OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering is 28. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Regenerative Approaches for Chronic Wounds	132
Kidney Disease Modeling with Organoids and Organs-on-Chips	106
Thinking Beyond the Device: An Overview of Human- and Equity-Centered Approaches for Health Technology Design	98
Medical Microrobots	90
	88
Therapeutic Ultrasound for Multimodal Cancer Treatment: A Spotlight on Breast Cancer	75
3D Traction Force Microscopy in Biological Gels: From Single Cells to Multicellular Spheroids	74
Mechanical Control of Cell Differentiation: Insights from the Early Embryo	73
Multimodal Toxicity of Acrolein and Associated Therapeutic Strategies in Central Nervous System Trauma and Disease	71
Therapeutic Applications of Engineered Cell Death, Arrest, and Persistence	63
A Theoretical Approach in Applying High-Frequency Acoustic and Elasticity Microscopy to Assess Cells and Tissues	58
Biomaterials for Hemostasis	45
	44
Replicating Host–Microbiome Interactions: Harnessing Organ-on-a-Chip and Organoid Technologies to Model Vaginal and Lung Physiology	41
Cell-Instructive Biomaterials with Native-Like Biochemical Complexity	40
Histotripsy: A Method for Mechanical Tissue Ablation with Ultrasound	36
Direct Cardiac Compression Devices to Augment Heart Biomechanics and Function	35
Technologies to Assess Drug Response and Heterogeneity in Patient-Derived Cancer Organoids	34
Fly Me to the Micron: Microtechnologies for Drosophila Research	34
Microvascularization in 3D Human Engineered Tissue and Organoids	34
Recent Advancements in Electroporation Technologies: From Bench to Clinic	33
Recent Developments in Aerosol Pulmonary Drug Delivery: New Technologies, New Cargos, and New Targets	29
Noninvasive Monitoring to Detect Dehydration: Are We There Yet?	29
Federated Learning in Healthcare: From Research to Real-World Deployment	28