Brian Creran

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Brian Creran is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology and Biomaterials. According to data from OpenAlex, Brian Creran has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 8 papers in Molecular Biology and 5 papers in Biomaterials. Recurrent topics in Brian Creran's work include Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (8 papers), Biosensors and Analytical Detection (6 papers) and Polymer Surface Interaction Studies (4 papers). Brian Creran is often cited by papers focused on Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (8 papers), Biosensors and Analytical Detection (6 papers) and Polymer Surface Interaction Studies (4 papers). Brian Creran collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Türkiye. Brian Creran's co-authors include Vincent M. Rotello, Yi‐Cheun Yeh, Oscar R. Miranda, Bradley Duncan, Chang Soo Kim, Daniel F. Moyano, Youngdo Jeong, Fang Wen, Xinrong Zhang and Xiaoning Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Chemical Communications and ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.

In The Last Decade

Brian Creran

18 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

Gold nanoparticles: preparation, properties, and applicat... 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. Gold nanoparticles: preparation, properties, and applications in bionanotechnology
    2011 1.0k citations Yi‐Cheun Yeh, Brian Creran et al. Nanoscale profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Brian Creran United States 16 792 743 639 449 352 18 1.8k
Mohammed Ibrahim Shukoor United States 21 913 1.2× 703 0.9× 909 1.4× 337 0.8× 447 1.3× 31 2.0k
José‐María Montenegro Spain 15 715 0.9× 1.0k 1.4× 649 1.0× 310 0.7× 716 2.0× 16 2.1k
Apiwat Chompoosor Thailand 17 651 0.8× 835 1.1× 638 1.0× 413 0.9× 449 1.3× 49 1.8k
Bradley Duncan United States 23 845 1.1× 838 1.1× 1.1k 1.7× 370 0.8× 646 1.8× 49 2.5k
Qiu Dai United States 18 663 0.8× 658 0.9× 581 0.9× 617 1.4× 213 0.6× 35 1.6k
Chang‐Cheng You United States 18 939 1.2× 925 1.2× 1.2k 1.9× 546 1.2× 462 1.3× 30 2.6k
Yoon-Sik Lee South Korea 28 651 0.8× 526 0.7× 637 1.0× 538 1.2× 193 0.5× 55 1.7k
Keming Xu Hong Kong 6 702 0.9× 668 0.9× 447 0.7× 222 0.5× 613 1.7× 10 1.8k
Chenxuan Wang China 23 540 0.7× 943 1.3× 695 1.1× 257 0.6× 313 0.9× 67 2.2k
Miodrag Mićić United States 28 829 1.0× 696 0.9× 538 0.8× 238 0.5× 337 1.0× 60 2.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Brian Creran

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Fields of papers citing papers by Brian Creran

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Brian Creran

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Brian Creran. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Brian Creran 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 Brian Creran. Brian Creran is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

18 of 18 papers shown
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Mumtaz, Shazia, Lisheng Wang, Syed Zajif Hussain, et al.. (2017). Dopamine coated Fe3O4 nanoparticles as enzyme mimics for the sensitive detection of bacteria. Chemical Communications. 53(91). 12306–12308. 70 indexed citations
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Wang, Lisheng, Bradley Duncan, Rui Tang, et al.. (2016). Gradient and Patterned Protein Films Stabilized via Nanoimprint Lithography for Engineered Interactions with Cells. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 9(1). 42–46. 15 indexed citations
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Creran, Brian, Uwe H. F. Bunz, & Vincent M. Rotello. (2015). Polymer – Nanoparticle Assemblies for Array Based Sensing. Current Organic Chemistry. 19(12). 1054–1062. 6 indexed citations
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Creran, Brian, Bradley Duncan, S. Gokhan Elci, et al.. (2015). Inkjet-Printed Gold Nanoparticle Surfaces for the Detection of Low Molecular Weight Biomolecules by Laser Desorption/Ionization Mass Spectrometry. Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry. 26(11). 1931–1937. 27 indexed citations
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Landis, Ryan F., Mahdieh Yazdani, Brian Creran, et al.. (2014). Solvatochromic probes for detecting hydrogen-bond-donating solvents. Chemical Communications. 50(35). 4579–4579. 29 indexed citations
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Creran, Brian, Xiaoning Li, Bradley Duncan, et al.. (2014). Detection of Bacteria Using Inkjet-Printed Enzymatic Test Strips. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 6(22). 19525–19530. 70 indexed citations
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Jeong, Youngdo, Yu‐Cheng Chen, Subinoy Rana, et al.. (2014). Tunable Elastic Modulus of Nanoparticle Monolayer Films by Host–Guest Chemistry. Advanced Materials. 26(29). 5056–5061. 24 indexed citations
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Kim, Chaekyu, Gülen Yesilbag Tonga, Bo Yan, et al.. (2014). Regulating exocytosis of nanoparticles via host–guest chemistry. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 13(8). 2474–2479. 38 indexed citations
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Kim, Chang Soo, Bradley Duncan, Brian Creran, & Vincent M. Rotello. (2013). Triggered nanoparticles as therapeutics. Nano Today. 8(4). 439–447. 89 indexed citations
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Subramani, Chandramouleeswaran, Krishnendu Saha, Brian Creran, et al.. (2012). Cell Alignment using Patterned Biocompatible Gold Nanoparticle Templates. Small. 8(8). 1209–1213. 22 indexed citations
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Creran, Brian, Bo Yan, Daniel F. Moyano, et al.. (2012). Laser desorption ionization mass spectrometric imaging of mass barcoded gold nanoparticles for security applications. Chemical Communications. 48(38). 4543–4543. 39 indexed citations
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Li, Xiaoning, Fang Wen, Brian Creran, et al.. (2012). Colorimetric Protein Sensing Using Catalytically Amplified Sensor Arrays. Small. 8(23). 3589–3592. 99 indexed citations
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Yu, Xi, Jonathan T. Pham, Chandramouleeswaran Subramani, et al.. (2012). Direct Patterning of Engineered Ionic Gold Nanoparticles via Nanoimprint Lithography. Advanced Materials. 24(47). 6330–6334. 32 indexed citations
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Fitzpatrick, Brian, Brian Creran, Graeme Cooke, & Vincent M. Rotello. (2012). Flavin‐Functionalized Amphiphilic Block Copolymer Gels. Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics. 213(17). 1758–1767. 4 indexed citations
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Park, Myoung‐Hwan, Sarit S. Agasti, Brian Creran, Chaekyu Kim, & Vincent M. Rotello. (2011). Controlled and Sustained Release of Drugs from Dendrimer–Nanoparticle Composite Films. Advanced Materials. 23(25). 2839–2842. 33 indexed citations
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Yeh, Yi‐Cheun, Brian Creran, & Vincent M. Rotello. (2011). Gold nanoparticles: preparation, properties, and applications in bionanotechnology. Nanoscale. 4(6). 1871–1880. 1046 indexed citations breakdown →
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Miranda, Oscar R., Brian Creran, & Vincent M. Rotello. (2010). Array-based sensing with nanoparticles: ‘Chemical noses’ for sensing biomolecules and cell surfaces. Current Opinion in Chemical Biology. 14(6). 728–736. 133 indexed citations
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Park, Myoung‐Hwan, Xuexin Duan, Yuval Ofir, et al.. (2010). Chemically Directed Immobilization of Nanoparticles onto Gold Substrates for Orthogonal Assembly Using Dithiocarbamate Bond Formation. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 2(3). 795–799. 26 indexed citations

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