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November 1, 2021
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Carbon-Based Materials for Articular Tissue Engineering: From Innovative Scaffolding Materials toward Engineered Living Carbon

Publicated to: Advanced Healthcare Materials. 11 (1): e2101834- - 2022-01-01 11(1), DOI: 10.1002/adhm.202101834

Authors:

Islam, M; Lantada, AD; Mager, D; Korvink, JG
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Affiliations

Karlsruhe Inst Technol, Inst Microstruct Technol, Hermann von Helmholtz Pl 1, D-76344 Eggenstein Leopoldshafen, Germany - Author
Univ Politecn Madrid, Dept Mech Engn, Jose Gutierrez Abascal 2, Madrid 28006, Spain - Author

Abstract

Carbon materials constitute a growing family of high-performance materials immersed in ongoing scientific technological revolutions. Their biochemical properties are interesting for a wide set of healthcare applications and their biomechanical performance, which can be modulated to mimic most human tissues, make them remarkable candidates for tissue repair and regeneration, especially for articular problems and osteochondral defects involving diverse tissues with very different morphologies and properties. However, more systematic approaches to the engineering design of carbon-based cell niches and scaffolds are needed and relevant challenges should still be overcome through extensive and collaborative research. In consequence, this study presents a comprehensive description of carbon materials and an explanation of their benefits for regenerative medicine, focusing on their rising impact in the area of osteochondral and articular repair and regeneration. Once the state-of-the-art is illustrated, innovative design and fabrication strategies for artificially recreating the cellular microenvironment within complex articular structures are discussed. Together with these modern design and fabrication approaches, current challenges, and research trends for reaching patients and creating social and economic impacts are examined. In a closing perspective, the engineering of living carbon materials is also presented for the first time and the related fundamental breakthroughs ahead are clarified.
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Keywords

3-dimensional grapheneBonesCarbonCarbon materialsCarbon scaffoldsCartilage, articularCompositeDiamond-like carbonEngineered living materialsGraphene-based scaffoldsGraphiteHumansIn-vivoNanotubesOsteoarthritisOsteochondral repairOsteogenic differentiationOxideTissue engineeringTissue scaffolds

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Advanced Healthcare Materials due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2022, it was in position 8/96, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Engineering, Biomedical. Notably, the journal is positioned above the 90th percentile.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from World Citations provided by WoS (ESI, Clarivate), it yields a value for the citation normalization relative to the expected citation rate of: 3.88. This indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: ESI Nov 13, 2025)

This information is reinforced by other indicators of the same type, which, although dynamic over time and dependent on the set of average global citations at the time of their calculation, consistently position the work at some point among the top 50% most cited in its field:

  • Weighted Average of Normalized Impact by the Scopus agency: 4.14 (source consulted: FECYT Mar 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-12-20, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 46
  • Scopus: 58
  • Europe PMC: 10
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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-12-20:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 97.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 97 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 77.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 92 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Germany.

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (ISLAM, MONSUR) .

the authors responsible for correspondence tasks have been ISLAM, MONSUR and DIAZ LANTADA, ANDRES.

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Awards linked to the item

M.I. and A.D.L. contributed equally to this work. M.I., D.M., and J.G.K. acknowledge support from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) under Germany's Excellence Strategy via the Excellence Cluster 3D Matter Made toOrder (EXC-2082/1-390761711). All the authors thank the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and Universidad Politecnica de Madrid for their support to facilitate a safe and healthy work environment during the adverse period of the COVID-19 pandemic. Open access funding enabled and organized by Projekt DEAL.
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