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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
63
Citations
13274
World Ranking
10277
National Ranking
4479

Nenad Bursac publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 176 publications — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Nenad Bursac 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 Nenad Bursac sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 63 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)

Overview

Nenad Bursac is affiliated with Duke University in the United States. Their research focus encompasses fields within Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as well as Medicine. Key subfields include Molecular Biology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Genetics.

The scientist's principal topics of work include Congenital Heart Defects Research, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Muscle Physiology and Disorders, Pluripotent Stem Cells Research, Cardiac Fibrosis and Remodeling, CRISPR and Genetic Engineering, and Neuroscience and Neural Engineering.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Nenad Bursac include:

  • Hif-1a suppresses ROS-induced proliferation of cardiac fibroblasts following myocardial infarction, 2021, Cell stem cell
  • An enhancer-based gene-therapy strategy for spatiotemporal control of cargoes during tissue repair, 2022, Cell stem cell
  • Exercise mimetics and JAK inhibition attenuate IFN-γ-induced wasting in engineered human skeletal muscle, 2021, Science Advances
  • Lack of Thy1 defines a pathogenic fraction of cardiac fibroblasts in heart failure, 2020, Biomaterials
  • Meteorin-like is an injectable peptide that can enhance regeneration in aged muscle through immune-driven fibro/adipogenic progenitor signaling, 2022, Nature Communications

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Nenad Bursac are:

  • Sophia DeLuca
  • Tianyu Wu
  • Alastair Khodabukus
  • Nicholas Strash
  • Kenneth D. Poss

Frequent publication venues for this researcher include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • UNC Libraries
  • Nature Communications
  • eLife
  • Cell stem cell

Nenad Bursac has been recognized as a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) since 2015.

Best Publications

  • Cardiac tissue engineering: cell seeding, cultivation parameters, and tissue construct characterization.

    Maria Papadaki;Maria Rupnick;Frederick J. Schoen

  • Tissue-engineered cardiac patch for advanced functional maturation of human ESC-derived cardiomyocytes

    Donghui Zhang;Ilya Y. Shadrin;Jason Lam;Hai-Qian Xian

  • The extracellular matrix protein agrin promotes heart regeneration in mice

    Elad Bassat;Yara Eid Mutlak;Alex Genzelinakh;Ilya Y. Shadrin

  • Cardiac muscle tissue engineering: toward an in vitro model for electrophysiological studies

    N. Bursac;N. Bursac;M. Papadaki;R. J. Cohen;F. J. Schoen

  • Cardiopatch platform enables maturation and scale-up of human pluripotent stem cell-derived engineered heart tissues

    Ilya Y. Shadrin;Brian W. Allen;Ying Qian;Christopher P. Jackman

  • Tissue engineering of functional cardiac muscle: molecular, structural, and electrophysiological studies.

    M. Papadaki;N. Bursac;R. Langer;J. Merok

  • Cardiomyocyte Cultures With Controlled Macroscopic Anisotropy. A Model for Functional Electrophysiological Studies of Cardiac Muscle

    N. Bursac;K.K. Parker;S. Iravanian;L. Tung

  • Bioengineered human myobundles mimic clinical responses of skeletal muscle to drugs

    Lauran Madden;Mark Juhas;William E Kraus;George A Truskey

  • Engineered skeletal muscle tissue networks with controllable architecture.

    Weining Bian;Nenad Bursac

  • The role of extracellular matrix composition in structure and function of bioengineered skeletal muscle.

    Sara Hinds;Weining Bian;Robert G. Dennis;Nenad Bursac

  • Engineering human pluripotent stem cells into a functional skeletal muscle tissue.

    Lingjun Rao;Ying Qian;Alastair Khodabukus;Thomas Ribar

  • Biomimetic engineered muscle with capacity for vascular integration and functional maturation in vivo

    Mark Juhas;George C. Engelmayr;Andrew N. Fontanella;Gregory M. Palmer

  • Pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiac tissue patch with advanced structure and function.

    Brian Liau;Nicolas Christoforou;Kam W. Leong;Nenad Bursac

  • Mesoscopic hydrogel molding to control the 3D geometry of bioartificial muscle tissues.

    Weining Bian;Brian Liau;Nima Badie;Nenad Bursac

  • Structural coupling of cardiomyocytes and noncardiomyocytes: quantitative comparisons using a novel micropatterned cell pair assay

    Dawn M. Pedrotty;Rebecca Y. Klinger;Nima Badie;Sara Hinds

  • Dynamic culture yields engineered myocardium with near-adult functional output.

    Christopher P. Jackman;Aaron L. Carlson;Nenad Bursac

  • Effect of Electromechanical Stimulation on the Maturation of Myotubes on Aligned Electrospun Fibers.

    I-Chien Liao;Jason B. Liu;Nenad Bursac;Kam W. Leong

  • Cardiac fibroblast paracrine factors alter impulse conduction and ion channel expression of neonatal rat cardiomyocytes

    Dawn M. Pedrotty;Rebecca Y. Klinger;Robert D. Kirkton;Nenad Bursac

  • Distilling complexity to advance cardiac tissue engineering

    Brenda M. Ogle;Nenad Bursac;Ibrahim Domian;Ngan F. Huang;Ngan F. Huang

  • Transcription Factors MYOCD, SRF, Mesp1 and SMARCD3 Enhance the Cardio-Inducing Effect of GATA4, TBX5, and MEF2C during Direct Cellular Reprogramming

    Nicolas Christoforou;Malathi Chellappan;Andrew F. Adler;Robert D. Kirkton

Frequent Co-Authors

Kam W. Leong
Kam W. Leong Columbia University
William E. Kraus
William E. Kraus Duke University
Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic
Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic Columbia University
Lisa E. Freed
Lisa E. Freed MIT
Craig S. Henriquez
Craig S. Henriquez Duke University
Robert Langer
Robert Langer MIT
Priya S. Kishnani
Priya S. Kishnani Duke University
David R. Liu
David R. Liu Broad Institute
Ngan F. Huang
Ngan F. Huang Cardiovascular Institute of the South
John A. White
John A. White Boston University

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