Emad Moeendarbary

6.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
73 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Emad Moeendarbary is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Emad Moeendarbary has authored 73 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Cell Biology, 28 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 15 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Emad Moeendarbary's work include Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (35 papers), 3D Printing in Biomedical Research (14 papers) and Cancer Cells and Metastasis (11 papers). Emad Moeendarbary is often cited by papers focused on Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (35 papers), 3D Printing in Biomedical Research (14 papers) and Cancer Cells and Metastasis (11 papers). Emad Moeendarbary collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Spain. Emad Moeendarbary's co-authors include Guillaume Charras, Andrew R. Harris, Erik Sahai, Fernando Calvo, Marco Fritzsche, Steven Hooper, Nil Ege, Peter Williamson, Robert P. Jenkins and Kevin J. Harrington and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Nature Materials and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Emad Moeendarbary

71 papers receiving 4.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Mechanotransduction and YAP-dependent matrix remodelling is required for the generation and maintenance of cancer-associated fibroblasts

2013 1.1k citations Fernando Calvo, Emad Moeendarbary et al. profile →
The cytoplasm of living cells behaves as a poroelastic material

2013 493 citations Emad Moeendarbary, Marco Fritzsche et al. profile →
The soft mechanical signature of glial scars in the central nervous system

2017 298 citations Emad Moeendarbary, Graham K. Sheridan et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Emad Moeendarbary United Kingdom	31	2.3k	1.4k	1.3k	889	493	73	4.5k
Alberto Elósegui-Artola Spain	26	3.3k 1.4×	1.5k 1.1×	1.7k 1.3×	743 0.8×	457 0.9×	37	5.1k
Yingxiao Wang United States	43	2.4k 1.0×	2.9k 2.1×	1.6k 1.3×	839 0.9×	415 0.8×	159	6.2k
Polina Goichberg Israel	24	1.7k 0.7×	1.4k 1.0×	941 0.7×	915 1.0×	459 0.9×	38	4.6k
Jonathan D. Humphries United Kingdom	34	2.4k 1.0×	2.1k 1.5×	705 0.5×	571 0.6×	227 0.5×	54	5.3k
Nastaran Zahir United States	7	3.5k 1.5×	1.2k 0.9×	2.5k 1.9×	1.3k 1.4×	402 0.8×	12	5.4k
Bernhard Wehrle‐Haller Switzerland	38	3.0k 1.3×	2.3k 1.7×	797 0.6×	463 0.5×	370 0.8×	85	5.7k
Christoph Ballestrem United Kingdom	38	4.2k 1.8×	2.4k 1.8×	1.3k 1.0×	422 0.5×	673 1.4×	67	6.7k
Matthew J. Paszek United States	20	3.8k 1.7×	2.1k 1.6×	2.1k 1.6×	1.5k 1.7×	520 1.1×	46	6.3k
Eli Zamir Germany	20	3.1k 1.3×	1.8k 1.4×	965 0.7×	463 0.5×	618 1.3×	35	4.8k
Alexander R. Dunn United States	38	2.4k 1.1×	1.9k 1.4×	977 0.7×	741 0.8×	886 1.8×	106	4.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Emad Moeendarbary

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Wray, Selina, et al.. (2025). Mechanobiology of the blood-brain barrier during development, disease and ageing. Nature Communications. 16(1). 7233–7233. 5 indexed citations

Zwi‐Dantsis, Limor, et al.. (2025). Adeno-Associated Virus Vectors: Principles, Practices, and Prospects in Gene Therapy. Viruses. 17(2). 239–239. 9 indexed citations

Javanmardi, Yousef, Andrea Malandrino, Michelle Chen, et al.. (2023). Endothelium and Subendothelial Matrix Mechanics Modulate Cancer Cell Transendothelial Migration. Advanced Science. 10(16). e2206554–e2206554. 16 indexed citations

Serrano, Jean Carlos, et al.. (2023). Microfluidic‐Based Reconstitution of Functional Lymphatic Microvasculature: Elucidating the Role of Lymphatics in Health and Disease. Advanced Science. 11(5). e2302903–e2302903. 16 indexed citations

Karagianni, Despoina, et al.. (2023). Urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA) regulates invasion and matrix remodelling in colorectal cancer. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 19-20. 100137–100137. 8 indexed citations

Moeendarbary, Emad, et al.. (2022). Associated changes in stiffness of collagen scaffolds during osteoblast mineralisation and bone formation. BMC Research Notes. 15(1). 310–310. 6 indexed citations

Javanmardi, Yousef, et al.. (2022). Integrated role of human thymic stromal cells in hematopoietic stem cell extravasation. Bioengineering & Translational Medicine. 8(2). e10454–e10454. 9 indexed citations

McEvoy, Eóin, Emad Moeendarbary, Yousef Javanmardi, et al.. (2022). Feedback between mechanosensitive signaling and active forces governs endothelial junction integrity. Nature Communications. 13(1). 7089–7089. 23 indexed citations

Li, Di, Huw Colin‐York, Yousef Javanmardi, et al.. (2021). Astigmatic traction force microscopy (aTFM). Nature Communications. 12(1). 2168–2168. 46 indexed citations

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Eames, I., Francesco D’Aiuto, Somayeh Shahreza, et al.. (2021). Removal and dispersal of biofluid films by powered medical devices: Modeling infectious agent spreading in dentistry. iScience. 24(11). 103344–103344. 4 indexed citations

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Zhang, Jitao, Vijay Raj Singh, Miloš Nikolić, et al.. (2021). Tumor cell nuclei soften during transendothelial migration. Journal of Biomechanics. 121. 110400–110400. 52 indexed citations

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Malandrino, Andrea, et al.. (2021). Poroelastic osmoregulation of living cell volume. iScience. 24(12). 103482–103482. 6 indexed citations

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Hall, Chloe M., Emad Moeendarbary, & Graham K. Sheridan. (2020). Mechanobiology of the brain in ageing and Alzheimer's disease. European Journal of Neuroscience. 53(12). 3851–3878. 87 indexed citations

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Mampay, Myrthe, María Velasco‐Estevez, Aisling M. Chaney, et al.. (2020). Spatiotemporal immunolocalisation of REST in the brain of healthy ageing and Alzheimer’s disease rats. FEBS Open Bio. 11(1). 146–163. 6 indexed citations

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Escribano, Jorge, Michelle B. Chen, Emad Moeendarbary, et al.. (2019). Balance of mechanical forces drives endothelial gap formation and may facilitate cancer and immune-cell extravasation. PLoS Computational Biology. 15(5). e1006395–e1006395. 51 indexed citations

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Malandrino, Andrea, Michael Mak, Roger D. Kamm, & Emad Moeendarbary. (2018). Complex mechanics of the heterogeneous extracellular matrix in cancer. Extreme Mechanics Letters. 21. 25–34. 141 indexed citations

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Malandrino, Andrea, Roger D. Kamm, & Emad Moeendarbary. (2017). In Vitro Modeling of Mechanics in Cancer Metastasis. ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering. 4(2). 294–301. 59 indexed citations

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Fritzsche, Marco, Di Li, Huw Colin‐York, et al.. (2017). Self-organizing actin patterns shape membrane architecture but not cell mechanics. Nature Communications. 8(1). 14347–14347. 94 indexed citations

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Madsen, Chris D., Jesper Torbøl Pedersen, Lukram Babloo Singh, et al.. (2015). Hypoxia and loss of PHD 2 inactivate stromal fibroblasts to decrease tumour stiffness and metastasis. EMBO Reports. 16(10). 1394–1408. 125 indexed citations

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Gautier, Hélène, Amelia J. Thompson, Sarra Achouri, et al.. (2015). Atomic force microscopy-based force measurements on animal cells and tissues. Methods in cell biology. 125. 211–235. 56 indexed citations

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