OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Bio-Design and Manufacturing is 26. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
A state-of-the-art review of the fabrication and characteristics of titanium and its alloys for biomedical applications	151
3D printed microfluidic devices: a review focused on four fundamental manufacturing approaches and implications on the field of healthcare	110
3D printing of tissue engineering scaffolds: a focus on vascular regeneration	95
3D printing biomimetic materials and structures for biomedical applications	84
3D bioprinting: current status and trends—a guide to the literature and industrial practice	79
Epidermal self-powered sweat sensors for glucose and lactate monitoring	68
4D printing of PLA/PCL shape memory composites with controllable sequential deformation	66
A bifunctional bone scaffold combines osteogenesis and antibacterial activity via in situ grown hydroxyapatite and silver nanoparticles	52
In vivo study of conductive 3D printed PCL/MWCNTs scaffolds with electrical stimulation for bone tissue engineering	52
Prospects for 3D bioprinting of organoids	50
The emerging technology of biohybrid micro-robots: a review	44
Organoids: a novel modality in disease modeling	42
Recent advances in slippery liquid-infused surfaces with unique properties inspired by nature	41
Next-generation surgical meshes for drug delivery and tissue engineering applications: materials, design and emerging manufacturing technologies	38
Fabrication of gelatin methacryloyl hydrogel microneedles for transdermal delivery of metformin in diabetic rats	38
Emerging wearable flexible sensors for sweat analysis	38
Polyvinylpyrrolidone-based bioink: influence of bioink properties on printing performance and cell proliferation during inkjet-based bioprinting	37
Biofabrication of aligned structures that guide cell orientation and applications in tissue engineering	36
Preparation of conductive and transparent dipeptide hydrogels for wearable biosensor	35
4D printing of core–shell hydrogel capsules for smart controlled drug release	35
Synthesis methods of functionalized nanoparticles: a review	33
Evaluation of different crosslinking methods in altering the properties of extrusion-printed chitosan-based multi-material hydrogel composites	33
Application of lung microphysiological systems to COVID-19 modeling and drug discovery: a review	29
Bioinspired flexible piezoresistive sensor for high-sensitivity detection of broad pressure range	29
Bioreactor design and validation for manufacturing strategies in tissue engineering	27

From oral formulations to drug-eluting implants: using 3D and 4D printing to develop drug delivery systems and personalized medicine	26
Recent advances in chemically defined and tunable hydrogel platforms for organoid culture	26