OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Bio-Design and Manufacturing is 17. 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
In vivo study of conductive 3D printed PCL/MWCNTs scaffolds with electrical stimulation for bone tissue engineering	52
A bifunctional bone scaffold combines osteogenesis and antibacterial activity via in situ grown hydroxyapatite and silver nanoparticles	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
Emerging wearable flexible sensors for sweat analysis	38
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
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
Evaluation of different crosslinking methods in altering the properties of extrusion-printed chitosan-based multi-material hydrogel composites	33
Synthesis methods of functionalized nanoparticles: a review	33
Bioinspired flexible piezoresistive sensor for high-sensitivity detection of broad pressure range	29
Application of lung microphysiological systems to COVID-19 modeling and drug discovery: a review	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
Projection-based 3D bioprinting for hydrogel scaffold manufacturing	23
Three-dimensional printing for heart diseases: clinical application review	23
3D printing of personalized polylactic acid scaffold laden with GelMA/autologous auricle cartilage to promote ear reconstruction	22
In vivo evaluation of additively manufactured multi-layered scaffold for the repair of large osteochondral defects	22
3D human nonalcoholic hepatic steatosis and fibrosis models	22
Reduced graphene oxide-grafted bovine serum albumin/bredigite nanocomposites with high mechanical properties and excellent osteogenic bioactivity for bone tissue engineering	21
Cell sedimentation during 3D bioprinting: a mini review	21
Customized reconstructive prosthesis design based on topological optimization to treat severe proximal tibia defect	20
Rapid and mass manufacturing of soft hydrogel microstructures for cell patterns assisted by 3D printing	20
3D printing of patient-specific implants for osteochondral defects: workflow for an MRI-guided zonal design	20
Development of digital organ-on-a-chip to assess hepatotoxicity and extracellular vesicle-based anti-liver cancer immunotherapy	20
Bioinspired soft actuators with highly ordered skeletal muscle structures	19
Recent advances in design and applications of biomimetic self-assembled peptide hydrogels for hard tissue regeneration	19
A biomimetic basement membrane consisted of hybrid aligned nanofibers and microfibers with immobilized collagen IV and laminin for rapid endothelialization	19
Applications of bioinspired approaches and challenges in medical devices	19
Layout design and application of 4D-printing bio-inspired structures with programmable actuators	19
4D printing of soft orthoses for tremor suppression	19
3D tumor model biofabrication	19
Simultaneous multimaterial multimethod bioprinting	18
Structural design and mechanical performance of composite vascular grafts	17
A 3D-printed microfluidic gradient concentration chip for rapid antibiotic-susceptibility testing	17
Current researches on design and manufacture of biopolymer-based osteochondral biomimetic scaffolds	17
A framework for the sustainability implications of 3D bioprinting through nature-inspired materials and structures	17
Development of conductive hydrogels: from design mechanisms to frontier applications	17
Laser additive manufacturing of zinc: formation quality, texture, and cell behavior	17
3D printing of patient-specific 316L–stainless–steel medical implants using fused filament fabrication technology: two veterinary case studies	17