OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of npj Regenerative Medicine is 28. 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 2020-12-01 to 2024-12-01.)

Article	Citations
Heterogeneity of mesenchymal stem cells in cartilage regeneration: from characterization to application	105
Scaffold-free cell-based tissue engineering therapies: advances, shortfalls and forecast	91
Longevity leap: mind the healthspan gap	85
Self-assembling peptide scaffolds in the clinic	80
The bright side of fibroblasts: molecular signature and regenerative cues in major organs	76
Next generation of heart regenerative therapies: progress and promise of cardiac tissue engineering	68
Cellular human tissue-engineered skin substitutes investigated for deep and difficult to heal injuries	67
Small extracellular vesicles derived from interferon-γ pre-conditioned mesenchymal stromal cells effectively treat liver fibrosis	54
3D in vitro M2 macrophage model to mimic modulation of tissue repair	53
Macrophages in heterotopic ossification: from mechanisms to therapy	53
Preclinical assessment on neuronal regeneration in the injury-related microenvironment of graphene-based scaffolds	52
The evolving definition of salivary gland stem cells	50
Senolytics improve bone forming potential of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells from aged mice	48
Human gingival fibroblast secretome accelerates wound healing through anti-inflammatory and pro-angiogenic mechanisms	45
The jam session between muscle stem cells and the extracellular matrix in the tissue microenvironment	42
Optimizing maturity and dose of iPSC-derived dopamine progenitor cell therapy for Parkinson’s disease	38
Skeletal muscle differentiation of human iPSCs meets bioengineering strategies: perspectives and challenges	38
Spiny mouse (Acomys): an emerging research organism for regenerative medicine with applications beyond the skin	38
Strategies to capitalize on cell spheroid therapeutic potential for tissue repair and disease modeling	37
Regenerative medicine meets mathematical modelling: developing symbiotic relationships	34
VEGF-A, PDGF-BB and HB-EGF engineered for promiscuous super affinity to the extracellular matrix improve wound healing in a model of type 1 diabetes	34
Defining the variety of cell types in developing and adult human kidneys by single-cell RNA sequencing	33
Injectable decellularized cartilage matrix hydrogel encapsulating urine-derived stem cells for immunomodulatory and cartilage defect regeneration	33
The Warburg effect is necessary to promote glycosylation in the blastema during zebrafish tail regeneration	31
Nerve-specific extracellular matrix hydrogel promotes functional regeneration following nerve gap injury	31

Cellularized small-caliber tissue-engineered vascular grafts: looking for the ultimate gold standard	29
Updates on clinical trials evaluating the regenerative potential of allogenic mesenchymal stem cells in COVID-19	29
Mussel-inspired multifunctional surface through promoting osteogenesis and inhibiting osteoclastogenesis to facilitate bone regeneration	28
The genetic basis of inter-individual variation in recovery from traumatic brain injury	28