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Papers

(The H4-Index of Acta Biomaterialia is 72. 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
Response to Letter to Editor “Comment on ‘A photo-crosslinkable cartilage-derived extracellular matrix bioink for auricular cartilage tissue engineering’ by Visscher et al.”	269
Development of self-healing hydrogels to support choroidal endothelial cell transplantation for the treatment of early age related macular degeneration	248
Substrate nesting guides cyst morphogenesis of human pluripotent stem cells without 3D extracellular matrix overlay	233
Fracture behaviour and toughening mechanisms of dry and wet collagen	223
pH-responsive size-adjustable liposomes induce apoptosis of fibroblasts and macrophages for rheumatoid arthritis treatment	209
Membrane curvature and connective fiber alignment in guinea pig round window membrane	183
Unveiling the mechanical role of radial fibers in meniscal tissue: Toward structural biomimetics	182
Silk acid-tyramine hydrogels with rapid gelation properties for 3D cell culture	182
Mechanical modeling of the petiole-lamina transition zone of peltate leaves	181
Multi-responsive cascade enzyme-like catalytic nanoassembly for ferroptosis amplification and nanozyme-assisted mild photothermal therapy	175
A comprehensive experimental analysis of the local passive response across the healthy porcine left ventricle	168
Multiphoton excited polymerized biomimetic models of collagen fiber morphology to study single cell and collective migration dynamics in pancreatic cancer	160
Liver click dECM hydrogels for engineering hepatic microenvironments	143
Injectable spontaneous hydrogen-releasing hydrogel for long-lasting alleviation of osteoarthritis	141
Biomaterials and tissue engineering approaches using glycosaminoglycans for tissue repair: Lessons learned from the native extracellular matrix	137
Reactive oxygen species-sensitive polymeric nanocarriers for synergistic cancer therapy	131
The effects of viscoelasticity on residual strain in aortic soft tissues	129
A viscoelastic constitutive model for human femoropopliteal arteries	126
A Gaussian process approach for rapid evaluation of skin tension	122
Injectable, degradable, and mechanically adaptive hydrogel induced by L-serine and allyl-functionalized chitosan with platelet-rich plasma for treating intrauterine adhesions	121
Tumor microenvironment pH-responsive pentagonal gold prism-based nanoplatform for multimodal imaging and combined therapy of castration-resistant prostate cancer	118
Benjamin Britton, 2023 Acta Materialia Mary Fortune Global Diversity Medal Recipient	117
Editorial Board	115
Numerical model characterization of the sound transmission mechanism in the tympanic membrane from a high-speed digital holographic experiment in transient regime	110
Design of an elastic porous injectable biomaterial for tissue regeneration and volume retention	107

David Dye, 2022 Acta Materialia Silver Medal recipient	106
Cationic brush hybrid nanoparticles scavenge cell-free DNA to enhance rheumatoid arthritis treatment	104
Robust gelatin hydrogels for local sustained release of bupivacaine following spinal surgery	104
Editorial Board	103
Synthesis of near-infrared absorbing triangular Au nanoplates using biomineralisation peptides	103
High-resolution infrared microspectroscopic characterization of cartilage cell microenvironment	103
A versatile modification strategy for functional non-glutaraldehyde cross-linked bioprosthetic heart valves with enhanced anticoagulant, anticalcification and endothelialization properties	102
Editorial Board	101
Barium sulphate microparticles are taken up by three different cell types: HeLa, THP-1, and hMSC	97
Fabrication and characterization methods for investigating cell-matrix interactions in environments possessing spatial orientation heterogeneity	97
Mechanical fatigue testing in silico: Dynamic evolution of material properties of nanoscale biological particles	95
Calcification alters the viscoelastic properties of tendon fascicle bundles depending on matrix content	94
H2O2-triggered “off/on signal” nanoparticles target P-selectin for the non-invasive and contrast-enhanced theranostics for arterial thrombosis	93
Editorial Board	93
Editorial Board	91
Editorial Board	90
Micromechanical characterizations and viscoelastic modeling reveal elastic and viscoelastic heterogeneities in ovarian tissue and the significant viscoelastic contribution to the apparent elastic modu	90
Cytosolic delivery of CDK4/6 inhibitor p16 protein using engineered protein crystals for cancer therapy	90
On stars and spikes: Resolving the skeletal morphology of planktonic Acantharia using synchrotron X-ray nanotomography and deep learning image segmentation	89
Comments on “Cell regulation of collagen fibril macrostructure during corneal morphogenesis” by Koudouna et al.	88
Significantly reduced inflammatory foreign-body-response to neuroimplants and improved recording performance in young compared to adult rats	87
In Vitro Corrosion Assessment of the Essure® Medical Device in Saline, Simulated Inflammatory Solution and Neutral Buffered Formalin	86
DNA-scaffolded multivalent vaccine against SARS-CoV-2	86
Stimuli-responsive cancer nanomedicines inhibit glycolysis and impair redox homeostasis	85
Remodeling of extracellular matrix in the urinary bladder of paraplegic rats results in increased compliance and delayed fiber recruitment 16 weeks after spinal cord injury	85
Bait-trap chip for accurate and ultrasensitive capture of living circulating tumor cells	84
Editorial Board	83
A method for defining tissue injury criteria reveals that ligament deformation thresholds are multimodal	83
Gold-seaurchin based immunomodulator enabling photothermal intervention and αCD16 transfection to boost NK cell adoptive immunotherapy	83
Remodeling of murine vaginal smooth muscle function with reproductive age and elastic fiber disruption	82
Recipients of the 2021 Acta Student Awards	82
Polymeric photothermal nanoplatform with the inhibition of aquaporin 3 for anti-metastasis therapy of breast cancer	81
Influence of intramedullary pressure on Lacuno-Canalicular fluid flow: A systematic review	80
Surgically-induced deformation in biodegradable orthopaedic implant devices	80
Surface characterisation reveals substrate suitability for cyanobacterial phototaxis	78
Incorporation of poly(γ-glutamic acid) in lipid nanoparticles for enhanced mRNA delivery efficiency in vitro and in vivo	77
Adhesive contact and protein elastic modulus tune orb weaving spider glue droplet biomechanics to habitat humidity	76
Accelerating neovascularization and kidney tissue formation with a 3D vascular scaffold capturing native vascular structure	76
α3 integrin-binding peptide-functionalized polymersomes loaded with volasertib for dually-targeted molecular therapy for ovarian cancer	76
Acta Journals’ Outstanding Reviewers in 2021	75
Micro/nano materials regulate cell morphology and intercellular communication by extracellular vesicles	75
Fluctuating nonlinear spring theory: Strength, deformability, and toughness of biological nanoparticles from theoretical reconstruction of force-deformation spectra	74
Trapping metastatic cancer cells with mechanical ratchet arrays	74
Development of Enzyme-Free DNA Amplifier Based on Chain Reaction Principle	73
Kazuhiro Hono, 2024 Acta Materialia Gold Medal Recipient	73
High-precision targeting and destruction of cancer-associated PDGFR-β+ stromal fibroblasts through self-assembling, protein-only nanoparticles	73
Cyclic strain of poly (methyl methacrylate) surfaces triggered the pathogenicity of Candida albicans	73
Special issue: Biofabrication for Orthopedic, Maxillofacial, and Dental Applications	72
Hierarchically decorated magnetic nanoparticles amplify the oxidative stress and promote the chemodynamic/magnetic hyperthermia/immune therapy	72