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International Journal of Bioprinting 3D printing in bone regeneration and bone repair

Table 2. Top 10 institutions that contributed publications on three-dimensional printing in bone regeneration and bone repair
Rank Institution Country Article count Percentage (%, N/2,025) Total citation Average citation

1 Shanghai Jiao Tong University China 135 6.667 4,802 35.57
2 Chinese Academy of Sciences China 117 5.778 5,030 42.99
3 Sichuan University China 72 3.556 1,613 22.40
4 Shanghai Institute of Ceramics CAS China 51 2.519 2,649 51.94
5 Zhejiang University China 47 2.321 1,226 26.09
6 Peking University China 45 2.222 1,175 26.11
7 University of Chinese Academy of China 43 2.123 1,680 39.07
Sciences (CAS)
8 Nanjing Medical University China 41 2.025 1,013 24.71
9 Southern Medical University China China 41 2.025 708 17.27
10 Huazhong University of Science China 36 1.778 913 25.36
Technology

Table 3. Top 10 productive journals that contributed publications on three-dimensional printing in bone regeneration and bone
repair
Rank Journal Article count Percentage (%, N/2025) Citation per article IF
1 Biofabrication 71 3.506 41.87 11.061
2 Materials 67 3.309 19.12 3.748
3 Acta Biomaterialia 65 3.21 64.15 10.633
4 Advanced Healthcare Materials 45 2.222 47.76 11.092
5 Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology 45 2.222 8.96 6.064
6 Polymers 45 2.222 12.27 4.967
7 ACS Biomaterials Science Engineering 39 1.926 22.69 5.395
8 Biomaterials 38 1.877 71.84 15.304
7 International Journal of Molecular Sciences 37 1.827 11.81 6.208
10 Materials Science Engineering C: Materials for 37 1.827 39.76 8.457
Biological Applications
Abbreviation: IF, impact factor.
An author cooperation analysis was performed and “fused deposition” (cluster 11), “macrophage polarization”
illustrated through a co-cited author network visualization (cluster 5), and “tumor therapy” (cluster 8). More recent
diagram (Figure 5A and B). The node size represents mid-term research hotspots included “osteogenic peptide”
the number of co-citations, while the colors indicate the (cluster 0), “bioactive glass” (cluster 1), and “selective
different years of publication. The most prominent co-cited laser” (cluster 6). The current research hotspots included
authors were Bose S (126 citations), Lee J (121 citations), “osteogenic peptide” (cluster 0), “bioactive glass” (cluster
Karageorgiou V (102 citations), Wang X (97 citations), and 1), “animal study” (cluster 2), “mesoporous bioactive
Hutmacher D (94 citations). It is interesting to note that materials” (cluster 3), “3dgp” (cluster 4), “tumor therapy”
these most highly co-cited authors had little overlap with (cluster 8), “bacterial cellular” (cluster 7), and “selective
the top 10 contributing authors in publications and citations laser” (cluster 6), where some terms overlapped with
and were also mostly not based in China. Additionally, a those found in earlier research hotspots, thus indicating
temporal author co-citation analysis was presented in a persistent research interest over the last decade.
timeline view (Figure 5C). Earlier research hotspots in the
field of 3DP for BTE included “bacterial cellular” (cluster An analysis of the funding sources for publications in
7), “animal study” (cluster 2), “mesoporous bioactive this field was also performed, and the top 10 are shown in
materials” (cluster 3), “melt electrowriting” (cluster 9), Table 7. In total, 527 publications (26.025%) were funded

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