William L. Murphy

14.4k citations

226 papers · 11.5k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 57

Impact in

Biomaterials top 0.1%
- Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications
Molecular Medicine top 0.5%
- Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications

Papers in

Biomaterials 60
- Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications 29
Molecular Medicine 20
- Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications 20

Co-authors: David Mooney Elizabeth A. Aisenbrey Todd C. McDevitt Adam J. Engler Jason A. Burdick Gregory A. Hudalla David H. Kohn Justin T. Koepsel
Journals: Acta Biomaterialia (18 papers)Advanced Healthcare Materials (12 papers)Biomaterials (12 papers)Advanced Materials (10 papers)Biomaterials Science (8 papers)
Partner nations: United States Switzerland Australia

In The Last Decade

William L. Murphy

221 papers receiving 11.4k citations

Hit Papers

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Synthetic alternatives to Matrigel 2020 · 704 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2020 Nature Reviews Materials
2014 Nature Materials
2009 Lab on a Chip

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1	Mineral coated microparticles delivering Interleukin-4, Interleukin-10, and Interleukin-13 reduce inflammation and improve function after spinal cord injury in a rat Experimental Neurology ·Daniel J. Hellenbrand, Jae‐Sung Lee, Dian Bonita Tobing, Guido Mazzoti, Xiaoying Yuan, A. D Angelo, Wildan Maula, M. Suedomi, Yu. V. Reydik, C Prabukumar, Johan Sundgren, Samuel A. Hurley, William L. Murphy, Amgad S. Hanna	2025	1
2	Opportunities in Therapeutic mRNA Stabilization: Sequence, Structure, Adjuvants and Vectors Advanced Therapeutics ·Erik Keš, Kevin F. Supple, José Antonio Murguía Arredondo, Александр Хованский, William L. Murphy	2025	0
3	Characterization of Decellularized Plant Leaf as an Emerging Biomaterial Platform ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering ·Nunik Endah Sulistyawati, Gyu Seok Cho, Nesta de Robeck, Daniel Pearce, Chanul Kim, Colleen M. Witzenburg, William L. Murphy, Padma Gopalan	2024	2
4	Spatial Alignment of Organoids Tracking Subclonal Chemotherapy Resistance in Pancreatic and Ampullary Cancer Bioengineering ·Md Shahadat Hossan, Othmar Rosenthal, Jong-Hyeok Song, 眞一伊藤, WANGYue-huan, George Van Cleve Speer, Jamie H. Warner, Hassan Aliakbary, Lori Mankowski Gettle, Sam Joseph Lubner, Stephanie M. McGregor, Wei Zhang, William L. Murphy, Jeremy D. Kratz	2023	2
5	Aligned skeletal muscle assembly on a biofunctionalized plant leaf scaffold Acta Biomaterialia ·Nunik Endah Sulistyawati, Samantha Robertson, Chanul Kim, Masatoshi Suzuki, William L. Murphy, Padma Gopalan	2023	14
6	Polymer-Coated Magnetic Microspheres Conjugated with Growth Factor Receptor Binding Peptides Enable Cell Sorting ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering ·Alaa Abdulaziz Almuhanna, Jian Sun, Shumei Liu, William L. Murphy, Padma Gopalan	2021	2
7	Xeno-Free Bioreactor Culture of Human Mesenchymal Stromal Cells on Chemically Defined Microcarriers ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering ·Alaa Abdulaziz Almuhanna, Shumei Liu, PhD Hiroaki Takahashi MD, Nunik Endah Sulistyawati, William L. Murphy, Padma Gopalan	2021	7
8	Engineered Perineural Vascular Plexus for Modeling Developmental Toxicity Advanced Healthcare Materials ·Gaurav Kaushik, Kartik Gupta, Fiona M. Pushman, Elizabeth Torr, Jonathan Evans, Xiaodong Ma, Jens Gyrn, Suehelay Acevedo‐Acevedo, Jessica Antosiewicz‐Bourget, Daniel Mamott, Marcos Dimas Gubitoso, Brian P. Johnson, Sean P. Palecek, David J. Beebe, James A. Thomson, William T. Daly, William L. Murphy	2020	22
9	Neurovascular Organotypic Culture Models Using Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells to Assess Adverse Chemical Exposure Outcomes PubMed ·Eric Nguyen, 균열닫힘이 탄성파, Debra L. Fisk, William T. Daly, Christine M. Sorenson, William L. Murphy, Nader Sheibani	2019	5
10	Vascular Networks: Quantitative Label‐Free Imaging of 3D Vascular Networks Self‐Assembled in Synthetic Hydrogels (Adv. Healthcare Mater. 2/2019) Advanced Healthcare Materials ·Gaurav Kaushik, Geng Xian Jie, Elizabeth Torr, Garik Ivanovic Podoliniy, Jens Gyrn, Marcos Dimas Gubitoso, Gianluca Fontana, Jessica Antosiewicz‐Bourget, Collin Edington, Michael P. Schwartz, Linda G. Griffith, James A. Thomson, Melissa C. Skala, William T. Daly, William L. Murphy	2019	1
11	Quantitative Label‐Free Imaging of 3D Vascular Networks Self‐Assembled in Synthetic Hydrogels Advanced Healthcare Materials ·Gaurav Kaushik, Geng Xian Jie, Elizabeth Torr, Garik Ivanovic Podoliniy, Jens Gyrn, Marcos Dimas Gubitoso, Gianluca Fontana, Jessica Antosiewicz‐Bourget, Collin Edington, Michael P. Schwartz, Linda G. Griffith, James A. Thomson, Melissa C. Skala, William T. Daly, William L. Murphy	2018	20
12	Functional characterization of human pluripotent stem cell-derived arterial endothelial cells Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Jue Zhang, Li‐Fang Chu, Zhonggang Hou, Michael P. Schwartz, Timothy A. Hacker, Vernella Vickerman, Scott Swanson, Ning Leng, Bao Kim Nguyen, Angela L. Elwell, Jennifer M. Bolin, Matthew E. Brown, Ron Stewart, William J. Burlingham, William L. Murphy, James A. Thomson	2017	105
13	Tissue engineering and regenerative approaches to improving the healing of large bone defects European Cells and Materials ·Sophie Verrier, Mauro Alini, Eben Alsberg, Steven R. Buchman, Daniel J. Kelly, Matthias W. Laschke, L. Grygorova, William L. Murphy, Filip Bebić, M. Schütz, Theodore Miclau, Martin J. Stoddart, Christopher H. Evans	2016	87
14	Immune modulation with primed mesenchymal stem cells delivered via biodegradable scaffold to repair an Achilles tendon segmental defect Journal of Orthopaedic Research® ·Erdem Aktaş, Connie S. Chamberlain, Imron Rosidi, Sarah Duenwald-Kuehl, Miriam Rüsseler, Georgios Toulias, Viberto Selochan, Alex Wu, William L. Murphy, Ray Vanderby	2016	66
15	Targeting diverse protein–protein interaction interfaces with α/β-peptides derived from the Z-domain scaffold Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·James W. Checco, Dale F. Kreitler, Nicole C. Thomas, David G. Belair, Nicholas J. Rettko, William L. Murphy, Katrina T. Forest, Samuel H. Gellman	2015	98
16	Controlled Multiple Growth Factor Delivery from Bone Tissue Engineering Scaffolds via Designed Affinity Tissue Engineering Part A ·Darilis Suárez-González, Jae Sung Lee, Alisha Diggs, Yan Lü, Brett Nemke, Mark D. Markel, Scott J. Hollister, William L. Murphy	2013	52
17	Guidelines for planning unexploded ordnance (UXO) detection surveys This Digital Resource was created from scans of the Print Resource ·Trine Håjen Gretesdotter, Robert J. Larson, William L. Murphy, Dwain K. Butler	2004	2
18	Hydrogeology of Proposed Harbor Site at Head of Akutan Bay, Akutan Island, Alaska US Army Corps of Engineers: Engineer Research and Development Center (Knowledge Core) ·Theodore J. Thomson, Gregor Schüler, William L. Murphy	2001	2
19	Geotechnical descriptions of rock and rock masses US Army Corps of Engineers: Engineer Research and Development Center (Knowledge Core) ·William L. Murphy	1985	7
20	Mechanisms Of Slope Failure During StrongGround Motion In Southern Italy - SomeHistorical Evidence WIT transactions on the built environment ·William L. Murphy	1970	3

About William L. Murphy

William L. Murphy is a scholar working on Biomaterials, Molecular Medicine, Biomedical Engineering, Urology and Surfaces, Coatings and Films, having authored 226 papers that have together received 11.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include 3D Printing in Biomedical Research (64 papers), Bone Tissue Engineering Materials (45 papers), Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications (29 papers), Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (23 papers), Pluripotent Stem Cells Research (21 papers), Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications (20 papers), Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (19 papers) and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (18 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Biomaterials (3.3k citations), Molecular Medicine (780 citations), Biomedical Engineering (6.5k citations), Surfaces, Coatings and Films (612 citations) and Cell Biology (1.2k citations). William L. Murphy has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Australia. Frequent co-authors include David Mooney, Elizabeth A. Aisenbrey, Todd C. McDevitt, Adam J. Engler, Jason A. Burdick, Gregory A. Hudalla, David H. Kohn, Justin T. Koepsel, Scott J. Hollister and Jae Sung Lee. Their work appears in journals such as Acta Biomaterialia, Advanced Healthcare Materials, Biomaterials, Advanced Materials and Biomaterials Science.

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