Colleen L. Flanagan

6.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
85 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Colleen L. Flanagan is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Surgery and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Colleen L. Flanagan has authored 85 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 21 papers in Surgery and 15 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Colleen L. Flanagan's work include Bone Tissue Engineering Materials (26 papers), Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors (13 papers) and Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses (13 papers). Colleen L. Flanagan is often cited by papers focused on Bone Tissue Engineering Materials (26 papers), Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors (13 papers) and Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses (13 papers). Colleen L. Flanagan collaborates with scholars based in United States, Ireland and Germany. Colleen L. Flanagan's co-authors include Scott J. Hollister, James E. Carpenter, Stavros Thomopoulos, Louis J. Soslowsky, Suman Das, Paul H. Krebsbach, Stephen E. Feinberg, Rachel M. Schek, J.M. Williams and William V. Giannobile and has published in prestigious journals such as Biomaterials, Spine and The American Journal of Sports Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Colleen L. Flanagan

80 papers receiving 4.7k 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.

Bone tissue engineering using polycaprolactone scaffolds fabricated via selective laser sintering

2005 1.2k citations J.M. Williams, Rachel M. Schek et al. Biomaterials profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Colleen L. Flanagan United States	32	2.4k	1.7k	1000	819	715	85	4.9k
Dominique P. Pioletti Switzerland	41	2.6k 1.1×	2.5k 1.5×	239 0.2×	1.1k 1.4×	748 1.0×	203	5.7k
Amy J. Wagoner Johnson United States	32	3.0k 1.2×	1.2k 0.7×	468 0.5×	1.1k 1.3×	187 0.3×	125	5.0k
Weitao Jia China	30	2.9k 1.2×	1.2k 0.7×	965 1.0×	714 0.9×	147 0.2×	81	4.1k
K.E. Tanner United Kingdom	39	2.4k 1.0×	2.1k 1.2×	514 0.5×	1.2k 1.5×	407 0.6×	148	4.7k
Hans Van Oosterwyck Belgium	37	2.6k 1.1×	1.7k 1.0×	438 0.4×	488 0.6×	364 0.5×	153	5.0k
Matthias Schieker Germany	44	1.9k 0.8×	2.2k 1.3×	320 0.3×	806 1.0×	1.4k 1.9×	147	6.0k
Nureddin Ashammakhi Finland	51	5.3k 2.2×	2.5k 1.4×	1.2k 1.2×	2.2k 2.7×	194 0.3×	236	9.4k
Holger Jahr Germany	44	1.8k 0.8×	1.8k 1.0×	446 0.4×	1.0k 1.2×	939 1.3×	134	6.2k
Maria A. Woodruff Australia	40	3.0k 1.2×	1.4k 0.8×	946 0.9×	1.6k 1.9×	124 0.2×	150	5.4k
Gordon Blunn United Kingdom	51	3.2k 1.3×	5.5k 3.2×	322 0.3×	962 1.2×	765 1.1×	349	9.1k

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Shao, Yu, et al.. (2025). Biodegradable Elastomers: Where Is the Solution?. Chemistry - A European Journal. 31(39). e202501440–e202501440.

Kinnear, Hadrian M., et al.. (2022). Human Ovarian Follicles Xenografted in Immunoisolating Capsules Survive Long Term Implantation in Mice. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 13. 886678–886678. 7 indexed citations

Dewey, Marley J., Derek J. Milner, Daniel W. Weisgerber, et al.. (2021). Repair of critical-size porcine craniofacial bone defects using a collagen–polycaprolactone composite biomaterial. Biofabrication. 14(1). 14102–14102. 23 indexed citations

Zopf, David A., et al.. (2018). Pore architecture effects on chondrogenic potential of patient-specific 3-dimensionally printed porous tissue bioscaffolds for auricular tissue engineering. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology. 114. 170–174. 29 indexed citations

Weisgerber, Daniel W., Derek J. Milner, M. Rubessa, et al.. (2017). A Mineralized Collagen-Polycaprolactone Composite Promotes Healing of a Porcine Mandibular Defect. Tissue Engineering Part A. 24(11-12). 943–954. 23 indexed citations

Ebramzadeh, Edward, et al.. (2015). Static and dynamic fatigue behavior of topology designed and conventional 3D printed bioresorbable PCL cervical interbody fusion devices. Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials. 49. 332–342. 24 indexed citations

Patel, Janki J., et al.. (2015). Dual Delivery of EPO and BMP2 from a Novel Modular Poly-ɛ-Caprolactone Construct to Increase the Bone Formation in Prefabricated Bone Flaps. Tissue Engineering Part C Methods. 21(9). 889–897. 29 indexed citations

Zopf, David, Colleen L. Flanagan, Hassan Nasser, et al.. (2015). Biomechanical evaluation of human and porcine Auricular cartilage. The Laryngoscope. 125(8). E262–8. 40 indexed citations

Patel, Janki J., Colleen L. Flanagan, & Scott J. Hollister. (2014). Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2 Adsorption onto Poly-ɛ-caprolactone Better Preserves Bioactivity In Vitro and Produces More Bone In Vivo than Conjugation Under Clinically Relevant Loading Scenarios. Tissue Engineering Part C Methods. 21(5). 489–498. 42 indexed citations

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Park, Chan Ho, Héctor F. Ríos, Andrei D. Taut, et al.. (2013). Image-Based, Fiber Guiding Scaffolds: A Platform for Regenerating Tissue Interfaces. Tissue Engineering Part C Methods. 20(7). 533–542. 88 indexed citations

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Sheridan, Cormac, et al.. (2005). Monitoring food quality using an optical fibre based sensor system—a comparison of Kohonen and back-propagation neural network classification techniques. Measurement Science and Technology. 17(2). 229–234. 7 indexed citations

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Ven, Pepijn Van de, Colleen L. Flanagan, Daniel Toal, & Edin Omerdić. (2005). Identification and control of underwater vehicles with the aid of neural networks. 1. 428–433. 2 indexed citations

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Williams, J.M., Rachel M. Schek, Colleen L. Flanagan, et al.. (2005). Bone tissue engineering using polycaprolactone scaffolds fabricated via selective laser sintering. Biomaterials. 26(23). 4817–4827. 1163 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lyons, W.B., et al.. (2004). Signal processing technique utilising fourier transform methods and Artificial Neural Network pattern recognition for interpreting complex data from a multipoint optical fibre sensor system. 1–6. 2 indexed citations

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Beredjiklian, Pedro K., et al.. (2003). Regenerative Versus Reparative Healing in Tendon: A Study of Biomechanical and Histological Properties in Fetal Sheep. Annals of Biomedical Engineering. 31(10). 1143–1152. 133 indexed citations

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Lyons, W.B., Hartmut Ewald, Colleen L. Flanagan, Steffen Lochmann, & Elfed Lewis. (2001). A neural networks based approach for determining fouling of multi-point optical fibre sensors in water systems. Measurement Science and Technology. 12(7). 958–965. 9 indexed citations

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Flanagan, Colleen L. & Nakesha Faison. (2001). Youth Civic Development: Implications of Research for Social Policy and Programs. 15(1). 1–16. 126 indexed citations

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Soslowsky, Louis J., et al.. (2000). Neer award 1999 Overuse activity injures the supraspinatus tendon in an animal model: A histologic and biomechanical study. Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. 9(2). 79–84. 65 indexed citations

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Flanagan, Colleen L., et al.. (1992). A Model for the Behaviour of N-Tuple RAM Classifiers in Noise. Journal of Intelligent Systems. 2(1-4). 187–224. 3 indexed citations

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Flanagan, Colleen L.. (1991). Research and development needs for ITER engineering design. 5 indexed citations

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