D. Kacy Cullen

6.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
138 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

D. Kacy Cullen is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Neurology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, D. Kacy Cullen has authored 138 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 76 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 44 papers in Neurology and 27 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in D. Kacy Cullen's work include Nerve injury and regeneration (46 papers), Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (39 papers) and Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances (33 papers). D. Kacy Cullen is often cited by papers focused on Nerve injury and regeneration (46 papers), Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (39 papers) and Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances (33 papers). D. Kacy Cullen collaborates with scholars based in United States, Ireland and United Kingdom. D. Kacy Cullen's co-authors include Michelle C. LaPlaca, Douglas H. Smith, John A. Wolf, Justin C. Burrell, Laura A. Struzyna, C.M. Simon, H. Isaac Chen, Victoria E. Johnson, Kevin D. Browne and Bryan J. Pfister and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Journal of Clinical Oncology and ACS Nano.

In The Last Decade

D. Kacy Cullen

134 papers receiving 4.5k 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.

Bio-inspired electronics: Soft, biohybrid, and “living” neural interfaces

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
D. Kacy Cullen United States	40	2.0k	1.3k	1.1k	896	686	138	4.5k
Michelle C. LaPlaca United States	40	1.3k 0.7×	989 0.8×	1.1k 1.0×	1.1k 1.2×	777 1.1×	88	4.0k
Dwaine F. Emerich United States	49	2.7k 1.4×	999 0.8×	957 0.9×	2.3k 2.6×	200 0.3×	185	7.2k
John A. Wolf United States	35	1.5k 0.8×	410 0.3×	1.7k 1.6×	1.2k 1.4×	1.0k 1.5×	71	4.1k
Nicholas M. Boulis United States	38	1.5k 0.8×	286 0.2×	1.8k 1.7×	1.7k 1.9×	335 0.5×	206	4.8k
Yang D. Teng United States	37	2.3k 1.2×	562 0.4×	561 0.5×	2.1k 2.3×	211 0.3×	102	6.1k
Pamela J. VandeVord United States	32	408 0.2×	737 0.6×	1.1k 1.0×	515 0.6×	962 1.4×	111	3.3k
Ahmet Höke United States	58	4.8k 2.5×	1.0k 0.8×	1.7k 1.6×	3.3k 3.7×	761 1.1×	192	11.2k
Marlan R. Hansen United States	40	776 0.4×	411 0.3×	993 0.9×	503 0.6×	770 1.1×	189	5.2k
Shelley R. Winn United States	41	2.0k 1.0×	1.3k 1.0×	562 0.5×	1.4k 1.6×	196 0.3×	100	5.0k
Angelo Quattrini Italy	55	3.6k 1.9×	349 0.3×	2.1k 2.0×	3.8k 4.2×	549 0.8×	228	9.7k

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Krizman, Elizabeth N., et al.. (2025). Astrocyte Transcriptomics in a Three-Dimensional Tissue-Engineered Rostral Migratory Stream. Cells. 14(21). 1646–1646.

Sáez, Juan C., Justin C. Burrell, Catherine M. Cahill, et al.. (2024). Pharmacology of boldine: summary of the field and update on recent advances. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 15. 1427147–1427147. 6 indexed citations

Browne, Kevin D., Jonathan H. Galarraga, Dimple Chouhan, et al.. (2024). Dopaminergic Axon Tracts Within a Hyaluronic Acid Hydrogel Encasement to Restore the Nigrostriatal Pathway. Advanced Healthcare Materials. 14(2). e2402997–e2402997. 2 indexed citations

Wathen, Connor, et al.. (2023). Porcine Models of Spinal Cord Injury. Biomedicines. 11(8). 2202–2202. 4 indexed citations

Ulyanova, Alexandra V., Christopher D. Adam, Carlo Cottone, et al.. (2023). Hippocampal interneuronal dysfunction and hyperexcitability in a porcine model of concussion. Communications Biology. 6(1). 1136–1136. 3 indexed citations

Harris, James P., Constance J. Mietus, Kevin D. Browne, et al.. (2023). Neuronal somatic plasmalemmal permeability and dendritic beading caused by head rotational traumatic brain injury in pigs–An exploratory study. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 17. 1055455–1055455. 5 indexed citations

Cullen, D. Kacy, et al.. (2023). Effect of pre-analytical variables on Raman and FTIR spectral content of lymphocytes. The Analyst. 148(21). 5422–5434. 4 indexed citations

Smith, Douglas H., Justin C. Burrell, Kevin D. Browne, et al.. (2022). Tissue-engineered grafts exploit axon-facilitated axon regeneration and pathway protection to enable recovery after 5-cm nerve defects in pigs. Science Advances. 8(44). eabm3291–eabm3291. 25 indexed citations

Brown, Daniel P., Kathryn L. Wofford, James P. Harris, et al.. (2021). Diverse changes in microglia morphology and axonal pathology during the course of 1 year after mild traumatic brain injury in pigs. Brain Pathology. 31(5). e12953–e12953. 15 indexed citations

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Howe, Orla, Lisa White, D. Kacy Cullen, et al.. (2021). A 4-Gene Signature of CDKN1, FDXR, SESN1 and PCNA Radiation Biomarkers for Prediction of Patient Radiosensitivity. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(19). 10607–10607. 6 indexed citations

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Burrell, Justin C., Kevin D. Browne, Suradip Das, et al.. (2020). A Porcine Model of Peripheral Nerve Injury Enabling Ultra-Long Regenerative Distances: Surgical Approach, Recovery Kinetics, and Clinical Relevance. Neurosurgery. 87(4). 833–846. 21 indexed citations

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Das, Suradip, Kevin D. Browne, Carlos A. Aguilar, et al.. (2020). Pre-innervated tissue-engineered muscle promotes a pro-regenerative microenvironment following volumetric muscle loss. Communications Biology. 3(1). 330–330. 53 indexed citations

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Burrell, Justin C., Kevin D. Browne, Kritika S. Katiyar, et al.. (2020). Tissue engineered axon‐based “living scaffolds” promote survival of spinal cord motor neurons following peripheral nerve repair. Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine. 14(12). 1892–1907. 13 indexed citations

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Cullen, D. Kacy, Jane Bryant, Brendan McClean, et al.. (2020). Raman spectroscopy of lymphocytes for the identification of prostate cancer patients with late radiation toxicity following radiotherapy. ARROW@Dublin Institute of Technology (Dublin Institute of Technology). 2(4). 10 indexed citations

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Nguyen, Thi Nguyet Que, Jane Bryant, Valérie Untereiner, et al.. (2019). Monitoring Radiotherapeutic Response in Prostate Cancer Patients Using High Throughput FTIR Spectroscopy of Liquid Biopsies. Cancers. 11(7). 925–925. 26 indexed citations

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Shin, Mikyung, Kwang Hoon Song, Justin C. Burrell, D. Kacy Cullen, & Jason A. Burdick. (2019). Injectable and Conductive Granular Hydrogels for 3D Printing and Electroactive Tissue Support. Advanced Science. 6(20). 1901229–1901229. 160 indexed citations

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Katiyar, Kritika S., Laura A. Struzyna, Suradip Das, & D. Kacy Cullen. (2019). Stretch growth of motor axons in custom mechanobioreactors to generate long‐projecting axonal constructs. Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine. 13(11). 2040–2054. 26 indexed citations

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Driscoll, Nicolette, Andrew G. Richardson, Kathleen Maleski, et al.. (2018). Two-Dimensional Ti₃C₂ MXene for High-Resolution Neural Interfaces. ACS Nano. 12(10). 10419–10429. 229 indexed citations

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Vitale, Flavia, Nicolette Driscoll, Justin C. Burrell, et al.. (2018). Biomimetic extracellular matrix coatings improve the chronic biocompatibility of microfabricated subdural microelectrode arrays. PLoS ONE. 13(11). e0206137–e0206137. 24 indexed citations

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Cullen, D. Kacy, Min D. Tang‐Schomer, Laura A. Struzyna, et al.. (2012). Microtissue Engineered Constructs with Living Axons for Targeted Nervous System Reconstruction. Tissue Engineering Part A. 18(21-22). 2280–2289. 64 indexed citations

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