Nicolas L’Heureux

7.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
57 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

Nicolas L’Heureux is a scholar working on Surgery, Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicolas L’Heureux has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Surgery, 36 papers in Biomaterials and 14 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Nicolas L’Heureux's work include Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications (35 papers), Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (33 papers) and 3D Printing in Biomedical Research (11 papers). Nicolas L’Heureux is often cited by papers focused on Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications (35 papers), Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (33 papers) and 3D Printing in Biomedical Research (11 papers). Nicolas L’Heureux collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Argentina. Nicolas L’Heureux's co-authors include Lucie Germain, François A. Auger, Raymond Labbé, Nathalie Dusserre, Todd N. McAllister, Sergio Garrido, Gerhardt König, Alicia Marini, Wojciech Wystrychowski and Lech Cierpka and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Nature Medicine and Biomaterials.

In The Last Decade

Nicolas L’Heureux

56 papers receiving 5.4k 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.

A completely biological tissue-engineered human blood vessel

1998 1.0k citations Nicolas L’Heureux, Raymond Labbé et al. The FASEB Journal profile →
Human tissue-engineered blood vessels for adult arterial revascularization

2006 839 citations Nicolas L’Heureux, Nathalie Dusserre et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nicolas L’Heureux France	26	3.7k	3.4k	2.4k	731	445	57	5.5k
Donald O. Freytes United States	30	3.5k 1.0×	4.2k 1.2×	2.1k 0.9×	946 1.3×	303 0.7×	62	6.0k
Lauren D. Black United States	31	2.4k 0.7×	2.9k 0.9×	2.1k 0.9×	1.1k 1.4×	402 0.9×	68	4.8k
Stefan Jockenhoevel Germany	36	2.4k 0.7×	1.9k 0.6×	1.9k 0.8×	408 0.6×	497 1.1×	184	4.6k
Matthew T. Wolf United States	28	2.5k 0.7×	3.1k 0.9×	1.9k 0.8×	1.1k 1.5×	256 0.6×	43	5.2k
Janet E. Reing United States	27	2.5k 0.7×	3.2k 1.0×	1.3k 0.5×	920 1.3×	180 0.4×	36	4.4k
Jan P. Stegemann United States	39	2.2k 0.6×	1.5k 0.5×	2.8k 1.2×	804 1.1×	198 0.4×	102	5.3k
Peter M. Crapo United States	16	2.9k 0.8×	3.4k 1.0×	1.5k 0.6×	401 0.5×	227 0.5×	17	4.2k
Narutoshi Hibino United States	41	3.7k 1.0×	4.0k 1.2×	2.5k 1.0×	856 1.2×	892 2.0×	181	6.2k
Youngmee Jung South Korea	42	2.1k 0.6×	1.5k 0.5×	2.3k 1.0×	685 0.9×	139 0.3×	136	4.7k
Andreas Arkudas Germany	39	1.2k 0.3×	2.4k 0.7×	1.8k 0.7×	771 1.1×	239 0.5×	218	4.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nicolas L’Heureux

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Silva, Nicolas Da, Sylvie Rey, Agathe Grémare, et al.. (2025). Production and characterization of threads and textiles made from cell-assembled extracellular matrix: Translation from human to ovine cells to support allogeneic studies. Acta Biomaterialia. 202. 152–169.

Liu, Hao, Hugo Oliveira, Nicolas L’Heureux, et al.. (2025). Prolonged Cell Encapsulation and Gravity‐independent Filamented Light Biofabrication of Muscle Constructs. Advanced Science. 12(45). e12727–e12727. 1 indexed citations

Singh, Manisha, François Roubertie, Sophie X. Wang, et al.. (2024). Hemodynamic evaluation of biomaterial-based surgery for Tetralogy of Fallot using a biorobotic heart, in silico, and ovine models. Science Translational Medicine. 16(755). eadk2936–eadk2936. 4 indexed citations

Roubertie, François, et al.. (2023). Development and characterization of biological sutures made of cell-assembled extracellular matrix. Biofabrication. 15(4). 45018–45018. 7 indexed citations

L’Heureux, Nicolas, et al.. (2023). Current biofabrication methods for vascular tissue engineering and an introduction to biological textiles. Biofabrication. 15(2). 22004–22004. 18 indexed citations

Gaubert, Alexandra, et al.. (2023). The cell-assembled extracellular matrix: A focus on the storage stability and terminal sterilization of this human “bio” material. Acta Biomaterialia. 166. 133–146. 6 indexed citations

Silva, Nicolas Da, et al.. (2023). Effects of weaving parameters on the properties of completely biological tissue-engineered vascular grafts. Biofabrication. 16(1). 15015–15015. 8 indexed citations

Claverol, Stéphane, et al.. (2022). Inter-donor variability of extracellular matrix production in long-term cultures of human fibroblasts. Biomaterials Science. 10(14). 3935–3950. 9 indexed citations

Izotte, Julien, et al.. (2021). In vivo remodeling of human cell-assembled extracellular matrix yarns. Biomaterials. 273. 120815–120815. 13 indexed citations

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Silva, Nicolas Da, et al.. (2021). Cell-assembled extracellular matrix (CAM) sheet production: Translation from using human to large animal cells. Journal of Tissue Engineering. 12. 2752707735–2752707735. 13 indexed citations

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Fénelon, Mathilde, Robin Siadous, Agathe Grémare, et al.. (2021). Comparison of amniotic membrane versus the induced membrane for bone regeneration in long bone segmental defects using calcium phosphate cement loaded with BMP-2. Materials Science and Engineering C. 124. 112032–112032. 31 indexed citations

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Oliveira, Hugo, Chantal Médina, Nathalie Dusserre, et al.. (2021). Cell-assembled extracellular matrix (CAM): a human biopaper for the biofabrication of pre-vascularized tissues able to connect to the host circulation in vivo. Biofabrication. 14(1). 15005–15005. 7 indexed citations

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Fricain, Jean‐Christophe, Raphaël Devillard, Jérôme Kalisky, et al.. (2017). Impression 3D en médecine régénératrice et ingénierie tissulaire. médecine/sciences. 33(1). 52–59. 14 indexed citations

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L’Heureux, Nicolas, et al.. (2014). Cell‐synthesized extracellular matrix particles for tissue engineering and aesthetic applications (87.2). The FASEB Journal. 28(S1). 1 indexed citations

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Dusserre, Nathalie, et al.. (2011). The Evolution of Vascular Tissue Engineering and Current State of the Art. Cells Tissues Organs. 195(1-2). 144–158. 128 indexed citations

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Keire, Paul, Nicolas L’Heureux, Robert B. Vernon, et al.. (2009). Expression of Versican Isoform V3 in the Absence of Ascorbate Improves Elastogenesis in Engineered Vascular Constructs. Tissue Engineering Part A. 16(2). 501–512. 25 indexed citations

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L’Heureux, Nicolas, Nathalie Dusserre, Sergio Garrido, et al.. (2006). Sheet‐Based Tissue Engineering: From Bench Top to the First Clinical Use of a Completely Biological Tissue Engineered Blood Vessel. The FASEB Journal. 20(5). 4 indexed citations

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Black, Annie, François Berthod, Nicolas L’Heureux, Lucie Germain, & François A. Auger. (1998). In vitro reconstruction of a human capillary‐like network in a tissue‐engineered skin equivalent. The FASEB Journal. 12(13). 1331–1340. 325 indexed citations

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L’Heureux, Nicolas, et al.. (1998). A completely biological tissue-engineered human blood vessel. The FASEB Journal. 12(1). 47–56. 1037 indexed citations breakdown →

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Stoclet, J. C., Ramaroson Andriantsitohaina, Nicolas L’Heureux, et al.. (1996). Use of human vessels and human vascular smooth muscle cells in pharmacology. Cell Biology and Toxicology. 12(4-6). 223–225. 7 indexed citations

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