OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Biomicrofluidics is 2. 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
Magnetophoretic capacitors for storing single particles and magnetized cells in microfluidic devices	49
Microfluidic paper analytic device (μPAD) technology for food safety applications	47
Toward versatile digital bioanalysis	36
Nucleation kinetics of calcium oxalate monohydrate as a function of pH, magnesium, and osteopontin concentration quantified with droplet microfluidics	29
High-Q WGM microcavity-based optofluidic sensor technologies for biological analysis	24
Microfluidics-enabled functional 3D printing	23
Trajectory analysis of Bacillus subtilis in micro-droplets	22
Nanogap traps for passive bacteria concentration and single-point confocal Raman spectroscopy	22
Red blood cell recognition and posture estimation in microfluidic chip based on lensless imaging	22
Micropatterning of functional lipid bilayer assays for quantitative bioanalysis	21
Recent advances in label-free optical, electrochemical, and electronic biosensors for glioma biomarkers	20
Herringbone micromixers for particle filtration	18
DNA fragmentation in a steady shear flow	17
Air microfluidics-enabled soft robotic transtibial prosthesis socket liner toward dynamic management of residual limb contact pressure and volume fluctuation	17
Interpretation of cell mechanical experiments in microfluidic systems depend on the choice of cellular shape descriptors	17
Advances in textile-based microfluidics for biomolecule sensing	16
A universal inverse design methodology for microfluidic mixers	16
Vasculature-on-a-chip technologies as platforms for advanced studies of bacterial infections	16
Low-cost and convenient fabrication of polymer micro/nanopores with the needle punching process and their applications in nanofluidic sensing	15
High-throughput deterministic pairing and coculturing of single cells in a microwell array using combined hydrodynamic and recirculation flow captures	15
Confinement effect on the microcapillary flow and shape of red blood cells	15
Acoustohydrodynamic micromixers: Basic mixing principles, programmable mixing prospectives, and biomedical applications	14
Microflows in two-generation alveolar cells at an acinar bifurcation	14
Vascularized platforms for investigating cell communication via extracellular vesicles	13
Epithelial and mesenchymal phenotypes determine the dynamics of circulating breast tumor cells in microfluidic capillaries under chemotherapy-induced stress	13

Hepatic spheroid-on-a-chip: Fabrication and characterization of a spheroid-based in vitro model of the human liver for drug screening applications	13
Thermal bubble single-cell printing chip: High-throughput, wide-field, and efficient	13
Manipulating the duration of picoinjection controls the injected volume of individual droplets	13
A simple guideline for designing droplet microfluidic chips to achieve an improved single (bio)particle encapsulation rate using a stratified flow-assisted particle ordering method	12
Giardia purification from fecal samples using rigid spiral inertial microfluidics	11
Droplet-based valveless microfluidic system for phage-display screening against spheroids	11
Wicking pumps for microfluidics	11
Dynamic cellular responses to gravitational forces: Exploring the impact on white blood cell(s)	11
Lab-on-a-disk extraction of PBMC and metered plasma from whole blood: An advanced event-triggered valving strategy	11
I-LIFT (image-based laser-induced forward transfer) platform for manipulating encoded microparticles	11
Machine learning implementation strategy in imaging and impedance flow cytometry	10
Spheroids formation in large drops suspended in superhydrophobic paper cones	10
Effect of the shear rate and residence time on the lysis of AC16 human cardiomyocyte cells via surface acoustic waves	10
Pushbutton-activated microfluidic cartridge as a user-friendly sample preparation tool for diagnostics	9
Recent advances in the understanding of alveolar flow	9
Micromixing within microfluidic devices: Fundamentals, design, and fabrication	9
Microfluidic pumps for cell sorting	9
A high throughput microfluidic system with large ranges of applied pressures for measuring the mechanical properties of single fixed cells and differentiated cells	8
Conditions for a microfluidic creep experiment for microparticles using a cross-slot extensional flow device	8
Microfluidic tools to model, monitor, and modulate the gut–brain axis	8
Rosette-induced separation of T cells by acoustophoresis	8
An in vitro multi-organ microphysiological system (MPS) to investigate the gut-to-brain translocation of neurotoxins	8
Recent advances in microfluidic-based cancer immunotherapy-on-a-chip strategies	8
Design of a flexing organ-chip to model in situ loading of the intervertebral disc	8
Addressable microfluidics technology for non-sacrificial analysis of biomaterial implants in vivo	8
Microfluidic generation of monodispersed Janus alginate hydrogel microparticles using water-in-oil emulsion reactant	8
A novel air microfluidics-enabled soft robotic sleeve: Toward realizing innovative lymphedema treatment	7
Enabling biomedical technologies for chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) biomarkers detection	7
Making quantitative biomicrofluidics from microbore tubing and 3D-printed adapters	7
Multiplex fluorescence detection of single-cell droplet microfluidics and its application in quantifying protein expression levels	7
The role of acoustofluidics and microbubble dynamics for therapeutic applications and drug delivery	7
Recent advances in portable devices for environmental monitoring applications	7
Tailored micromixing in chemically patterned microchannels undergoing electromagnetohydrodynamic flow	6
A flexible strategy to fabricate trumpet-shaped porous PDMS membranes for organ-on-chip application	6
Erratum: “Human lung-on-chips: Advanced systems for respiratory virus models and assessment of immune response” [Biomicrofluidics 15, 021501 (2021)]	6
Microfluidic production of monodisperse emulsions for cosmetics	6
In situ 3D polymerization (IS-3DP): Implementing an aqueous two-phase system for the formation of 3D objects inside a microfluidic channel	6
Applications of microfluidics in mRNA vaccine development: A review	6
Photonic crystal enhanced immunofluorescence biosensor integrated with a lateral flow microchip: Toward rapid tear-based diabetic retinopathy screening	6
Role of microfluidics in accelerating new space missions	6
Long-term cultured microvascular networks on chip for tumor vascularization research and drug testing	6
Automatic feedback control by image processing for mixing solutions in a microfluidic device	5
A perspective on magnetic microfluidics: Towards an intelligent future	5
Organ-specific vasculature-on-a-chip systems	5
Microbial stir bars: Light-activated rotation of tethered bacterial cells to enhance mixing in stagnant fluids	5
Protein array processing software for automated semiquantitative analysis of serum antibody repertoires	5
Efficient single-cell oxygen consumption rate characterization based on frequency domain fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy measurement and microfluidic platform	5
On-chip selection of adenosine aptamer using graphene oxide-coated magnetic nanoparticles	5
Microfluidic synthesis as a new route to produce novel functional materials	5
Measurement of cell compressibility changes during epithelial–mesenchymal transition based on acoustofluidic microdevice	5

Time-traceable micro-taggants for anti-counterfeiting and secure distribution of food and medicines	5
Perspective on fluorescence cell imaging with ionophore-based ion-selective nano-optodes	5
A bionic mimosa soft robot based on a multi-responsive PNIPAM-PEGDA hydrogel composition	5
Lab-on-PCB: One step away from the accomplishment of μTAS?	5
Gut-liver-axis microphysiological system for studying cellular fluidic shear stress and inter-tissue interaction	5
Microfluidic devices fitted with “flowver” paper pumps generate steady, tunable gradients for extended observation of chemotactic cell migration	5
Recent developments in preventing catheter-related infections based on biofilms: A comprehensive review	5
A perspective on computer vision in biosensing	5
Water filling of microcavities	5
Mimicking blood and lymphatic vasculatures using microfluidic systems	5
Reversible single cell trapping of Paramecium caudatum to correlate swimming behavior and membrane state	5
Harnessing the power of Microscale AcoustoFluidics: A perspective based on BAW cancer diagnostics	5
Faradaic-free electrokinetic nucleic acid amplification (E-NAAMP) using localized on-chip high frequency Joule heating	4
Artificial intelligence-driven electrochemical immunosensing biochips in multi-component detection	4
Microfluidics based bioimaging with cost-efficient fabrication of multi-level micrometer-sized trenches	4
Automated design of a 3D passive microfluidic particle sorter	4
Advances in point-of-care genetic testing for personalized medicine applications	4
Referee acknowledgment for 2021	4
Proton diffusion and hydrolysis enzymatic reaction in 100 nm scale biomimetic nanochannels	4
A review on 3D printing functional brain model	4
A high-throughput flowless microfluidic single and multi-solute concentration gradient generator: Design and parametric study	4
Nano/microfluidic device for high-throughput passive trapping of nanoparticles	4
Shape-memory microfluidic chips for fluid and droplet manipulation	4
Robotic automation of droplet microfluidics	4
Engineering porous membranes mimicking in vivo basement membrane for organ-on-chips applications	4
Developing a piezoresistive sensor based bionic neurological intraoperative monitoring system for spine surgery skill training	4
A traveling surface acoustic wave-based micropiezoactuator: A tool for additive- and label-free cell lysis	4
Hybridization-based DNA biosensing with a limit of detection of 4 fM in 30 s using an electrohydrodynamic concentration module fabricated by grayscale lithography	3
Cellular context alters EGF-induced ERK dynamics and reveals potential crosstalk with GDF-15	3
Recent advances in microfluidic-based spectroscopic approaches for pathogen detection	3
pH effects on capture efficiency and deposition patterns in sessile droplet immunoassays: An XDLVO analysis	3
A microfluidic cover converts a standard 96-well plate into a mass-transport-controlled immunoassay system	3
The enhancement of DNA fragmentation in a bench top ultrasonic water bath with needle-induced air bubbles: Simulation and experimental investigation	3
Potential of the acoustic micromanipulation technologies for biomedical research	3
Water-in-water droplet microfluidics: A design manual	3
Wall shear gradient dependent thrombosis studied in blood-on-a-chip with stenotic, branched, and valvular constructions	3
Non-invasive acquisition of mechanical properties of cells via passive microfluidic mechanisms: A review	3
The interaction of vortical flows with red cells in venous valve mimics	3
Microfluidic cell sorter sample preparation for genomic assays	3
Integration of hydrogels into microfluidic devices with porous membranes as scaffolds enables their drying and reconstitution	3
All polymer microfluidic chips—A fixed target sample delivery workhorse for serial crystallography	3
Microfluidic sweat patch based on capillary force and evaporation pump for real-time continuous sweat analysis	3
Naturally derived colloidal rods in microfluidic flows	3
Wearable microfluidic patch with integrated capillary valves and pumps for sweat management and multiple biomarker analysis	3
Microfluidic model of monocyte extravasation reveals the role of hemodynamics and subendothelial matrix mechanics in regulating endothelial integrity	3
Toward droplets displaying life-like interaction behaviors	3
Non-invasive measurement of wall shear stress in microfluidic chip for osteoblast cell culture using improved depth estimation of defocus particle tracking method	2
Spheroid-on-chip microfluidic technology for the evaluation of the impact of continuous flow on metastatic potential in cancer models in vitro	2
Optimization of upstream particle concentration from flow using AC electro-osmosis and dielectrophoresis	2
Solvent-pumped evaporation concentration on paper in linear and radial geometries	2
Transfer of blocker-based qPCR reactions for DNA methylation analysis into a microfluidic LoC system using thermal modeling	2
Microfluidic devices integrated with plasmonic nanostructures for sensitive fluorescent immunoassays	2
A comprehensive review on advancements in tissue engineering and microfluidics toward kidney-on-chip	2
A method to generate perfusable physiologic-like vascular channels within a liver-on-chip model	2
Investigating the effect of phospholipids on droplet formation and surface property evolution in microfluidic devices for droplet interface bilayer (DIB) formation	2
Enhancing single-cell biology through advanced AI-powered microfluidics	2
Dual-wavelength volumetric stereolithography of multilevel microfluidic devices	2
Surface-dominant micro/nanofluidics for efficient green energy conversion	2
Simultaneous high-throughput particle-bacteria separation and solution exchange via in-plane and out-of-plane parallelization of microfluidic centrifuges	2
A droplet acoustofluidic platform for time-controlled microbead-based reactions	2
Highly flexible elastomer microfluidic chip for single cell manipulation	2
Organoid-on-a-chip: Current challenges, trends, and future scope toward medicine	2
Bio-energy-powered microfluidic devices	2
Microfluidics enabled multi-omics triple-shot mass spectrometry for cell-based therapies	2
Microfluidic system for near-patient extraction and detection of miR-122 microRNA biomarker for drug-induced liver injury diagnostics	2
Gas transport mechanisms through gas-permeable membranes in microfluidics: A perspective	2
Preface to the Special Topic: Microfluidics, Circulating Biomarkers and Cancer	2
Manipulation of magnetic beads for actively capturing Vibrio parahaemolyticus and nucleic acid based on microfluidic system	2
Recent advances in droplet sequential monitoring methods for droplet sorting	2
From specialization to broad adoption: Key trends in droplet microfluidic innovations enhancing accessibility to non-experts	2
Liver-on-a-chip: Considerations, advances, and beyond	2
Flagellated Janus particles for multimodal actuation and transport	2
Lateral force separation of biopolymers using an atomic force microscope	2
Acoustophoresis of monodisperse oil droplets in water: Effect of symmetry breaking and non-resonance operation on oil trapping behavior	2