Jacob Koffler

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Jacob Koffler is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Surgery and Biomaterials. According to data from OpenAlex, Jacob Koffler has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 10 papers in Surgery and 9 papers in Biomaterials. Recurrent topics in Jacob Koffler's work include Nerve injury and regeneration (11 papers), Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications (8 papers) and Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (6 papers). Jacob Koffler is often cited by papers focused on Nerve injury and regeneration (11 papers), Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications (8 papers) and Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (6 papers). Jacob Koffler collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and Spain. Jacob Koffler's co-authors include Mark H. Tuszynski, Shulamit Levenberg, Jeff Sakamoto, Lori Graham, J. H. Brock, Jennifer N. Dulin, Paul Lu, Xin Qu, Martin Maršala and Oleksandr Platoshyn and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Medicine and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Jacob Koffler

19 papers receiving 1.5k 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.

Biomimetic 3D-printed scaffolds for spinal cord injury repair

2019 545 citations Jacob Koffler, Wei Zhu et al. Nature Medicine profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jacob Koffler United States	14	706	570	524	484	360	19	1.5k
Shuhui Yang China	20	440 0.6×	535 0.9×	369 0.7×	378 0.8×	305 0.8×	60	1.6k
Jingkai Wang China	21	399 0.6×	272 0.5×	358 0.7×	284 0.6×	326 0.9×	45	1.5k
Ying Bai China	22	436 0.6×	412 0.7×	414 0.8×	436 0.9×	159 0.4×	64	1.4k
Nic D. Leipzig United States	26	1.0k 1.5×	673 1.2×	510 1.0×	784 1.6×	500 1.4×	64	2.5k
Christopher J. Medberry United States	14	538 0.8×	936 1.6×	1.2k 2.4×	301 0.6×	300 0.8×	17	1.6k
Liwei Ying China	15	369 0.5×	212 0.4×	282 0.5×	251 0.5×	332 0.9×	33	1.3k
Zilong Rao China	19	411 0.6×	497 0.9×	511 1.0×	470 1.0×	119 0.3×	32	1.2k
Wen Zhao China	19	325 0.5×	265 0.5×	299 0.6×	300 0.6×	170 0.5×	51	1.2k
Yannan Zhao China	33	652 0.9×	621 1.1×	741 1.4×	1.2k 2.5×	701 1.9×	59	2.8k

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Hunsberger, Joshua, Pankita H. Pandya, Lorenzo Moroni, et al.. (2025). Review of Disruptive Technologies in 3D Bioprinting. Current Stem Cell Reports. 11(1). 2 indexed citations

Lu, Paul, et al.. (2024). A facilitatory role of astrocytes in axonal regeneration after acute and chronic spinal cord injury. Experimental Neurology. 379. 114889–114889. 6 indexed citations

Koffler, Jacob, et al.. (2024). Combinatorial strategies for cell transplantation in traumatic spinal cord injury. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 18. 1349446–1349446. 4 indexed citations

Serafin, Aleksandra, Mario Culebras, Joaquím M. Oliveira, Jacob Koffler, & Maurice N. Collins. (2023). 3D printable electroconductive gelatin-hyaluronic acid materials containing polypyrrole nanoparticles for electroactive tissue engineering. Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials. 6(3). 56 indexed citations

Serafin, Aleksandra, Marta Carsí, P. Ortiz‐Serna, et al.. (2022). Electroconductive PEDOT nanoparticle integrated scaffolds for spinal cord tissue repair. Biomaterials Research. 26(1). 63–63. 58 indexed citations

Koffler, Jacob, Wei Zhu, Xin Qu, et al.. (2019). Biomimetic 3D-printed scaffolds for spinal cord injury repair. Nature Medicine. 25(2). 263–269. 545 indexed citations breakdown →

Koffler, Jacob. (2019). The Future of Biomimetic 3D Printing. 3(2). 63–65. 3 indexed citations

Pawelec, Kendell M., et al.. (2018). Microstructure and in vivo characterization of multi-channel nerve guidance scaffolds. Biomedical Materials. 13(4). 44104–44104. 45 indexed citations

Shahriari, Dena, Jacob Koffler, Mark H. Tuszynski, W. Marie Campana, & Jeff Sakamoto. (2017). Hierarchically Ordered Porous and High-Volume Polycaprolactone Microchannel Scaffolds Enhanced Axon Growth in Transected Spinal Cords. Tissue Engineering Part A. 23(9-10). 415–425. 41 indexed citations

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Shahriari, Dena, Kayla J. Wolf, Go Kubota, et al.. (2017). Peripheral nerve growth within a hydrogel microchannel scaffold supported by a kink‐resistant conduit. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A. 105(12). 3392–3399. 43 indexed citations

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Brock, J. H., et al.. (2015). Bone Marrow Stromal Cell Intraspinal Transplants Fail to Improve Motor Outcomes in a Severe Model of Spinal Cord Injury. Journal of Neurotrauma. 33(12). 1103–1114. 20 indexed citations

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Shahriari, Dena, Kayla J. Wolf, Jacob Koffler, et al.. (2015). Brain derived neurotrophic factor release from layer-by-layer coated agarose nerve guidance scaffolds. Acta Biomaterialia. 18. 128–131. 24 indexed citations

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Shahriari, Dena, et al.. (2015). Characterizing the degradation of alginate hydrogel for use in multilumen scaffolds for spinal cord repair. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A. 104(3). 611–619. 52 indexed citations

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Shandalov, Yulia, Dana Egozi, Jacob Koffler, et al.. (2014). An engineered muscle flap for reconstruction of large soft tissue defects. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(16). 6010–6015. 120 indexed citations

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Koffler, Jacob, et al.. (2014). Using Templated Agarose Scaffolds to Promote Axon Regeneration Through Sites of Spinal Cord Injury. Methods in molecular biology. 1162. 157–165. 11 indexed citations

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Kaufman‐Francis, Keren, et al.. (2012). Engineered Vascular Beds Provide Key Signals to Pancreatic Hormone-Producing Cells. PLoS ONE. 7(7). e40741–e40741. 50 indexed citations

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Koffler, Jacob, Keren Kaufman‐Francis, Yulia Shandalov, et al.. (2011). Improved vascular organization enhances functional integration of engineered skeletal muscle grafts. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(36). 14789–14794. 168 indexed citations

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Lesman, Ayelet, et al.. (2011). Engineering vessel-like networks within multicellular fibrin-based constructs. Biomaterials. 32(31). 7856–7869. 156 indexed citations

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Cohen, Keren, et al.. (2010). Paclitaxel-clusters coated with hyaluronan as selective tumor-targeted nanovectors. Biomaterials. 31(27). 7106–7114. 120 indexed citations

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