Penelope C. Georges

7.8k total citations · 4 hit papers
24 papers, 6.3k citations indexed

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Penelope C. Georges is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Penelope C. Georges has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 6.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Cell Biology, 13 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 4 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Penelope C. Georges's work include Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (18 papers), 3D Printing in Biomedical Research (11 papers) and Liver physiology and pathology (4 papers). Penelope C. Georges is often cited by papers focused on Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (18 papers), 3D Printing in Biomedical Research (11 papers) and Liver physiology and pathology (4 papers). Penelope C. Georges collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and France. Penelope C. Georges's co-authors include Paul A. Janmey, Ilya Levental, Makoto Funaki, Lisa A. Flanagan, Tony Yeung, Nastaran Zahir, Valerie M. Weaver, Wenyu Ming, Jérôme Solon and Kheya Sengupta and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Materials, Biomaterials and Hepatology.

In The Last Decade

Penelope C. Georges

24 papers receiving 6.2k citations

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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.

Effects of substrate stiffness on cell morphology, cytoskeletal structure, and adhesion

2004 1.9k citations Tony Yeung, Penelope C. Georges et al. Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton profile →
Fibroblast Adaptation and Stiffness Matching to Soft Elastic Substrates

2007 835 citations Jérôme Solon, Ilya Levental et al. Biophysical Journal profile →
Soft biological materials and their impact on cell function

2006 728 citations Ilya Levental, Penelope C. Georges et al. Soft Matter profile →
Matrices with Compliance Comparable to that of Brain Tissue Select Neuronal over Glial Growth in Mixed Cortical Cultures

2006 587 citations Penelope C. Georges, William J. Miller et al. Biophysical Journal profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Penelope C. Georges United States	17	3.6k	3.0k	1.0k	1.0k	621	24	6.3k
Daniel M. Cohen United States	26	2.9k 0.8×	4.0k 1.3×	1.3k 1.2×	1.9k 1.9×	1.2k 1.9×	41	7.5k
Michael T. Yang United States	22	3.3k 0.9×	4.2k 1.4×	946 0.9×	1.7k 1.7×	912 1.5×	29	6.9k
Yu-Li Wang United States	16	5.8k 1.6×	4.9k 1.6×	1.6k 1.5×	1.6k 1.6×	714 1.1×	25	9.1k
Kiran Bhadriraju United States	19	3.5k 1.0×	3.6k 1.2×	828 0.8×	1.6k 1.6×	652 1.0×	34	6.5k
Sanjay Kumar United States	46	5.0k 1.4×	3.7k 1.2×	855 0.8×	2.2k 2.1×	383 0.6×	139	8.4k
Roumen Pankov Bulgaria	23	4.0k 1.1×	2.8k 0.9×	1.1k 1.0×	2.8k 2.8×	808 1.3×	65	8.8k
Edna Cukierman United States	42	4.5k 1.2×	3.8k 1.3×	1.2k 1.1×	3.5k 3.5×	1.1k 1.8×	91	10.7k
Nastaran Zahir United States	7	3.5k 1.0×	2.5k 0.8×	594 0.6×	1.2k 1.2×	314 0.5×	12	5.4k
Andrew J. Putnam United States	48	2.3k 0.6×	4.6k 1.5×	2.3k 2.2×	1.9k 1.9×	1.7k 2.8×	108	8.0k
Yu‐li Wang United States	41	8.2k 2.3×	4.3k 1.4×	874 0.8×	2.9k 2.9×	455 0.7×	66	10.3k

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Tran, Kiet A., Brandon J. DeOre, Laura Marchi, et al.. (2023). Matching mechanical heterogeneity of the native spinal cord augments axon infiltration in 3D-printed scaffolds. Biomaterials. 295. 122061–122061. 20 indexed citations

Perepelyuk, Maryna, Masahiko Terajima, Andrew Y. Wang, et al.. (2013). Hepatic stellate cells and portal fibroblasts are the major cellular sources of collagens and lysyl oxidases in normal liver and early after injury. American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology. 304(6). G605–G614. 141 indexed citations

Uibo, Raivo, Ivo Laidmäe, Evelyn S. Sawyer, et al.. (2009). Soft materials to treat central nervous system injuries: Evaluation of the suitability of non-mammalian fibrin gels. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research. 1793(5). 924–930. 41 indexed citations

Georges, Penelope C., Norell M. Hadzimichalis, Eric S. Sweet, & Bonnie L. Firestein. (2008). The Yin–Yang of Dendrite Morphology: Unity of Actin and Microtubules. Molecular Neurobiology. 38(3). 270–284. 54 indexed citations

Yurke, Bernard, et al.. (2008). A Nonintrusive Method of Measuring the Local Mechanical Properties of Soft Hydrogels Using Magnetic Microneedles. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering. 131(2). 21014–21014. 16 indexed citations

Georges, Penelope C., Baogang Li, Yangzhou Du, et al.. (2007). Cell Growth in Response to Mechanical Stiffness is Affected by Neuron- Astroglia Interactions. 1(1). 7–14. 1 indexed citations

Jiang, Xue, Penelope C. Georges, Baogang Li, et al.. (2007). Cell Growth in Response to Mechanical Stiffness is Affected by Neuron- Astroglia Interactions. 1(1). 7–14. 26 indexed citations

Solon, Jérôme, Ilya Levental, Kheya Sengupta, Penelope C. Georges, & Paul A. Janmey. (2007). Fibroblast Adaptation and Stiffness Matching to Soft Elastic Substrates. Biophysical Journal. 93(12). 4453–4461. 835 indexed citations breakdown →

Georges, Penelope C., Zoltán Gombos, Margaret E. McCormick, et al.. (2007). Increased stiffness of the rat liver precedes matrix deposition: implications for fibrosis. American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology. 293(6). G1147–G1154. 432 indexed citations

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Georges, Penelope C., et al.. (2007). Polyacrylamide Hydrogels for Cell Mechanics: Steps Toward Optimization and Alternative Uses. Methods in cell biology. 83. 29–46. 184 indexed citations

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Janmey, Paul A., Penelope C. Georges, & Søren Hvidt. (2007). Basic Rheology for Biologists. Methods in cell biology. 83. 1–27. 73 indexed citations

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Janmey, Paul A., Margaret E. McCormick, Sebastian Rammensee, et al.. (2006). Negative normal stress in semiflexible biopolymer gels. Nature Materials. 6(1). 48–51. 315 indexed citations

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Georges, Penelope C., William J. Miller, David F. Meaney, Evelyn S. Sawyer, & Paul A. Janmey. (2006). Matrices with Compliance Comparable to that of Brain Tissue Select Neuronal over Glial Growth in Mixed Cortical Cultures. Biophysical Journal. 90(8). 3012–3018. 587 indexed citations breakdown →

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Levental, Ilya, Penelope C. Georges, & Paul A. Janmey. (2006). Soft biological materials and their impact on cell function. Soft Matter. 3(3). 299–306. 728 indexed citations breakdown →

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Georges, Penelope C., et al.. (2006). EFFECT OF SUBSTRATE STIFFNESS ON THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF CELLS. Biophysical Reviews and Letters. 1(4). 401–410. 3 indexed citations

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Georges, Penelope C. & Paul A. Janmey. (2005). Cell type-specific response to growth on soft materials. Journal of Applied Physiology. 98(4). 1547–1553. 393 indexed citations

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Georges, Penelope C., et al.. (2005). Tuning the Elasticity of Biopolymer Gels for Optimal Wound Healing. MRS Proceedings. 897. 5 indexed citations

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Georges, Penelope C., Oliver I. Wagner, Tony Yeung, & Paul A. Janmey. (2004). Biopolymer Networks and Cellular Mechanosensing. Scholarly Commons (University of Pennsylvania). 17(2). 2 indexed citations

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Yeung, Tony, Penelope C. Georges, Lisa A. Flanagan, et al.. (2004). Effects of substrate stiffness on cell morphology, cytoskeletal structure, and adhesion. Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton. 60(1). 24–34. 1861 indexed citations breakdown →

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Georges, Penelope C., et al.. (2003). 1281 Matrix compliance determines hepatic stellate cell phenotype. Hepatology. 38. 776–777. 4 indexed citations

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