Ben Ouyang

5.4k total citations · 5 hit papers
22 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Ben Ouyang is a scholar working on Biomaterials, Biomedical Engineering and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ben Ouyang has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Biomaterials, 12 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 5 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Ben Ouyang's work include Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery (12 papers), Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (8 papers) and Immune cells in cancer (4 papers). Ben Ouyang is often cited by papers focused on Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery (12 papers), Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (8 papers) and Immune cells in cancer (4 papers). Ben Ouyang collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Portugal. Ben Ouyang's co-authors include Warren C. W. Chan, Benjamin R. Kingston, Wilson Poon, Jamie L. Y. Wu, Yi-Nan Zhang, Stefan Wilhelm, Anton Zilman, Zachary P. Lin, Presley MacMillan and Abdullah M. Syed and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Advanced Materials and Nature Materials.

In The Last Decade

Ben Ouyang

21 papers receiving 4.3k citations

Hit Papers

The entry of nanoparticles into solid tumours 2016 2026 2019 2022 2020 2016 2020 2019 2020 400 800 1.2k
What are hit papers?

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. The entry of nanoparticles into solid tumours
    2020 1.3k citations Shrey Sindhwani, Abdullah M. Syed et al. Nature Materials profile →
  2. Mechanism of hard-nanomaterial clearance by the liver
    2016 766 citations Kim M. Tsoi, Sonya A. MacParland et al. Nature Materials profile →
  3. A framework for designing delivery systems
    2020 422 citations Wilson Poon, Benjamin R. Kingston et al. Nature Nanotechnology profile →
  4. Elimination Pathways of Nanoparticles
    2019 422 citations Wilson Poon, Yi-Nan Zhang et al. ACS Nano profile →
  5. The dose threshold for nanoparticle tumour delivery
    2020 412 citations Ben Ouyang, Wilson Poon et al. Nature Materials profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ben Ouyang Canada 17 2.3k 2.1k 1.6k 844 653 22 4.4k
Marissa E. Wechsler United States 16 2.3k 1.0× 2.1k 1.0× 2.3k 1.5× 936 1.1× 544 0.8× 25 6.1k
Rebecca M. Haley United States 12 2.1k 0.9× 2.0k 0.9× 2.3k 1.5× 919 1.1× 588 0.9× 21 5.8k
Quan Zhou China 36 2.0k 0.9× 1.4k 0.7× 1.5k 1.0× 687 0.8× 405 0.6× 124 4.2k
Julie Audet Canada 18 2.9k 1.3× 2.4k 1.1× 1.9k 1.2× 761 0.9× 564 0.9× 47 5.3k
Abdullah M. Syed Canada 19 2.0k 0.9× 1.6k 0.7× 1.4k 0.9× 582 0.7× 382 0.6× 29 3.6k
Benjamin R. Kingston Canada 15 1.8k 0.8× 1.5k 0.7× 1.3k 0.8× 608 0.7× 441 0.7× 18 3.3k
Dmitri Simberg United States 34 1.6k 0.7× 2.1k 1.0× 1.9k 1.2× 658 0.8× 928 1.4× 100 4.6k
Xuewu Liu United States 43 2.6k 1.1× 1.6k 0.7× 1.9k 1.2× 1.4k 1.7× 427 0.7× 135 5.3k
Juliana M. Chan United States 17 2.3k 1.0× 3.0k 1.4× 2.3k 1.5× 1.0k 1.2× 323 0.5× 21 5.9k
Richard Tsai United States 18 1.3k 0.6× 1.7k 0.8× 1.3k 0.8× 674 0.8× 766 1.2× 41 4.1k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ben Ouyang

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Blum, Steven M., Ben Ouyang, Leyre Zubiri, et al.. (2025). Tumor location as a risk factor for severe immune-related adverse events. Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer. 13(5). e011312–e011312.
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Vora, Kruti Bhagirath, Ben Ouyang, Kerry L. Reynolds, et al.. (2023). Assessment of complete pathologic response after neoadjuvant immunotherapy for MSI-H gastrointestinal cancers.. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 41(4_suppl). 43–43. 1 indexed citations
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Ngai, Jessica, Presley MacMillan, Benjamin R. Kingston, et al.. (2022). Delineating the tumour microenvironment response to a lipid nanoparticle formulation. Journal of Controlled Release. 353. 988–1001. 6 indexed citations
4.
Ouyang, Ben, Benjamin R. Kingston, Wilson Poon, et al.. (2022). Impact of Tumor Barriers on Nanoparticle Delivery to Macrophages. Molecular Pharmaceutics. 19(6). 1917–1925. 10 indexed citations
5.
Lin, Zachary P., Luan N. Nguyen, Ben Ouyang, et al.. (2022). Macrophages Actively Transport Nanoparticles in Tumors After Extravasation. ACS Nano. 16(4). 6080–6092. 68 indexed citations
6.
Kingston, Benjamin R., Zachary P. Lin, Ben Ouyang, et al.. (2021). Specific Endothelial Cells Govern Nanoparticle Entry into Solid Tumors. ACS Nano. 15(9). 14080–14094. 99 indexed citations
7.
Poon, Wilson, Benjamin R. Kingston, Ben Ouyang, Wayne Ngo, & Warren C. W. Chan. (2020). A framework for designing delivery systems. Nature Nanotechnology. 15(10). 819–829. 422 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sindhwani, Shrey, Abdullah M. Syed, Jessica Ngai, et al.. (2020). The entry of nanoparticles into solid tumours. Nature Materials. 19(5). 566–575. 1293 indexed citations breakdown →
9.
Ouyang, Ben, Wilson Poon, Yi-Nan Zhang, et al.. (2020). The dose threshold for nanoparticle tumour delivery. Nature Materials. 19(12). 1362–1371. 412 indexed citations breakdown →
10.
Syed, Abdullah M., Presley MacMillan, Jessica Ngai, et al.. (2020). Liposome Imaging in Optically Cleared Tissues. Nano Letters. 20(2). 1362–1369. 36 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yuwei, et al.. (2019). Characterizing the protein corona of sub-10 nm nanoparticles. Journal of Controlled Release. 304. 102–110. 46 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yi-Nan, James Lazarovits, Wilson Poon, et al.. (2019). Nanoparticle Size Influences Antigen Retention and Presentation in Lymph Node Follicles for Humoral Immunity. Nano Letters. 19(10). 7226–7235. 154 indexed citations
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Tavares, Anthony J., Wilson Poon, Yi-Nan Zhang, et al.. (2017). Effect of removing Kupffer cells on nanoparticle tumor delivery. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(51). E10871–E10880. 242 indexed citations
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MacParland, Sonya A., Kim M. Tsoi, Ben Ouyang, et al.. (2016). Phenotype Determines Nanoparticle Uptake by Human Macrophages from Liver and Blood. ACS Nano. 11(3). 2428–2443. 186 indexed citations
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Tsoi, Kim M., Sonya A. MacParland, Vinzent N. Spetzler, et al.. (2016). Mechanism of hard-nanomaterial clearance by the liver. Nature Materials. 15(11). 1212–1221. 766 indexed citations breakdown →
16.
Ouyang, Ben, et al.. (2016). Incidence and characteristics of needlestick injuries among medical trainees at a community teaching hospital: A cross-sectional study. Journal of Occupational Health. 59(1). 63–73. 22 indexed citations
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Battiston, Kyle G., Ben Ouyang, Jieshu Qian, et al.. (2015). Interaction of a block-co-polymeric biomaterial with immunoglobulin G modulates human monocytes towards a non-inflammatory phenotype. Acta Biomaterialia. 24. 35–43. 20 indexed citations
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Sun, Xiulan, et al.. (2014). Identification of 3-chloro-1,2-propandiol using molecularly imprinted composite solid-phase extraction materials. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 406(25). 6319–6327. 9 indexed citations
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Battiston, Kyle G., Ben Ouyang, Rosalind S. Labow, Craig A. Simmons, & J. Paul Santerre. (2013). Monocyte/macrophage cytokine activity regulates vascular smooth muscle cell function within a degradable polyurethane scaffold. Acta Biomaterialia. 10(3). 1146–1155. 31 indexed citations
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Pereira, Maria, Ben Ouyang, Cathryn A. Sundback, et al.. (2012). A Highly Tunable Biocompatible and Multifunctional Biodegradable Elastomer. Advanced Materials. 25(8). 1209–1215. 95 indexed citations

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