Fabian Spill

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Fabian Spill is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Oncology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Fabian Spill has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Cell Biology, 10 papers in Oncology and 8 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Fabian Spill's work include Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (15 papers), Cancer Cells and Metastasis (8 papers) and Mathematical Biology Tumor Growth (6 papers). Fabian Spill is often cited by papers focused on Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (15 papers), Cancer Cells and Metastasis (8 papers) and Mathematical Biology Tumor Growth (6 papers). Fabian Spill collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Spain. Fabian Spill's co-authors include Muhammad H. Zaman, Roger D. Kamm, Daniel S. Reynolds, R. J. Seager, Muhammad H. Zaman, Cynthia Hajal, Michael Mak, Meng Sun, Andrew G. Livingston and Iwona Soroko and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Nature Cell Biology.

In The Last Decade

Fabian Spill

30 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

Impact of the physical microenvironment on tumor progression and metastasis

2016 450 citations Fabian Spill, Daniel S. Reynolds et al. Current Opinion in Biotechnology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Fabian Spill United Kingdom	15	381	380	368	327	173	33	1.2k
Alistair Rice United Kingdom	13	441 1.2×	332 0.9×	416 1.1×	511 1.6×	208 1.2×	21	1.4k
Ruoyan Li China	18	613 1.6×	137 0.4×	376 1.0×	98 0.3×	420 2.4×	51	1.5k
José M. Ayuso United States	26	473 1.2×	1.0k 2.7×	710 1.9×	156 0.5×	171 1.0×	55	1.7k
Michael Mak United States	20	343 0.9×	611 1.6×	299 0.8×	598 1.8×	100 0.6×	56	1.3k
Yunfeng Feng United States	30	1.2k 3.2×	579 1.5×	492 1.3×	1.3k 3.9×	260 1.5×	46	2.8k
Jason T. George United States	16	531 1.4×	116 0.3×	463 1.3×	119 0.4×	296 1.7×	35	1.0k
Moshe Giladi United States	19	456 1.2×	674 1.8×	248 0.7×	112 0.3×	115 0.7×	121	1.6k
Marı́a Virumbrales-Muñoz United States	20	287 0.8×	906 2.4×	565 1.5×	117 0.4×	116 0.7×	38	1.3k
Vasiliki Gkretsi Cyprus	24	722 1.9×	314 0.8×	498 1.4×	543 1.7×	262 1.5×	57	1.9k
Yaara Porat United States	13	362 1.0×	435 1.1×	173 0.5×	86 0.3×	75 0.4×	58	1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Fabian Spill

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Fields of papers citing papers by Fabian Spill

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Fabian Spill

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Fabian Spill. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Fabian Spill 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 Fabian Spill. Fabian Spill is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Certo, Michelangelo, Elena Pontarini, Ronny Schmidt, et al.. (2025). Lactate signalling leads to aggregation of immune-inflammatory hotspots and SLC5A12 blockade promotes their resolution. Nature Metabolism. 7(8). 1663–1680. 1 indexed citations

Zhou, Shengming, Zhiyuan Zuo, James Andrews, et al.. (2025). A data-driven multi-objective optimisation framework for energy efficiency and thermal comfort in flexible building spaces. Energy and Buildings. 346. 116100–116100. 1 indexed citations

Spill, Fabian, et al.. (2025). Edge curvature drives endoplasmic reticulum reorganization and dictates epithelial migration mode. Nature Cell Biology. 27(10). 1660–1675.

Spill, Fabian, et al.. (2024). A mechanical modeling framework to study endothelial permeability. Biophysical Journal. 123(3). 334–348. 3 indexed citations

Chew, Yin Hoon & Fabian Spill. (2024). Discretised Flux Balance Analysis for Reaction–Diffusion Simulation of Single-Cell Metabolism. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology. 86(4). 39–39. 1 indexed citations

Tennant, Daniel A., et al.. (2024). p53 Orchestrates Cancer Metabolism: Unveiling Strategies to Reverse the Warburg Effect. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology. 86(10). 124–124. 6 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

Eskla, Kattri‐Liis, et al.. (2023). Mathematical reconstruction of the metabolic network in an in-vitro multiple myeloma model. PLoS Computational Biology. 19(9). e1011374–e1011374.

Tennant, Daniel A., et al.. (2023). Interplay of p53 and XIAP protein dynamics orchestrates cell fate in response to chemotherapy. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 572. 111562–111562. 4 indexed citations

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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

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Guglielmi, Giovanni, et al.. (2022). Effects of altered cellular ultrastructure on energy metabolism in diabetic cardiomyopathy: an in silico study. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 377(1864). 20210323–20210323. 5 indexed citations

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Cooper, Dianne, et al.. (2020). CASTLE: cell adhesion with supervised training and learning environment. Journal of Physics D Applied Physics. 53(42). 424002–424002. 5 indexed citations

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Lee, Sharon Wei Ling, R. J. Seager, Fabian Spill, et al.. (2020). Integrated in silico and 3D in vitro model of macrophage migration in response to physical and chemical factors in the tumor microenvironment. Integrative Biology. 12(4). 90–108. 47 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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Li, Ang, Meng Sun, Fabian Spill, Ren Sun, & Muhammad H. Zaman. (2019). Are the Effects of Independent Biophysical Factors Linearly Additive? A 3D Tumor Migration Model. Biophysical Journal. 117(9). 1702–1713. 7 indexed citations

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Seager, R. J., et al.. (2018). Solid dissolution in a fluid solvent is characterized by the interplay of surface area-dependent diffusion and physical fragmentation. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 7711–7711. 46 indexed citations

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Seager, R. J., Cynthia Hajal, Fabian Spill, Roger D. Kamm, & Muhammad H. Zaman. (2017). Dynamic interplay between tumour, stroma and immune system can drive or prevent tumour progression. PubMed. 3(3). 34002–34002. 138 indexed citations

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Spill, Fabian & Muhammad H. Zaman. (2017). Multiscale dynamics of the biophysical and biochemical microenvironment. Physics of Life Reviews. 22-23. 127–129. 2 indexed citations

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Spill, Fabian, Daniel S. Reynolds, Roger D. Kamm, & Muhammad H. Zaman. (2016). Impact of the physical microenvironment on tumor progression and metastasis. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 40. 41–48. 450 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cruz, Roberto de la, et al.. (2016). Stochastic multi-scale models of competition within heterogeneous cellular populations: Simulation methods and mean-field analysis. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 407. 161–183. 6 indexed citations

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