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Bibliometric Analysis of Core Papers Fundamental to Tissue Engineering

Appendix 1 - Paper filter used in PubMed (9-10, 2001)

tissue engineer* (papers from the most prolific authors found in this search that were missed were examined and relevant papers were added)

biodegradable polymer scaffolds
regeneration scaffold
vascularization AND scaffold

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"seeded" OR "seeding" (quotes used to prevent PubMed search term expansion)
AND
scaffold
regeneration
Schwann
vascularization

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the following terms in the journals Biomaterials AND J Biomed Mater Res (these were top 2 biomedical engineering journals as identified in the tissue engineer* search).

extracellular matrix
growth factor
Schwann
intestinal submucosa
engineer* AND cartilage

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about 50 papers identified by Abt in interviews

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