Ivan Melnychenko

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Ivan Melnychenko is a scholar working on Surgery, Biomaterials and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ivan Melnychenko has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Surgery, 6 papers in Biomaterials and 5 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Ivan Melnychenko's work include Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (5 papers), Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications (5 papers) and Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair (5 papers). Ivan Melnychenko is often cited by papers focused on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (5 papers), Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications (5 papers) and Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair (5 papers). Ivan Melnychenko collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Belgium. Ivan Melnychenko's co-authors include Thomas Eschenhagen, Wolfram‐Hubertus Zimmermann, Michael Didié, Hiroshi Naito, Gerald Wasmeier, Uwe Nixdorff, Andreas Heß, Alexander Peter Schwoerer, Heimo Ehmke and Kay Brune and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, Nature Medicine and Biomaterials.

In The Last Decade

Ivan Melnychenko

16 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

Engineered heart tissue grafts improve systolic and diast... 2006 2026 2012 2019 2006 200 400 600
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  1. Engineered heart tissue grafts improve systolic and diastolic function in infarcted rat hearts
    2006 733 citations Wolfram‐Hubertus Zimmermann, Ivan Melnychenko et al. Nature Medicine profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ivan Melnychenko Germany 13 1.4k 1.1k 614 590 232 16 1.8k
T Matthiesen United States 5 1.9k 1.4× 1.4k 1.3× 751 1.2× 614 1.0× 109 0.5× 8 2.2k
Laura Iop Italy 25 1.0k 0.7× 701 0.7× 349 0.6× 437 0.7× 477 2.1× 51 1.6k
Tiffany L. Sellaro United States 9 2.0k 1.5× 1.6k 1.5× 818 1.3× 244 0.4× 144 0.6× 12 2.5k
Jessica A. DeQuach United States 11 1.5k 1.1× 1.3k 1.2× 655 1.1× 326 0.6× 108 0.5× 14 1.8k
Yasuo Miyagi Canada 9 673 0.5× 480 0.4× 415 0.7× 335 0.6× 133 0.6× 11 1.1k
Eun Jung Lee United States 11 1.1k 0.8× 920 0.9× 717 1.2× 241 0.4× 52 0.2× 17 1.5k
Anthal I.P.M. Smits Netherlands 23 973 0.7× 1.2k 1.1× 648 1.1× 166 0.3× 370 1.6× 52 1.7k
Brian M. Sicari United States 22 1.7k 1.3× 1.0k 0.9× 705 1.1× 819 1.4× 24 0.1× 30 2.3k
Brian W. Allen United States 8 629 0.5× 355 0.3× 391 0.6× 470 0.8× 61 0.3× 12 1.2k
Joel L. Berry United States 20 896 0.7× 707 0.7× 599 1.0× 227 0.4× 218 0.9× 52 1.6k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ivan Melnychenko

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All Works

16 of 16 papers shown
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Xu, Xingbo, Ingeborg Friehs, Ivan Melnychenko, et al.. (2015). Endocardial Fibroelastosis Is Caused by Aberrant Endothelial to Mesenchymal Transition. Circulation Research. 116(5). 857–866. 94 indexed citations
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Friehs, Ingeborg, et al.. (2012). An animal model of endocardial fibroelastosis. Journal of Surgical Research. 182(1). 94–100. 18 indexed citations
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Wehrhan, Falk, Emeka Nkenke, Ivan Melnychenko, et al.. (2010). Skin Repair Using a Porcine Collagen I/III Membrane—Vascularization and Epithelization Properties. Dermatologic Surgery. 36(6). 919–930. 21 indexed citations
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Coskun, Kasim Oguz, Aron‐Frederik Popov, Jan D. Schmitto, et al.. (2010). Feasibility of Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Treatment in Five Patients With Familial Friedreich's Ataxia—A Case Series. Artificial Organs. 34(11). 1061–1065. 4 indexed citations
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Schwoerer, Alexander Peter, Ivan Melnychenko, Diane Goltz, et al.. (2008). Unloaded rat hearts in vivo express a hypertrophic phenotype of cardiac repolarization. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology. 45(5). 633–641. 13 indexed citations
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Vasilyev, Nikolay V., Ivan Melnychenko, Kazuo Kitahori, et al.. (2008). Beating-heart patch closure of muscular ventricular septal defects under real-time three-dimensional echocardiographic guidance: A preclinical study. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 135(3). 603–609. 17 indexed citations
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Schwoerer, Alexander Peter, Christiane Neuber, Ivan Melnychenko, et al.. (2008). Mechanical unloading of the rat heart involves marked changes in the protein kinase–phosphatase balance. Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology. 45(6). 846–852. 22 indexed citations
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El‐Armouche, Ali, Katrin Wittköpper, Florian Weinberger, et al.. (2008). Phosphatase inhibitor-1-deficient mice are protected from catecholamine-induced arrhythmias and myocardial hypertrophy. Cardiovascular Research. 80(3). 396–406. 80 indexed citations
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Wasmeier, Gerald, Wolfram‐H. Zimmermann, Ivan Melnychenko, et al.. (2007). Real-Time Myocardial Contrast Echocardiography for Assessing Perfusion and Function in Healthy and Infarcted Wistar Rats. Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology. 34(1). 47–55. 10 indexed citations
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Wasmeier, Gerald, Ivan Melnychenko, Jens‐Uwe Voigt, et al.. (2007). Reproducibility of transthoracic echocardiography in small animals using clinical equipment. Coronary Artery Disease. 18(4). 283–291. 12 indexed citations
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Zimmermann, Wolfram‐Hubertus, Ivan Melnychenko, Gerald Wasmeier, et al.. (2006). Engineered heart tissue grafts improve systolic and diastolic function in infarcted rat hearts. Nature Medicine. 12(4). 452–458. 733 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zimmermann, Wolfram‐Hubertus, et al.. (2006). Heart muscle engineering: An update on cardiac muscle replacement therapy. Cardiovascular Research. 71(3). 419–429. 133 indexed citations
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Naito, Hiroshi, Ivan Melnychenko, Michael Didié, et al.. (2006). Optimizing Engineered Heart Tissue for Therapeutic Applications as Surrogate Heart Muscle. Circulation. 114(1_supplement). I72–8. 225 indexed citations
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Schultze–Mosgau, Stefan, Jürgen Kopp, Michael Thorwarth, et al.. (2005). Plasminogen activator inhibitor-I–related regulation of procollagen I (α1 and α2) by antitransforming growth factor-β1 treatment during radiation-impaired wound healing. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 64(1). 280–288. 16 indexed citations
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Zimmermann, Wolfram‐Hubertus, Ivan Melnychenko, & Thomas Eschenhagen. (2003). Engineered heart tissue for regeneration of diseased hearts. Biomaterials. 25(9). 1639–1647. 210 indexed citations
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Zimmermann, Wolfram‐Hubertus, Michael Didié, Gerald Wasmeier, et al.. (2002). Cardiac Grafting of Engineered Heart Tissue in Syngenic Rats. Circulation. 106(12_suppl_1). I151–7. 208 indexed citations

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