2026 Utkan Demirci: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	87	2003	1932	601	564	255	21646

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D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Materials Science

2003

1932

601

564

255

21646

Research.com Recognitions

2017 - Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)

Overview

Utkan Demirci is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research spans several main fields including Engineering, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. The scientist's work notably intersects with a variety of specialized subfields such as Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology, Biophysics, Condensed Matter Physics, and Oncology.

The research topics covered by Demirci include Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies, Extracellular vesicles in disease, Biosensors and Analytical Detection, 3D Printing in Biomedical Research, Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques, Micro and Nano Robotics, and Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research.

Several recent publications highlight their contributions to scientific knowledge. Key papers include:

Medical Micro/Nanorobots in Precision Medicine (2020), published in Advanced Science
Towards microfluidic-based exosome isolation and detection for tumor therapy (2021), published in Nano Today
Malignant Ascites in Ovarian Cancer: Cellular, Acellular, and Biophysical Determinants of Molecular Characteristics and Therapy Response (2021), published in Cancers
Magnetic levitational bioassembly of 3D tissue construct in space (2020), published in Science Advances
Tunable Fano-Resonant Metasurfaces on a Disposable Plastic-Template for Multimodal and Multiplex Biosensing (2020), published in Advanced Materials

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Demirci include Mehmet Ozgün Ozen, Demir Akin, Fernando Soto, Fatih İnci, and Rajib Ahmed.

The scientist has published frequently in several venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Advanced Materials, Advanced Intelligent Systems, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), and Small.

Demirci has authored books published by World Scientific, notably multiple editions of "Emerging Technologies in Biophysical Sciences: A World Scientific Reference" released in 2020.

Recognition of the scientist's career includes being named a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) in 2017.

Best Publications

Engineering hydrogels as extracellular matrix mimics

Hikmet Geckil;Feng Xu;Xiaohui Zhang;SangJun Moon

1066
Citations
Capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducers: next-generation arrays for acoustic imaging?

O. Oralkan;A.S. Ergun;J.A. Johnson;M. Karaman

650
Citations
Bioprinting for stem cell research

Savas Tasoglu;Utkan Demirci;Utkan Demirci

475
Citations
Photonic crystals: Emerging biosensors and their promise for point-of-care applications

Hakan Inan;Muhammet Poyraz;Fatih Inci;Mark A. Lifson

469
Citations
Nano/Microfluidics for diagnosis of infectious diseases in developing countries☆

Won Gu Lee;Yun Gon Kim;Yun Gon Kim;Bong Geun Chung;Bong Geun Chung;Utkan Demirci;Utkan Demirci

463
Citations
A cell-laden microfluidic hydrogel

Yibo Ling;Jamie Rubin;Yuting Deng;Catherine Huang

459
Citations
Advances in Plasmonic Technologies for Point of Care Applications

Onur Tokel;Fatih Inci;Fatih Inci;Utkan Demirci

448
Citations
A microfluidic device for practical label-free CD4+ T cell counting of HIV-infected subjects

Xuanhong Cheng;Daniel Irimia;Meredith Dixon;Kazuhiko Sekine

437
Citations
The Exosome Total Isolation Chip.

Fei Liu;Fei Liu;Ophir Vermesh;Vigneshwaran Mani;Tianjia J. Ge

399
Citations
Medical Micro/Nanorobots in Precision Medicine.

Fernando Soto;Jie Wang;Rajib Ahmed;Utkan Demirci

387
Citations
Layer by layer three-dimensional tissue epitaxy by cell-laden hydrogel droplets.

SangJun Moon;Syed K. Hasan;Young S. Song;Feng Xu

355
Citations
Single cell epitaxy by acoustic picolitre droplets

Utkan Demirci;Utkan Demirci;Grace Montesano;Grace Montesano

354
Citations
Engineering cancer microenvironments for in vitro 3-D tumor models

Waseem Asghar;Rami El Assal;Hadi Shafiee;Sharon Pitteri

353
Citations
A three-dimensional in vitro ovarian cancer coculture model using a high-throughput cell patterning platform.

Feng Xu;Jonathan Celli;Imran Rizvi;Sangjun Moon

352
Citations
Untethered micro-robotic coding of three-dimensional material composition

S. Tasoglu;E. Diller;S. Guven;M. Sitti

314
Citations
Towards artificial tissue models: past, present, and future of 3D bioprinting.

Ahu Arslan-Yildiz;Rami El Assal;Pu Chen;Sinan Guven

312
Citations
Integration of cell phone imaging with microchip ELISA to detect ovarian cancer HE4 biomarker in urine at the point-of-care

Shuqi Wang;Xiaohu Zhao;Imran Khimji;Ragip Akbas

307
Citations
Ultra wide-field lens-free monitoring of cells on-chip.

Aydogan Ozcan;Utkan Demirci;Utkan Demirci

302
Citations
An integrated double-filtration microfluidic device for isolation, enrichment and quantification of urinary extracellular vesicles for detection of bladder cancer

Li-Guo Liang;Meng-Qi Kong;Sherry Zhou;Ye-Feng Sheng

282
Citations
Flow induces epithelial-mesenchymal transition, cellular heterogeneity and biomarker modulation in 3D ovarian cancer nodules

Imran Rizvi;Umut A. Gurkan;Savas Tasoglu;Nermina Alagic

265
Citations
Three-Dimensional Magnetic Assembly of Microscale Hydrogels

Feng Xu;Chung-an Max Wu;Venkatakrishnan Rengarajan;Thomas Dylan Finley

254
Citations