Tianming Du

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
35 papers, 922 citations indexed

About

Tianming Du is a scholar working on Biomaterials, Biomedical Engineering and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Tianming Du has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 922 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Biomaterials, 19 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 7 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Tianming Du's work include Bone Tissue Engineering Materials (16 papers), Collagen: Extraction and Characterization (10 papers) and Bone health and osteoporosis research (7 papers). Tianming Du is often cited by papers focused on Bone Tissue Engineering Materials (16 papers), Collagen: Extraction and Characterization (10 papers) and Bone health and osteoporosis research (7 papers). Tianming Du collaborates with scholars based in China, Canada and Denmark. Tianming Du's co-authors include Xufeng Niu, Changshun Ruan, Zhengwei Li, Yubo Fan, Chunyang Ma, Youjun Liu, Haisheng Yang, Ping Li, Zhengwei Li and Aike Qiao and has published in prestigious journals such as International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Nanoscale and Materials Today.

In The Last Decade

Tianming Du

32 papers receiving 909 citations

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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.

Biomechanics and mechanobiology of the bone matrix

2022 112 citations Chunyang Ma, Tianming Du et al. Bone Research profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tianming Du China	16	600	404	165	111	78	35	922
Tongtong Zhu China	14	618 1.0×	251 0.6×	249 1.5×	96 0.9×	51 0.7×	21	992
Ibrahim Fatih Cengiz Portugal	17	524 0.9×	327 0.8×	333 2.0×	122 1.1×	26 0.3×	27	946
Jiang Peng China	14	505 0.8×	268 0.7×	268 1.6×	79 0.7×	61 0.8×	20	991
Meifei Lian China	15	615 1.0×	325 0.8×	172 1.0×	144 1.3×	36 0.5×	19	977
Zeinab Tahmasebi Birgani Netherlands	19	883 1.5×	284 0.7×	283 1.7×	80 0.7×	150 1.9×	40	1.1k
Arnaldo Rodrigues Santos Brazil	17	475 0.8×	414 1.0×	203 1.2×	45 0.4×	113 1.4×	74	866
Tianpeng Xu China	12	480 0.8×	211 0.5×	212 1.3×	127 1.1×	40 0.5×	24	926
Xiongfa Ji China	9	478 0.8×	218 0.5×	173 1.0×	98 0.9×	55 0.7×	14	725
Fuzhen Yuan China	15	340 0.6×	202 0.5×	172 1.0×	241 2.2×	57 0.7×	37	806
Daoyun Chen China	17	428 0.7×	329 0.8×	249 1.5×	42 0.4×	118 1.5×	41	891

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tianming Du

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Wu, Wei, Peng Cao, Yanping Zhang, et al.. (2025). Elastin dose-controlled mineral deposition by masking collagen-binding sites for calcium ions. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 310(Pt 4). 143270–143270.

Shen, Lei, et al.. (2025). Anti-Swelling Antibacterial Hydrogels Based on Electrostatic Repulsion and Hydrophobic Interactions for Human Motion Sensing. Journal of Functional Biomaterials. 16(9). 346–346. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Hanbing, Shiliang Chen, Tianming Du, et al.. (2025). Modeling the coupling between stent degradation and vascular remodeling considering the effects of mechanical stimuli and geometric interaction. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine. 269. 108900–108900.

Wu, Wei, Aike Qiao, & Tianming Du. (2025). Tissue-specific mechanism of estrogen in osteoporosis and vascular calcification. European Journal of Pharmacology. 1002. 177783–177783.

Chen, Shiliang, Tianming Du, Hanbing Zhang, Yanping Zhang, & Aike Qiao. (2024). Advances in studies on tracheal stent design addressing the related complications. Materials Today Bio. 29. 101263–101263. 5 indexed citations

Zhang, Hanbing, et al.. (2023). Numerical Simulation of Dynamic Degradation and Fatigue Damage of Degradable Zinc Alloy Stents. Journal of Functional Biomaterials. 14(11). 547–547. 5 indexed citations

Du, Tianming, et al.. (2023). Multifarious roles of metal elements in bone mineralization. Applied Materials Today. 32. 101810–101810. 12 indexed citations

Zhang, Yanping, Alice Le Friec, Zhongyang Zhang, et al.. (2023). Electroactive biomaterials synergizing with electrostimulation for cardiac tissue regeneration and function-monitoring. Materials Today. 70. 237–272. 36 indexed citations

Chen, Shiliang, Tianming Du, Hanbing Zhang, et al.. (2023). Methods for improving the properties of zinc for the application of biodegradable vascular stents. Biomaterials Advances. 156. 213693–213693. 24 indexed citations

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Deng, Zexing, Yi Guo, Xin Zhao, et al.. (2022). Poly(N-Isopropylacrylamide) Based Electrically Conductive Hydrogels and Their Applications. Gels. 8(5). 280–280. 19 indexed citations

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Wang, Jianing, Yili Feng, Tianming Du, et al.. (2022). In vivo and in silico monitoring bone regeneration during distraction osteogenesis of the mouse femur. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine. 216. 106679–106679. 14 indexed citations

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Du, Tianming, et al.. (2022). A computational analysis of potential aortic dilation induced by the hemodynamic effects of bicuspid aortic valve phenotypes. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine. 220. 106811–106811. 10 indexed citations

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Ma, Chunyang, Tianming Du, Xufeng Niu, & Yubo Fan. (2022). Biomechanics and mechanobiology of the bone matrix. Bone Research. 10(1). 59–59. 112 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wang, Huiru, Tianming Du, Rui Li, Russell P. Main, & Haisheng Yang. (2022). Interactive effects of various loading parameters on the fluid dynamics within the lacunar-canalicular system for a single osteocyte. Bone. 158. 116367–116367. 19 indexed citations

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Li, Zhengwei, Tianming Du, Chongjian Gao, et al.. (2022). In-situ mineralized homogeneous collagen-based scaffolds for potential guided bone regeneration. Biofabrication. 14(4). 45016–45016. 24 indexed citations

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Du, Tianming, Zhengwei Li, Xiaoming Li, Xufeng Niu, & Yubo Fan. (2021). Charge balancing stabilized apatite enter into collagen fibers by osmotic pressure to induce the formation of intrafibrillar mineralization. Materials Today Communications. 30. 103064–103064. 11 indexed citations

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Li, Zhengwei, Tianming Du, Changshun Ruan, & Xufeng Niu. (2020). Bioinspired mineralized collagen scaffolds for bone tissue engineering. Bioactive Materials. 6(5). 1491–1511. 222 indexed citations

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Du, Tianming, Xufeng Niu, Zhengwei Li, et al.. (2018). Crosslinking induces high mineralization of apatite minerals on collagen fibers. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 113. 450–457. 49 indexed citations

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Chen, Zihao, Tianming Du, Xiangyu Tang, et al.. (2016). Comparison of the properties of collagen–chitosan scaffolds after γ-ray irradiation and carbodiimide cross-linking. Journal of Biomaterials Science Polymer Edition. 27(10). 937–953. 21 indexed citations

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Du, Tianming, Zihao Chen, Hao Li, et al.. (2015). Modification of collagen–chitosan matrix by the natural crosslinker alginate dialdehyde. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 82. 580–588. 47 indexed citations

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