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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Allogeneic RPE cell suspension manufactured at scale demonstrating preclinical safety and efficacy led to IND approval	94
Author Correction: Chondrogenic differentiation induced by extracellular vesicles bound to a nanofibrous substrate	79
Author Correction: The bright side of fibroblasts: molecular signature and regenerative cues in major organs	79
Combinatorial extracellular matrix tissue chips for optimizing mesenchymal stromal cell microenvironment and manufacturing	71
A ferret model demonstrates sustained fibrosis, restrictive physiology, and airway proximalization	68
Biological study of skin wound treated with Alginate/Carboxymethyl cellulose/chorion membrane, diopside nanoparticles, and Botox A	66
Micropattern-based nerve guidance conduit with hundreds of microchannels and stem cell recruitment for nerve regeneration	64
Supramolecular nanostructure mimics GDNF trophic effects in vitro on human dopaminergic neurons	64
Proteomic profiling of iPSC and tissue-derived MSC secretomes reveal a global signature of inflammatory licensing	58
Modulating the platelet-mediated innate foreign body response to affect in situ vascular tissue engineering outcomes	56
Implication of CXCR2-Src axis in the angiogenic and osteogenic effects of FP-TEB	47
Non-canonical muscle stem cells and other lessons from regenerative vertebrates	42
Airway epithelial cell identity and plasticity are constrained by Sox2 during lung homeostasis, tissue regeneration, and in human disease	38
Functional ProTracer identifies patterns of cell proliferation in tissues and underlying regulatory mechanisms	37
The MRN complex maintains the biliary-derived hepatocytes in liver regeneration through ATR-Chk1 pathway	37
An engineered periosteum for efficient delivery of rhBMP-2 and mesenchymal progenitor cells during bone regeneration	36
Skeletal muscle regeneration after extensive cryoinjury of caudal myomeres in adult zebrafish	36
Therapeutic-delivering endotracheal tubes heal intubation injury via mucosal remodeling and disrupting the inflammation-microbiome-fibrosis triad	36
Comparison studies identify mesenchymal stromal cells with potent regenerative activity in osteoarthritis treatment	35
Bio-orthogonal crosslinking and hyaluronan facilitate transparent healing after treatment of deep corneal injuries with in situ-forming hydrogels	34
Infected wound repair correlates with collagen I induction and NOX2 activation by cold atmospheric plasma	33
Grafted hPSC-derived GABA-ergic interneurons regulate seizures and specific cognitive function in temporal lobe epilepsy	33
Tie2-enriched nucleus pulposus cell transplantation enables severity-independent disc repair in a canine model with induced and controlled disc degeneration severity	31
TGF-alpha/EGFR signalling mediates retinoic acid-induced lung repair	31
Exosome biopotentiated hydrogel restores damaged skeletal muscle in a porcine model of stress urinary incontinence	31

Scale up manufacturing approach for production of human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived islets using Vertical Wheel® bioreactors	31
Harnessing bioengineered myeloid progenitors for precision immunotherapies	30
Telomere shortening in laminopathic dilated cardiomyopathy	29
Calorie restriction and rapamycin distinctly restore non-canonical ORF translation in the muscles of aging mice	29
Immunomodulatory and anabolic biphasic scaffold with hierarchical biomimetic structure directed osteochondral defect repair	29