OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of npj Regenerative Medicine is 27. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Supramolecular nanostructure mimics GDNF trophic effects in vitro on human dopaminergic neurons	91
Allogeneic RPE cell suspension manufactured at scale demonstrating preclinical safety and efficacy led to IND approval	77
Author Correction: The bright side of fibroblasts: molecular signature and regenerative cues in major organs	75
Author Correction: Chondrogenic differentiation induced by extracellular vesicles bound to a nanofibrous substrate	64
Combinatorial extracellular matrix tissue chips for optimizing mesenchymal stromal cell microenvironment and manufacturing	62
A ferret model demonstrates sustained fibrosis, restrictive physiology, and airway proximalization	61
Proteomic profiling of iPSC and tissue-derived MSC secretomes reveal a global signature of inflammatory licensing	60
Micropattern-based nerve guidance conduit with hundreds of microchannels and stem cell recruitment for nerve regeneration	59
Biological study of skin wound treated with Alginate/Carboxymethyl cellulose/chorion membrane, diopside nanoparticles, and Botox A	53
Modulating the platelet-mediated innate foreign body response to affect in situ vascular tissue engineering outcomes	51
Implication of CXCR2-Src axis in the angiogenic and osteogenic effects of FP-TEB	45
Functional ProTracer identifies patterns of cell proliferation in tissues and underlying regulatory mechanisms	40
Non-canonical muscle stem cells and other lessons from regenerative vertebrates	40
Infected wound repair correlates with collagen I induction and NOX2 activation by cold atmospheric plasma	38
Grafted hPSC-derived GABA-ergic interneurons regulate seizures and specific cognitive function in temporal lobe epilepsy	35
Skeletal muscle regeneration after extensive cryoinjury of caudal myomeres in adult zebrafish	34
Bio-orthogonal crosslinking and hyaluronan facilitate transparent healing after treatment of deep corneal injuries with in situ-forming hydrogels	34
Comparison studies identify mesenchymal stromal cells with potent regenerative activity in osteoarthritis treatment	32
The MRN complex maintains the biliary-derived hepatocytes in liver regeneration through ATR-Chk1 pathway	32
Airway epithelial cell identity and plasticity are constrained by Sox2 during lung homeostasis, tissue regeneration, and in human disease	31
Exosome biopotentiated hydrogel restores damaged skeletal muscle in a porcine model of stress urinary incontinence	31
Adipose-derived dual cell therapy enhances arteriogenesis and limb preservation through vascular integration in critical limb ischemia	31
An engineered periosteum for efficient delivery of rhBMP-2 and mesenchymal progenitor cells during bone regeneration	31
Harnessing bioengineered myeloid progenitors for precision immunotherapies	28
Inflammation-suppressing cornea-in-a-syringe with anti-viral GF19 peptide promotes regeneration in HSV-1 infected rabbit corneas	28

Type V collagen from macrophages regulates initial collagen assembly and alignment in post-infarcted hearts	28
Calorie restriction and rapamycin distinctly restore non-canonical ORF translation in the muscles of aging mice	28
Telomere shortening in laminopathic dilated cardiomyopathy	27
Exploiting in silico modelling to enhance translation of liver cell therapies from bench to bedside	27
Immunomodulatory and anabolic biphasic scaffold with hierarchical biomimetic structure directed osteochondral defect repair	27
MAP4Ks inhibition promotes retinal neuron regeneration from Müller glia in adult mice	27