Bala Murali Venkatesan

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Bala Murali Venkatesan is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, Bala Murali Venkatesan has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 7 papers in Molecular Biology and 4 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in Bala Murali Venkatesan's work include Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies (11 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (6 papers) and Ion-surface interactions and analysis (4 papers). Bala Murali Venkatesan is often cited by papers focused on Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies (11 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (6 papers) and Ion-surface interactions and analysis (4 papers). Bala Murali Venkatesan collaborates with scholars based in United States. Bala Murali Venkatesan's co-authors include Rashid Bashir, Nicholas N. Watkins, Jian‐Min Zuo, Amish B. Shah, I. Petrov, Brian Dorvel, Sukru Yemenicioglu, Shouvik Banerjee, Xiaozhong Jin and Vincent E. Dorgan and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, ACS Nano and Nature Nanotechnology.

In The Last Decade

Bala Murali Venkatesan

13 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

Nanopore sensors for nucleic acid analysis 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 250 500 750 1000
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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. Nanopore sensors for nucleic acid analysis
    2011 1.1k citations Bala Murali Venkatesan, Rashid Bashir Nature Nanotechnology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Bala Murali Venkatesan United States 8 1.7k 659 612 463 340 13 1.9k
Ken Healy United States 13 1.5k 0.9× 371 0.6× 649 1.1× 559 1.2× 294 0.9× 18 1.7k
Ryan Rollings United States 9 1.5k 0.9× 410 0.6× 496 0.8× 334 0.7× 334 1.0× 17 1.7k
Laurent Bacri France 24 1.6k 0.9× 581 0.9× 451 0.7× 222 0.5× 449 1.3× 45 1.8k
Abdelghani Oukhaled France 25 2.1k 1.3× 899 1.4× 578 0.9× 263 0.6× 588 1.7× 39 2.4k
Nicholas A. W. Bell United Kingdom 21 1.5k 0.9× 961 1.5× 379 0.6× 231 0.5× 325 1.0× 27 1.9k
Erik C. Yusko United States 11 1.4k 0.8× 628 1.0× 414 0.7× 167 0.4× 321 0.9× 16 1.7k
Stefan W. Kowalczyk Netherlands 10 2.5k 1.5× 772 1.2× 868 1.4× 716 1.5× 593 1.7× 14 2.7k
Manuela Pastoriza‐Gallego France 18 1.6k 1.0× 710 1.1× 448 0.7× 187 0.4× 468 1.4× 28 1.8k
Christopher A. Merchant United States 5 1.0k 0.6× 302 0.5× 445 0.7× 503 1.1× 218 0.6× 6 1.3k
Robert Y. Henley United States 11 1.3k 0.8× 331 0.5× 435 0.7× 356 0.8× 222 0.7× 16 1.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Bala Murali Venkatesan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bala Murali Venkatesan

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All Works

13 of 13 papers shown
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Shim, Jiwook, Bala Murali Venkatesan, Xueqing Zou, et al.. (2013). Detection and Quantification of Methylation in DNA using Solid-State Nanopores. Scientific Reports. 3(1). 1389–1389. 126 indexed citations
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Venkatesan, Bala Murali, Xueqing Zou, Chaitanya Sathe, et al.. (2013). Detection and Quantification of Methylation in DNA using Solid-State. 1 indexed citations
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Damhorst, Gregory L., Bala Murali Venkatesan, Shouvik Banerjee, Vita Solovyeva, & Rashid Bashir. (2012). A Submicron Coulter Counter for Enumeration of Viruses and Nanoparticles. Biophysical Journal. 102(3). 584a–584a. 6 indexed citations
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Solovyeva, Vita, Bala Murali Venkatesan, Jiwook Shim, et al.. (2012). Nanopore sensors for DNA analysis. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 8373. 83730O–83730O. 2 indexed citations
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Venkatesan, Bala Murali & Rashid Bashir. (2011). Nanopore sensors for nucleic acid analysis. Nature Nanotechnology. 6(10). 615–624. 1070 indexed citations breakdown →
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Venkatesan, Bala Murali, James Polans, Jeffrey Comer, et al.. (2011). Lipid bilayer coated Al2O3 nanopore sensors: towards a hybrid biological solid-state nanopore. Biomedical Microdevices. 13(4). 671–682. 51 indexed citations
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Venkatesan, Bala Murali, David Estrada, Shouvik Banerjee, et al.. (2011). Stacked Graphene-Al2O3 Nanopore Sensors for Sensitive Detection of DNA and DNA–Protein Complexes. ACS Nano. 6(1). 441–450. 171 indexed citations
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Venkatesan, Bala Murali, Amish B. Shah, Jian‐Min Zuo, & Rashid Bashir. (2010). Sensors: DNA Sensing Using Nanocrystalline Surface‐Enhanced Al2O3 Nanopore Sensors (Adv. Funct. Mater. 8/2010). Advanced Functional Materials. 20(8). 1 indexed citations
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Venkatesan, Bala Murali, Amish B. Shah, Jian‐Min Zuo, & Rashid Bashir. (2010). DNA Sensing Using Nanocrystalline Surface‐Enhanced Al2O3 Nanopore Sensors. Advanced Functional Materials. 20(8). 1266–1275. 158 indexed citations
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Venkatesan, Bala Murali, Brian Dorvel, Sukru Yemenicioglu, et al.. (2009). Highly Sensitive, Mechanically Stable Nanopore Sensors for DNA Analysis. Advanced Materials. 21(27). 2771–2776. 197 indexed citations
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Watkins, Nicholas N., Bala Murali Venkatesan, Mehmet Toner, William Rodriguez, & Rashid Bashir. (2009). A robust electrical microcytometer with 3-dimensional hydrofocusing. Lab on a Chip. 9(22). 3177–3177. 84 indexed citations
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Venkatesan, Bala Murali, Brian Dorvel, Sukru Yemenicioglu, et al.. (2009). DNA Sensors: Highly Sensitive, Mechanically Stable Nanopore Sensors for DNA Analysis (Adv. Mater. 27/2009). Advanced Materials. 21(27). 2 indexed citations
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Venkatesan, Bala Murali, Samir M. Iqbal, Farhad Kosari, et al.. (2006). DNA counterion current and saturation examined by a MEMS-based solid state nanopore sensor. Biomedical Microdevices. 8(3). 263–269. 42 indexed citations

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