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Michael T. Longaker

Michael T. Longaker

D-Index & Metrics

Medicine

D-Index
158
Citations
94269
World Ranking
856
National Ranking
488

Michael T. Longaker 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 Michael T. Longaker sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 1,488 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michael T. Longaker 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 Michael T. Longaker sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 158 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% 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

  • 2007 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Michael T. Longaker is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, including medicine, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a particular emphasis on genetics, rehabilitation, surgery, molecular biology, and oncology.

The scientist's work covers diverse topics such as wound healing and treatments, mesenchymal stem cell research, effects of radiation exposure, tendon structure and treatment, dermatologic treatments and research, cellular mechanics and interactions, and cancer cells and metastasis.

Recent papers by Michael T. Longaker include:

  • "Mechanisms of bone development and repair", 2020, Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
  • "Wound healing, fibroblast heterogeneity, and fibrosis", 2022, Cell Stem Cell
  • "Preventing Engrailed-1 activation in fibroblasts yields wound regeneration without scarring", 2021, Science
  • "Articular cartilage regeneration by activated skeletal stem cells", 2020, Nature Medicine
  • "Aged skeletal stem cells generate an inflammatory degenerative niche", 2021, Nature

The scientist frequently co-authors research with Derrick C. Wan, Michelle Griffin, Michael Januszyk, Geoffrey C. Gurtner, and Darren Abbas.

Michael T. Longaker's publications appear regularly in venues such as Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Global Open, Journal of the American College of Surgeons, Advances in Wound Care, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery.

Notable distinctions include membership in the National Academy of Medicine since 2007 and membership in the Association of American Physicians.

Best Publications

  • Human skin wounds: a major and snowballing threat to public health and the economy.

    Chandan K. Sen;Gayle M. Gordillo;Sashwati Roy;Robert Kirsner

  • Wound repair and regeneration

    Geoffrey C. Gurtner;Sabine Werner;Yann Barrandon;Yann Barrandon;Michael T. Longaker

  • Adipose-derived adult stromal cells heal critical-size mouse calvarial defects.

    Catherine M Cowan;Yun-Ying Shi;Oliver O Aalami;Yu-Fen Chou

  • Regulation of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Expression in Cultured Keratinocytes. IMPLICATIONS FOR NORMAL AND IMPAIRED WOUND HEALING

    Stefan Frank;Griseldis Hübner;Georg Breier;Michael T. Longaker

  • A nonviral minicircle vector for deriving human iPS cells

    Fangjun Jia;Kitchener D Wilson;Ning Sun;Deepak M Gupta

  • Human melanoma-initiating cells express neural crest nerve growth factor receptor CD271

    Alexander D. Boiko;Olga V. Razorenova;Matt van de Rijn;Susan M Swetter;Susan M Swetter

  • Identification and Specification of the Mouse Skeletal Stem Cell

    Charles K. F. Chan;Eun Young Seo;James Y. Chen;David Lo

  • Large induction of keratinocyte growth factor expression in the dermis during wound healing

    Sabine Werner;Kevin G. Peters;Michael T. Longaker;Frances Fuller-Pace

  • The use of subatmospheric pressure dressing therapy to close lymphocutaneous fistulas of the groin

    Steven E. Greer;Mark Adelman;Armen Kasabian;Robert D. Galiano

  • Gene Expression Programs in Response to Hypoxia: Cell Type Specificity and Prognostic Significance in Human Cancers

    Jen Tsan Chi;Jen Tsan Chi;Zhen Wang;Dimitry S.A. Nuyten;Edwin H. Rodriguez

  • Patient-Specific Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells as a Model for Familial Dilated Cardiomyopathy

    Ning Sun;Masayuki Yazawa;Jianwei Liu;Leng Han

  • The function of KGF in morphogenesis of epithelium and reepithelialization of wounds

    Sabine Werner;Hans Smola;Xiang Liao;Michael T. Longaker

  • Abnormal Calcium Handling Properties Underlie Familial Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Pathology in Patient-Specific Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells

    Feng Lan;Andrew S. Lee;Ping Liang;Veronica Sanchez-Freire

  • Mechanisms of bone development and repair

    Ankit Salhotra;Harsh N. Shah;Benjamin Levi;Michael T. Longaker

  • Feeder-free derivation of induced pluripotent stem cells from adult human adipose stem cells.

    Ning Sun;Nicholas J. Panetta;Deepak M. Gupta;Kitchener D. Wilson

  • Identification and isolation of a dermal lineage with intrinsic fibrogenic potential

    Yuval Rinkevich;Graham G. Walmsley;Michael S. Hu;Zeshaan N. Maan

  • Mechanical load initiates hypertrophic scar formation through decreased cellular apoptosis

    Shahram Aarabi;Kirit A. Bhatt;Yubin Shi;Josemaria Paterno

  • Scarless fetal wound healing: a basic science review.

    Barrett J. Larson;Michael T. Longaker;H. Peter Lorenz

  • Identification of the Human Skeletal Stem Cell

    Charles K.F. Chan;Gunsagar S. Gulati;Rahul Sinha;Justin Vincent Tompkins

  • Craniofacial Tissue Engineering by Stem Cells

    J.J. Mao;W.V. Giannobile;J.A. Helms;S.J. Hollister

Frequent Co-Authors

Geoffrey C. Gurtner
Geoffrey C. Gurtner Stanford University
Michael R. Harrison
Michael R. Harrison Duke University
Babak J. Mehrara
Babak J. Mehrara Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Irving L. Weissman
Irving L. Weissman Stanford University
Joseph C. Wu
Joseph C. Wu Stanford University
N. Scott Adzick
N. Scott Adzick Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Joseph G. McCarthy
Joseph G. McCarthy New York University
Howard Y. Chang
Howard Y. Chang Amgen (United States)
Reinhold H. Dauskardt
Reinhold H. Dauskardt Stanford University
Amato J. Giaccia
Amato J. Giaccia Stanford University

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