Christopher Moraes

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
95 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Christopher Moraes is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Cell Biology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher Moraes has authored 95 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 70 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 33 papers in Cell Biology and 20 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Christopher Moraes's work include 3D Printing in Biomedical Research (54 papers), Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (32 papers) and Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies (14 papers). Christopher Moraes is often cited by papers focused on 3D Printing in Biomedical Research (54 papers), Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (32 papers) and Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies (14 papers). Christopher Moraes collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and South Korea. Christopher Moraes's co-authors include Shuichi Takayama, Craig A. Simmons, Yu Sun, Sasha Cai Lesher‐Pérez, Nathalie Tufenkji, Brendan M. Leung, Nicholas Lin, Geeta Mehta, Toshiki Matsuoka and Jianyu Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Nano Letters and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Christopher Moraes

91 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Decellularized extracellular matrix: New promising and challenging biomaterials for regenerative medicine

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Christopher Moraes Canada	27	1.6k	516	504	342	289	95	2.4k
Harihara Baskaran United States	21	1.5k 0.9×	509 1.0×	429 0.9×	464 1.4×	398 1.4×	49	2.7k
Stefan Giselbrecht Netherlands	26	1.7k 1.1×	495 1.0×	238 0.5×	157 0.5×	242 0.8×	91	2.4k
Kahp-Yang Suh South Korea	14	1.5k 0.9×	378 0.7×	457 0.9×	453 1.3×	627 2.2×	15	2.1k
Keon Woo Kwon South Korea	16	1.3k 0.9×	287 0.6×	574 1.1×	160 0.5×	268 0.9×	22	1.7k
Alison P. McGuigan Canada	27	1.5k 1.0×	518 1.0×	360 0.7×	477 1.4×	618 2.1×	79	2.7k
Judy Yeh United States	15	2.0k 1.3×	470 0.9×	346 0.7×	423 1.2×	532 1.8×	16	2.5k
Carlos F. Guimarães Portugal	13	1.0k 0.7×	287 0.6×	343 0.7×	202 0.6×	401 1.4×	25	1.8k
Li‐Hsin Han United States	21	1.6k 1.0×	457 0.9×	339 0.7×	366 1.1×	424 1.5×	41	2.6k
Silviya P. Zustiak United States	25	997 0.6×	290 0.6×	311 0.6×	270 0.8×	627 2.2×	74	2.0k
Chunyang Xiong China	33	1.2k 0.8×	446 0.9×	545 1.1×	167 0.5×	273 0.9×	104	2.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Christopher Moraes

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christopher Moraes

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Fortier, Anne-Marie, Alain Pacis, Yu-Chang Wang, et al.. (2025). Invasive phenotypes of triple-negative breast cancer-associated fibroblasts are mechanosensitive, AhR-dependent and correlate with disease state. Acta Biomaterialia. 199. 202–216. 1 indexed citations

Valiei, Amin, Jean‐François Bryche, Michael Canva, et al.. (2024). Effects of Surface Topography and Cellular Biomechanics on Nanopillar-Induced Bactericidal Activity. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 16(8). 9614–9625. 11 indexed citations

Li, Chen, Kaline Arnauts, Junqing Jiang, et al.. (2024). Directed biomechanical compressive forces enhance fusion efficiency in model placental trophoblast cultures. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 11312–11312. 3 indexed citations

Vliet, Patrick van, Daniela Ravizzoni Dartora, Naimeh Rafatian, et al.. (2023). Development of photocrosslinkable bioinks with improved electromechanical properties for 3D bioprinting of cardiac BioRings. Applied Materials Today. 36. 102035–102035. 13 indexed citations

Lelarge, Virginie, et al.. (2023). Ultrasoft edge-labelled hydrogel sensors reveal internal tissue stress patterns in invasive engineered tumors. Biomaterials. 296. 122073–122073. 8 indexed citations

Milette, Simon, Roni Rayes, Valérie Breton, et al.. (2023). 76P Circadian control of neutrophil extracellular trap formation temporally regulates metastatic lung cancer progression. ESMO Open. 8(1). 101886–101886. 2 indexed citations

Lin, Nicholas, et al.. (2021). Accessible, large-area, uniform dose photolithography using a moving light source. Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering. 32(2). 27001–27001. 2 indexed citations

Halaoui, Ruba, et al.. (2021). Architectural control of metabolic plasticity in epithelial cancer cells. Communications Biology. 4(1). 371–371. 17 indexed citations

Valiei, Amin, Nicholas Lin, Jean‐François Bryche, et al.. (2020). Hydrophilic Mechano-Bactericidal Nanopillars Require External Forces to Rapidly Kill Bacteria. Nano Letters. 20(8). 5720–5727. 78 indexed citations

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Moraes, Christopher, et al.. (2019). Robust and Precise Wounding and Analysis of Engineered Contractile Tissues. Tissue Engineering Part C Methods. 25(11). 677–686. 8 indexed citations

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Beca, Bogdan M., et al.. (2019). Dynamic Bioreactors with Integrated Microfabricated Devices for Mechanobiological Screening. Tissue Engineering Part C Methods. 25(10). 581–592. 10 indexed citations

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Kojima, Taisuke, Christopher Moraes, Stephen P. Cavnar, Gary D. Luker, & Shuichi Takayama. (2014). Surface-templated hydrogel patterns prompt matrix-dependent migration of breast cancer cells towards chemokine-secreting cells. Acta Biomaterialia. 13. 68–77. 15 indexed citations

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Leung, Brendan M., Christopher Moraes, Stephen P. Cavnar, Gary D. Luker, & Shuichi Takayama. (2014). Microscale 3D Collagen Cell Culture Assays in Conventional Flat-Bottom 384-Well Plates. SLAS TECHNOLOGY. 20(2). 138–145. 20 indexed citations

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Kim, Byoung Choul, et al.. (2014). Fracture-based micro- and nanofabrication for biological applications. Biomaterials Science. 2(3). 288–288. 34 indexed citations

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Moraes, Christopher, Joseph M. Labuz, Brendan M. Leung, et al.. (2013). On being the right size: scaling effects in designing a human-on-a-chip. Integrative Biology. 5(9). 1149–1149. 111 indexed citations

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Kim, Byoung Choul, et al.. (2013). Guided fracture of films on soft substrates to create micro/nano-feature arrays with controlled periodicity. Scientific Reports. 3(1). 3027–3027. 58 indexed citations

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Moraes, Christopher. (2012). Pop Culture: A Soap Bubble-based Framework for Nanoeducation Outreach*. International journal of engineering education. 28(5). 1088–1094. 2 indexed citations

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Moraes, Christopher, Geeta Mehta, Sasha Cai Lesher‐Pérez, & Shuichi Takayama. (2011). Organs-on-a-Chip: A Focus on Compartmentalized Microdevices. Annals of Biomedical Engineering. 40(6). 1211–1227. 150 indexed citations

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Moraes, Christopher, et al.. (2009). Integrating polyurethane culture substrates into poly(dimethylsiloxane) microdevices. Biomaterials. 30(28). 5241–5250. 21 indexed citations

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Moraes, Christopher, Jan‐Hung Chen, Yu Sun, & Craig A. Simmons. (2009). Microfabricated arrays for high-throughput screening of cellular response to cyclic substrate deformation. Lab on a Chip. 10(2). 227–234. 110 indexed citations

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