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Organoids

Last updated May 19, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Julien Dilly
Broad Institute
672 cit.
2
Philipp Weiler
Helmholtz Zentrum München
555 cit.
3
Yehui Sun
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
465 cit.
4
Andrew R Moorman
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
405 cit.
5
Yang Sun
Kunming Medical University
363 cit.
6
Timothy Recaldin
Roche (Switzerland)
342 cit.
7
Christopher Gribben
Wellcome/MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute
336 cit.
8
Zhisong He
ETH Zurich
333 cit.
9
Yimu Zhao
University of Toronto
328 cit.
10
Olga Mitrofanova
Roche (Switzerland)
282 cit.

Rising Stars Papers

1
Mechanisms of Resistance to Oncogenic KRAS Inhibition in Pancreatic Cancer
Cancer Discovery|2024
223 cit.
2
CellRank 2: unified fate mapping in multiview single-cell data
Nature Methods|2024
184 cit.
3
In vivo editing of lung stem cells for durable gene correction in mice
Science|2024
154 cit.
4
Progressive plasticity during colorectal cancer metastasis
Nature|2024
134 cit.
5
Integrative plasma and fecal metabolomics identify functional metabolites in adenoma-colorectal cancer progression and as early diagnostic biomarkers
Cancer Cell|2024
120 cit.
6
Human organoids with an autologous tissue-resident immune compartment
Nature|2024
113 cit.
7
Acquisition of epithelial plasticity in human chronic liver disease
Nature|2024
111 cit.
8
An integrated transcriptomic cell atlas of human neural organoids
Nature|2024
110 cit.
9
Integrating organoids and organ-on-a-chip devices
Nature Reviews Bioengineering|2024
130 cit.
10
Bioengineered human colon organoids with in vivo-like cellular complexity and function
Cell stem cell|2024
93 cit.

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Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Jian Yuan
Tongji University
374 cit.
2
Juergen A. Knoblich
Institute of Molecular Biotechnology
340 cit.
3
Sergiu P. Pașca
Neurosciences Institute
269 cit.
4
Joseph C. Wu
Cardiovascular Institute of the South
267 cit.
5
Xavier Gidrol
Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives
265 cit.
6
Humam Kadara
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
233 cit.
7
Jiacan Su
Shanghai University
226 cit.
8
Raghu Kalluri
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
219 cit.
9
Feng Guo
Indiana University Bloomington
201 cit.
10
Florent Ginhoux
Inserm
195 cit.

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Metabolic regulation of homologous recombination repair by MRE11 lactylation
Cell|2023
374 cit.
2
FDA Modernization Act 2.0: transitioning beyond animal models with human cells, organoids, and AI/ML-based approaches
Journal of Clinical Investigation|2023
267 cit.
3
A microfluidic platform integrating functional vascularized organoids-on-chip
Nature Communications|2024
265 cit.
4
Single-cell brain organoid screening identifies developmental defects in autism
Nature|2023
246 cit.
5
An atlas of epithelial cell states and plasticity in lung adenocarcinoma
Nature|2024
155 cit.
6
KRASG12D inhibition reprograms the microenvironment of early and advanced pancreatic cancer to promote FAS-mediated killing by CD8+ T cells
Cancer Cell|2023
219 cit.
7
Brain organoid reservoir computing for artificial intelligence
Nature Electronics|2023
241 cit.
8
iPS-cell-derived microglia promote brain organoid maturation via cholesterol transfer
Nature|2023
195 cit.
9
Generation of complex bone marrow organoids from human induced pluripotent stem cells
Nature Methods|2024
123 cit.
10
EGFR-activated myofibroblasts promote metastasis of pancreatic cancer
Cancer Cell|2023
184 cit.

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All-Time Leaders

The canon

All-Time Leaders Researchers

1
Hans Clevers
Hubrecht Institute for Developmental Biology and Stem Cell Research
76.9k cit.
2
Juergen A. Knoblich
Institute of Molecular Biotechnology
20.5k cit.
3
David A. Tuveson
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
15.9k cit.
4
Eduard Batlle
Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats
8.6k cit.
5
Paola Arlotta
Harvard University
7.3k cit.
6
Josef Penninger
University of British Columbia
6.8k cit.
7
Guo‐li Ming
Johns Hopkins University
6.4k cit.
8
Nicola Valeri
Institute of Cancer Research
6k cit.
9
Stuart L. Schreiber
Broad Institute
5.9k cit.
10
James M. Wells
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
5.8k cit.

All-Time Leaders Papers

1
Single Lgr5 stem cells build crypt-villus structures in vitro without a mesenchymal niche
Nature|2009
7.1k cit.
2
Cerebral organoids model human brain development and microcephaly
Nature|2013
5.3k cit.
3
Long-term Expansion of Epithelial Organoids From Human Colon, Adenoma, Adenocarcinoma, and Barrett's Epithelium
Gastroenterology|2011
3.8k cit.
4
Paneth cells constitute the niche for Lgr5 stem cells in intestinal crypts
Nature|2010
2.5k cit.
5
Prospective Derivation of a Living Organoid Biobank of Colorectal Cancer Patients
Cell|2015
2.4k cit.
6
Inhibition of SARS-CoV-2 Infections in Engineered Human Tissues Using Clinical-Grade Soluble Human ACE2
Cell|2020
2.3k cit.
7
Organoid Models of Human and Mouse Ductal Pancreatic Cancer
Cell|2014
2.2k cit.
8
Brain-Region-Specific Organoids Using Mini-bioreactors for Modeling ZIKV Exposure
Cell|2016
2.1k cit.
9
Patient-derived organoids model treatment response of metastatic gastrointestinal cancers
Science|2018
2k cit.
10
Dependency of a therapy-resistant state of cancer cells on a lipid peroxidase pathway
Nature|2017
2k cit.

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