Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Biomechanical changes of tissue engineered cartilages are hot topics in recent years, however, bibliometric analysis addressing biomechanical changes of tissue engineered cartilage in the moving state remains poorly understood.
OBJECTIVE: To summarize the current status and frontier of biomechanical changes of tissue engineered cartilage research via analyzing the biomechanical changes of tissue engineered cartilage in the moving state literatures with the method of bibliometric analysis.
METHODS: Analyzes the biomechanical changes of tissue engineered cartilage in the moving state literatures from 1990 to 2011 which were embodied by Web of Science with the method of bibliometric analysis. It mainly discusses the distribution of publication years, country, institution, journal, cited times on biomechanical changes of tissue engineered cartilage in the moving state research area.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: During 1991 to 2011, 82 literatures on the biomechanical changes of tissue engineered cartilage in the moving state were added to SCI. Literature is annual increase, and the United States had the most papers. Draw the biomechanical changes of tissue engineered cartilage in the moving state’s field of research dynamic and development trend, we put forward some proposes for China's in-depth research.