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This work was supported by the Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovaci on y Universidades grant numbers DPI2013-46641-R and DPI2017-89197-C2-2-R and the Generalitat Valenciana (Programme PROMETEO 2016/007). The micro-CT acquisitions were performed at CENIEH facilities with the collaboration of CENIEH staff.

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Open cell polyurethane foam compression failure characterization and its relationship to morphometry

Publicated to:Materials Science & Engineering C-Materials For Biological Applications. 120 111754- - 2021-01-01 120(), DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2020.111754

Authors: Belda, Ricardo; Palomar, Marta; Marco, Miguel; Vercher-Martinez, Ana; Giner, Eugenio

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Abstract

Open cell polyurethane foams are often used as cancellous bone surrogates because of their similarities in morphology and mechanical response. In this work, open cell polyurethane foams of three different densities are characterized from morphometric and mechanical perspectives. The analysis of micro-computed tomography images has revealed that the high density foams present the greatest inhomogeneities. Those inhomogeneities promoted the failure location. We have used the finite element models as a tool to estimate elastic and failure properties that can be used in numerical modeling. Furthermore, we have assessed the anisotropic mechanical response of the foams, whose differences are related to the morphometric inhomogeneities. We found significant relationships between morphometry and the elastic and failure response. The detailed information about morphometry, elastic constants and strength limits provided in this work can be of interest to researchers and practitioners that often use these polyurethane foams in orthopedic implants and cement augmentation evaluations.

Keywords

BoneBone cementsCompression fracture characterizationDigital image correlationMaterials testingMechanical-propertiesMicro-feModelsMorphometric characterizationOpen cell foamPolyurethane foamPolyurethanesShearSynthetic foamX-ray microtomography

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Materials Science & Engineering C-Materials For Biological Applications 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, 2021, it was in position 8/45, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Materials Science, Biomaterials.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from the Field Citation Ratio (FCR) of the Dimensions source, it yields a value of: 1.78, which 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: Dimensions Jun 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-06-04, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 9
  • Scopus: 12
  • Europe PMC: 2
  • OpenCitations: 11

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 2025-06-04:

  • 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: 22.
  • 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: 21 (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: 0.25.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 1 (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:

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

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 (Belda Anaya, Raquel) and Last Author (Giner Maravilla, Eugenio).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been Belda Anaya, Raquel.