Andreas Bernkop‐Schnürch

30.9k total citations · 5 hit papers
567 papers, 24.9k citations indexed

About

Andreas Bernkop‐Schnürch is a scholar working on Pharmaceutical Science, Molecular Biology and Biomaterials. According to data from OpenAlex, Andreas Bernkop‐Schnürch has authored 567 papers receiving a total of 24.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 414 papers in Pharmaceutical Science, 158 papers in Molecular Biology and 109 papers in Biomaterials. Recurrent topics in Andreas Bernkop‐Schnürch's work include Advanced Drug Delivery Systems (395 papers), Drug Solubulity and Delivery Systems (173 papers) and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (66 papers). Andreas Bernkop‐Schnürch is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Drug Delivery Systems (395 papers), Drug Solubulity and Delivery Systems (173 papers) and RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (66 papers). Andreas Bernkop‐Schnürch collaborates with scholars based in Austria, Pakistan and Vietnam. Andreas Bernkop‐Schnürch's co-authors include Sarah Dünnhaupt, D. Guggi, Flavia Laffleur, Constantia E. Kast, Glen Perera, Alexander H. Krauland, Juliane Hombach, Verena M. Leitner, Vjera Grabovac and Greg F. Walker and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Biomaterials and Advanced Functional Materials.

In The Last Decade

Andreas Bernkop‐Schnürch

559 papers receiving 24.2k citations

Hit Papers

Chitosan-based drug delivery systems 2006 2026 2012 2019 2012 2006 2022 2023 2024 250 500 750
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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.

  1. Chitosan-based drug delivery systems
    2012 755 citations Andreas Bernkop‐Schnürch et al. European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics profile →
  2. Strategies to improve plasma half life time of peptide and protein drugs
    2006 518 citations Andreas Bernkop‐Schnürch et al. profile →
  3. Oral delivery of therapeutic peptides and proteins: Technology landscape of lipid-based nanocarriers
    2022 288 citations Andreas Bernkop‐Schnürch et al. profile →
  4. Cyclodextrins and derivatives in drug delivery: New developments, relevant clinical trials, and advanced products
    2023 136 citations Gergely Kali, Andreas Bernkop‐Schnürch et al. profile →
  5. Biomedical applications of functional hydrogels: Innovative developments, relevant clinical trials and advanced products
    2024 106 citations Andreas Bernkop‐Schnürch et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Andreas Bernkop‐Schnürch Austria 77 15.5k 6.7k 6.5k 2.8k 2.5k 567 24.9k
Marı́a José Alonso Spain 84 12.3k 0.8× 8.3k 1.2× 8.5k 1.3× 1.9k 0.7× 1.5k 0.6× 299 24.1k
Robert Gurny Switzerland 74 9.4k 0.6× 4.4k 0.7× 8.4k 1.3× 2.3k 0.8× 2.8k 1.1× 334 25.3k
Lisbeth Illum United Kingdom 78 10.0k 0.6× 5.9k 0.9× 6.3k 1.0× 2.2k 0.8× 1.0k 0.4× 220 20.2k
Hans E. Junginger Netherlands 76 10.9k 0.7× 4.7k 0.7× 3.1k 0.5× 1.7k 0.6× 1.4k 0.6× 233 17.6k
Claus‐Michael Lehr Germany 81 8.9k 0.6× 6.1k 0.9× 4.3k 0.7× 1.3k 0.4× 1.0k 0.4× 417 22.0k
Bruno Sarmento Portugal 74 8.4k 0.5× 6.0k 0.9× 5.8k 0.9× 1.2k 0.4× 1.3k 0.5× 485 22.5k
Eliana B. Souto Portugal 87 10.4k 0.7× 7.5k 1.1× 4.6k 0.7× 2.1k 0.7× 1.3k 0.5× 553 28.0k
Juergen Siepmann France 61 9.3k 0.6× 2.1k 0.3× 5.0k 0.8× 1.6k 0.5× 2.3k 0.9× 221 17.2k
Véronique Préat Belgium 78 7.3k 0.5× 8.3k 1.2× 8.7k 1.3× 1.3k 0.4× 1.2k 0.5× 312 25.2k
Hatem Fessi France 62 5.7k 0.4× 3.4k 0.5× 5.6k 0.9× 2.1k 0.7× 675 0.3× 216 15.8k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Abdulkarim, Muthanna, et al.. (2025). Novel zwitterionic densely charged neutral sulfobetaine polymeric micelles for oral delivery of therapeutic peptides: a proof-of-concept study. ORCA Online Research @Cardiff (Cardiff University). 2(6). 1558–1579. 1 indexed citations
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Stengel, Daniel, et al.. (2024). Synergistic antimicrobial effect of daptomycin and ethyl lauroyl arginate containing self-emulsifying drug delivery system against bacterial infections. Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology. 102. 106324–106324. 1 indexed citations
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Kali, Gergely, et al.. (2024). Disulfide stoppered polyrotaxanes with enhanced cellular uptake and intracellular cyclodextrin release. Carbohydrate Polymer Technologies and Applications. 8. 100586–100586.
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Akkuş‐Dağdeviren, Zeynep Burcu, et al.. (2024). Self-emulsifying drug delivery systems containing sulfate-based surfactants: Are they responsive to alkaline phosphatase?. Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology. 96. 105717–105717. 1 indexed citations
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Racaniello, Giuseppe Francesco, et al.. (2024). S-protected thiolated surfactants enhancing surface properties of lipid-based nanocarriers. Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology. 95. 105540–105540. 3 indexed citations
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Massani, Mariana Blanco, et al.. (2024). Antibiotic-Polyphosphate Nanocomplexes: A Promising System for Effective Biofilm Eradication. International Journal of Nanomedicine. Volume 19. 9707–9725. 3 indexed citations
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Stengel, Daniel, et al.. (2023). Fluorescent hydrophobic ion pairs: A powerful tool to investigate cellular uptake of hydrophobic drug complexes via lipid-based nanocarriers. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 654(Pt A). 174–188. 8 indexed citations
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Jörgensen, Arne Matteo, et al.. (2023). Self-emulsifying drug delivery systems (SEDDS): How organic solvent release governs the fate of their cargo. International Journal of Pharmaceutics. 647. 123534–123534. 8 indexed citations
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Noreen, Sobia & Andreas Bernkop‐Schnürch. (2023). Thiolated Poly‐ and Oligosaccharide‐Based Hydrogels for Tissue Engineering and Wound Healing. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(4). 29 indexed citations
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Knoll, Patrick, et al.. (2022). Thiolated Hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin: A Potential Multifunctional Excipient for Ocular Drug Delivery. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23(5). 2612–2612. 35 indexed citations
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Ismail, Ruba, et al.. (2020). Hydrophobic ion pairing of a GLP-1 analogue for incorporating into lipid nanocarriers designed for oral delivery. European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics. 152. 10–17. 36 indexed citations
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Menzel, Claudia, Flavia Laffleur, Sergey Zaichik, et al.. (2018). In vivo evaluation of an oral self-emulsifying drug delivery system (SEDDS) for exenatide. Journal of Controlled Release. 277. 165–172. 106 indexed citations
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Laffleur, Flavia, Alexander Fischer, Matthias Schmutzler, Fabian Hintzen, & Andreas Bernkop‐Schnürch. (2015). Evaluation of functional characteristics of preactivated thiolated chitosan as potential therapeutic agent for dry mouth syndrome. Acta Biomaterialia. 21. 123–131. 36 indexed citations
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Palmberger, Thomas F., et al.. (2015). In vivo evaluation of anionic thiolated polymers as oral delivery systems for efflux pump inhibition. International Journal of Pharmaceutics. 491(1-2). 318–322. 17 indexed citations
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Sousa, Irene Pereira de & Andreas Bernkop‐Schnürch. (2014). Pre-systemic metabolism of orally administered drugs and strategies to overcome it. Journal of Controlled Release. 192. 301–309. 72 indexed citations
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Föger, Florian, et al.. (2009). In vivo evaluation of thiolated poly(acrylic acid) as a drug absorption modulator for MRP2 efflux pump substrates. European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics. 72(3). 561–566. 25 indexed citations
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Bernkop‐Schnürch, Andreas, et al.. (2008). Development of nanoparticulate drug delivery systems based on thiolated poly(acrylic acid). Journal of Microencapsulation. 26(3). 187–194. 5 indexed citations
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Bernkop‐Schnürch, Andreas & Andreas E. Clausen. (2002). Biomembrane Permeability of Peptides: Strategies to Improve Their Mucosal Uptake. Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry. 2(4). 295–305. 15 indexed citations
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Bernkop‐Schnürch, Andreas, et al.. (2001). Improvement in the mucoadhesive properties of alginate by the covalent attachment of cysteine. Journal of Controlled Release. 71(3). 277–285. 216 indexed citations
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Bernkop‐Schnürch, Andreas, et al.. (1996). Investigations into the Diffusion Behaviour of Polypeptides in Native Intestinal Mucus with Regard to their Peroral Administration. Pharmacy and Pharmacology Communications. 2(8). 361–363. 58 indexed citations

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