Amirali Popat

6.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
103 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

Amirali Popat is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomaterials and Pharmaceutical Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Amirali Popat has authored 103 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Molecular Biology, 32 papers in Biomaterials and 29 papers in Pharmaceutical Science. Recurrent topics in Amirali Popat's work include Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery (28 papers), Advanced Drug Delivery Systems (24 papers) and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (18 papers). Amirali Popat is often cited by papers focused on Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery (28 papers), Advanced Drug Delivery Systems (24 papers) and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (18 papers). Amirali Popat collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Austria and India. Amirali Popat's co-authors include Siddharth Jambhrunkar, Shi‐Zhang Qiao, Chengzhong Yu, Jian Liu, Gao Qing Lu, Zhi Qu, Tushar Kumeria, Taskeen Iqbal Janjua, Yuxue Cao and Freddy Kleitz and has published in prestigious journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, PLoS ONE and Biomaterials.

In The Last Decade

Amirali Popat

101 papers receiving 5.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Silica nanoparticles: A review of their safety and current strategies to overcome biological barriers

2023 133 citations Taskeen Iqbal Janjua, Yuxue Cao et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Amirali Popat Australia	42	1.8k	1.7k	1.5k	1.4k	855	103	5.5k
Julijana Kristl Slovenia	50	2.6k 1.4×	1.3k 0.8×	1.5k 1.0×	639 0.4×	2.3k 2.7×	132	7.0k
Ahmed O. Elzoghby Egypt	42	2.8k 1.5×	2.3k 1.3×	1.6k 1.1×	715 0.5×	1.1k 1.3×	91	6.6k
Stefano Leporatti Italy	40	2.3k 1.3×	1.1k 0.7×	1.4k 0.9×	988 0.7×	402 0.5×	128	5.8k
Yong Hu China	48	2.7k 1.5×	1.6k 0.9×	2.9k 1.9×	2.3k 1.6×	729 0.9×	141	6.9k
Jin‐Wook Yoo South Korea	40	2.1k 1.2×	1.6k 0.9×	1.7k 1.1×	700 0.5×	1.1k 1.3×	134	6.1k
Susan Hua Australia	28	1.7k 0.9×	2.0k 1.1×	1.2k 0.8×	426 0.3×	1.2k 1.4×	50	5.5k
Donato Cosco Italy	43	1.8k 1.0×	1.8k 1.0×	1.2k 0.8×	397 0.3×	1.3k 1.5×	115	5.1k
Kazem Nejati‐Koshki Iran	32	1.9k 1.1×	2.5k 1.5×	1.6k 1.0×	929 0.6×	826 1.0×	72	6.1k
Jing Chen China	41	1.4k 0.8×	2.3k 1.3×	1.4k 0.9×	446 0.3×	385 0.5×	274	6.2k
Dawei Chen China	49	2.7k 1.5×	3.1k 1.8×	2.2k 1.5×	772 0.5×	1.4k 1.6×	230	7.6k

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Srinivasan, Srilakshmi, et al.. (2025). Lactoferrin conjugated radicicol nanoparticles enhanced drug delivery and cytotoxicity in prostate cancer cells. European Journal of Pharmacology. 991. 177300–177300. 7 indexed citations

Shahdeo, Deepshikha, Taskeen Iqbal Janjua, Matthieu Peyre, Ritu Kulshreshtha, & Amirali Popat. (2025). Gene therapy and nanomedicine for meningioma treatment. Journal of Controlled Release. 384. 113881–113881. 1 indexed citations

Singh, Ravi P., Amirali Popat, & Ritu Kulshreshtha. (2023). NANOMEDICINE AND GENE THERAPY TO TREAT GLIOBLASTOMA. IBRO Neuroscience Reports. 15. S646–S646. 1 indexed citations

Alharthi, Sitah, Amirali Popat, Zyta M. Ziora, & Peter M. Moyle. (2023). Sortase A Inhibitor Protein Nanoparticle Formulations Demonstrate Antibacterial Synergy When Combined with Antimicrobial Peptides. Molecules. 28(5). 2114–2114. 8 indexed citations

Janjua, Taskeen Iqbal, Yuxue Cao, Aria Ahmed-Cox, et al.. (2023). Efficient delivery of Temozolomide using ultrasmall large-pore silica nanoparticles for glioblastoma. Journal of Controlled Release. 357. 161–174. 49 indexed citations

Cao, Yuxue, et al.. (2023). 3D printing tablets for high-precision dose titration of caffeine. International Journal of Pharmaceutics. 642. 123132–123132. 10 indexed citations

Alharthi, Sitah, Zyta M. Ziora, Taskeen Iqbal Janjua, Amirali Popat, & Peter M. Moyle. (2022). Formulation and Biological Evaluation of Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles Loaded with Combinations of Sortase A Inhibitors and Antimicrobial Peptides. Pharmaceutics. 14(5). 986–986. 15 indexed citations

Raza, Aun, Gustavo Rodrigues Rossi, Taskeen Iqbal Janjua, Fernando Souza-Fonseca-Guimarães, & Amirali Popat. (2022). Nanobiomaterials to modulate natural killer cell responses for effective cancer immunotherapy. Trends in biotechnology. 41(1). 77–92. 19 indexed citations

Futrega, Kathryn, Travis J. Klein, Tariq Altalhi, et al.. (2022). Spray nebulization enables polycaprolactone nanofiber production in a manner suitable for generation of scaffolds or direct deposition of nanofibers onto cells. Biofabrication. 15(2). 25003–25003. 1 indexed citations

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Janjua, Taskeen Iqbal, Yuxue Cao, Chengzhong Yu, & Amirali Popat. (2021). Clinical translation of silica nanoparticles. Nature Reviews Materials. 6(12). 1072–1074. 230 indexed citations

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Sharma, Shayna, Mostafa Kamal Masud, Yusuf Valentino Kaneti, et al.. (2021). Extracellular Vesicle Nanoarchitectonics for Novel Drug Delivery Applications. Small. 17(42). e2102220–e2102220. 86 indexed citations

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Cao, Pei, Jingjing Wang, Bing Sun, et al.. (2021). Enhanced Mucosal Transport of Polysaccharide–Calcium Phosphate Nanocomposites for Oral Vaccination. ACS Applied Bio Materials. 4(11). 7865–7878. 15 indexed citations

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Janjua, Taskeen Iqbal, Aria Ahmed-Cox, Anand Kumar Meka, et al.. (2021). Facile synthesis of lactoferrin conjugated ultra small large pore silica nanoparticles for the treatment of glioblastoma. Nanoscale. 13(40). 16909–16922. 52 indexed citations

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Qu, Zhi, Prarthana Rewatkar, Yuxue Cao, et al.. (2021). Tacrolimus encapsulated mesoporous silica nanoparticles embedded hydrogel for the treatment of atopic dermatitis. International Journal of Pharmaceutics. 608. 121079–121079. 31 indexed citations

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Cao, Yuxue, Prarthana Rewatkar, Ran Wang, et al.. (2021). Nanocarriers for oral delivery of biologics: small carriers for big payloads. Trends in Pharmacological Sciences. 42(11). 957–972. 47 indexed citations

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Xu, C. F., Yuxue Cao, Chang Lei, et al.. (2020). Polymer–Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticle Core–Shell Nanofibers as a Dual-Drug-Delivery System for Guided Tissue Regeneration. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 3(2). 1457–1467. 58 indexed citations

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Ndayishimiye, John, Amirali Popat, Mark A. T. Blaskovich, & James R. Falconer. (2020). Formulation technologies and advances for oral delivery of novel nitroimidazoles and antimicrobial peptides. Journal of Controlled Release. 324. 728–749. 28 indexed citations

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Martins, João P., José das Neves, María de la Fuente, et al.. (2020). The solid progress of nanomedicine. Drug Delivery and Translational Research. 10(3). 726–729. 91 indexed citations

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Sheng, Yonghua, Kuan Yau Wong, Inge Seim, et al.. (2019). MUC13 promotes the development of colitis-associated colorectal tumors via β-catenin activity. Oncogene. 38(48). 7294–7310. 30 indexed citations

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Meka, Anand Kumar, Laura J. Jenkins, Mercedes Dávalos-Salas, et al.. (2018). Enhanced Solubility, Permeability and Anticancer Activity of Vorinostat Using Tailored Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles. Pharmaceutics. 10(4). 283–283. 49 indexed citations

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