Benjamin C. Tang

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Benjamin C. Tang is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Surgery and Pharmaceutical Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Benjamin C. Tang has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Surgery and 5 papers in Pharmaceutical Science. Recurrent topics in Benjamin C. Tang's work include RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (6 papers), Advanced Drug Delivery Systems (4 papers) and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (4 papers). Benjamin C. Tang is often cited by papers focused on RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (6 papers), Advanced Drug Delivery Systems (4 papers) and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (4 papers). Benjamin C. Tang collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Australia. Benjamin C. Tang's co-authors include Daniel G. Anderson, Róbert Langer, Justin Hanes, Omid Veiseh, Kathryn A. Whitehead, Yingying Wang, Matthew J. Webber, Jung Soo Suk, Samuel K. Lai and Yizhou Dong and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nano Letters and ACS Nano.

In The Last Decade

Benjamin C. Tang

26 papers receiving 2.9k citations

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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.

Managing diabetes with nanomedicine: challenges and opportunities

2014 473 citations Omid Veiseh, Benjamin C. Tang et al. Nature Reviews Drug Discovery profile →

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Régis Coco Belgium

Olivier Jordan Switzerland

Eduardo Ansorena Spain

Mei‐Chin Chen Taiwan

Sarah Hedtrich Germany

Shiyan Guo China

Aude Le Breton Belgium

Marcos García-Fuentes Spain

Franz Gabor Austria

Stefano Salmaso Italy

Régis Coco Belgium

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Benjamin C. Tang

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Zou, Caineng, Shixiang Li, Bo Xiong, et al.. (2025). Connotation, pathways, and significance of building China into an “energy powerhouse”;. Petroleum Exploration and Development. 52(2). 519–535. 1 indexed citations

Xiong, Bo, Hao Xu, Chaohe Fang, et al.. (2025). Construction and application of favorable target evaluation system for hot dry rock. Petroleum Exploration and Development. 52(1). 258–271.

Lin, Dingchang, Xiuyuan Li, Eric M. Moult, et al.. (2023). Time-tagged ticker tapes for intracellular recordings. Nature Biotechnology. 41(5). 631–639. 21 indexed citations

Shao, Hao, et al.. (2021). Inhibitors of heat shock protein 70 (Hsp70) with enhanced metabolic stability reduce tau levels. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 41. 128025–128025. 10 indexed citations

Fu, Jie, Justin Hanes, Brian W. Simons, et al.. (2020). Vaginal Delivery of Paclitaxel via Nanoparticles with Non-Mucoadhesive Surfaces Suppresses Cervical Tumor Growth. UNC Libraries.

Schneider, Craig S., Qingguo Xu, Nicholas J. Boylan, et al.. (2017). Nanoparticles that do not adhere to mucus provide uniform and long-lasting drug delivery to airways following inhalation. Science Advances. 3(4). e1601556–e1601556. 237 indexed citations

Dong, Yizhou, J. Robert Dorkin, Weiheng Wang, et al.. (2016). Poly(glycoamidoamine) Brushes Formulated Nanomaterials for Systemic siRNA and mRNA Delivery in Vivo. Nano Letters. 16(2). 842–848. 97 indexed citations

Jhunjhunwala, Siddharth, David Álvarez, Stephanie Aresta-Dasilva, et al.. (2016). Splenic progenitors aid in maintaining high neutrophil numbers at sites of sterile chronic inflammation. Journal of Leukocyte Biology. 100(2). 253–260. 11 indexed citations

Langer, R., Daniel G. Anderson, Omid Veiseh, Benjamin C. Tang, & Kathryn A. Whitehead. (2014). Managing diabetes with nanomedicine: challenges and opportunities. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 2 indexed citations

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Yang, Ming, Tao Yu, Yingying Wang, et al.. (2014). Intraperitoneal delivery of paclitaxel by poly(ether-anhydride) microspheres effectively suppresses tumor growth in a murine metastatic ovarian cancer model. Drug Delivery and Translational Research. 4(2). 203–209. 14 indexed citations

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Webber, Matthew J., Omar F. Khan, Stefanie A. Sydlik, Benjamin C. Tang, & Róbert Langer. (2014). A Perspective on the Clinical Translation of Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering. Annals of Biomedical Engineering. 43(3). 641–656. 171 indexed citations

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Veiseh, Omid, Benjamin C. Tang, Kathryn A. Whitehead, Daniel G. Anderson, & Róbert Langer. (2014). Managing diabetes with nanomedicine: challenges and opportunities. Nature Reviews Drug Discovery. 14(1). 45–57. 473 indexed citations breakdown →

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Dong, Yizhou, Ahmed A. Eltoukhy, Christopher A. Alabi, et al.. (2014). Lipid‐Like Nanomaterials for Simultaneous Gene Expression and Silencing In Vivo. Advanced Healthcare Materials. 3(9). 1392–1397. 52 indexed citations

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Suk, Jung Soo, Nicholas J. Boylan, Kanika Trehan, et al.. (2011). N-acetylcysteine Enhances Cystic Fibrosis Sputum Penetration and Airway Gene Transfer by Highly Compacted DNA Nanoparticles. Molecular Therapy. 19(11). 1981–1989. 73 indexed citations

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Suh, Junghae, et al.. (2011). Real‐time gene delivery vector tracking in the endo‐lysosomal pathway of live cells. Microscopy Research and Technique. 75(5). 691–697. 27 indexed citations

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Koskimaki, Jacob E., Emmanouil D. Karagiannis, Benjamin C. Tang, et al.. (2010). Pentastatin-1, a collagen IV derived 20-mer peptide, suppresses tumor growth in a small cell lung cancer xenograft model. BMC Cancer. 10(1). 29–29. 42 indexed citations

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Aich, Udayanath, Michael A. Meledeo, Srinivasa‐Gopalan Sampathkumar, et al.. (2010). Development of delivery methods for carbohydrate-based drugs: controlled release of biologically-active short chain fatty acid-hexosamine analogs. Glycoconjugate Journal. 27(4). 445–459. 15 indexed citations

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Tang, Benjamin C., Michelle Dawson, Samuel K. Lai, et al.. (2009). Biodegradable polymer nanoparticles that rapidly penetrate the human mucus barrier. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(46). 19268–19273. 360 indexed citations

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Tang, Benjamin C., Jie Fu, D. Neil Watkins, & Justin Hanes. (2009). Enhanced efficacy of local etoposide delivery by poly(ether-anhydride) particles against small cell lung cancer in vivo. Biomaterials. 31(2). 339–344. 32 indexed citations

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Smith, Jason D., Benjamin C. Tang, & Anne S. Robinson. (2003). Protein disulfide isomerase, but not binding protein, overexpression enhances secretion of a non‐disulfide‐bonded protein in yeast. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 85(3). 340–350. 56 indexed citations

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