Melanie Ecker

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
43 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Melanie Ecker is a scholar working on Polymers and Plastics, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Melanie Ecker has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Polymers and Plastics, 18 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 13 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Melanie Ecker's work include Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (18 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (18 papers) and Polymer composites and self-healing (13 papers). Melanie Ecker is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (18 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (18 papers) and Polymer composites and self-healing (13 papers). Melanie Ecker collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Mexico. Melanie Ecker's co-authors include Qichan Hu, Walter Voit, Thorsten Pretsch, Rainer Ehneß, Dietmute E. Godt, Thomas Roitsch, Joseph J. Pancrazio, Alexandra Joshi‐Imre, Allison M. Stiller and Michael Maskos and has published in prestigious journals such as The Plant Cell, Scientific Reports and Journal of Materials Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Melanie Ecker

41 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

  1. Overview of MMP-13 as a Promising Target for the Treatment of Osteoarthritis
    2021 290 citations Qichan Hu, Melanie Ecker profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Melanie Ecker United States 20 435 367 363 236 209 43 1.4k
Jianping Huang China 22 578 1.3× 133 0.4× 1.0k 2.8× 504 2.1× 99 0.5× 80 2.2k
Young‐Min Kim South Korea 24 175 0.4× 145 0.4× 470 1.3× 355 1.5× 27 0.1× 54 1.5k
Ana Alonso‐Varona Spain 22 274 0.6× 77 0.2× 371 1.0× 256 1.1× 57 0.3× 71 1.6k
Hou Liu China 21 324 0.7× 103 0.3× 1.1k 2.9× 199 0.8× 17 0.1× 34 2.0k
Azam Ali New Zealand 19 133 0.3× 144 0.4× 671 1.8× 147 0.6× 79 0.4× 37 1.4k
Young‐Jin Kim South Korea 17 594 1.4× 118 0.3× 1.2k 3.3× 233 1.0× 54 0.3× 68 2.0k
Sung Won Choi United States 24 233 0.5× 134 0.4× 430 1.2× 876 3.7× 77 0.4× 49 2.4k
Zohreh Bagher Iran 27 110 0.3× 363 1.0× 978 2.7× 303 1.3× 30 0.1× 69 2.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Melanie Ecker

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

All Works

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Smith, Lee M., et al.. (2025). Bacterial-Retted Hemp Fiber/PLA Composites. Processes. 13(4). 1000–1000. 1 indexed citations
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Chitrakar, Chandani, Yao Ren, Alexandra Joshi‐Imre, et al.. (2024). Softening, Conformable, and Stretchable Conductors for Implantable Bioelectronics Interfaces. Advanced Materials Technologies. 10(6). 3 indexed citations
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Conde, Sílvia V., Ramón Latorre, Stéphanie Thebault, et al.. (2024). Bioelectronic Medicine: a multidisciplinary roadmap from biophysics to precision therapies. Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience. 18. 1321872–1321872. 16 indexed citations
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Ecker, Melanie, et al.. (2023). Mesenchymal stem cells aligned and stretched in self-assembling peptide hydrogels. Heliyon. 10(1). e23953–e23953. 4 indexed citations
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Chitrakar, Chandani, Ankit Parikh, Joseph J. Pancrazio, et al.. (2023). Softening and flexible hybrid electronics integration for biomedical applications. MRS Communications. 13(5). 892–900. 3 indexed citations
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Chitrakar, Chandani, et al.. (2023). Multifaceted Shape Memory Polymer Technology for Biomedical Application: Combining Self-Softening and Stretchability Properties. Polymers. 15(21). 4226–4226. 3 indexed citations
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Ecker, Melanie, et al.. (2020). Review of Colonic Anastomotic Leakage and Prevention Methods. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 9(12). 4061–4061. 25 indexed citations
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Bettinger, Christopher J., Melanie Ecker, Takashi D.Y. Kozai, et al.. (2020). Recent advances in neural interfaces—Materials chemistry to clinical translation. MRS Bulletin. 45(8). 655–668. 38 indexed citations
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Frewin, Christopher L., Melanie Ecker, Alexandra Joshi‐Imre, et al.. (2019). Electrical Properties of Thiol-ene-based Shape Memory Polymers Intended for Flexible Electronics. Polymers. 11(5). 902–902. 23 indexed citations
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Hosseini, Seyed Mahmoud, Walter Voit, & Melanie Ecker. (2019). Environmental Dynamic Mechanical Analysis to Predict the Softening Behavior of Neural Implants. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 4 indexed citations
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Stiller, Allison M., Christopher L. Frewin, Melanie Ecker, et al.. (2018). Chronic Intracortical Recording and Electrochemical Stability of Thiol-ene/Acrylate Shape Memory Polymer Electrode Arrays. Micromachines. 9(10). 500–500. 50 indexed citations
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Shoffstall, Andrew J., Melanie Ecker, Alexandra Joshi‐Imre, et al.. (2018). Characterization of the Neuroinflammatory Response to Thiol-ene Shape Memory Polymer Coated Intracortical Microelectrodes. Micromachines. 9(10). 486–486. 27 indexed citations
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Kanneganti, Aswini, Alexandra Joshi‐Imre, Ana G. Hernández-Reynoso, et al.. (2018). Thin Film Multi-Electrode Softening Cuffs for Selective Neuromodulation. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 16390–16390. 82 indexed citations
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Shoffstall, Andrew J., Suraj Srinivasan, Allison M. Stiller, et al.. (2018). A Mosquito Inspired Strategy to Implant Microprobes into the Brain. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 122–122. 67 indexed citations
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Stiller, Allison M., Melanie Ecker, Andrew J. Shoffstall, et al.. (2018). Understanding the Effects of Both CD14-Mediated Innate Immunity and Device/Tissue Mechanical Mismatch in the Neuroinflammatory Response to Intracortical Microelectrodes. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 12. 20 indexed citations
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Ecker, Melanie, et al.. (2017). Characterization of a Thiol-Ene/Acrylate-Based Polymer for Neuroprosthetic Implants. ACS Omega. 2(8). 4604–4611. 30 indexed citations
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Ecker, Melanie & Thorsten Pretsch. (2014). Novel design approaches for multifunctional information carriers. RSC Advances. 4(87). 46680–46688. 38 indexed citations

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