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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
I-LIFT (image-based laser-induced forward transfer) platform for manipulating encoded microparticles	54
Microflows in two-generation alveolar cells at an acinar bifurcation	48
Nanogap traps for passive bacteria concentration and single-point confocal Raman spectroscopy	43
Dynamic cellular responses to gravitational forces: Exploring the impact on white blood cell(s)	38
Epithelial and mesenchymal phenotypes determine the dynamics of circulating breast tumor cells in microfluidic capillaries under chemotherapy-induced stress	35
Trajectory analysis of Bacillus subtilis in micro-droplets	30
Erratum: “Mechanical interaction between a hydrogel and an embedded cell in biomicrofluidic applications” [Biomicrofluidics 19, 024104 (2025)]	27
Thermal bubble single-cell printing chip: High-throughput, wide-field, and efficient	24
Recent advances in label-free optical, electrochemical, and electronic biosensors for glioma biomarkers	22
Design of a flexing organ-chip to model in situ loading of the intervertebral disc	21
Recent advances in microscale techniques for red blood cells manipulation	21
Manipulation of close-packed hydrogel microbeads in microscale channels: A review on fundamentals and biomedical applications	20
Long-term cultured microvascular networks on chip for tumor vascularization research and drug testing	20
Preface to the Special Topic: Microfluidics, Circulating Biomarkers and Cancer	20
Synergy of robotics and microfluidics for intelligent micro- and nanomanipulation	20
Microfluidic sweat patch based on capillary force and evaporation pump for real-time continuous sweat analysis	18
The enhancement of DNA fragmentation in a bench top ultrasonic water bath with needle-induced air bubbles: Simulation and experimental investigation	18
pH effects on capture efficiency and deposition patterns in sessile droplet immunoassays: An XDLVO analysis	16
Recent advances in microfluidic-based spectroscopic approaches for pathogen detection	15
Simultaneous high-throughput particle-bacteria separation and solution exchange via in-plane and out-of-plane parallelization of microfluidic centrifuges	15
Investigating the effect of phospholipids on droplet formation and surface property evolution in microfluidic devices for droplet interface bilayer (DIB) formation	14
Liver-on-a-chip: Considerations, advances, and beyond	14
A microfluidic sucrose gap platform using trilaminar flow with on-chip switching and novel calibration: Challenges and limitations	14
Artificial intelligence-driven electrochemical immunosensing biochips in multi-component detection	14
Microfluidic-to-macrofluidic: A simple in vitro model of atherosclerosis induced by fluidic stimulation	13

Improved acoustic holograms using simulated annealing	13
Digital microfluidics methods for nucleic acid detection: A mini review	13
Lateral force separation of biopolymers using an atomic force microscope	13
A microfluidic technique for measuring fiber-level mass transport efficiency and hemolysis of blood oxygenators	13
A brief overview of passive microvalves in microfluidics: Mechanism, manufacturing, and applications	12
Soluto-thermal Marangoni convection in stationary micro-bioreactors on heated substrates: Tool for in vitro diagnosis of PSA	12
Microfluidic supercritical CO2 applications: Solvent extraction, nanoparticle synthesis, and chemical reaction	12
Microfluidics and nanofluidics in India – some recent advancements and futuristic perspective	12
Application and prospect of microfluidic devices for rapid assay of cell activities in the tumor microenvironment	12
Paper-based microfluidics: Analyte-driven imbibition under the lens	12
Manually pressurized droplet digital PCR chip for rapid SARS-CoV-2 diagnostics	11
Mechanically mediated cargo delivery to cells using microfluidic devices	11
On-chip dielectrophoretic device for cancer cell manipulation: A numerical and artificial neural network study	11
Biphasic flow dynamics and polarized mass transportation in branched hepatic sinusoids	11
Parallel study of transient dosing of antibiotics in a microfluidic device	11
Brain organoid-on-a-chip: A next-generation human brain avatar for recapitulating human brain physiology and pathology	11
Laser induced graphanized microfluidic devices	11
A miniaturized culture platform for control of the metabolic environment	11
Cell pairing for biological analysis in microfluidic devices	10
Continuous separation of bacterial cells from large debris using a spiral microfluidic device	10
Addressable microfluidics technology for non-sacrificial analysis of biomaterial implants in vivo	9
Confinement effect on the microcapillary flow and shape of red blood cells	9
Air microfluidics-enabled soft robotic transtibial prosthesis socket liner toward dynamic management of residual limb contact pressure and volume fluctuation	9
Engineering porous membranes mimicking in vivo basement membrane for organ-on-chips applications	9
An in vitro multi-organ microphysiological system (MPS) to investigate the gut-to-brain translocation of neurotoxins	9
Hepatic spheroid-on-a-chip: Fabrication and characterization of a spheroid-based in vitro model of the human liver for drug screening applications	9
Design automation for deterministic lateral displacement by leveraging deep Q-network	9
Inkjet-printed microgel-based etalon sensor	9
Mimicking blood and lymphatic vasculatures using microfluidic systems	9
High-Q WGM microcavity-based optofluidic sensor technologies for biological analysis	9
Micromixing within microfluidic devices: Fundamentals, design, and fabrication	9
Organ-specific vasculature-on-a-chip systems	9
Low-cost and convenient fabrication of polymer micro/nanopores with the needle punching process and their applications in nanofluidic sensing	9
Developing a piezoresistive sensor based bionic neurological intraoperative monitoring system for spine surgery skill training	8
Perspective on fluorescence cell imaging with ionophore-based ion-selective nano-optodes	8
Toward droplets displaying life-like interaction behaviors	8
The influence of hemoglobin and ion interactions on the electrical conductivity of hemoglobin solutions	8
From specialization to broad adoption: Key trends in droplet microfluidic innovations enhancing accessibility to non-experts	8
Wall shear gradient dependent thrombosis studied in blood-on-a-chip with stenotic, branched, and valvular constructions	8
Nano/microfluidic device for high-throughput passive trapping of nanoparticles	8
Microfluidic synthesis as a new route to produce novel functional materials	8
Artificial blood for therapeutic and laboratory usage: Where do we stand?	8
A comprehensive review on electrically modulated transport of soft, multiphase systems in microflow: Perspectives on drops and vesicles	8
Organoid-on-a-chip: Current challenges, trends, and future scope toward medicine	8
A high-throughput flowless microfluidic single and multi-solute concentration gradient generator: Design and parametric study	8
High-precision, cost-effective manufacturing of fused silica microchannels through CNC milling and detachable bonding	8
Recent advances in microfluidic-based cancer immunotherapy-on-a-chip strategies	8
Naturally derived colloidal rods in microfluidic flows	8
Tunable motile sperm separation based on sperm persistence in migrating through shear barriers	8
Nanoextraction based on surface nanodroplets for chemical preconcentration and determination	8