Wei‐Bor Tsai

7.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
150 papers, 6.6k citations indexed

About

Wei‐Bor Tsai is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Biomaterials and Surfaces, Coatings and Films. According to data from OpenAlex, Wei‐Bor Tsai has authored 150 papers receiving a total of 6.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 69 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 52 papers in Biomaterials and 46 papers in Surfaces, Coatings and Films. Recurrent topics in Wei‐Bor Tsai's work include Polymer Surface Interaction Studies (43 papers), Bone Tissue Engineering Materials (27 papers) and Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications (23 papers). Wei‐Bor Tsai is often cited by papers focused on Polymer Surface Interaction Studies (43 papers), Bone Tissue Engineering Materials (27 papers) and Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications (23 papers). Wei‐Bor Tsai collaborates with scholars based in Taiwan, United States and Australia. Wei‐Bor Tsai's co-authors include J. M. Grunkemeier, Peng‐Yuan Wang, Hsiu‐Wen Chien, Thomas A. Horbett, Meng‐Jiy Wang, Jiashing Yu, Wei‐Hsuan Kuo, Helmut Thissen, T. A. Horbett and S. Ferrari and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Applied Physics Letters and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Wei‐Bor Tsai

148 papers receiving 6.5k citations

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Template-imprinted nanostructured surfaces for protein recognition

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Wei‐Bor Tsai Taiwan	47	3.2k	2.1k	1.9k	957	867	150	6.6k
Qiang Wei China	42	3.3k 1.0×	1.6k 0.8×	2.0k 1.1×	909 0.9×	476 0.5×	228	7.6k
Thomas A. Horbett United States	49	2.5k 0.8×	2.1k 1.0×	3.7k 2.0×	1.1k 1.1×	783 0.9×	95	7.3k
Ji Hyun Ryu South Korea	32	2.1k 0.7×	2.3k 1.1×	2.1k 1.1×	642 0.7×	883 1.0×	74	6.7k
Kiyotaka Sakai Japan	41	3.0k 0.9×	2.0k 0.9×	1.3k 0.7×	581 0.6×	366 0.4×	188	7.0k
Dong Keun Han South Korea	54	3.3k 1.1×	3.9k 1.9×	1.5k 0.8×	1.6k 1.7×	1.7k 1.9×	296	9.4k
Etienne Schacht Belgium	43	3.0k 0.9×	2.8k 1.3×	1.1k 0.6×	2.3k 2.4×	726 0.8×	238	9.9k
Tai‐Horng Young Taiwan	46	3.2k 1.0×	2.2k 1.0×	608 0.3×	1.3k 1.4×	1.2k 1.4×	289	8.1k
Ke‐feng Ren China	42	2.9k 0.9×	2.3k 1.1×	2.4k 1.3×	1.3k 1.3×	635 0.7×	149	6.8k
Robert D. Short United Kingdom	54	2.5k 0.8×	988 0.5×	2.9k 1.5×	669 0.7×	337 0.4×	268	9.1k
Erhan Pişkın Türkiye	41	1.9k 0.6×	1.5k 0.7×	633 0.3×	1.4k 1.5×	402 0.5×	184	5.4k

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Feng, Zhe Chuan & Wei‐Bor Tsai. (2025). Dual Cross-Linking of Catechol-Alginate Hydrogels: A Strategy for Enhanced Stability and Sustained Drug Delivery. ACS Omega. 10(12). 12505–12513. 2 indexed citations

Tsai, Wei‐Bor, et al.. (2024). Characterization and application of photocrosslinkable collagen maleate as bioink in extrusion-based 3D bioprinting. Biomaterials Science. 12(19). 5063–5075. 3 indexed citations

Uzielienè, Ilona, Daiva Bironaitė, Edvardas Bagdonas, et al.. (2023). Chondroitin Sulfate-Tyramine-Based Hydrogels for Cartilage Tissue Repair. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(4). 3451–3451. 27 indexed citations

Tsai, Wei‐Bor & Ibrahim Nasser Ahmed. (2023). The Impact of Polyethylene Glycol-Modified Chitosan Scaffolds on the Proliferation and Differentiation of Osteoblasts. International Journal of Biomaterials. 2023. 1–8. 7 indexed citations

Sun, Yi-Chen, Lili Wu, Lin Yang, et al.. (2022). Zwitterionic poly(carboxybetaine methacrylate) (polyCBMA) decreases desiccating damage to corneal epithelial cells. Colloids and Interface Science Communications. 50. 100648–100648.

Lin, Wei‐Han, Jiashing Yu, Guoping Chen, & Wei‐Bor Tsai. (2015). Fabrication of multi-biofunctional gelatin-based electrospun fibrous scaffolds for enhancement of osteogenesis of mesenchymal stem cells. Colloids and Surfaces B Biointerfaces. 138. 26–31. 35 indexed citations

Hu, Fang‐Wei, et al.. (2014). Reducing the Foreign Body Reaction by Surface Modification with Collagen/Hyaluronic Acid Multilayered Films. 2014. 1–8. 13 indexed citations

Chien, Hsiu‐Wen, Juin‐Yih Lai, & Wei‐Bor Tsai. (2014). Galactosylated electrospun membranes for hepatocyte sandwich culture. Colloids and Surfaces B Biointerfaces. 116. 576–581. 11 indexed citations

Lin, Wei‐Han & Wei‐Bor Tsai. (2013). In situ UV-crosslinking gelatin electrospun fibers for tissue engineering applications. Biofabrication. 5(3). 35008–35008. 46 indexed citations

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Clements, Lauren, Peng‐Yuan Wang, Wei‐Bor Tsai, Helmut Thissen, & Nicolas H. Voelcker. (2012). Electrochemistry-enabled fabrication of orthogonal nanotopography and surface chemistry gradients for high-throughput screening. Lab on a Chip. 12(8). 1480–1480. 28 indexed citations

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Tsai, Wei‐Bor, et al.. (2011). Poly(dopamine) coating of scaffolds for articular cartilage tissue engineering. Acta Biomaterialia. 7(12). 4187–4194. 196 indexed citations

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Wu, Josephine W., Hsuan‐Liang Liu, Kung-Tien Liu, et al.. (2011). The discovery of potential acetylcholinesterase inhibitors: A combination of pharmacophore modeling, virtual screening, and molecular docking studies. Journal of Biomedical Science. 18(1). 8–8. 161 indexed citations

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Liu, Hsuan‐Liang, et al.. (2009). Molecular Dynamics Simulations to Investigate the Structural Stability and Aggregation Behavior of the GGVVIA Oligomers Derived from Amyloid β Peptide. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics. 26(6). 731–740. 35 indexed citations

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Hong, M., et al.. (2008). 1 nm equivalent oxide thickness in Ga 2 O 3 (Gd 2 O 3)/In 0.2 Ga 0.8 As metal-oxide-semiconductor capacitors. 1 indexed citations

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Zhao, Jianhua, Can Huang, Hsin‐Yi Lin, et al.. (2007). Molecular Dynamics Simulations to Investigate the Effects of Zinc Ions on the Structural Stability of the c-Cbl RING Domain. Biotechnology Progress. 0(0). 0–0. 2 indexed citations

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Tsai, Wei‐Bor, et al.. (2006). The effects of types of degradable polymers on porcine chondrocyte adhesion, proliferation and gene expression. Journal of Materials Science Materials in Medicine. 17(4). 337–343. 41 indexed citations

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Tsai, Shiao‐Wen, Yuhui Cheng, & Wei‐Bor Tsai. (2005). Heparin Modulates Human Osteosarcoma (MG-63) Activities on Collagen-Coated Substrata. Journal of The Chinese Institute of Chemical Engineers. 36(6). 661–668. 3 indexed citations

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Tsai, Wei‐Bor, et al.. (2005). The effect of radio-frequency glow discharge treatment of polystyrene on the behavior of porcine chondrocytes in vitro. Journal of Biomaterials Science Polymer Edition. 16(6). 699–714. 5 indexed citations

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Tsai, Wei‐Bor, J. M. Grunkemeier, & Thomas A. Horbett. (2003). Variations in the ability of adsorbed fibrinogen to mediate platelet adhesion to polystyrene‐based materials: A multivariate statistical analysis of antibody binding to the platelet binding sites of fibrinogen. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A. 67A(4). 1255–1268. 77 indexed citations

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Grunkemeier, J. M., Wei‐Bor Tsai, & T. A. Horbett. (2001). Co-adsorbed fibrinogen and von Willebrand factor augment platelet procoagulant activity and spreading. Journal of Biomaterials Science Polymer Edition. 12(1). 1–20. 59 indexed citations

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