Sara Checa

3.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
76 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Sara Checa is a scholar working on Surgery, Epidemiology and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Sara Checa has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Surgery, 33 papers in Epidemiology and 32 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Sara Checa's work include Bone fractures and treatments (33 papers), Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty (32 papers) and Bone health and osteoporosis research (24 papers). Sara Checa is often cited by papers focused on Bone fractures and treatments (33 papers), Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty (32 papers) and Bone health and osteoporosis research (24 papers). Sara Checa collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Canada and Ireland. Sara Checa's co-authors include Georg N. Duda, Patrick J. Prendergast, Bettina M. Willie, Hajar Razi, Annette Birkhold, Richard Weinkamer, Ansgar Petersen, Katharina Schmidt‐Bleek, Serafeim Tsitsilonis and Sven Geißler and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Biomaterials.

In The Last Decade

Sara Checa

72 papers receiving 2.6k 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.

Mechanobiologically optimized 3D titanium-mesh scaffolds enhance bone regeneration in critical segmental defects in sheep

2018 256 citations Sara Checa, Hajar Razi et al. profile →
The decisive early phase of bone regeneration

2023 209 citations Georg N. Duda, Sara Checa et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Sara Checa	1.2k	977	755	601	495	76	2.6k
Bettina M. Willie	1.0k 0.8×	1.0k 1.1×	1.1k 1.5×	752 1.3×	688 1.4×	119	3.1k
P. J. Prendergast	1.1k 0.9×	2.2k 2.2×	493 0.7×	1.0k 1.7×	192 0.4×	61	3.2k
Hanna Schell	1.3k 1.1×	1.9k 1.9×	664 0.9×	1.4k 2.3×	974 2.0×	55	4.1k
Corrinus C. van Donkelaar	1.8k 1.4×	2.3k 2.4×	691 0.9×	595 1.0×	358 0.7×	128	4.8k
D. R. Carter	659 0.5×	1.2k 1.2×	931 1.2×	481 0.8×	259 0.5×	23	2.5k
Cornelia Neidlinger‐Wilke	1.1k 0.8×	1.5k 1.5×	536 0.7×	669 1.1×	465 0.9×	61	3.4k
Arturo N. Natali	1.5k 1.2×	1.2k 1.2×	731 1.0×	111 0.2×	236 0.5×	120	3.2k
Janet L. Kuhn	873 0.7×	927 0.9×	1.1k 1.5×	325 0.5×	346 0.7×	22	2.4k
Damien Lacroix	2.8k 2.2×	2.1k 2.1×	484 0.6×	880 1.5×	362 0.7×	110	4.9k
Laoise M. McNamara	2.0k 1.6×	993 1.0×	1.3k 1.8×	379 0.6×	1.5k 3.0×	104	4.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sara Checa

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Eichholz, Kian F., et al.. (2025). An in silico study reveals how architectural and mechanical cues jointly regulate angiogenesis and bone regeneration in 3D printed scaffolds. Computers in Biology and Medicine. 195. 110574–110574.

Steffen, Claudius, et al.. (2025). Influence of pre-bending on primary fixation stability in one-segmental mandibular reconstruction. Computers in Biology and Medicine. 196(Pt A). 110686–110686.

Peschka, Dirk, et al.. (2024). Modeling cellular self-organization in strain-stiffening hydrogels. Computational Mechanics. 75(2). 875–896.

Steffen, Claudius, Georg N. Duda, Dag Wulsten, et al.. (2023). Clinical and Technical Validation of Novel Bite Force Measuring Device for Functional Analysis after Mandibular Reconstruction. Diagnostics. 13(4). 586–586. 6 indexed citations

Soares, Ana Prates, Heilwig Fischer, Max Heiland, et al.. (2023). Patients ‘ perspectives on bone replacement materials in a German university hospital setting. BioMedical Engineering OnLine. 22(1). 84–84. 3 indexed citations

Fischer, Heilwig, Claudius Steffen, Kilian Kreutzer, et al.. (2023). Biomechanical evaluation of CAD/CAM magnesium miniplates as a fixation strategy for the treatment of segmental mandibular reconstruction with a fibula free flap. Computers in Biology and Medicine. 168. 107817–107817. 10 indexed citations

Tümer, Nazlı, et al.. (2022). Computer-Assisted Preoperative Planning of Bone Fracture Fixation Surgery: A State-Of-The-Art Review. Preprints.org. 1 indexed citations

Duda, Georg N., et al.. (2022). A mechanobiological computer optimization framework to design scaffolds to enhance bone regeneration. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. 10. 980727–980727. 14 indexed citations

Duda, Georg N., et al.. (2021). Biomechanical Assessment of the Validity of Sheep as a Preclinical Model for Testing Mandibular Fracture Fixation Devices. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. 9. 672176–672176. 24 indexed citations

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Willie, Bettina M., et al.. (2019). Age-Related Changes in the Mechanical Regulation of Bone Healing Are Explained by Altered Cellular Mechanoresponse. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. 34(10). 1923–1937. 35 indexed citations

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Zimmermann, Elizabeth A., Catherine Julien, Dag Wulsten, et al.. (2018). Sclerostin Neutralizing Antibody Treatment Enhances Bone Formation but Does Not Rescue Mechanically Induced Delayed Healing. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. 33(9). 1686–1697. 31 indexed citations

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Checa, Sara, et al.. (2018). Physiological joint line total knee arthroplasty designs are especially sensitive to rotational placement – A finite element analysis. PLoS ONE. 13(2). e0192225–e0192225. 13 indexed citations

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Cilla, Myriam, et al.. (2017). Machine learning techniques for the optimization of joint replacements: Application to a short-stem hip implant. PLoS ONE. 12(9). e0183755–e0183755. 47 indexed citations

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Checa, Sara, Bernhard Hesse, Paul Roschger, et al.. (2015). Skeletal maturation substantially affects elastic tissue properties in the endosteal and periosteal regions of loaded mice tibiae. Acta Biomaterialia. 21. 154–164. 10 indexed citations

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Birkhold, Annette, Hajar Razi, Georg N. Duda, et al.. (2014). The influence of age on adaptive bone formation and bone resorption. Biomaterials. 35(34). 9290–9301. 100 indexed citations

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Mehta, Minesh P., Sara Checa, Jasmin Lienau, Dietmar W. Hutmacher, & Georg N. Duda. (2012). In vivo tracking of segmental bone defect healing reveals that callus patterning is related to early mechanical stimuli. European Cells and Materials. 24. 358–371. 32 indexed citations

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Razi, Hajar, Sara Checa, Klaus‐Dieter Schaser, & Georg N. Duda. (2012). Shaping scaffold structures in rapid manufacturing implants: A modeling approach toward mechano‐biologically optimized configurations for large bone defect. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B Applied Biomaterials. 100B(7). 1736–1745. 28 indexed citations

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Checa, Sara, Patrick J. Prendergast, & Georg N. Duda. (2011). Inter-species investigation of the mechano-regulation of bone healing: Comparison of secondary bone healing in sheep and rat. Journal of Biomechanics. 44(7). 1237–1245. 76 indexed citations

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Checa, Sara & Patrick J. Prendergast. (2008). A Mechanobiological Model for Tissue Differentiation that Includes Angiogenesis: A Lattice-Based Modeling Approach. Annals of Biomedical Engineering. 37(1). 129–145. 135 indexed citations

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Checa, Sara, Mark Taylor, & A. New. (2008). Influence of an interpositional spacer on the behaviour of the tibiofemoral joint: A finite element study. Clinical Biomechanics. 23(8). 1044–1052. 6 indexed citations

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