OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Biomicrofluidics is 8. 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
Epithelial and mesenchymal phenotypes determine the dynamics of circulating breast tumor cells in microfluidic capillaries under chemotherapy-induced stress	53
Trajectory analysis of Bacillus subtilis in micro-droplets	47
Erratum: “Mechanical interaction between a hydrogel and an embedded cell in biomicrofluidic applications” [Biomicrofluidics 19, 024104 (2025)]	46
Thermal bubble single-cell printing chip: High-throughput, wide-field, and efficient	42
Nanogap traps for passive bacteria concentration and single-point confocal Raman spectroscopy	35
Microflows in two-generation alveolar cells at an acinar bifurcation	25
Dynamic cellular responses to gravitational forces: Exploring the impact on white blood cell(s)	25
I-LIFT (image-based laser-induced forward transfer) platform for manipulating encoded microparticles	24
Recent advances in microscale techniques for red blood cells manipulation	24
Recent advances in label-free optical, electrochemical, and electronic biosensors for glioma biomarkers	23
Synergy of robotics and microfluidics for intelligent micro- and nanomanipulation	22
Manipulation of close-packed hydrogel microbeads in microscale channels: A review on fundamentals and biomedical applications	22
Design of a flexing organ-chip to model in situ loading of the intervertebral disc	21
Simultaneous high-throughput particle-bacteria separation and solution exchange via in-plane and out-of-plane parallelization of microfluidic centrifuges	19
pH effects on capture efficiency and deposition patterns in sessile droplet immunoassays: An XDLVO analysis	19
Artificial intelligence-driven electrochemical immunosensing biochips in multi-component detection	17
Recent advances in microfluidic-based spectroscopic approaches for pathogen detection	17
Liver-on-a-chip: Considerations, advances, and beyond	16
Microfluidic sweat patch based on capillary force and evaporation pump for real-time continuous sweat analysis	16
A microfluidic technique for measuring fiber-level mass transport efficiency and hemolysis of blood oxygenators	16
A microfluidic sucrose gap platform using trilaminar flow with on-chip switching and novel calibration: Challenges and limitations	15
Lateral force separation of biopolymers using an atomic force microscope	15
Improved acoustic holograms using simulated annealing	14
Microfluidics and nanofluidics in India – some recent advancements and futuristic perspective	13
Digital microfluidics methods for nucleic acid detection: A mini review	13

Intelligent organ-on-chip platforms: Machine learning in predictive and personalized drug delivery	13
Soluto-thermal Marangoni convection in stationary micro-bioreactors on heated substrates: Tool for in vitro diagnosis of PSA	13
Microfluidic-to-macrofluidic: A simple in vitro model of atherosclerosis induced by fluidic stimulation	13
A brief overview of passive microvalves in microfluidics: Mechanism, manufacturing, and applications	13
Microfluidic supercritical CO2 applications: Solvent extraction, nanoparticle synthesis, and chemical reaction	13
Paper-based microfluidics: Analyte-driven imbibition under the lens	12
Continuous separation of bacterial cells from large debris using a spiral microfluidic device	12
Application and prospect of microfluidic devices for rapid assay of cell activities in the tumor microenvironment	12
Biphasic flow dynamics and polarized mass transportation in branched hepatic sinusoids	12
Mechanically mediated cargo delivery to cells using microfluidic devices	12
Laser induced graphanized microfluidic devices	12
Manually pressurized droplet digital PCR chip for rapid SARS-CoV-2 diagnostics	12
A miniaturized culture platform for control of the metabolic environment	11
Low-cost and convenient fabrication of polymer micro/nanopores with the needle punching process and their applications in nanofluidic sensing	11
Cell pairing for biological analysis in microfluidic devices	11
Brain organoid-on-a-chip: A next-generation human brain avatar for recapitulating human brain physiology and pathology	11
Design automation for deterministic lateral displacement by leveraging deep Q-network	11
On-chip dielectrophoretic device for cancer cell manipulation: A numerical and artificial neural network study	11
Addressable microfluidics technology for non-sacrificial analysis of biomaterial implants in vivo	11
Hepatic spheroid-on-a-chip: Fabrication and characterization of a spheroid-based in vitro model of the human liver for drug screening applications	10
Organ-specific vasculature-on-a-chip systems	10
Micromixing within microfluidic devices: Fundamentals, design, and fabrication	10
An in vitro multi-organ microphysiological system (MPS) to investigate the gut-to-brain translocation of neurotoxins	10
High-Q WGM microcavity-based optofluidic sensor technologies for biological analysis	10
Confinement effect on the microcapillary flow and shape of red blood cells	10
Inkjet-printed microgel-based etalon sensor	10
Toward droplets displaying life-like interaction behaviors	9
Developing a piezoresistive sensor based bionic neurological intraoperative monitoring system for spine surgery skill training	9
Recent advances in microfluidic-based cancer immunotherapy-on-a-chip strategies	9
High-precision, cost-effective manufacturing of fused silica microchannels through CNC milling and detachable bonding	9
Wall shear gradient dependent thrombosis studied in blood-on-a-chip with stenotic, branched, and valvular constructions	9
Engineering porous membranes mimicking in vivo basement membrane for organ-on-chips applications	9
From specialization to broad adoption: Key trends in droplet microfluidic innovations enhancing accessibility to non-experts	9
A high-throughput flowless microfluidic single and multi-solute concentration gradient generator: Design and parametric study	9
Mimicking blood and lymphatic vasculatures using microfluidic systems	9
Artificial blood for therapeutic and laboratory usage: Where do we stand?	8
The influence of hemoglobin and ion interactions on the electrical conductivity of hemoglobin solutions	8
Microneedle arrays integrated with microfluidic systems: Emerging applications and fluid flow modeling	8
Extracellular vesicle and lipoprotein diagnostics (ExoLP-Dx) with membrane sensor: A robust microfluidic platform to overcome heterogeneity	8
Nano/microfluidic device for high-throughput passive trapping of nanoparticles	8
Tunable motile sperm separation based on sperm persistence in migrating through shear barriers	8
Titrating chimeric antigen receptors on CAR T cells enabled by a microfluidic-based dosage-controlled intracellular mRNA delivery platform	8
Microfluidic wearable electrochemical sweat sensors for health monitoring	8
Universal correlation for the critical diameter of deterministic lateral displacement devices with polygonal posts	8
Review on bile dynamics and microfluidic-based component detection: Advancing the understanding of bilestone pathogenesis in the biliary tract	8
Organoid-on-a-chip: Current challenges, trends, and future scope toward medicine	8
Nanoextraction based on surface nanodroplets for chemical preconcentration and determination	8
A comprehensive review on electrically modulated transport of soft, multiphase systems in microflow: Perspectives on drops and vesicles	8
Phenotyping of rare circulating cells in the blood of non-metastatic breast cancer patients using microfluidic Labyrinth technology	8
Time resolved luminescence of millisecond lifetime dyes in droplet microfluidic systems	8

Naturally derived colloidal rods in microfluidic flows	8
Dean vortex-enhanced blood plasma separation in self-driven spiral microchannel flow with cross-flow microfilters	8