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Matthew J. Dalby publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Matthew J. Dalby sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 325 publications — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Matthew J. Dalby D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Matthew J. Dalby sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 82 D-Index — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Overview

Matthew J. Dalby is affiliated with the University of Glasgow in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple areas primarily within medicine, biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and engineering. Key subfields include biomedical engineering, cell biology, molecular biology, surgery, and biomaterials.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics, notably cellular mechanics and interactions, 3D printing in biomedical research, bone tissue engineering materials, mesenchymal stem cell research, cell adhesion molecules research, cancer cells and metastasis, and bone metabolism and diseases.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Matthew J. Dalby include Manuel Salmerón-Sánchez, Penelope M. Tsimbouri, Peter Childs, Hannah Donnelly, and Richard O. C. Oreffo.

The most common publication venues for this researcher are bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Advanced Healthcare Materials, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Biomaterials Advances, and Biomaterials.

Significant recent papers authored or co-authored by Matthew J. Dalby include:

  • Engineered living biomaterials, 2021, published in Nature Reviews Materials
  • A tough act to follow: collagen hydrogel modifications to improve mechanical and growth factor loading capabilities, 2021, published in Materials Today Bio
  • The influence of nanotopography on cell behaviour through interactions with the extracellular matrix - A review, 2021, published in Bioactive Materials
  • Engineered 3D hydrogels with full-length fibronectin that sequester and present growth factors, 2020, published in Biomaterials
  • Nanovibrational Stimulation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells Induces Therapeutic Reactive Oxygen Species and Inflammation for Three-Dimensional Bone Tissue Engineering, 2020, published in ACS Nano

In recognition of their contributions, Matthew J. Dalby was awarded the Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh honor in 2017.

Best Publications

  • The control of human mesenchymal cell differentiation using nanoscale symmetry and disorder

    Matthew J. Dalby;Nikolaj Gadegaard;Rahul Tare;Abhay Andar

  • Harnessing nanotopography and integrin–matrix interactions to influence stem cell fate

    Matthew J. Dalby;Nikolaj Gadegaard;Richard O. C. Oreffo

  • Nanoscale surfaces for the long-term maintenance of mesenchymal stem cell phenotype and multipotency

    Rebecca J. McMurray;Nikolaj Gadegaard;P. Monica Tsimbouri;Karl V. Burgess

  • In vitro reaction of endothelial cells to polymer demixed nanotopography.

    M.J. Dalby;M.O. Riehle;H. Johnstone;S. Affrossman

  • Nanotopographical modification: a regulator of cellular function through focal adhesions

    Manus Jonathan Paul Biggs;Manus Jonathan Paul Biggs;R. Geoff Richards;Matthew J. Dalby

  • Nucleus alignment and cell signaling in fibroblasts: response to a micro-grooved topography.

    Matthew J. Dalby;Mathis O. Riehle;A. Stephen J. Yarwood;Chris D. W. Wilkinson

  • Engineered living biomaterials

    Aleixandre Rodrigo-Navarro;Shrikrishnan Sankaran;Matthew J. Dalby;Aránzazu del Campo;Aránzazu del Campo

  • Increasing fibroblast response to materials using nanotopography: Morphological and genetic measurements of cell response to 13-nm-high polymer demixed islands

    Matthew J. Dalby;Stephen J. Yarwood;Mathis O. Riehle;Heather J.H. Johnstone

  • Nanotopographical Control of Stem Cell Differentiation

    Laura E. McNamara;Rebecca J. McMurray;Manus J. P. Biggs;Fahsai Kantawong

  • Osteoprogenitor response to semi-ordered and random nanotopographies.

    Matthew John Dalby;David McCloy;Mary Robertson;Hossein Agheli

  • Cells react to nanoscale order and symmetry in their surroundings

    A.S.G. Curtis;N. Gadegaard;M.J. Dalby;M.O. Riehle

  • Osteoprogenitor response to defined topographies with nanoscale depths.

    Matthew John Dalby;David McCloy;Mary Robertson;Christopher D.W. Wilkinson

  • Investigating filopodia sensing using arrays of defined nano-pits down to 35 nm diameter in size.

    Matthew J Dalby;Nikolaj Gadegaard;Mathis O Riehle;Chris D.W Wilkinson

  • Investigating the limits of filopodial sensing: a brief report using SEM to image the interaction between 10 nm high nano-topography and fibroblast filopodia.

    M J Dalby;M O Riehle;H Johnstone;S Affrossman

  • Polymer-demixed nanotopography: control of fibroblast spreading and proliferation.

    M.J. Dalby;M.O. Riehle;H.J.H. Johnstone;S. Affrossman

  • Fibroblast reaction to island topography: changes in cytoskeleton and morphology with time.

    M.J. Dalby;S. Childs;M.O. Riehle;H.J.H. Johnstone

  • Fabrication of pillar-like titania nanostructures on titanium and their interactions with human skeletal stem cells

    Terje Sjostrom;Matthew J. Dalby;Andrew Hart;Rahul S. Tare

  • The use of nanoscale topography to modulate the dynamics of adhesion formation in primary osteoblasts and ERK/MAPK signalling in STRO-1+ enriched skeletal stem cells.

    Manus J.P. Biggs;R. Geoff Richards;Nikolaj Gadegaard;Chris D.W. Wilkinson

  • Topographically induced direct cell mechanotransduction.

    Matthew J. Dalby

  • Hydrogel nanoparticles for drug delivery.

    Matthew J Dalby;Louisa C Y Lee;Jingli Yang;Angela MacIntyre

Frequent Co-Authors

Nikolaj Gadegaard
Nikolaj Gadegaard University of Glasgow
Richard O.C. Oreffo
Richard O.C. Oreffo University of Southampton
Adam S. G. Curtis
Adam S. G. Curtis University of Glasgow
Mathis O. Riehle
Mathis O. Riehle University of Glasgow
Bo Su
Bo Su University of Bristol
Rein V. Ulijn
Rein V. Ulijn City University of New York
William Bonfield
William Bonfield University of Cambridge
Bruno Péault
Bruno Péault University of California, Los Angeles
Duncan S. Sutherland
Duncan S. Sutherland Aarhus University
Pawel Herzyk
Pawel Herzyk University of Glasgow

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