Ricardo Whitaker

417 total citations · 1 hit paper
5 papers, 309 citations indexed

About

Ricardo Whitaker is a scholar working on Biomaterials, Surgery and Rehabilitation. According to data from OpenAlex, Ricardo Whitaker has authored 5 papers receiving a total of 309 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in Biomaterials, 2 papers in Surgery and 2 papers in Rehabilitation. Recurrent topics in Ricardo Whitaker's work include Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (2 papers), Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications (2 papers) and Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications (2 papers). Ricardo Whitaker is often cited by papers focused on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (2 papers), Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications (2 papers) and Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications (2 papers). Ricardo Whitaker collaborates with scholars based in United States and Spain. Ricardo Whitaker's co-authors include Kara L. Spiller, Rosa Marı́a Hernández, Edorta Santos‐Vizcaíno, Prabir Patra, Lai‐Hua Xie, Eun Jung Lee, Richard Gordan, Prabhakar Singh, Ashish Aphale and Erin M. O’Brien and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Biomaterials and Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A.

In The Last Decade

Ricardo Whitaker

4 papers receiving 304 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Immunomodulatory Biomaterials for Tissue Repair

2021 213 citations Ricardo Whitaker, Rosa Marı́a Hernández et al. Chemical Reviews profile →

Peers

Ricardo Whitaker

BE

BIOMA

SURGE

MB

REHAB

Nikhil Pandey United States

Camille Dollinger France

Xingang Zuo China

Marvin Mecwan United States

Mengjiao Ma China

Seung‐Woon Baek South Korea

Yuange Li China

Zhuyun Cai China

Weikun Meng China

Lucie Wolfová France

Nikhil Pandey United States

Ricardo Whitaker

143 ×0.9

BE

147 ×1.2

BIOMA

69 ×0.8

SURGE

61 ×1.1

MB

26 ×0.7

REHAB

Citations per year, relative to Ricardo Whitaker Ricardo Whitaker (= 1×) peers Nikhil Pandey

Countries citing papers authored by Ricardo Whitaker

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ricardo Whitaker

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ricardo Whitaker

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

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5 of 5 papers shown

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O’Brien, Erin M., Hannah C. Geisler, Alvin J. Mukalel, et al.. (2025). Macrophage cell therapy enabled by interleukin-4 mRNA-loaded lipid nanoparticles to sustain a pro-reparative phenotype in inflammatory injuries. Biomaterials. 328. 123869–123869.

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Whitaker, Ricardo, et al.. (2025). Effects of injury size on local and systemic immune cell dynamics in volumetric muscle loss. npj Regenerative Medicine. 10(1). 9–9. 2 indexed citations

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Cho, Sylvia, et al.. (2022). Sustained release of drug-loaded nanoparticles from injectable hydrogels enables long-term control of macrophage phenotype. Biomaterials Science. 10(24). 6951–6967. 28 indexed citations

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Whitaker, Ricardo, et al.. (2021). Immunomodulatory Biomaterials for Tissue Repair. Chemical Reviews. 121(18). 11305–11335. 213 indexed citations breakdown →

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Aphale, Ashish, Richard Gordan, Ricardo Whitaker, et al.. (2018). Electroactive graphene composite scaffolds for cardiac tissue engineering. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A. 106(11). 2923–2933. 66 indexed citations

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