OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Biofabrication is 38. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Advancing extrusion-based embedded 3D bioprinting via scientific, engineering, and process innovations	161
Bioprinting of alginate-carboxymethyl chitosan scaffolds for enamel tissue engineering in vitro	123
Lung dECM matrikine-based hydrogel reverses bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis by suppressing M2 macrophage polarization	100
Pulsed electromagnetic field-assisted reduced graphene oxide composite 3D printed nerve scaffold promotes sciatic nerve regeneration in rats	80
Size- and density-dependent acoustic differential bioassembly of spatially-defined heterocellular architecture	75
Dynamic hyaluronic acid hydrogel with covalent linked gelatin as an anti-oxidative bioink for cartilage tissue engineering	73
Compensating the cell-induced light scattering effect in light-based bioprinting using deep learning	70
Optimizing extrusion-based 3D bioprinting of plant cells with enhanced resolution and cell viability	70
hiPSC-derived macrophages improve drug sensitivity and selectivity in a macrophage-incorporating organoid culture model	69
3D bioprinted vascularized lung cancer organoid models with underlying disease capable of more precise drug evaluation	67
Bioprinted microvasculature: progressing from structure to function	67
Cancer cell migration depends on adjacent ASC and adipose spheroids in a 3D bioprinted breast cancer model	64
Fish scale containing alginate dialdehyde-gelatin bioink for bone tissue engineering	63
Norbornene-functionalized methylcellulose as a thermo- and photo-responsive bioink	63
Simultaneous 2D and 3D cell culture array for multicellular geometry, drug discovery and tumor microenvironment reconstruction	57
One-step bioprinting of endothelialized, self-supporting arterial and venous networks	54
Rational design of 3D-printed scaffolds for breast tissue engineering using structural analysis	54
Advancement of 3D biofabrication in repairing and regeneration of cartilage defects	53
Modeling the printability of photocuring and strength adjustable hydrogel bioink during projection-based 3D bioprinting	52
High throughput microfluidic system with multiple oxygen levels for the study of hypoxia in tumor spheroids	50
Embedded 3D printing of dilute particle suspensions into dense complex tissue fibers using shear thinning xanthan baths	48
Installation of click-type functional groups enable the creation of an additive manufactured construct for the osteochondral interface	48
Bioengineering of a scaffold-less three-dimensional tissue using net mould	47
Engineering liver microtissues to study the fusion of HepG2 with mesenchymal stem cells and invasive potential of fused cells	47
miRNA induced co-differentiation and cross-talk of adipose tissue-derived progenitor cells for 3D heterotypic pre-vascularized bone formation	47

A biopsy-sized 3D skin model with a perifollicular vascular plexus enables studying immune cell trafficking in the skin	46
High-resolution 3D printing of angle-ply annulus fibrosus scaffolds for intervertebral disc regeneration	46
3D bioprinted autologous bone particle scaffolds for cranioplasty promote bone regeneration with both implanted and native BMSCs	45
Cell-assembled extracellular matrix (CAM): a human biopaper for the biofabrication of pre-vascularized tissues able to connect to the host circulation in vivo	45
Novel in situ and rapid self-gelation recombinant collagen-like protein hydrogel for wound regeneration: mediated by metal coordination crosslinking and reinforced by electro-oxidized tea polyphenols	43
Cell-laden bioink circulation-assisted inkjet-based bioprinting to mitigate cell sedimentation and aggregation	42
Nano-biofertilizers: utilizing nanopolymers as coating matrix—a comprehensive review	42
Renal proximal tubule-on-a-chip in PDMS: fabrication, functionalization, and RPTEC:HUVEC co-culture evaluation	41
Microfluidic-based platforms for cell-to-cell communication studies	41
In vitro vascularization of hydrogel-based tissue constructs via a combined approach of cell sheet engineering and dynamic perfusion cell culture	40
3D bioprinted tissue-specific spheroidal multicellular microarchitectures for advanced cell therapy	40
Effects of transglutaminase cross-linking process on printability of gelatin microgel-gelatin solution composite bioink	39
Stress-free cell aggregation by using the CEPT cocktail enhances embryoid body and organoid fitness	38
Bioreactor-based stem cell therapy for liver fibrosis	38
Organoid models: the future companions of personalized drug development	38
3D vascularized microphysiological system for investigation of tumor-endothelial crosstalk in anti-cancer drug resistance	38
Biochemical and immunomodulatory insights of extracellular matrix from decellularized human whole cervix: recellularization and in vivo ECM remodeling interplay	38