OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Biofabrication is 36. 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
Optimizing extrusion-based 3D bioprinting of plant cells with enhanced resolution and cell viability	148
An open-source bioink database for microextrusion 3D printing	103
In vitro vascularization of hydrogel-based tissue constructs via a combined approach of cell sheet engineering and dynamic perfusion cell culture	88
Reducing retraction in engineered tissues through design of sequential growth factor treatment	70
Versatile xanthan gum-based support bath material compatible with multiple crosslinking mechanisms: rheological properties, printability, and cytocompatibility study	67
Norbornene-functionalized methylcellulose as a thermo- and photo-responsive bioink	65
Embedded 3D printing of dilute particle suspensions into dense complex tissue fibers using shear thinning xanthan baths	64
Stress-free cell aggregation by using the CEPT cocktail enhances embryoid body and organoid fitness	63
FRESH-based 3D bioprinting of complex biological geometries using chitosan bioink	63
Silk fibroin increases the elasticity of alginate-gelatin hydrogels and regulates cardiac cell contractile function in cardiac bioinks	63
Suturable elastomeric tubular grafts with patterned porosity for rapid vascularization of 3D constructs	62
Bio-inspired zonal-structured matrices for bone-cartilage interface engineering	61
3D bioprinted tumor model with extracellular matrix enhanced bioinks for nanoparticle evaluation	58
Biomimetic and mechanically supportive 3D printed scaffolds for cartilage and osteochondral tissue engineering using photopolymers and digital light processing	56
Engineering liver microtissues to study the fusion of HepG2 with mesenchymal stem cells and invasive potential of fused cells	54
miRNA induced co-differentiation and cross-talk of adipose tissue-derived progenitor cells for 3D heterotypic pre-vascularized bone formation	54
A glomerulus chip with spherically twisted cell-laden hollow fibers as glomerular capillary tufts	51
A microvascularized in vitro liver model for disease modeling and drug discovery	49
Microfluidic-based platforms for cell-to-cell communication studies	48
Sensor macrophages derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells to assess pyrogenic contaminations in parenteral drugs	48
hiPSC-derived macrophages improve drug sensitivity and selectivity in a macrophage-incorporating organoid culture model	44
Perichondrium-inspired permeable nanofibrous tube well promoting differentiation of hiPSC-derived pellet toward hyaline-like cartilage pellet	44
Installation of click-type functional groups enable the creation of an additive manufactured construct for the osteochondral interface	44
Effects of transglutaminase cross-linking process on printability of gelatin microgel-gelatin solution composite bioink	41
Bioprinted microvasculature: progressing from structure to function	41

Design of a versatile microfluidic device for imaging precision-cut-tissue slices	40
Towards engineering heart tissues from bioprinted cardiac spheroids	40
3D bioprinted autologous bone particle scaffolds for cranioplasty promote bone regeneration with both implanted and native BMSCs	40
Engineering pore-enriched and pre-vascularized volumetric constructs for enhanced blood glucose regulation in type 1 diabetes therapy	39
Engineering microvasculature by 3D bioprinting of prevascularized spheroids in photo-crosslinkable gelatin	38
Lung dECM matrikine-based hydrogel reverses bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis by suppressing M2 macrophage polarization	38
Compensating the cell-induced light scattering effect in light-based bioprinting using deep learning	37
Dual-core coaxial bioprinting of double-channel constructs with a potential for perfusion and interaction of cells	37
Bioactive Sr²⁺/Fe³⁺ co-substituted hydroxyapatite in cryogenically 3D printed porous scaffolds for bone tissue engineering	36
Bioengineering of a scaffold-less three-dimensional tissue using net mould	36
Combinations of photoinitiator and UV absorber for cell-based digital light processing (DLP) bioprinting	36