Steven R. Caliari

5.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
41 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Steven R. Caliari is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Steven R. Caliari has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Cell Biology, 16 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 14 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Steven R. Caliari's work include Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (14 papers), 3D Printing in Biomedical Research (12 papers) and Tendon Structure and Treatment (10 papers). Steven R. Caliari is often cited by papers focused on Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (14 papers), 3D Printing in Biomedical Research (12 papers) and Tendon Structure and Treatment (10 papers). Steven R. Caliari collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and Hong Kong. Steven R. Caliari's co-authors include Jason A. Burdick, Brendan A.C. Harley, Robert L. Mauck, Sebastián L. Vega, Brian D. Cosgrove, Daniel W. Weisgerber, Michelle Kwon, Rebecca G. Wells, Maryna Perepelyuk and Richard K. Assoian and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Materials and Biomaterials.

In The Last Decade

Steven R. Caliari

40 papers receiving 3.8k 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.

A practical guide to hydrogels for cell culture

2016 1.6k citations Steven R. Caliari, Jason A. Burdick profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Steven R. Caliari United States	23	2.1k	1.2k	1.1k	701	619	41	3.9k
Max Darnell United States	13	2.5k 1.2×	1.6k 1.3×	1.1k 1.0×	583 0.8×	685 1.1×	16	4.4k
Darinka D. Klumpers United States	9	1.8k 0.9×	1.4k 1.2×	800 0.7×	394 0.6×	480 0.8×	10	3.1k
Hong-Pyo Lee United States	10	1.6k 0.8×	1.3k 1.1×	727 0.7×	380 0.5×	474 0.8×	21	3.0k
Evi Lippens Belgium	17	1.8k 0.9×	978 0.8×	869 0.8×	463 0.7×	447 0.7×	24	3.0k
Martin Ehrbar Switzerland	41	3.0k 1.4×	797 0.7×	1.7k 1.6×	1.2k 1.8×	1.3k 2.2×	122	5.8k
Angelo S. Mao United States	21	2.9k 1.4×	1.1k 0.9×	838 0.8×	598 0.9×	1.3k 2.1×	26	4.9k
Roland Kaunas United States	26	2.5k 1.2×	1.3k 1.1×	659 0.6×	359 0.5×	721 1.2×	47	3.9k
Yu Suk Choi Australia	29	2.0k 0.9×	1.3k 1.1×	963 0.9×	905 1.3×	870 1.4×	74	3.9k
Penelope C. Georges United States	17	3.0k 1.4×	3.6k 3.1×	1.0k 1.0×	621 0.9×	1.0k 1.6×	24	6.3k
Jessica E. Frith Australia	33	1.7k 0.8×	707 0.6×	750 0.7×	936 1.3×	1.0k 1.6×	67	3.9k

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Hannan, Riley T., et al.. (2026). Lung tissue viscoelasticity is preserved with bleomycin-induced fibrosis in mice. Acta Biomaterialia. 213. 463–474.

Caliari, Steven R., et al.. (2025). M2 macrophage co-culture overrides viscoelastic hydrogel mechanics to promote IL-6-dependent fibroblast activation. PubMed. 1(4). 100052–100052. 2 indexed citations

Caliari, Steven R., et al.. (2023). Serial Passaging Affects Stromal Cell Mechanosensitivity on Hyaluronic Acid Hydrogels. Macromolecular Bioscience. 24(1). e2300110–e2300110. 2 indexed citations

Miller, B J, et al.. (2023). Supramolecular Fibrous Hydrogel Augmentation of Uterosacral Ligament Suspension for Treatment of Pelvic Organ Prolapse. Advanced Healthcare Materials. 12(22). e2300086–e2300086. 6 indexed citations

Miller, B J, et al.. (2022). Development of a Uterosacral Ligament Suspension Rat Model. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 1 indexed citations

Miller, B J, et al.. (2022). Development of a Uterosacral Ligament Suspension Rat Model. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 2 indexed citations

Caliari, Steven R., et al.. (2021). Click-functionalized hydrogel design for mechanobiology investigations. Molecular Systems Design & Engineering. 6(9). 670–707. 21 indexed citations

Caliari, Steven R., et al.. (2021). Fabrication approaches for high-throughput and biomimetic disease modeling. Acta Biomaterialia. 132. 52–82. 9 indexed citations

Passipieri, Juliana A., et al.. (2021). Photoreactive Hydrogel Stiffness Influences Volumetric Muscle Loss Repair. Tissue Engineering Part A. 28(7-8). 312–329. 22 indexed citations

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Ünal, Deniz, Steven R. Caliari, & Kyle J. Lampe. (2020). 3D Hyaluronic Acid Hydrogels for Modeling Oligodendrocyte Progenitor Cell Behavior as a Function of Matrix Stiffness. Biomacromolecules. 21(12). 4962–4971. 28 indexed citations

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Ünal, Deniz, Steven R. Caliari, & Kyle J. Lampe. (2019). Engineering biomaterial microenvironments to promote myelination in the central nervous system. Brain Research Bulletin. 152. 159–174. 18 indexed citations

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Gong, Ze, Spencer E. Szczesny, Steven R. Caliari, et al.. (2018). Matching material and cellular timescales maximizes cell spreading on viscoelastic substrates. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(12). E2686–E2695. 211 indexed citations

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Yeh, Yi‐Cheun, Elise A. Corbin, Steven R. Caliari, et al.. (2017). Mechanically dynamic PDMS substrates to investigate changing cell environments. Biomaterials. 145. 23–32. 73 indexed citations

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Cosgrove, Brian D., Keeley L. Mui, Tristan P. Driscoll, et al.. (2016). N-cadherin adhesive interactions modulate matrix mechanosensing and fate commitment of mesenchymal stem cells. Nature Materials. 15(12). 1297–1306. 274 indexed citations

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Caliari, Steven R. & Brendan A.C. Harley. (2014). Collagen-GAG Scaffold Biophysical Properties Bias MSC Lineage Choice in the Presence of Mixed Soluble Signals. Tissue Engineering Part A. 20(17-18). 2463–2472. 31 indexed citations

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Caliari, Steven R., Daniel W. Weisgerber, Jessica M. Banks, et al.. (2014). Collagen Scaffold Arrays for Combinatorial Screening of Biophysical and Biochemical Regulators of Cell Behavior. Advanced Healthcare Materials. 4(1). 58–64. 17 indexed citations

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Caliari, Steven R. & Brendan A.C. Harley. (2012). Composite Growth Factor Supplementation Strategies to Enhance Tenocyte Bioactivity in Aligned Collagen-GAG Scaffolds. Tissue Engineering Part A. 19(9-10). 1100–1112. 70 indexed citations

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Caliari, Steven R. & Brendan A.C. Harley. (2011). The effect of anisotropic collagen-GAG scaffolds and growth factor supplementation on tendon cell recruitment, alignment, and metabolic activity. Biomaterials. 32(23). 5330–5340. 190 indexed citations

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Caliari, Steven R., et al.. (2011). The development of collagen-GAG scaffold-membrane composites for tendon tissue engineering. Biomaterials. 32(34). 8990–8998. 111 indexed citations

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Caliari, Steven R., et al.. (2011). The influence of collagen–glycosaminoglycan scaffold relative density and microstructural anisotropy on tenocyte bioactivity and transcriptomic stability. Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials. 11. 27–40. 66 indexed citations

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