Manus Biggs

5.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
90 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Manus Biggs is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Cell Biology and Polymers and Plastics. According to data from OpenAlex, Manus Biggs has authored 90 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 26 papers in Cell Biology and 24 papers in Polymers and Plastics. Recurrent topics in Manus Biggs's work include Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (25 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (22 papers) and Bone Tissue Engineering Materials (21 papers). Manus Biggs is often cited by papers focused on Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (25 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (22 papers) and Bone Tissue Engineering Materials (21 papers). Manus Biggs collaborates with scholars based in Ireland, United Kingdom and Poland. Manus Biggs's co-authors include Matthew J. Dalby, R. Geoff Richards, C.D.W. Wilkinson, Abhay Pandit, Richard O. C. Oreffo, Dimitrios I. Zeugolis, Nikolaj Gadegaard, Marc Fernández, Sunny Akogwu Abbah and Rebecca J. McMurray and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and ACS Nano.

In The Last Decade

Manus Biggs

87 papers receiving 4.0k 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.

Biomimetic approaches in bone tissue engineering: Integrating biological and physicomechanical strategies

2014 399 citations Marc Fernández, Sunny Akogwu Abbah et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Manus Biggs Ireland	32	2.6k	970	883	717	475	90	4.0k
Guoyou Huang China	33	2.7k 1.0×	1.2k 1.3×	792 0.9×	588 0.8×	548 1.2×	88	4.8k
April M. Kloxin United States	31	3.0k 1.2×	1.9k 2.0×	1.1k 1.3×	610 0.9×	987 2.1×	77	5.9k
Murat Güvendiren United States	31	4.1k 1.6×	1.6k 1.7×	1.2k 1.4×	829 1.2×	682 1.4×	63	6.5k
Jin Nam United States	34	1.7k 0.6×	1.2k 1.2×	285 0.3×	675 0.9×	887 1.9×	93	3.7k
Kunyu Zhang China	33	1.8k 0.7×	1.2k 1.2×	287 0.3×	496 0.7×	537 1.1×	91	3.9k
Thomas Boudou France	30	1.9k 0.7×	890 0.9×	932 1.1×	496 0.7×	558 1.2×	55	3.6k
Junmin Lee United States	39	2.1k 0.8×	747 0.8×	644 0.7×	422 0.6×	668 1.4×	103	3.8k
Jan P. Stegemann United States	39	2.8k 1.1×	2.2k 2.3×	570 0.6×	1.5k 2.1×	804 1.7×	102	5.3k
Manuel Salmerón‐Sánchez Spain	45	3.3k 1.3×	2.4k 2.5×	1.4k 1.5×	1.0k 1.4×	999 2.1×	229	6.9k
Kevin W.‐H. Lo United States	27	1.8k 0.7×	975 1.0×	481 0.5×	617 0.9×	1.0k 2.2×	54	3.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Manus Biggs

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Manus Biggs

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Patel, Taral, et al.. (2025). Hybrid conducting polymer films promote neural outgrowth and neural-electrode integration in vitro. Bioelectrochemistry. 165. 108985–108985.

Easley, Jeremiah T., et al.. (2024). A functional analysis of a resorbable citrate-based composite tendon anchor. Bioactive Materials. 41. 207–220. 1 indexed citations

Ribeiro, Sofia, et al.. (2023). It Takes Two to Tango: Controlling Human Mesenchymal Stromal Cell Response via Substrate Stiffness and Surface Topography. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(1). 10 indexed citations

Walski, Tomasz, Eugenia Pugliese, Madeleine M. Lowery, et al.. (2023). Micromotion Derived Fluid Shear Stress Mediates Peri‐Electrode Gliosis through Mechanosensitive Ion Channels. Advanced Science. 10(27). e2301352–e2301352. 12 indexed citations

Krukiewicz, Katarzyna, Roman Turczyn, Agata Blacha‐Grzechnik, et al.. (2023). Flexible, Transparent, and Cytocompatible Nanostructured Indium Tin Oxide Thin Films for Bio-optoelectronic Applications. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 15(39). 45701–45712. 4 indexed citations

Donnelly, Hannah, Paul Campsie, Peter Childs, et al.. (2023). Surface-Modified Piezoelectric Copolymer Poly(vinylidene fluoride–trifluoroethylene) Supporting Physiological Extracellular Matrixes to Enhance Mesenchymal Stem Cell Adhesion for Nanoscale Mechanical Stimulation. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 15(44). 50652–50662. 14 indexed citations

McMahon, Jill, et al.. (2023). Prodromal Parkinson's disease and the catecholaldehyde hypothesis: Insight from olfactory bulb organotypic cultures. The FASEB Journal. 37(12). e23272–e23272. 3 indexed citations

Ryan, Christina N. M., Eugenia Pugliese, Naledi Shologu, et al.. (2022). The synergistic effect of physicochemical in vitro microenvironment modulators in human bone marrow stem cell cultures. Biomaterials Advances. 144. 213196–213196. 8 indexed citations

Fernández, Marc, Sunny Akogwu Abbah, Aitor Larrañaga, et al.. (2021). A Self‐Powered Piezo‐Bioelectric Device Regulates Tendon Repair‐Associated Signaling Pathways through Modulation of Mechanosensitive Ion Channels. Advanced Materials. 33(40). e2008788–e2008788. 75 indexed citations

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McArt, Darragh G., et al.. (2021). Ultrasound‐Powered Implants: A Critical Review of Piezoelectric Material Selection and Applications. Advanced Healthcare Materials. 10(17). e2100986–e2100986. 54 indexed citations

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Forrester, Lesley M., et al.. (2021). Resident Macrophages and Their Potential in Cardiac Tissue Engineering. Tissue Engineering Part B Reviews. 28(3). 579–591. 26 indexed citations

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Krukiewicz, Katarzyna, et al.. (2021). Electrical percolation in extrinsically conducting, poly(ε-decalactone) composite neural interface materials. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 1295–1295. 13 indexed citations

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Fernández, Marc, et al.. (2019). Boron Nitride Nanotube Addition Enhances the Crystallinity and Cytocompatibility of PVDF-TrFE. Frontiers in Chemistry. 7. 364–364. 36 indexed citations

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English, Andrew, Kyriakos Spanoudes, Eleanor Jones, et al.. (2015). Substrate topography: A valuable in vitro tool, but a clinical red herring for in vivo tenogenesis. Acta Biomaterialia. 27. 3–12. 61 indexed citations

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English, Andrew, Kyriakos Spanoudes, Eleanor Jones, et al.. (2015). Data on in vitro and in vivo cell orientation on substrates with different topographies. Data in Brief. 5. 379–382. 1 indexed citations

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Biggs, Manus, et al.. (2012). Rigidity Sensing in T cells by Actin-Dependent Phosphorylation of Src Family Kinase Substrate Cas-L.. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 23. 1 indexed citations

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Biggs, Manus, R. Geoff Richards, & Matthew J. Dalby. (2010). Nanotopographical modification: a regulator of cellular function through focal adhesions. Nanomedicine Nanotechnology Biology and Medicine. 6(5). 619–633. 384 indexed citations

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Biggs, Manus, R. Geoff Richards, & Matthew J. Dalby. (2010). Using Immuno-Scanning Electron Microscopy for the Observation of Focal Adhesion-substratum interactions at the Nano- and Microscale in S-Phase Cells. Methods in molecular biology. 695. 53–60. 1 indexed citations

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Biggs, Manus, R. Geoff Richards, Nikolaj Gadegaard, et al.. (2009). The use of nanoscale topography to modulate the dynamics of adhesion formation in primary osteoblasts and ERK/MAPK signalling in STRO-1+ enriched skeletal stem cells. Biomaterials. 30(28). 5094–5103. 220 indexed citations

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Biggs, Manus, R. Geoff Richards, Nikolaj Gadegaard, et al.. (2008). Interactions with nanoscale topography: Adhesion quantification and signal transduction in cells of osteogenic and multipotent lineage. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A. 91A(1). 195–208. 151 indexed citations

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