Thomas Boland

11.6k total citations · 6 hit papers
79 papers, 8.5k citations indexed

About

Thomas Boland is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Automotive Engineering and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Boland has authored 79 papers receiving a total of 8.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 19 papers in Automotive Engineering and 15 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Thomas Boland's work include 3D Printing in Biomedical Research (40 papers), Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies (19 papers) and Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications (8 papers). Thomas Boland is often cited by papers focused on 3D Printing in Biomedical Research (40 papers), Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies (19 papers) and Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications (8 papers). Thomas Boland collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Russia. Thomas Boland's co-authors include Tao Xu, Xiaofeng Cui, James J. Hickman, Gabor Forgács, Roger R. Markwald, Xiaofeng Cui, Thomas C. Trusk, Vladimir Mironov, Buddy D. Ratner and Cassie Gregory and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Clinical Oncology and Biomaterials.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Boland

78 papers receiving 8.2k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

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

2003 920 citations Vladimir Mironov, Thomas Boland et al. Trends in biotechnology profile →
Inkjet printing of viable mammalian cells

2004 748 citations Tao Xu, Cassie Gregory et al. Biomaterials profile →
Application of inkjet printing to tissue engineering

2006 547 citations Thomas Boland, Tao Xu et al. Biotechnology Journal profile →
Biofabrication: reappraising the definition of an evolving field

2016 537 citations Jürgen Gröll, Thomas Boland et al. Biofabrication profile →
Inkjet printing for high-throughput cell patterning

2003 521 citations Tao Xu, Manas Das et al. Biomaterials profile →
Biofabrication: A Guide to Technology and Terminology

2017 492 citations Lorenzo Moroni, Thomas Boland et al. Trends in biotechnology profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas Boland United States	35	6.7k	3.3k	1.3k	1.3k	1.1k	79	8.5k
Keekyoung Kim Canada	34	4.5k 0.7×	1.7k 0.5×	579 0.5×	1.1k 0.9×	818 0.7×	86	5.9k
Shaochen Chen United States	59	10.1k 1.5×	4.5k 1.4×	1.5k 1.2×	2.0k 1.6×	1.5k 1.3×	179	13.8k
Ali Khademhosseini United States	43	5.6k 0.8×	1.5k 0.5×	1.0k 0.8×	1.5k 1.2×	1.2k 1.1×	94	8.1k
Wenmiao Shu United Kingdom	32	4.3k 0.6×	1.8k 0.5×	1.1k 0.9×	1.0k 0.8×	632 0.6×	83	6.0k
Aleksandr Ovsianikov Austria	55	7.2k 1.1×	2.3k 0.7×	613 0.5×	1.1k 0.9×	516 0.5×	146	9.1k
GeunHyung Kim South Korea	55	7.4k 1.1×	2.6k 0.8×	803 0.6×	4.3k 3.4×	2.0k 1.8×	278	9.9k
Jordan S. Miller United States	32	4.9k 0.7×	1.5k 0.5×	929 0.7×	1.6k 1.3×	1.1k 1.0×	50	6.5k
Samad Ahadian United States	55	6.0k 0.9×	1.1k 0.3×	1.3k 1.0×	2.2k 1.7×	1.4k 1.3×	154	9.0k
Jürgen Gröll Germany	62	11.4k 1.7×	4.8k 1.5×	2.0k 1.5×	5.0k 4.0×	2.2k 2.0×	279	16.9k
Kimberly A. Homan United States	24	5.7k 0.8×	1.7k 0.5×	1.4k 1.1×	913 0.7×	784 0.7×	51	6.8k

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Boland, Thomas, et al.. (2023). Thermal inkjet bioprinting drastically alters cell phenotype. Biofabrication. 15(3). 31001–31001. 9 indexed citations

Moroni, Lorenzo, Thomas Boland, Jason A. Burdick, et al.. (2017). Biofabrication: A Guide to Technology and Terminology. Trends in biotechnology. 36(4). 384–402. 492 indexed citations breakdown →

Boland, Thomas & Vladimir Mironov. (2014). How to Define Biofabrication? Review of the Book Biofabrication: Micro- and Nano-Fabrication, Printing, Patterning, and Assemblies , Edited by Gabor Forgacs and Wei Sun (William Andrew, 2013, 265 Pages). 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing. 1(1). 52–54. 1 indexed citations

Yanez, Maria, et al.. (2014). In Vivo Assessment of Printed Microvasculature in a Bilayer Skin Graft to Treat Full-Thickness Wounds. Tissue Engineering Part A. 21(1-2). 224–233. 114 indexed citations

Sambursky, Robert, William Trattler, Shachar Tauber, et al.. (2013). Sensitivity and Specificity of the AdenoPlus Test for Diagnosing Adenoviral Conjunctivitis. JAMA Ophthalmology. 131(1). 17–17. 31 indexed citations

Maria, Carmelo De, et al.. (2011). Printable Biodegradable Hydrogel with Self-Crosslinking Agents for Wound Dressings. Technical programs and proceedings. 27(1). 632–635. 2 indexed citations

Burg, Timothy C., et al.. (2009). Design and implementation of a two-dimensional inkjet bioprinter. PubMed. 2009. 6001–6005. 24 indexed citations

Xu, Tao, Péter Molnár, Cassie Gregory, et al.. (2009). Electrophysiological characterization of embryonic hippocampal neurons cultured in a 3D collagen hydrogel. Biomaterials. 30(26). 4377–4383. 83 indexed citations

Cui, Xiaofeng & Thomas Boland. (2009). Human microvasculature fabrication using thermal inkjet printing technology. Biomaterials. 30(31). 6221–6227. 493 indexed citations

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Xu, Tao, et al.. (2009). Fabrication and characterization of bio-engineered cardiac pseudo tissues. Biofabrication. 1(3). 35001–35001. 135 indexed citations

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Cui, Xiaofeng & Thomas Boland. (2008). Simultaneous Deposition of Human Microvascular Endothelial Cells and Biomaterials for Human Microvasculature Fabrication Using Inkjet Printing. Technical programs and proceedings. 24(1). 480–483. 2 indexed citations

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Boland, Thomas, Tao Xu, Brook Damon, & Xiaofeng Cui. (2006). Application of inkjet printing to tissue engineering. Biotechnology Journal. 1(9). 910–917. 547 indexed citations breakdown →

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Boland, Thomas, et al.. (2004). Tissue-Engineering Constructs, Using Photopolymerizable Hydrogels and Stereolithography.”. Tissue Engineering. 10. 1 indexed citations

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Xu, Tao, et al.. (2003). Inkjet printing for high-throughput cell patterning. Biomaterials. 25(17). 3707–3715. 521 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ho, Sunita P., et al.. (2003). Nanoindentation properties of compression-moulded ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part H Journal of Engineering in Medicine. 217(5). 357–366. 17 indexed citations

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Mironov, Vladimir, Thomas Boland, Thomas C. Trusk, Gabor Forgács, & Roger R. Markwald. (2003). Organ printing: computer-aided jet-based 3D tissue engineering. Trends in biotechnology. 21(4). 157–161. 920 indexed citations breakdown →

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Boland, Thomas, et al.. (2003). Cell and organ printing 1: Protein and cell printers. The Anatomical Record Part A Discoveries in Molecular Cellular and Evolutionary Biology. 272A(2). 491–496. 361 indexed citations

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Ho, Sunita P., et al.. (2002). In vitro evaluation of phosphonylated low‐density polyethylene for vascular applications. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research. 62(4). 514–524. 34 indexed citations

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Boland, Thomas, et al.. (2000). Molecular Basis of Cell Adhesion to Polymers Characterized AFM. Critical Reviews in Biomedical Engineering. 28(1-2). 195–196. 1 indexed citations

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Dufrêne, Yves F., Thomas Boland, James Schneider, William R. Barger, & Gil U. Lee. (1998). Characterization of the physical properties of model biomembranes at the nanometer scale with the atomic force microscope. Digital Access to Libraries (Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), l'Université de Namur (UNamur) and the Université Saint-Louis (USL-B)). 97 indexed citations

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