María Vallet‐Regí

55.2k total citations · 12 hit papers
694 papers, 45.4k citations indexed

About

María Vallet‐Regí is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Biomaterials. According to data from OpenAlex, María Vallet‐Regí has authored 694 papers receiving a total of 45.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 410 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 269 papers in Materials Chemistry and 191 papers in Biomaterials. Recurrent topics in María Vallet‐Regí's work include Bone Tissue Engineering Materials (305 papers), Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery (108 papers) and Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes (98 papers). María Vallet‐Regí is often cited by papers focused on Bone Tissue Engineering Materials (305 papers), Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery (108 papers) and Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes (98 papers). María Vallet‐Regí collaborates with scholars based in Spain, France and Portugal. María Vallet‐Regí's co-authors include Daniel Arcos, Miguel Manzano, Isabel Izquierdo‐Barba, Francisco Balas, Montserrat Colilla, Joaquı́n Pérez-Pariente, A. Rámila, Patricia Horcajada, Antonio J. Salinas and J.M. González-Calbet and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Chemical Society Reviews and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

María Vallet‐Regí

689 papers receiving 44.5k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Mesoporous Materials for Drug Delivery

2007 2.1k citations María Vallet‐Regí, Daniel Arcos et al. profile →
A New Property of MCM-41: Drug Delivery System

2000 1.8k citations María Vallet‐Regí et al. profile →
Metal–Organic Frameworks as Efficient Materials for Drug Delivery

2006 1.8k citations María Vallet‐Regí et al. profile →
Flexible Porous Metal-Organic Frameworks for a Controlled Drug Delivery

2008 1.6k citations María Vallet‐Regí et al. profile →
Calcium phosphates as substitution of bone tissues

2004 886 citations María Vallet‐Regí profile →
Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery

2019 736 citations Miguel Manzano, María Vallet‐Regí profile →
Metal–Organic Frameworks as Efficient Materials for Drug Delivery

2006 593 citations María Vallet‐Regí et al. profile →
MCM-41 Organic Modification as Drug Delivery Rate Regulator

2002 537 citations María Vallet‐Regí et al. profile →
Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery: Current Insights

2017 398 citations María Vallet‐Regí, Montserrat Colilla et al. profile →
Substituted hydroxyapatite coatings of bone implants

2020 318 citations Daniel Arcos, María Vallet‐Regí profile →
Engineering mesoporous silica nanoparticles for drug delivery: where are we after two decades?

2022 308 citations María Vallet‐Regí, Daniel Lozano et al. profile →
Copper-containing mesoporous bioactive glass nanoparticles as multifunctional agent for bone regeneration

2017 285 citations María Vallet‐Regí, J.M. González-Calbet et al. Acta Biomaterialia profile →

Peers

María Vallet‐Regí

BIOMA

Larry L. Hench United States

Matthias Epple Germany

Samuel I. Stupp United States

Yen Wei China

Christopher N. Bowman United States

Jianlin Shi China

Xuesi Chen China

Nicholas D. Spencer Switzerland

K. G. Neoh Singapore

Chengzhong Yu Australia

Larry L. Hench United States

María Vallet‐Regí

37.2k ×1.5

11.5k ×0.6

8.3k ×0.6

BIOMA

1.3k ×0.2

17.1k ×3.3

Citations per year, relative to María Vallet‐Regí María Vallet‐Regí (= 1×) peers Larry L. Hench

Countries citing papers authored by María Vallet‐Regí

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Fields of papers citing papers by María Vallet‐Regí

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of María Vallet‐Regí

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

All Works

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Gómez‐Cerezo, Natividad, Daniel Lozano, Antonio J. Salinas, & María Vallet‐Regí. (2025). Mesoporous Bioactive Glasses: A Powerful Tool in Tissue Engineering and Drug Delivery. Advanced Healthcare Materials. 15(2). e02201–e02201. 3 indexed citations

Pablos, Jesús L., Daniel Lozano, Miguel Manzano, & María Vallet‐Regí. (2024). Regenerative medicine: Hydrogels and mesoporous silica nanoparticles. Materials Today Bio. 29. 101342–101342. 18 indexed citations

Rizzi, Federica, Elisabetta Fanizza, Nicoletta Depalo, et al.. (2024). Mesoporous silica nanostructures embedding NIR active plasmonic nanoparticles: Harnessing antimicrobial agents delivery system for photo-assisted eradicating Gram-positive bacteria. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials. 383. 113414–113414. 4 indexed citations

Bravo, Beatriz, Daniel Lozano, Sandra Sánchez‐Salcedo, et al.. (2024). Osteogenic Potential of a Biomaterial Enriched with Osteostatin and Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Osteoporotic Rabbits. Biomolecules. 14(2). 143–143. 5 indexed citations

Cicuéndez, Mónica, Juana Serrano‐López, Montserrat Colilla, et al.. (2023). Large-scale production of superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles by flame spray pyrolysis: In vitro biological evaluation for biomedical applications. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 650(Pt A). 560–572. 18 indexed citations

Sánchez‐Salcedo, Sandra, et al.. (2022). Antibacterial effect of 3D printed mesoporous bioactive glass scaffolds doped with metallic silver nanoparticles. Acta Biomaterialia. 155. 654–666. 73 indexed citations

Aguilera-Correa, John Jairo, et al.. (2022). Effect of Gold Nanostars Plus Amikacin against Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Biofilms. Biology. 11(2). 162–162. 12 indexed citations

Gallo‐Córdova, Álvaro, Blanca González, Rafael R. Castillo, et al.. (2022). Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Decorated Mesoporous Silica Nanosystem for Combined Antibiofilm Therapy. Pharmaceutics. 14(1). 163–163. 30 indexed citations

Aguilera-Correa, John Jairo, Miguel Gisbert-Garzarán, Aránzazu Mediero, et al.. (2022). Antibiotic delivery from bone-targeted mesoporous silica nanoparticles for the treatment of osteomyelitis caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Acta Biomaterialia. 154. 608–625. 31 indexed citations

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Arcos, Daniel, Daniel Lozano, Luís Ortega, et al.. (2022). In Vitro and In Vivo Response of Zinc-Containing Mesoporous Bioactive Glasses in a Sheep Animal Model. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23(22). 13918–13918. 7 indexed citations

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Arcos, Daniel, Natividad Gómez‐Cerezo, Luís Ortega, et al.. (2022). Injectable mesoporous bioactive nanoparticles regenerate bone tissue under osteoporosis conditions. Acta Biomaterialia. 151. 501–511. 27 indexed citations

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Torre, Paz de la, et al.. (2021). Endostatin Genetically Engineered Placental Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Carrying Doxorubicin-Loaded Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles for Combined Chemo- and Antiangiogenic Therapy. Pharmaceutics. 13(2). 244–244. 5 indexed citations

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Martínez‐Carmona, Marina, Ana García, Enrique Ortega, et al.. (2020). Amino-Functionalized Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticle-Encapsulated Octahedral Organoruthenium Complex as an Efficient Platform for Combatting Cancer. Inorganic Chemistry. 59(14). 10275–10284. 31 indexed citations

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Garino, Nadia, Bianca Dumontel, Marco Laurenti, et al.. (2019). Zinc oxide nanocrystals as a nanoantibiotic and osteoinductive agent. RSC Advances. 9(20). 11312–11321. 34 indexed citations

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Casarrubios, Laura, Natividad Gómez‐Cerezo, Sandra Sánchez‐Salcedo, et al.. (2019). Silicon substituted hydroxyapatite/VEGF scaffolds stimulate bone regeneration in osteoporotic sheep. Acta Biomaterialia. 101. 544–553. 83 indexed citations

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Martínez‐Carmona, Marina, Yurii K. Gun’ko, & María Vallet‐Regí. (2018). Mesoporous Silica Materials as Drug Delivery: “The Nightmare” of Bacterial Infection. Pharmaceutics. 10(4). 279–279. 78 indexed citations

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Martínez‐Carmona, Marina, Yurii K. Gun’ko, & María Vallet‐Regí. (2018). ZnO Nanostructures for Drug Delivery and Theranostic Applications. Nanomaterials. 8(4). 268–268. 192 indexed citations

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Gómez‐Cerezo, Natividad, Alba García‐Fernández, Elena Aznar, et al.. (2018). Mesoporous Bioactive Glasses Equipped with Stimuli‐Responsive Molecular Gates for Controlled Delivery of Levofloxacin against Bacteria. Chemistry - A European Journal. 24(71). 18944–18951. 27 indexed citations

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Ruiz‐González, Luisa, et al.. (2007). Revisiting the Role of Vacancies in Manganese Related Perovskites. 1(1). 37–46. 1 indexed citations

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Vallet‐Regí, María. (1997). Introduction to the world of Biomaterials. 93(1). 6 indexed citations

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