Roland Kaunas

4.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
47 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Roland Kaunas is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Roland Kaunas has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Cell Biology, 20 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 15 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Roland Kaunas's work include Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (19 papers), 3D Printing in Biomedical Research (14 papers) and Tendon Structure and Treatment (8 papers). Roland Kaunas is often cited by papers focused on Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (19 papers), 3D Printing in Biomedical Research (14 papers) and Tendon Structure and Treatment (8 papers). Roland Kaunas collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and United Kingdom. Roland Kaunas's co-authors include Akhilesh K. Gaharwar, David Chimene, Shu Chien, Shunichi Usami, Hui-Ju Hsu, Manish K. Jaiswal, Phu Hung Nguyen, Chin-Fu Lee, Teena Thakur and Nick Sears and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Advanced Materials and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Roland Kaunas

47 papers receiving 3.9k 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.

Bioactive Nanoengineered Hydrogels for Bone Tissue Engineering: A Growth-Factor-Free Approach

2015 545 citations Teena Thakur, Prachi Desai et al. ACS Nano profile →
Advanced Bioinks for 3D Printing: A Materials Science Perspective

2016 521 citations Roland Kaunas, Akhilesh K. Gaharwar et al. profile →
Hydrogel Bioink Reinforcement for Additive Manufacturing: A Focused Review of Emerging Strategies

2019 486 citations Roland Kaunas, Akhilesh K. Gaharwar et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Roland Kaunas United States	26	2.5k	1.3k	760	721	659	47	3.9k
Jessica E. Frith Australia	33	1.7k 0.7×	707 0.6×	313 0.4×	1.0k 1.4×	750 1.1×	67	3.9k
Peter A. Galie United States	24	3.4k 1.3×	738 0.6×	992 1.3×	950 1.3×	965 1.5×	56	5.1k
Guoyou Huang China	33	2.7k 1.1×	792 0.6×	411 0.5×	548 0.8×	1.2k 1.9×	88	4.8k
Rahul S. Tare United Kingdom	26	3.5k 1.4×	1.1k 0.9×	262 0.3×	1.1k 1.6×	1.2k 1.8×	49	5.2k
Steven R. Caliari United States	23	2.1k 0.9×	1.2k 0.9×	190 0.3×	619 0.9×	1.1k 1.6×	41	3.9k
Jeroen Leijten Netherlands	41	2.5k 1.0×	347 0.3×	573 0.8×	854 1.2×	1.0k 1.6×	120	4.9k
Max Darnell United States	13	2.5k 1.0×	1.6k 1.3×	162 0.2×	685 1.0×	1.1k 1.6×	16	4.4k
Jordan S. Miller United States	32	4.9k 1.9×	1.1k 0.9×	1.5k 2.0×	929 1.3×	1.6k 2.4×	50	6.5k
Jacqueline Alblas Netherlands	41	3.2k 1.3×	383 0.3×	1.1k 1.5×	1.8k 2.5×	957 1.5×	84	6.2k
Yu Suk Choi Australia	29	2.0k 0.8×	1.3k 1.1×	157 0.2×	870 1.2×	963 1.5×	74	3.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Roland Kaunas

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Rogers, Robert E., Daniela A. Oliveira, Eun‐Hye Bae, et al.. (2024). Scalable manufacture of therapeutic mesenchymal stromal cell products on customizable microcarriers in vertical wheel bioreactors that improve direct visualization, product harvest, and cost. Cytotherapy. 26(4). 372–382. 2 indexed citations

Kaunas, Roland, et al.. (2023). Volumetric imaging of human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) for non-destructive quantification of 3D cell culture growth. PLoS ONE. 18(3). e0282298–e0282298. 7 indexed citations

Rogers, Robert E., Eoin P. McNeill, Roland Kaunas, et al.. (2021). U-Net based image segmentation of mesenchymal stem cells. 21–21. 1 indexed citations

McNeill, Eoin P., Suzanne Zeitouni, Bret H. Clough, et al.. (2020). Characterization of a pluripotent stem cell-derived matrix with powerful osteoregenerative capabilities. Nature Communications. 11(1). 3025–3025. 40 indexed citations

Gregory, Carl A., Kristen C. Maitland, Maryellen L. Giger, et al.. (2019). Morphological cell image analysis for real-time monitoring of stem cell culture. 113. 53–53. 1 indexed citations

Carrow, James K., Lauren Cross, Manish K. Jaiswal, et al.. (2018). Widespread changes in transcriptome profile of human mesenchymal stem cells induced by two-dimensional nanosilicates. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(17). E3905–E3913. 141 indexed citations

McNeill, Eoin P., Bret H. Clough, Daniel H. Palmer, et al.. (2018). Three-dimensional in vitro modeling of malignant bone disease recapitulates experimentally accessible mechanisms of osteoinhibition. Cell Death and Disease. 9(12). 1161–1161. 11 indexed citations

Duran, Camille L., Roland Kaunas, & Kayla J. Bayless. (2017). S1P Synergizes with Wall Shear Stress and Other Angiogenic Factors to Induce Endothelial Cell Sprouting Responses. Methods in molecular biology. 1697. 99–115. 6 indexed citations

Kaunas, Roland, et al.. (2017). Hybrid nonlinear photoacoustic and reflectance confocal microscopy for label-free subcellular imaging with a single light source. Optics Letters. 42(19). 4028–4028. 6 indexed citations

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Thakur, Teena, Prachi Desai, Manish K. Jaiswal, et al.. (2015). Bioactive Nanoengineered Hydrogels for Bone Tissue Engineering: A Growth-Factor-Free Approach. ACS Nano. 9(3). 3109–3118. 545 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kang, Hojin, Camille L. Duran, Colette A. Abbey, Roland Kaunas, & Kayla J. Bayless. (2015). Fluid shear stress promotes proprotein convertase-dependent activation of MT1-MMP. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 460(3). 596–602. 19 indexed citations

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Thakur, Teena, et al.. (2015). Photocrosslinkable and elastomeric hydrogels for bone regeneration. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A. 104(4). 879–888. 83 indexed citations

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Kaunas, Roland, et al.. (2014). The Direction of Stretch-Induced Cell and Stress Fiber Orientation Depends on Collagen Matrix Stress. PLoS ONE. 9(2). e89592–e89592. 65 indexed citations

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Hong, Sungmin, et al.. (2012). Collagen microsphere production on a chip. Lab on a Chip. 12(18). 3277–3277. 70 indexed citations

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Kaunas, Roland, Hojin Kang, & Kayla J. Bayless. (2011). Synergistic Regulation of Angiogenic Sprouting by Biochemical Factors and Wall Shear Stress. Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering. 4(4). 547–559. 38 indexed citations

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Kang, Hojin, Hyeongil Kwak, Roland Kaunas, & Kayla J. Bayless. (2011). Fluid Shear Stress and Sphingosine 1-Phosphate Activate Calpain to Promote Membrane Type 1 Matrix Metalloproteinase (MT1-MMP) Membrane Translocation and Endothelial Invasion into Three-dimensional Collagen Matrices. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 286(49). 42017–42026. 44 indexed citations

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Hsu, Hui-Ju, Chin-Fu Lee, & Roland Kaunas. (2009). A Dynamic Stochastic Model of Frequency-Dependent Stress Fiber Alignment Induced by Cyclic Stretch. PLoS ONE. 4(3). e4853–e4853. 101 indexed citations

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Kaunas, Roland & Hui-Ju Hsu. (2008). A kinematic model of stretch-induced stress fiber turnover and reorientation. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 257(2). 320–330. 66 indexed citations

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Haga, Jason, Roland Kaunas, Julie Radeff‐Huang, et al.. (2008). Pulsatile equibiaxial stretch inhibits thrombin-induced RhoA and NF-κB activation. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 372(1). 216–220. 2 indexed citations

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Katsumi, Akira, Julie Milanini, William B. Kiosses, et al.. (2002). Effects of cell tension on the small GTPase Rac. The Journal of Cell Biology. 158(1). 153–164. 196 indexed citations

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