Colin D. Paul

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Colin D. Paul is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Colin D. Paul has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Cell Biology, 10 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 8 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Colin D. Paul's work include 3D Printing in Biomedical Research (9 papers), Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (8 papers) and Cancer Cells and Metastasis (7 papers). Colin D. Paul is often cited by papers focused on 3D Printing in Biomedical Research (9 papers), Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (8 papers) and Cancer Cells and Metastasis (7 papers). Colin D. Paul collaborates with scholars based in United States, Belgium and India. Colin D. Paul's co-authors include Κωνσταντίνος Κωνσταντόπουλος, Panagiotis Mistriotis, Kimberly M. Stroka, Shih-Hsun Chen, Wei‐Chien Hung, Pu Wang, Stuart S. Martin, Eric M. Balzer, Amanda E. Boggs and Ziqiu Tong and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Journal of Cell Biology and Nature reviews. Cancer.

In The Last Decade

Colin D. Paul

15 papers receiving 1.4k citations

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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.

Cancer cell motility: lessons from migration in confined spaces

2016 468 citations Colin D. Paul, Panagiotis Mistriotis et al. Nature reviews. Cancer profile →

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Marija Plodinec Switzerland

Agustí Brugués Spain

Michael Mak United States

Anna Labernadie Spain

Philipp Oertle Switzerland

Andrew G. Clark Germany

Ivory Dean United States

Olga Ilina Netherlands

Yekaterina A. Miroshnikova United States

Marina Krause Netherlands

Marija Plodinec Switzerland

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16 of 16 papers shown

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Paul, Colin D., et al.. (2025). Desktop Learning Module Heat Exchanger Performance.

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Paul, Colin D., Kevin Bishop, Qing Xu, et al.. (2019). Human macrophages survive and adopt activated genotypes in living zebrafish. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 17 indexed citations

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Paul, Colin D., et al.. (2019). Probing cellular response to topography in three dimensions. Biomaterials. 197. 101–118. 30 indexed citations

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Yankaskas, Christopher L., Keyata N. Thompson, Colin D. Paul, et al.. (2019). A microfluidic assay for the quantification of the metastatic propensity of breast cancer specimens. Nature Biomedical Engineering. 3(6). 452–465. 85 indexed citations

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Paul, Colin D., Kevin Bishop, Jack R. Staunton, et al.. (2019). Tissue Architectural Cues Drive Organ Targeting of Tumor Cells in Zebrafish. Cell Systems. 9(2). 187–206.e16. 33 indexed citations

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Staunton, Jack R., Woong Young So, Colin D. Paul, & Kandice Tanner. (2019). High-frequency microrheology in 3D reveals mismatch between cytoskeletal and extracellular matrix mechanics. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(29). 14448–14455. 51 indexed citations

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Paul, Colin D., Panagiotis Mistriotis, & Κωνσταντίνος Κωνσταντόπουλος. (2016). Cancer cell motility: lessons from migration in confined spaces. Nature reviews. Cancer. 17(2). 131–140. 468 indexed citations breakdown →

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Marimuthu, Saravanakumar, et al.. (2016). Giant obscurins regulate the PI3K cascade in breast epithelial cells via direct binding to the PI3K/p85 regulatory subunit. Oncotarget. 7(29). 45414–45428. 15 indexed citations

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Paul, Colin D., Daniel J. Shea, Megan Mahoney, et al.. (2016). Interplay of the physical microenvironment, contact guidance, and intracellular signaling in cell decision making. The FASEB Journal. 30(6). 2161–2170. 41 indexed citations

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Paul, Colin D., et al.. (2016). Engineered Models of Confined Cell Migration. Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering. 18(1). 159–180. 103 indexed citations

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Paul, Colin D., Richard Stahl, Geert Vanmeerbeeck, et al.. (2016). Time-lapse lens-free imaging of cell migration in diverse physical microenvironments. Lab on a Chip. 16(17). 3304–3316. 24 indexed citations

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Hung, Wei‐Chien, Shih-Hsun Chen, Colin D. Paul, et al.. (2013). Distinct signaling mechanisms regulate migration in unconfined versus confined spaces. The Journal of Cell Biology. 202(5). 807–824. 124 indexed citations

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Paul, Colin D., et al.. (2013). Probing cell traction forces in confined microenvironments. Lab on a Chip. 13(23). 4599–4599. 47 indexed citations

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Chen, Shih-Hsun, et al.. (2013). Mesothelin Binding to CA125/MUC16 Promotes Pancreatic Cancer Cell Motility and Invasion via MMP-7 Activation. Scientific Reports. 3(1). 1870–1870. 175 indexed citations

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Paul, Colin D., et al.. (2013). Experimental correlation for multimode heat transfer developed using asymptotic expansion method. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer. 46. 22–26. 1 indexed citations

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Balzer, Eric M., Ziqiu Tong, Colin D. Paul, et al.. (2012). Physical confinement alters tumor cell adhesion and migration phenotypes. The FASEB Journal. 26(10). 4045–4056. 219 indexed citations

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