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Joseph P. Vacanti

Joseph P. Vacanti

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
139
Citations
79518
World Ranking
1744
National Ranking
996

Joseph P. Vacanti publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Joseph P. Vacanti sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 474 publications — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Joseph P. Vacanti D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Joseph P. Vacanti sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 139 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2001 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)

Overview

Joseph P. Vacanti is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States and specializes in the field of medicine. Their research primarily focuses on surgery, biomaterials, biomedical engineering, epidemiology, and anatomy.

The main areas of study in their work include:

  • Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
  • Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications
  • Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery
  • Congenital Heart Disease Studies
  • 3D Printing in Biomedical Research
  • Medical and Biological Sciences
  • Liver physiology and pathology

Frequent publication venues where they have contributed include:

  • Journal of Pediatric Surgery
  • The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health
  • Pediatric Surgery International
  • Tissue Engineering Part C Methods
  • Tissue Engineering Part A

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Joseph P. Vacanti are:

  • Regenerative medicine: postnatal approaches, 2022, The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health
  • Tissue engineering: from the bedside to the bench and back to the bedside, 2020, Pediatric Surgery International
  • Rodent Model for Orthotopic Implantation of Engineered Liver Devices, 2022, Tissue Engineering Part C Methods
  • Our Better Angels and the Invention of Hope, 2021, Journal of Pediatric Surgery
  • Table of Contents, 2022, Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Collaborators frequently working alongside Joseph P. Vacanti include:

  • Anthony Atala
  • Carly D. Comer
  • Tatevik Sahakyants
  • Paul Kwong Hang Tam
  • Kenneth Kak Yuen Wong

Joseph P. Vacanti has been recognized with membership in the National Academy of Medicine since 2001.

Best Publications

  • A biodegradable nanofiber scaffold by electrospinning and its potential for bone tissue engineering.

    H. Yoshimoto;Y.M. Shin;H. Terai;J.P. Vacanti

  • Principles of tissue engineering

    Robert Lanza;Robert Langer;Joseph Vacanti.

  • Microscale technologies for tissue engineering and biology

    Ali Khademhosseini;Robert Langer;Jeffrey Borenstein;Joseph P. Vacanti

  • Tissue engineering: the design and fabrication of living replacement devices for surgical reconstruction and transplantation

    Joseph P Vacanti;Robert Langer

  • Preparation and characterization of poly(l-lactic acid) foams

    Antonios G Mikos;Amy J Thorsen;Lisa A Czerwonka;Yuan Bao

  • Novel approach to fabricate porous sponges of poly(d,l-lactic-co-glycolic acid) without the use of organic solvents

    David J. Mooney;Daniel F. Baldwin;Nam P. Suh;Joseph P. Vacanti

  • STIMULATION OF NEURITE OUTGROWTH USING AN ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTING POLYMER

    Christine E. Schmidt;Venkatram R. Shastri;Joseph P. Vacanti;Robert Langer

  • Regeneration and orthotopic transplantation of a bioartificial lung

    Harald C Ott;Ben Clippinger;Claudius Conrad;Christian Schuetz

  • Transplantation of chondrocytes utilizing a polymer-cell construct to produce tissue-engineered cartilage in the shape of a human ear.

    Yilin Cao;Joseph P. Vacanti;Keith T. Paige;Joseph Upton

  • Laminated three-dimensional biodegradable foams for use in tissue engineering

    Antonios G. Mikos;Georgios Sarakinos;Susan M. Leite;Joseph P. Vacanti

  • In vitro and in vivo degradation of porous poly(DL-lactic-co-glycolic acid) foams.

    Lichun Lu;Susan J Peter;Michelle D. Lyman;Hui-Lin Lai

  • Tissue engineering of three-dimensional vascularized using microfabricated polymer assembly technology

    Jeffrey Borenstein;Kevin King;Joseph P. Vacanti;Hidetomi Terai

  • Regeneration and experimental orthotopic transplantation of a bioengineered kidney

    Jeremy J Song;Jacques P Guyette;Sarah E Gilpin;Gabriel Gonzalez

  • Synthetic polymers seeded with chondrocytes provide a template for new cartilage formation.

    C A Vacanti;R Langer;B Schloo;J P Vacanti

  • Preparation of poly(glycolic acid) bonded fiber structures for cell attachment and transplantation.

    Antonios G. Mikos;Yuan Bao;Linda G. Cima;Donald E. Ingber

  • Selective cell transplantation using bioabsorbable artificial polymers as matrices.

    Joseph P. Vacanti;Martin A. Morse;W. Mark Saltzman;Abraham J. Domb

  • Tissue engineering: current state and prospects.

    Ulrich A. Stock;Joseph P. Vacanti

  • Functional Living Trileaflet Heart Valves Grown In Vitro

    Simon P. Hoerstrup;Ralf Sodian;Sabine Daebritz;Jun Wang

  • Tissue engineering by cell transplantation using degradable polymer substrates.

    L. G. Cima;J. P. Vacanti;C. Vacanti;D. Ingber

  • Tissue Engineering of Complex Tooth Structures on Biodegradable Polymer Scaffolds

    C.S. Young;S. Terada;J.P. Vacanti;M. Honda

Frequent Co-Authors

David J. Mooney
David J. Mooney Harvard University
Charles A. Vacanti
Charles A. Vacanti Brigham and Women's Hospital
Jeffrey T. Borenstein
Jeffrey T. Borenstein Draper Laboratory
John E. Mayer
John E. Mayer Boston Children's Hospital
Donald E. Ingber
Donald E. Ingber Harvard University
Leonard B. Kaban
Leonard B. Kaban Harvard University
Peter X. Ma
Peter X. Ma University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Stanley W. Ashley
Stanley W. Ashley Brigham and Women's Hospital
Antonios G. Mikos
Antonios G. Mikos Rice University

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