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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)

Article	Citations
From microtissues to organs: the future of reconstructive surgery with organ building block-based bioprinting	129
Microfluidic-based platforms for cell-to-cell communication studies	88
A microvascularized in vitro liver model for disease modeling and drug discovery	81
Development of immunocompetent full thickness skin tissue constructs to model skin fibrosis for high-throughput drug screening	77
A biopsy-sized 3D skin model with a perifollicular vascular plexus enables studying immune cell trafficking in the skin	74
Enhanced gelatin methacryloyl nanohydroxyapatite hydrogel for high-fidelity 3D printing of bone tissue engineering scaffolds	70
Cancer cell migration depends on adjacent ASC and adipose spheroids in a 3D bioprinted breast cancer model	66
Biochemical and immunomodulatory insights of extracellular matrix from decellularized human whole cervix: recellularization and in vivo ECM remodeling interplay	61
3D bioprinted vascularized lung cancer organoid models with underlying disease capable of more precise drug evaluation	59
3D bioprinted extracellular vesicles for tissue engineering—a perspective	52
A scalable coaxial bioprinting technology for mesenchymal stem cell microfiber fabrication and high extracellular vesicle yield	51
Suspension bath bioprinting and maturation of anisotropic meniscal constructs	51
Spheroid on-demand printing and drug screening of endothelialized hepatocellular carcinoma model at different stages	51
Cell-laden bioink circulation-assisted inkjet-based bioprinting to mitigate cell sedimentation and aggregation	50
In vitro vascularization of hydrogel-based tissue constructs via a combined approach of cell sheet engineering and dynamic perfusion cell culture	50
Biofabricated nanomaterials in sustainable agriculture: insights, challenges and prospects	49
Injectable rBMSCs-laden hydrogel microspheres loaded with naringin for osteomyelitis treatment	48
Study of paraquat-induced pulmonary fibrosis using biomimetic micro-lung chips	46
Formation of functionally robust human neocartilage from multiple donors using highly expanded costochondral cells	45
Acetylcholine-loaded nanoparticles protect against doxorubicin-induced toxicity in in vitro cardiac spheroids	44
Influence of asymmetric microchannels in the structure and function of engineered neuronal circuits	44
From local to global matrix organization by fibroblasts: a 4D laser-assisted bioprinting approach	44
Fabrication of bioinspired grid-crimp micropatterns by melt electrospinning writing for bone–ligament interface study	43
3D bioprinted cell-laden GrooveNeuroTube: a multifunctional platform for ex vivo neural cell migration and growth studies	43
High-throughput microgel biofabrication via air-assisted co-axial jetting for cell encapsulation, 3D bioprinting, and scaffolding applications	42

Biofabrication of 3D breast cancer models for dissecting the cytotoxic response of human T cells expressing engineered MAIT cell receptors	42
Bilayer silk fibroin/sodium alginate scaffold promotes vascularization and advances inflammation stage in full-thickness wound	42
Biofabrication of a tri-layered 3D-bioprinted CSC-based malignant melanoma model for personalized cancer treatment	41
A 3D-printed blood-brain barrier model with tunable topology and cell-matrix interactions	41
Bioassembly of hemoglobin-loaded photopolymerizable spheroids alleviates hypoxia-induced cell death	41
Cartilage tissue engineering by extrusion bioprinting utilizing porous hyaluronic acid microgel bioinks	41
3D bioprinted in vitro epilepsy models for pharmacological evaluation in temporal lobe epilepsy	40
A hepatic zonation chip with an oxygen concentration gradient embracing the spatial distribution of metabolic function	40
In vitro osteogenesis of hMSCs on collagen membranes embedded within LEGO^®-inspired 3D printed PCL constructs for mandibular bone repair	40
Endothelial extracellular vesicles enhance vascular self-assembly in engineered human cardiac tissues	39
Freeform printing of thermoresponsive poly(2-cyclopropyl-oxazoline) as cytocompatible and on-demand dissolving template of hollow channel networks in cell-laden hydrogels	39
In vitro circulation model driven by tissue-engineered dome-shaped cardiac tissue	38
Biohybrid tensegrity actuator driven by selective contractions of multiple skeletal muscle tissues	38
Support-less ceramic 3D printing of bioceramic structures using a hydrogel bath	38
Recent trends in embedded 3D bioprinting of vascularized tissue constructs	38