Mg alloy could be obtained
which is a 3-year contract. This meeting is a milestone for clinical applications when blending β-TCP with
for IJB because a new editorial board team will be Mg-6Zn-1Zr (ZK60) and fabricating it using laser
formed to take care of the growing journal after its rapid solidification. Spriphutkiat et al. present how
acceptance into both Web of Science and Scopus. It is Standing Surface Acoustic Wave (SSAW) can be used
a new era for IJB and many new challenges are ahead. to generate round shaped cell spheroids in a few
We will make sure that IJB continues to perform in minutes. Behbehani et al. show that 3D in vitro model
good hands. All in all, I am sincerely thankful to can help evaluate the performance of different nerve
everyone who sees IJB as an added value to their guide conduits prior to animal testing.
publications.

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