Max Darnell

5.4k total citations · 4 hit papers
16 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Max Darnell is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Cell Biology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Max Darnell has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 8 papers in Cell Biology and 5 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Max Darnell's work include 3D Printing in Biomedical Research (8 papers), Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (8 papers) and Bone Tissue Engineering Materials (4 papers). Max Darnell is often cited by papers focused on 3D Printing in Biomedical Research (8 papers), Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (8 papers) and Bone Tissue Engineering Materials (4 papers). Max Darnell collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Max Darnell's co-authors include David Mooney, Luo Gu, Ovijit Chaudhuri, Nathaniel Huebsch, Sidi A. Bencherif, James C. Weaver, Darinka D. Klumpers, Georg N. Duda, Evi Lippens and Hong-Pyo Lee and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Nature Materials.

In The Last Decade

Max Darnell

15 papers receiving 4.3k citations

Hit Papers

Hydrogels with tunable stress relaxation regulate stem ce... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 2015 2015 2022 500 1000 1.5k
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.

  1. Hydrogels with tunable stress relaxation regulate stem cell fate and activity
    2015 1.9k citations Ovijit Chaudhuri, Luo Gu et al. Nature Materials profile →
  2. Substrate stress relaxation regulates cell spreading
    2015 709 citations Ovijit Chaudhuri, Luo Gu et al. Nature Communications profile →
  3. Matrix elasticity of void-forming hydrogels controls transplanted-stem-cell-mediated bone formation
    2015 447 citations Nathaniel Huebsch, Evi Lippens et al. Nature Materials profile →
  4. Matrix viscoelasticity controls spatiotemporal tissue organization
    2022 181 citations Alberto Elósegui-Artola, Alexander J. Najibi et al. Nature Materials profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Max Darnell United States 13 2.5k 1.6k 1.1k 882 685 16 4.4k
Angelo S. Mao United States 21 2.9k 1.2× 1.1k 0.7× 838 0.8× 423 0.5× 1.3k 1.9× 26 4.9k
Steven R. Caliari United States 23 2.1k 0.8× 1.2k 0.7× 1.1k 1.0× 482 0.5× 619 0.9× 41 3.9k
Michael P. Schwartz United States 34 3.1k 1.2× 832 0.5× 1.2k 1.1× 460 0.5× 1.7k 2.5× 59 6.0k
April M. Kloxin United States 31 3.0k 1.2× 1.1k 0.7× 1.9k 1.8× 1.5k 1.7× 987 1.4× 77 5.9k
Matthias Schnabelrauch Germany 43 2.7k 1.1× 1.4k 0.8× 1.8k 1.7× 339 0.4× 1.2k 1.8× 195 6.2k
Martin Ehrbar Switzerland 41 3.0k 1.2× 797 0.5× 1.7k 1.6× 566 0.6× 1.3k 2.0× 122 5.8k
Penelope C. Georges United States 17 3.0k 1.2× 3.6k 2.3× 1.0k 1.0× 404 0.5× 1.0k 1.5× 24 6.3k
Manuel Salmerón‐Sánchez Spain 45 3.3k 1.3× 1.4k 0.9× 2.4k 2.2× 409 0.5× 999 1.5× 229 6.9k
Darinka D. Klumpers United States 9 1.8k 0.7× 1.4k 0.9× 800 0.7× 572 0.6× 480 0.7× 10 3.1k
Hong-Pyo Lee United States 10 1.6k 0.6× 1.3k 0.8× 727 0.7× 512 0.6× 474 0.7× 21 3.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Max Darnell

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Max Darnell

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

All Works

16 of 16 papers shown
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Belmont, Brian J., et al.. (2023). Abstract 2911: Identification of novel CAR transmembrane and endodomains for improved persistence and cytotoxicity of NK cell therapies. Cancer Research. 83(7_Supplement). 2911–2911. 1 indexed citations
2.
Elósegui-Artola, Alberto, Alexander J. Najibi, Bo Ri Seo, et al.. (2022). Matrix viscoelasticity controls spatiotemporal tissue organization. Nature Materials. 22(1). 117–127. 181 indexed citations breakdown →
3.
Seo, Bo Ri, Christopher J. Payne, Stephanie L. McNamara, et al.. (2021). Skeletal muscle regeneration with robotic actuation–mediated clearance of neutrophils. Science Translational Medicine. 13(614). 65 indexed citations
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Darnell, Max, Luo Gu, & David Mooney. (2018). RNA-seq reveals diverse effects of substrate stiffness on mesenchymal stem cells. Biomaterials. 181. 182–188. 73 indexed citations
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Shih, Ting‐Yu, Aileen W. Li, Benjamin R. Freedman, et al.. (2018). Injectable, Tough Alginate Cryogels as Cancer Vaccines. Advanced Healthcare Materials. 7(10). e1701469–e1701469. 114 indexed citations
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Darnell, Max, Alison O’Neil, Angelo S. Mao, et al.. (2018). Material microenvironmental properties couple to induce distinct transcriptional programs in mammalian stem cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(36). E8368–E8377. 99 indexed citations
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Darnell, Max & David Mooney. (2017). Leveraging advances in biology to design biomaterials. Nature Materials. 16(12). 1178–1185. 100 indexed citations
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Darnell, Max, Simon Young, Luo Gu, et al.. (2016). Substrate Stress‐Relaxation Regulates Scaffold Remodeling and Bone Formation In Vivo. Advanced Healthcare Materials. 6(1). 122 indexed citations
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Huebsch, Nathaniel, Evi Lippens, Kangwon Lee, et al.. (2015). Matrix elasticity of void-forming hydrogels controls transplanted-stem-cell-mediated bone formation. Nature Materials. 14(12). 1269–1277. 447 indexed citations breakdown →
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Chaudhuri, Ovijit, Luo Gu, Darinka D. Klumpers, et al.. (2015). Hydrogels with tunable stress relaxation regulate stem cell fate and activity. Nature Materials. 15(3). 326–334. 1893 indexed citations breakdown →
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Chaudhuri, Ovijit, Luo Gu, Max Darnell, et al.. (2015). Substrate stress relaxation regulates cell spreading. Nature Communications. 6(1). 6364–6364. 709 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kearney, Cathal J., Hadas Skaat, Stephen Kennedy, et al.. (2015). Switchable Release of Entrapped Nanoparticles from Alginate Hydrogels. Advanced Healthcare Materials. 4(11). 1634–1639. 54 indexed citations
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Astarita, Jillian L., Viviana Cremasco, Jianxin Fu, et al.. (2014). The CLEC-2–podoplanin axis controls the contractility of fibroblastic reticular cells and lymph node microarchitecture. Nature Immunology. 16(1). 75–84. 202 indexed citations
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Darnell, Max, Jeong‐Yun Sun, Manav Mehta, et al.. (2013). Performance and biocompatibility of extremely tough alginate/polyacrylamide hydrogels. Biomaterials. 34(33). 8042–8048. 286 indexed citations
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Soman, Pranav, Max Darnell, Marc D. Feldman, & Shaochen Chen. (2011). Growth of High-Aspect Ratio Horizontally-Aligned ZnO Nanowire Arrays. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. 11(8). 6880–6885. 8 indexed citations
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Darnell, Max, et al.. (1998). Investment Implications of the EMU. The Journal of Investing. 7(4). 19–27.

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