David Mooney

130.7k total citations · 51 hit papers
656 papers, 102.1k citations indexed

About

David Mooney is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Biomaterials and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, David Mooney has authored 656 papers receiving a total of 102.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 284 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 184 papers in Biomaterials and 171 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in David Mooney's work include 3D Printing in Biomedical Research (163 papers), Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications (136 papers) and Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (113 papers). David Mooney is often cited by papers focused on 3D Printing in Biomedical Research (163 papers), Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications (136 papers) and Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (113 papers). David Mooney collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Switzerland. David Mooney's co-authors include Kuen Yong Lee, Jeanie L. Drury, Jianyu Li, Ovijit Chaudhuri, Nathaniel Huebsch, Byung‐Soo Kim, Jon A. Rowley, Hyun Joon Kong, Eduardo A. Silva and Martin C. Peters and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Chemical Reviews.

In The Last Decade

David Mooney

645 papers receiving 100.3k citations

Hit Papers

Alginate: Properties and biomedical applica... 1996 2026 2006 2016 2011 2012 2001 2003 2016 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k 5.0k
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Alginate: Properties and biomedical applications
    2011 6.0k citations Kuen Yong Lee, David Mooney profile →
  2. Highly stretchable and tough hydrogels
    2012 4.6k citations David Mooney, Joost J. Vlassak et al. profile →
  3. Hydrogels for Tissue Engineering
    2001 4.3k citations Kuen Yong Lee, David Mooney Chemical Reviews profile →
  4. Hydrogels for tissue engineering: scaffold design variables and applications
    2003 4.0k citations David Mooney et al. Biomaterials profile →
  5. Designing hydrogels for controlled drug delivery
    2016 3.6k citations Jianyu Li, David Mooney profile →
  6. Growth Factors, Matrices, and Forces Combine and Control Stem Cells
    2009 2.1k citations David Mooney et al. Science profile →
  7. Hydrogels with tunable stress relaxation regulate stem cell fate and activity
    2015 1.9k citations James C. Weaver, David Mooney et al. Nature Materials profile →
  8. Alginate hydrogels as synthetic extracellular matrix materials
    1999 1.8k citations David Mooney et al. Biomaterials profile →
  9. Effects of extracellular matrix viscoelasticity on cellular behaviour
    2020 1.5k citations David Mooney et al. profile →
  10. Alginate Hydrogels as Biomaterials
    2006 1.4k citations David Mooney et al. profile →
  11. Polymeric system for dual growth factor delivery
    2001 1.4k citations David Mooney et al. profile →
  12. Tough adhesives for diverse wet surfaces
    2017 1.3k citations Jianyu Li, Adam D. Celiz et al. Science profile →
  13. Harnessing traction-mediated manipulation of the cell/matrix interface to control stem-cell fate
    2010 1.3k citations Praveen Arany, Angelo S. Mao et al. Nature Materials profile →
  14. Mechanical forces direct stem cell behaviour in development and regeneration
    2017 1.2k citations Kyle H. Vining, David Mooney profile →
  15. Growth factor delivery-based tissue engineering: general approaches and a review of recent developments
    2010 1.1k citations Eduardo A. Silva, David Mooney et al. profile →
  16. Novel approach to fabricate porous sponges of poly(d,l-lactic-co-glycolic acid) without the use of organic solvents
    1996 792 citations David Mooney et al. Biomaterials profile →
  17. Substrate stress relaxation regulates cell spreading
    2015 709 citations James C. Weaver, David Mooney et al. profile →
  18. Development of biocompatible synthetic extracellular matrices for tissue engineering
    1998 704 citations David Mooney et al. profile →
  19. Extracellular matrix stiffness and composition jointly regulate the induction of malignant phenotypes in mammary epithelium
    2014 671 citations Caroline S. Verbeke, David Mooney et al. Nature Materials profile →
  20. Engineering tumors with 3D scaffolds
    2007 666 citations David Mooney et al. profile →
  21. Regenerative medicine: Current therapies and future directions
    2015 631 citations Angelo S. Mao, David Mooney Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  22. Inspiration and application in the evolution of biomaterials
    2009 621 citations David Mooney et al. profile →
  23. Open pore biodegradable matrices formed with gas foaming
    1998 615 citations David Mooney et al. profile →
  24. Role of matrix metalloproteinases in delayed cortical responses after stroke
    2006 595 citations David Mooney et al. profile →
  25. Self-Healing Injectable Hydrogels for Tissue Regeneration
    2022 561 citations David Mooney et al. Chemical Reviews profile →
  26. Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF)-Mediated Angiogenesis Is Associated with Enhanced Endothelial Cell Survival and Induction of Bcl-2 Expression
    1999 549 citations David Mooney et al. profile →
  27. Polymeric Tissue Adhesives
    2021 541 citations Sungmin Nam, David Mooney Chemical Reviews profile →
  28. Degradation of Partially Oxidized Alginate and Its Potential Application for Tissue Engineering
    2001 537 citations Kuen Yong Lee, David Mooney et al. profile →
  29. Active scaffolds for on-demand drug and cell delivery
    2010 531 citations David Mooney et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  30. Controlling alginate gel degradation utilizing partial oxidation and bimodal molecular weight distribution
    2004 530 citations David Mooney et al. Biomaterials profile →
  31. DNA delivery from polymer matrices for tissue engineering
    1999 528 citations David Mooney et al. profile →
  32. Injectable, spontaneously assembling, inorganic scaffolds modulate immune cells in vivo and increase vaccine efficacy
    2014 457 citations Sarah A. Lewin, Caroline S. Verbeke et al. profile →
  33. Bioinspired mechanically active adhesive dressings to accelerate wound closure
    2019 448 citations Jianyu Li, Benjamin R. Freedman et al. Science Advances profile →
  34. Matrix elasticity of void-forming hydrogels controls transplanted-stem-cell-mediated bone formation
    2015 447 citations Caroline S. Verbeke, David Mooney et al. Nature Materials profile →
  35. Mechanical confinement regulates cartilage matrix formation by chondrocytes
    2017 429 citations David Mooney et al. Nature Materials profile →
  36. Biomaterial-assisted targeted modulation of immune cells in cancer treatment
    2018 407 citations Hua Wang, David Mooney Nature Materials profile →
  37. Oligolysine-based coating protects DNA nanostructures from low-salt denaturation and nuclease degradation
    2017 399 citations David Mooney et al. profile →
  38. Low-Level Laser Therapy Activates NF-kB via Generation of Reactive Oxygen Species in Mouse Embryonic Fibroblasts
    2011 387 citations Praveen Arany, David Mooney et al. profile →
  39. Ultrasound-triggered disruption and self-healing of reversibly cross-linked hydrogels for drug delivery and enhanced chemotherapy
    2014 367 citations Cathal J. Kearney, Zhigang Suo et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  40. Cell volume change through water efflux impacts cell stiffness and stem cell fate
    2017 366 citations Ming Guo, Adrian F. Pegoraro et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  41. Transcriptional profiling of stroma from inflamed and resting lymph nodes defines immunological hallmarks
    2012 357 citations David Mooney et al. profile →
  42. Advanced bandages for diabetic wound healing
    2021 351 citations Aristidis Veves, David Mooney et al. Science Translational Medicine profile →
  43. Obstacles and opportunities in a forward vision for cancer nanomedicine
    2021 323 citations Irene de Lázaro, David Mooney Nature Materials profile →
  44. Soft robotic sleeve supports heart function
    2017 319 citations Isaac Wamala, William Whyte et al. Science Translational Medicine profile →
  45. Biomaterials Functionalized with MSC Secreted Extracellular Vesicles and Soluble Factors for Tissue Regeneration
    2020 303 citations David Mooney et al. profile →
  46. Chemical strategies to engineer hydrogels for cell culture
    2022 258 citations Junzhe Lou, David Mooney profile →
  47. Breakthrough treatments for accelerated wound healing
    2023 243 citations Benjamin R. Freedman, David Mooney et al. Science Advances profile →
  48. Viscoelastic surface electrode arrays to interface with viscoelastic tissues
    2021 240 citations Christina M. Tringides, Irene de Lázaro et al. profile →
  49. Matrix viscoelasticity controls spatiotemporal tissue organization
    2022 181 citations Alexander J. Najibi, Bo Ri Seo et al. Nature Materials profile →
  50. The future of engineered immune cell therapies
    2022 124 citations David Mooney et al. Science profile →
  51. 3D Hydrogel Encapsulation Regulates Nephrogenesis in Kidney Organoids
    2024 46 citations David Mooney et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David Mooney United States 152 51.4k 34.9k 19.3k 18.7k 18.2k 656 102.1k
Róbert Langer United States 220 83.6k 1.6× 74.9k 2.1× 67.9k 3.5× 26.4k 1.4× 12.4k 0.7× 1.4k 216.7k
Ali Khademhosseini United States 154 60.8k 1.2× 28.7k 0.8× 11.4k 0.6× 14.7k 0.8× 11.5k 0.6× 759 89.4k
David L. Kaplan United States 170 49.9k 1.0× 78.7k 2.3× 27.3k 1.4× 13.9k 0.7× 3.3k 0.2× 1.6k 129.8k
Jeffrey A. Hubbell Switzerland 116 19.0k 0.4× 17.4k 0.5× 11.3k 0.6× 7.7k 0.4× 5.5k 0.3× 451 47.7k
Teruo Okano Japan 133 26.2k 0.5× 24.9k 0.7× 12.9k 0.7× 16.5k 0.9× 14.9k 0.8× 990 67.1k
Rui L. Reis Portugal 128 36.6k 0.7× 33.4k 1.0× 9.8k 0.5× 12.8k 0.7× 5.7k 0.3× 1.6k 78.0k
Dennis E. Discher United States 95 21.0k 0.4× 14.2k 0.4× 18.3k 0.9× 5.6k 0.3× 2.4k 0.1× 317 58.5k
Kristi S. Anseth United States 116 22.4k 0.4× 15.0k 0.4× 6.8k 0.4× 6.5k 0.3× 10.0k 0.6× 447 46.3k
Jason A. Burdick United States 114 24.8k 0.5× 15.9k 0.5× 6.2k 0.3× 8.0k 0.4× 8.2k 0.5× 356 44.5k
Antonios G. Mikos United States 119 31.9k 0.6× 22.4k 0.6× 7.7k 0.4× 13.3k 0.7× 4.4k 0.2× 544 54.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Mooney

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of David Mooney. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of David Mooney based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with David Mooney. David Mooney is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Carroll, Madeleine, et al.. (2025). Public health system expenditure on motor vehicle collisions in Brazil: an ecological study. Acta Cirúrgica Brasileira. 40. e402525–e402525.
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Nam, Sungmin, et al.. (2024). Dynamic injectable tissue adhesives with strong adhesion and rapid self-healing for regeneration of large muscle injury. Biomaterials. 309. 122597–122597. 9 indexed citations
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Wu, Kyle, Benjamin R. Freedman, Matthew Torre, et al.. (2024). A tough bioadhesive hydrogel supports sutureless sealing of the dural membrane in porcine and ex vivo human tissue. Science Translational Medicine. 16(739). eadj0616–eadj0616. 27 indexed citations
4.
Grinstein, Mor, Stephanie Tsai, Daniel T. Montoro, et al.. (2024). A latent Axin2+/Scx+ progenitor pool is the central organizer of tendon healing. npj Regenerative Medicine. 9(1). 30–30. 4 indexed citations
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Freedman, Benjamin R., et al.. (2024). Instant tough adhesion of polymer networks. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(9). e2304643121–e2304643121. 15 indexed citations
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Negrini, Nicola Contessi, Morgan R. Alexander, Kyle H. Vining, et al.. (2023). High-Throughput Screening of Thiol–ene Click Chemistries for Bone Adhesive Polymers. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 15(44). 50908–50915. 6 indexed citations
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Tringides, Christina M., et al.. (2023). Metal-based porous hydrogels for highly conductive biomaterial scaffolds. PubMed. 3(1). 9 indexed citations
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Nam, Sungmin, Bo Ri Seo, Alexander J. Najibi, Stephanie L. McNamara, & David Mooney. (2022). Active tissue adhesive activates mechanosensors and prevents muscle atrophy. Nature Materials. 22(2). 249–259. 68 indexed citations
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Lázaro, Irene de, Kyle H. Vining, Edorta Santos‐Vizcaíno, et al.. (2020). 3D encapsulation and inflammatory licensing of mesenchymal stromal cells alter the expression of common reference genes used in real-time RT-qPCR. Biomaterials Science. 8(23). 6741–6753. 6 indexed citations
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Li, Yiwei, Angelo S. Mao, Bo Ri Seo, et al.. (2020). Compression-induced dedifferentiation of adipocytes promotes tumor progression. Science Advances. 6(4). eaax5611–eaax5611. 75 indexed citations
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Smith, Avi, Georgios Theocharidis, Iréne Lang, et al.. (2020). A Novel Three-Dimensional Skin Disease Model to Assess Macrophage Function in Diabetes. Tissue Engineering Part C Methods. 27(2). 49–58. 26 indexed citations
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Li, Jianyu, et al.. (2019). Bioinspired mechanically active adhesive dressings to accelerate wound closure. Science Advances. 5(7). eaaw3963–eaaw3963. 448 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wang, Hua & David Mooney. (2018). Biomaterial-assisted targeted modulation of immune cells in cancer treatment. Nature Materials. 17(9). 761–772. 407 indexed citations breakdown →
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Guo, Ming, Adrian F. Pegoraro, Angelo S. Mao, et al.. (2017). Cell volume change through water efflux impacts cell stiffness and stem cell fate. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(41). E8618–E8627. 366 indexed citations breakdown →
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Li, Jianyu, Adam D. Celiz, Jiawei Yang, et al.. (2017). Tough adhesives for diverse wet surfaces. Science. 357(6349). 378–381. 1298 indexed citations breakdown →
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Brudno, Yevgeny, Eduardo A. Silva, Cathal J. Kearney, et al.. (2014). Refilling drug delivery depots through the blood. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(35). 12722–12727. 78 indexed citations
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Ali, Omar A., Caroline S. Verbeke, Chris Johnson, et al.. (2014). Identification of Immune Factors Regulating Antitumor Immunity Using Polymeric Vaccines with Multiple Adjuvants. Cancer Research. 74(6). 1670–1681. 78 indexed citations
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Kaigler, Darnell, et al.. (2006). VEGF Scaffolds Enhance Angiogenesis and Bone Regeneration in Irradiated Osseous Defects. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. 21(5). 735–744. 263 indexed citations
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Lee, Kuen Yong & David Mooney. (2001). Hydrogels for Tissue Engineering. Chemical Reviews. 101(7). 1869–1880. 4327 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mooney, David. (1984). The Naas Motorway Bypass — A Cost Benefit Analysis. 1984. 1 indexed citations

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