A Sigen

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
71 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

A Sigen is a scholar working on Biomaterials, Molecular Biology and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, A Sigen has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Biomaterials, 24 papers in Molecular Biology and 17 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in A Sigen's work include RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (19 papers), Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications (14 papers) and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (12 papers). A Sigen is often cited by papers focused on RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (19 papers), Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications (14 papers) and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (12 papers). A Sigen collaborates with scholars based in Ireland, China and United Kingdom. A Sigen's co-authors include Wenxin Wang, Qian Xu, Dezhong Zhou, Yongsheng Gao, Ying Mu, Hong Xia, Xiaoming Liu, Yuwei Zhang, Irene Lara‐Sáez and Yixiao Dong and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

A Sigen

71 papers receiving 2.9k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Enhanced Strength for Double Network Hydrogel Adhesive Through Cohesion‐Adhesion Balance

2024 104 citations Rijian Song, Melissa Johnson et al. Advanced Functional Materials profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
A Sigen Ireland	30	913	732	627	591	535	71	2.9k
Aurélien Forget Germany	18	621 0.7×	615 0.8×	787 1.3×	229 0.4×	377 0.7×	33	2.3k
Ju Fang China	27	848 0.9×	450 0.6×	1.7k 2.7×	228 0.4×	197 0.4×	59	3.2k
Jing He China	36	582 0.6×	1.5k 2.0×	974 1.6×	411 0.7×	225 0.4×	156	3.9k
Huacheng He China	27	747 0.8×	225 0.3×	690 1.1×	314 0.5×	160 0.3×	50	2.2k
Chuanchuan Lin China	33	949 1.0×	968 1.3×	2.3k 3.7×	814 1.4×	124 0.2×	60	4.0k
Yumeng Xue China	30	969 1.1×	619 0.8×	1.6k 2.5×	442 0.7×	55 0.1×	69	3.2k
Samson Afewerki United States	27	619 0.7×	229 0.3×	970 1.5×	320 0.5×	457 0.9×	69	2.8k
Xin Fan China	30	518 0.6×	849 1.2×	2.2k 3.5×	451 0.8×	165 0.3×	53	3.3k
Lesan Yan China	29	1.6k 1.8×	678 0.9×	1.7k 2.6×	806 1.4×	52 0.1×	81	3.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of A Sigen

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Lara‐Sáez, Irene, Ángeles Mencía, Yinghao Li, et al.. (2024). Nonviral CRISPR/Cas9 mutagenesis for streamlined generation of mouse lung cancer models. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(28). e2322917121–e2322917121. 2 indexed citations

Wang, Yongfei, Gang Zhao, A Sigen, et al.. (2024). In Situ Forming Hypoxia‐Induced Exosome‐Loaded Hydrogel for Enhanced Diabetic Wound Healing. Macromolecular Materials and Engineering. 310(5). 1 indexed citations

Song, Rijian, Melissa Johnson, Yinghao Li, et al.. (2024). Enhanced Strength for Double Network Hydrogel Adhesive Through Cohesion‐Adhesion Balance. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(23). 104 indexed citations breakdown →

Wang, Xianqing, Yinghao Li, Xi Wang, et al.. (2023). Guanidyl-Rich Poly(β Amino Ester)s for Universal Functional Cytosolic Protein Delivery and Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR) Cas9 Ribonucleoprotein Based Gene Editing. ACS Nano. 17(18). 17799–17810. 18 indexed citations

Song, Rijian, Melissa Johnson, A Sigen, et al.. (2023). Chitosan‐Based Hydrogels for Infected Wound Treatment. Macromolecular Bioscience. 23(9). e2300094–e2300094. 50 indexed citations

Johnson, Melissa, A Sigen, Marta Vicario‐de‐la‐Torre, et al.. (2023). Smart biodegradable hydrogels: Drug-delivery platforms for treatment of chronic ophthalmic diseases affecting the back of the eye. International Journal of Pharmaceutics. 649. 123653–123653. 11 indexed citations

Johnson, Melissa, Nan Zhang, Pingping Shen, et al.. (2023). Stimuli-responsive chitosan-based injectable hydrogel for “on-demand” drug release. Materials Advances. 4(23). 6439–6448. 10 indexed citations

Li, Yinghao, Xianqing Wang, Zhonglei He, et al.. (2023). A New Optimization Strategy of Highly Branched Poly(β-Amino Ester) for Enhanced Gene Delivery: Removal of Small Molecular Weight Components. Polymers. 15(6). 1518–1518. 9 indexed citations

Wang, Xiaoyu, Yuyang Zhou, Melissa Johnson, et al.. (2023). A Novel Hydrophilic, Antibacterial Chitosan-Based Coating Prepared by Ultrasonic Atomization Assisted LbL Assembly Technique. Journal of Functional Biomaterials. 14(1). 43–43. 6 indexed citations

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Li, Yinghao, Zhonglei He, Xianqing Wang, et al.. (2023). Branch Unit Distribution Matters for Gene Delivery. ACS Macro Letters. 12(6). 780–786. 13 indexed citations

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Li, Yinghao, Zhonglei He, Jing Lyu, et al.. (2022). Hyperbranched Poly(β-amino ester)s (HPAEs) Structure Optimisation for Enhanced Gene Delivery: Non-Ideal Termination Elimination. Nanomaterials. 12(21). 3892–3892. 8 indexed citations

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Ahern, Jonathan O’Keeffe, Irene Lara‐Sáez, Dezhong Zhou, et al.. (2021). Non-viral delivery of CRISPR–Cas9 complexes for targeted gene editing via a polymer delivery system. Gene Therapy. 29(3-4). 157–170. 56 indexed citations

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Sigen, A, Vanessa Andrés‐Guerrero, Hongyun Tai, et al.. (2021). Thermo-Responsive PLGA-PEG-PLGA Hydrogels as Novel Injectable Platforms for Neuroprotective Combined Therapies in the Treatment of Retinal Degenerative Diseases. Pharmaceutics. 13(2). 234–234. 46 indexed citations

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Wang, Xianqing, Fatma Alshehri, Darío Manzanares, et al.. (2021). Development of Minicircle Vectors Encoding COL7A1 Gene with Human Promoters for Non-Viral Gene Therapy for Recessive Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(23). 12774–12774. 11 indexed citations

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Idrees, Ayesha, Irene Carmagnola, A Sigen, et al.. (2021). In situ Forming Hyperbranched PEG—Thiolated Hyaluronic Acid Hydrogels With Honey-Mimetic Antibacterial Properties. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. 9. 742135–742135. 11 indexed citations

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Zeng, Ming, Qian Xu, Dezhong Zhou, et al.. (2021). Highly branched poly(β-amino ester)s for gene delivery in hereditary skin diseases. Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews. 176. 113842–113842. 47 indexed citations

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Gao, Yongsheng, Dezhong Zhou, Jing Lyu, et al.. (2020). Complex polymer architectures through free-radical polymerization of multivinyl monomers. Nature Reviews Chemistry. 4(4). 194–212. 141 indexed citations

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Sigen, A, Jing Lyu, Melissa Johnson, et al.. (2020). Instant Gelation System as Self-Healable and Printable 3D Cell Culture Bioink Based on Dynamic Covalent Chemistry. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 12(35). 38918–38924. 33 indexed citations

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Xu, Qian, A Sigen, Yongsheng Gao, et al.. (2019). Bacteria‐Resistant Single Chain Cyclized/Knotted Polymer Coatings. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 58(31). 10616–10620. 16 indexed citations

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Xu, Qian, A Sigen, Yongsheng Gao, et al.. (2018). A hybrid injectable hydrogel from hyperbranched PEG macromer as a stem cell delivery and retention platform for diabetic wound healing. Acta Biomaterialia. 75. 63–74. 251 indexed citations

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