Rachael Schmedlen

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Rachael Schmedlen is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Biomaterials and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Rachael Schmedlen has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 6 papers in Biomaterials and 4 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Rachael Schmedlen's work include Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications (6 papers), Bone Tissue Engineering Materials (4 papers) and Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (4 papers). Rachael Schmedlen is often cited by papers focused on Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications (6 papers), Bone Tissue Engineering Materials (4 papers) and Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (4 papers). Rachael Schmedlen collaborates with scholars based in United States and Brazil. Rachael Schmedlen's co-authors include Jennifer L. West, Brenda K. Mann, Kristyn S. Masters, Andrea S. Gobin, Mariah S. Hahn, Melissa K. McHale, Wafa M. Elbjeirami, Yu-chi Shen, William H. Guilford and Kate F. Barald and has published in prestigious journals such as Biomaterials, Annals of Biomedical Engineering and Clinics in Plastic Surgery.

In The Last Decade

Rachael Schmedlen

12 papers receiving 1.5k 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.

Smooth muscle cell growth in photopolymerized hydrogels with cell adhesive and proteolytically degradable domains: synthetic ECM analogs for tissue engineering

2001 510 citations Brenda K. Mann, Andrea S. Gobin et al. Biomaterials profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rachael Schmedlen United States	7	846	821	363	357	202	12	1.5k
Ryan J. Wade United States	8	692 0.8×	749 0.9×	373 1.0×	237 0.7×	157 0.8×	10	1.3k
Andrea S. Gobin United States	21	1.0k 1.2×	1.2k 1.4×	321 0.9×	702 2.0×	256 1.3×	28	2.2k
Donald R. Griffin United States	17	1.2k 1.4×	869 1.1×	546 1.5×	277 0.8×	184 0.9×	33	2.2k
Jöns Hilborn Sweden	23	995 1.2×	675 0.8×	381 1.0×	264 0.7×	193 1.0×	41	1.9k
Junseok Yeom South Korea	13	745 0.9×	640 0.8×	407 1.1×	188 0.5×	153 0.8×	20	1.5k
Jorge Alfredo Uquillas United States	10	983 1.2×	685 0.8×	479 1.3×	254 0.7×	88 0.4×	11	1.6k
Chie Konno Japan	7	705 0.8×	559 0.7×	289 0.8×	426 1.2×	126 0.6×	8	1.3k
Ai Kushida Japan	9	644 0.8×	600 0.7×	293 0.8×	478 1.3×	91 0.5×	15	1.3k
G. P. Raeber Switzerland	11	910 1.1×	733 0.9×	365 1.0×	325 0.9×	399 2.0×	12	1.7k
Iris L. Kim United States	10	865 1.0×	726 0.9×	390 1.1×	303 0.8×	489 2.4×	10	1.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rachael Schmedlen

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Schmedlen, Rachael, Jin Woo Lee, Prateek Shekhar, & Jan P. Stegemann. (2020). The Clinical Peer Mentors Program: Student Motivations, Skills and Knowledge Acquisition, and Influence on Career Path. 2 indexed citations

Huang-Saad, Aileen, et al.. (2020). Reconceptualizing BME Authentic Learning in the Age of COVID-19 and Remote Learning. PubMed. 1(1). 55–59. 1 indexed citations

Guilford, William H. & Rachael Schmedlen. (2020). Perspectives on Successfully Implementing BME Design Courses Online: Notes from an ASEE Workshop. PubMed. 1(1). 145–148. 1 indexed citations

Schmedlen, Rachael, et al.. (2016). The Medical Device Sandbox: A Creative Learning Experience for BME Students and Medical Learners. 1 indexed citations

Shen, Yu-chi, David Li, Hao Chen, et al.. (2009). A Student Team in a University of Michigan Biomedical Engineering Design Course Constructs a Microfluidic Bioreactor for Studies of Zebrafish Development. Zebrafish. 6(2). 201–213. 17 indexed citations

Hahn, Mariah S., et al.. (2006). Physiologic Pulsatile Flow Bioreactor Conditioning of Poly(ethylene glycol)-based Tissue Engineered Vascular Grafts. Annals of Biomedical Engineering. 35(2). 190–200. 142 indexed citations

Schmedlen, Rachael, Wafa M. Elbjeirami, Andrea S. Gobin, & Jennifer L. West. (2003). Tissue engineered small-diameter vascular grafts. Clinics in Plastic Surgery. 30(4). 507–517. 82 indexed citations

Schmedlen, Rachael, et al.. (2003). Tissue engineered vascular grafts: elastic polyethylene glycol hydrogel scaffolds for culture under pulsatile flow conditions. 1. 813–814. 6 indexed citations

Schmedlen, Rachael, Kristyn S. Masters, & Jennifer L. West. (2002). Photocrosslinkable polyvinyl alcohol hydrogels that can be modified with cell adhesion peptides for use in tissue engineering. Biomaterials. 23(22). 4325–4332. 436 indexed citations

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Mann, Brenda K., et al.. (2001). Smooth muscle cell growth in photopolymerized hydrogels with cell adhesive and proteolytically degradable domains: synthetic ECM analogs for tissue engineering. Biomaterials. 22(22). 3045–3051. 510 indexed citations breakdown →

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Mann, Brenda K., Rachael Schmedlen, & Jennifer L. West. (2001). Tethered-TGF-β increases extracellular matrix production of vascular smooth muscle cells. Biomaterials. 22(5). 439–444. 330 indexed citations

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Mann, Brenda K., et al.. (2001). Mann, B.K., Gobin, A.S., Tsai, A.T., Schmedlen, R.H. & West, J.L. Smooth muscle cell growth in photopolymerized hydrogels with cell adhesive and proteolytically degradable domains: synthetic ECM analogs for tissue engineering. Biomaterials 22, 3045-3051. 6 indexed citations

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