2026 Dawn M. Elliott: Engineering and Technology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Engineering and Technology	70	1076	1016	362	322	217	15142

Research.com Recognitions

2012 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

Dawn M. Elliott is affiliated with the University of Delaware in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a focus on Surgery, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Biomedical Engineering, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, and Pharmacology.

Their main research topics include:

Tendon Structure and Treatment
Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques
Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology
Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
Sports injuries and prevention
Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms
Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes

The scientist has published extensively, with frequent contributions in the following venues:

Journal of Orthopaedic Research®
JOR Spine
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Journal of Biomechanical Engineering
Acta Biomaterialia

Notable recent papers include:

Inflammatory cytokine and catabolic enzyme expression in a goat model of intervertebral disc degeneration (2020, Journal of Orthopaedic Research®)
Combined Hydrogel and Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapy for Moderate-Severity Disc Degeneration in Goats (2020, Tissue Engineering Part A)
Transection of the medial meniscus anterior horn results in cartilage degeneration and meniscus remodeling in a large animal model (2020, Journal of Orthopaedic Research®)
Part 1. Review and meta-analysis of studies on modulation of longitudinal bone growth and growth plate activity: A macro-scale perspective (2020, Journal of Orthopaedic Research®)
Part 2. Review and meta-analysis of studies on modulation of longitudinal bone growth and growth plate activity: A micro-scale perspective (2021, Journal of Orthopaedic Research®)

Dawn M. Elliott frequently collaborates with the following co-authors:

John M. Peloquin
Kyle D. Meadows
Thomas P. Schaer
Robert L. Mauck
Miltiadis H. Zgonis

In recognition of their professional contributions, Elliott was awarded the status of Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 2012.

Best Publications

Altered mechanics of cartilage with osteoarthritis: human osteoarthritis and an experimental model of joint degeneration.

Lori A. Setton;Dawn M. Elliott;Van C. Mow

517
Citations
Degeneration and regeneration of the intervertebral disc: lessons from development.

Lachlan J. Smith;Nandan L. Nerurkar;Kyung-Suk Choi;Brian D. Harfe

511
Citations
NANOFIBROUS BIOLOGIC LAMINATES REPLICATE THE FORM AND FUNCTION OF THE ANNULUS FIBROSUS

Nandan L. Nerurkar;Brendon M. Baker;Sounok Sen;Emily E. Wible

385
Citations
Anisotropic and inhomogeneous tensile behavior of the human anulus fibrosus: experimental measurement and material model predictions.

Dawn M. Elliott;Lori A. Setton

362
Citations
Comparison of animal discs used in disc research to human lumbar disc: axial compression mechanics and glycosaminoglycan content.

Jesse C. Beckstein;Sounok Sen;Thomas P. Schaer;Edward J. Vresilovic

361
Citations
Material properties in unconfined compression of human nucleus pulposus, injectable hyaluronic acid-based hydrogels and tissue engineering scaffolds.

Jordan M. Cloyd;Neil R. Malhotra;Lihui Weng;Weiliam Chen

352
Citations
Effect of fiber distribution and realignment on the nonlinear and inhomogeneous mechanical properties of human supraspinatus tendon under longitudinal tensile loading.

Spencer P. Lake;Kristin S. Miller;Dawn M. Elliott;Louis J. Soslowsky

347
Citations
Mechanical design criteria for intervertebral disc tissue engineering.

Nandan L. Nerurkar;Dawn M. Elliott;Robert L. Mauck

338
Citations
Effect of Fiber Orientation and Strain Rate on the Nonlinear Uniaxial Tensile Material Properties of Tendon

Heather Anne Lynch;Wade Johannessen;Jeffrey P. Wu;Andrew Jawa

337
Citations
Mechanics of oriented electrospun nanofibrous scaffolds for annulus fibrosus tissue engineering

Nandan L. Nerurkar;Dawn M. Elliott;Robert L. Mauck

325
Citations
Effects of degeneration on the biphasic material properties of human nucleus pulposus in confined compression.

Wade Johannessen;Dawn M Elliott

308
Citations
The effect of relative needle diameter in puncture and sham injection animal models of degeneration.

Dawn M. Elliott;Chandra S. Yerramalli;Jesse C. Beckstein;John I. Boxberger

297
Citations
Assessment of human disc degeneration and proteoglycan content using T1ρ-weighted magnetic resonance imaging

Wade Johannessen;Joshua D. Auerbach;Andrew J. Wheaton;Alykhan Kurji

276
Citations
Engineering on the straight and narrow: the mechanics of nanofibrous assemblies for fiber-reinforced tissue regeneration.

Robert L. Mauck;Brendon M. Baker;Nandan L. Nerurkar;Jason A. Burdick

246
Citations
Effect of altered matrix proteins on quasilinear viscoelastic properties in transgenic mouse tail tendons.

Dawn M. Elliott;Paul S. Robinson;Jonathan A. Gimbel;Joseph J. Sarver

231
Citations
Young investigator award winner: validation of the mouse and rat disc as mechanical models of the human lumbar disc.

Dawn M. Elliott;Joseph J. Sarver

226
Citations
Degeneration affects the fiber reorientation of human annulus fibrosus under tensile load.

Heather Anne L. Guerin;Dawn M. Elliott

213
Citations
Human intervertebral disc internal strain in compression: the effect of disc region, loading position, and degeneration

Grace D. O'Connell;Edward J. Vresilovic;Dawn M. Elliott

209
Citations
Interfibrillar shear stress is the loading mechanism of collagen fibrils in tendon.

Spencer E. Szczesny;Dawn M. Elliott

199
Citations
Direct Measurement of the Poisson’s Ratio of Human Patella Cartilage in Tension

Dawn M. Elliott;Daria A. Narmoneva;Lori A. Setton

190
Citations
Quantification of cartilage biomechanical and biochemical properties via T1rho magnetic resonance imaging.

Andrew J. Wheaton;George R. Dodge;Dawn M. Elliott;Steven B. Nicoll

181
Citations
Comparison of Animal Discs Used in Disc Research to Human Lumbar Disc Torsion Mechanics and Collagen Content

Brent L. Showalter;Jesse C. Beckstein;John T. Martin;Elizabeth E. Beattie

162
Citations