OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of npj Regenerative Medicine is 29. 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
Proteomic profiling of iPSC and tissue-derived MSC secretomes reveal a global signature of inflammatory licensing	110
Local BMP2 hydrogel therapy for robust bone regeneration in a porcine model of Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease	88
Author Correction: The bright side of fibroblasts: molecular signature and regenerative cues in major organs	84
Transgene-free direct conversion of murine fibroblasts into functional muscle stem cells	78
Cardiomyocyte proliferation and heart regeneration in adult Xenopus tropicalis evidenced by a transgenic reporter line	66
Development of an optogenetic gene sensitive to daylight and its implications in vision restoration	57
Safety and efficacy of human juvenile chondrocyte-derived cell sheets for osteochondral defect treatment	57
Process analysis of pluripotent stem cell differentiation to megakaryocytes to make platelets applying European GMP	57
Long-term repair of porcine articular cartilage using cryopreservable, clinically compatible human embryonic stem cell-derived chondrocytes	54
Epicardial slices: an innovative 3D organotypic model to study epicardial cell physiology and activation	52
A 3D printed mimetic composite for the treatment of growth plate injuries in a rabbit model	48
Odd skipped-related 1 controls the pro-regenerative response of fibro-adipogenic progenitors	48
Modelling urea cycle disorders using iPSCs	42
Micropattern-based nerve guidance conduit with hundreds of microchannels and stem cell recruitment for nerve regeneration	40
Plasma-assisted multiscale topographic scaffolds for soft and hard tissue regeneration	40
Sonic Hedgehog acts as a macrophage chemoattractant during regeneration of the gastric epithelium	39
An organ-derived extracellular matrix triggers in situ kidney regeneration in a preclinical model	38
Biological study of skin wound treated with Alginate/Carboxymethyl cellulose/chorion membrane, diopside nanoparticles, and Botox A	35
Endogenous tenocyte activation underlies the regenerative capacity of the adult zebrafish tendon	35
Macrophage-based therapy for intervertebral disc herniation: preclinical proof-of-concept	34
hUC-MSCs-derived MFGE8 ameliorates locomotor dysfunction via inhibition of ITGB3/ NF-κB signaling in an NMO mouse model	34
Type I collagen and fibromodulin enhance the tenogenic phenotype of hASCs and their potential for tendon regeneration	34
A computational model reveals an early transient decrease in fiber cross-linking that unlocks adult regeneration	32
DNA methylation maintenance at the p53 locus initiates biliary-mediated liver regeneration	31
Implementing systems thinking and data science in the training of the regenerative medicine workforce	30

Perspectives on the cost of goods for hPSC banks for manufacture of cell therapies	30
Author Correction: Chondrogenic differentiation induced by extracellular vesicles bound to a nanofibrous substrate	30
Immunomodulatory matrix-bound nanovesicles mitigate acute and chronic pristane-induced rheumatoid arthritis	30
The Warburg effect is necessary to promote glycosylation in the blastema during zebrafish tail regeneration	30
Combination of human endothelial colony-forming cells and mesenchymal stromal cells exert neuroprotective effects in the growth-restricted newborn	29