Ángeles Heras

5.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
85 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Ángeles Heras is a scholar working on Biomaterials, Molecular Biology and Pharmaceutical Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Ángeles Heras has authored 85 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Biomaterials, 25 papers in Molecular Biology and 14 papers in Pharmaceutical Science. Recurrent topics in Ángeles Heras's work include Nanocomposite Films for Food Packaging (34 papers), Advanced Drug Delivery Systems (14 papers) and Electrochemical Analysis and Applications (12 papers). Ángeles Heras is often cited by papers focused on Nanocomposite Films for Food Packaging (34 papers), Advanced Drug Delivery Systems (14 papers) and Electrochemical Analysis and Applications (12 papers). Ángeles Heras collaborates with scholars based in Spain, Germany and Cuba. Ángeles Heras's co-authors include Inmaculada Aranaz, Niuris Acosta, Marian Mengíbar, Ruth Harris, Beatriz Miralles, Inmaculada Mateos‐Aparicio, Elena Lecumberri, B. Elorza, Ruth B. S. Harris and Concepción Civera and has published in prestigious journals such as Food Chemistry, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces and Journal of Controlled Release.

In The Last Decade

Ángeles Heras

83 papers receiving 4.0k 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.

Functional Characterization of Chitin and Chitosan

2009 787 citations Inmaculada Aranaz, Marian Mengíbar et al. Current Chemical Biology profile →
Cosmetics and Cosmeceutical Applications of Chitin, Chitosan and Their Derivatives

2018 280 citations Inmaculada Aranaz, Niuris Acosta et al. profile →

Peers

Ángeles Heras

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Niuris Acosta Spain

Inmaculada Aranaz Spain

Chengsheng Liu China

Uracha Ruktanonchai Thailand

Zirong Xu China

Waldo Argüelles‐Monal Mexico

Jae‐Woon Nah South Korea

Corrado Muzzarelli Italy

Haliza Katas Malaysia

Avnesh Kumari India

Niuris Acosta Spain

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ángeles Heras

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ángeles Heras. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ángeles Heras based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Ángeles Heras. Ángeles Heras is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Pérez-Écija, Alejandro, et al.. (2025). Effect of experimentally induced endotoxaemia and meloxicam administration on the haemostatic system in donkeys. Equine Veterinary Journal. 57(6). 1635–1642.

Mendoza, Francisco J., et al.. (2024). Hemodynamic Response to Lipopolysaccharide Infusion and Effect of Meloxicam Administration on Cardiac Function in Donkeys. Animals. 14(24). 3660–3660. 1 indexed citations

Aranaz, Inmaculada, Niuris Acosta, Julia Revuelta, et al.. (2023). Fast and Sustained Axonal Growth by BDNF Released from Chitosan Microspheres. Marine Drugs. 21(2). 91–91. 8 indexed citations

Aranaz, Inmaculada, et al.. (2023). Evaluation of chitosan salt properties in the production of AgNPs materials with antibacterial activity. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 235. 123849–123849. 12 indexed citations

Affes, Sawsan, Inmaculada Aranaz, Marwa Hamdi, et al.. (2019). Preparation of a crude chitosanase from blue crab viscera as well as its application in the production of biologically active chito-oligosaccharides from shrimp shells chitosan. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 139. 558–569. 36 indexed citations

Affes, Sawsan, Hana Maâlej, Inmaculada Aranaz, et al.. (2019). Enzymatic production of low-Mw chitosan-derivatives: Characterization and biological activities evaluation. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 144. 279–288. 27 indexed citations

Aranaz, Inmaculada, Andrés R. Alcántara, Ángeles Heras, & Niuris Acosta. (2019). Efficient reduction of Toluidine Blue O dye using silver nanoparticles synthesized by low molecular weight chitosans. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 131. 682–690. 19 indexed citations

Santos‐Moriano, Paloma, Peter Elias Kidibule, Antonio Ballesteros, et al.. (2018). Efficient conversion of chitosan into chitooligosaccharides by a chitosanolytic activity from Bacillus thuringiensis. Process Biochemistry. 73. 102–108. 24 indexed citations

Sánchez, Ángela, Marian Mengíbar, Margarita Fernández, et al.. (2018). Influence of Preparation Methods of Chitooligosaccharides on Their Physicochemical Properties and Their Anti-Inflammatory Effects in Mice and in RAW264.7 Macrophages. Marine Drugs. 16(11). 430–430. 23 indexed citations

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Doncel‐Pérez, Ernesto, Inmaculada Aranaz, Ágatha Bastida, et al.. (2018). Synthesis, physicochemical characterization and biological evaluation of chitosan sulfate as heparan sulfate mimics. Carbohydrate Polymers. 191. 225–233. 33 indexed citations

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Aranaz, Inmaculada, Ruth Harris, Federico Navarro, Ángeles Heras, & Niuris Acosta. (2016). Chitosan based films as supports for dual antimicrobial release. Carbohydrate Polymers. 146. 402–410. 37 indexed citations

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Franconetti, Antonio, et al.. (2015). Fluorescent imino and secondary amino chitosans as potential sensing biomaterials. Carbohydrate Polymers. 123. 288–296. 14 indexed citations

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Quiñones, Javier Pérez, Kurt V. Gothelf, Jørgen Kjems, et al.. (2012). Self-assembled nanoparticles of modified-chitosan conjugates for the sustained release of dl-α-tocopherol. Carbohydrate Polymers. 92(1). 856–864. 22 indexed citations

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Quiñones, Javier Pérez, Kurt V. Gothelf, Jørgen Kjems, et al.. (2012). N,O6-partially acetylated chitosan nanoparticles hydrophobically-modified for controlled release of steroids and vitamin E. Carbohydrate Polymers. 91(1). 143–151. 15 indexed citations

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Granados, M. López, Ana C. Alba‐Rubio, Irantzu Sádaba, et al.. (2011). Poly(styrenesulphonic) acid: an active and reusable acid catalyst soluble in polar solvents. Green Chemistry. 13(11). 3203–3203. 32 indexed citations

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Vllasaliu, Driton, Ángeles Heras, Luca Casettari, et al.. (2010). Tight junction modulation by chitosan nanoparticles: Comparison with chitosan solution. International Journal of Pharmaceutics. 400(1-2). 183–193. 195 indexed citations

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Aranaz, Inmaculada, Marian Mengíbar, Ruth B. S. Harris, et al.. (2009). Functional Characterization of Chitin and Chitosan. Current Chemical Biology. 3(2). 203–230. 331 indexed citations

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Acosta, Niuris, et al.. (2008). New Drug Delivery Systems Based on Chitosan. Current Drug Discovery Technologies. 5(4). 333–341. 102 indexed citations

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Fernández-Valle, María Encarnación, et al.. (2004). Application of MRI to monitor the process of ripening and decay in citrus treated with chitosan solutions. Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 22(1). 127–137. 43 indexed citations

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Goycoolea, Francisco M., et al.. (2003). Effect of Chemical Crosslinking on the Swelling and Shrinking Properties of Thermal and pH‐Responsive Chitosan Hydrogels. Macromolecular Bioscience. 3(10). 612–619. 52 indexed citations

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