Christopher Kirby

2.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
28 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Christopher Kirby is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Surgery and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher Kirby has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Surgery and 5 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Christopher Kirby's work include Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (11 papers), Cholesterol and Lipid Metabolism (5 papers) and Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery (4 papers). Christopher Kirby is often cited by papers focused on Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (11 papers), Cholesterol and Lipid Metabolism (5 papers) and Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery (4 papers). Christopher Kirby collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Mexico. Christopher Kirby's co-authors include Gregory Gregoriadis, B. A. Law, B. E. Brooker, Judith Senior, David T. Coxon, Neil M. Rigby, Roger New, Maria Velinova, N G Read and Barbara Wolff and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Biotechnology, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B and Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Christopher Kirby

27 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

Effect of the cholesterol content of small unilamellar liposomes on their stability in vivo and in vitro

1980 500 citations Christopher Kirby, Gregory Gregoriadis et al. profile →
Dehydration-Rehydration Vesicles: A Simple Method for High Yield Drug Entrapment in Liposomes

1984 453 citations Christopher Kirby, Gregory Gregoriadis Nature Biotechnology profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Cellular evolution of the hypothalamic preoptic area of behaviorally divergent deer mice 2025 ·eLife ·Jenny Chen, P. R. K. Richardson, Christopher Kirby, Sean R. Eddy, Hopi E. Hoekstra	1
2	Adaptive tail-length evolution in deer mice is associated with differential Hoxd13 expression in early development 2024 ·Nature Ecology & Evolution ·Evan P. Kingsley, (unknown), Jean‐Marc Lassance, Kyle M. Turner, (unknown), Christopher Kirby, (unknown), Hopi E. Hoekstra	8
3	Cellular evolution of the hypothalamic preoptic area of behaviorally divergent deer mice 2024 ·eLife ·Jenny Chen, P. R. K. Richardson, Christopher Kirby, Sean R. Eddy, Hopi E. Hoekstra	3
4	The Tug1 lncRNA locus is essential for male fertility 2020 ·Genome biology ·Jordan P. Lewandowski, Gabrijela Dumbović, (unknown), Taeyoung Hwang, Emily Jacobs-Palmer, (unknown), Christian Much, Kyle M. Turner, Christopher Kirby, Nimrod D. Rubinstein, Abigail F. Groff, (unknown), Chiara Gerhardinger, Assaf C. Bester, Pier Paolo Pandolfi, John G. Clohessy, Hopi E. Hoekstra, (unknown), John L. Rinn	72
5	The chemical cue tetrabromopyrrole induces rapid cellular stress and mortality in phytoplankton 2018 ·Scientific Reports ·Kristen E. Whalen, Christopher Kirby, (unknown), (unknown), Bradley S. Moore, Elizabeth L. Harvey	28
6	Study of the Impact of Polyanions on the Formation of Lipid Bilayers on Top of Polyelectrolyte Multilayers with Poly(allylamine hydrochloride) as the Top Layer 2017 ·The Journal of Physical Chemistry B ·Eleftheria Diamanti, Patrizia Andreozzi, Christopher Kirby, (unknown), Luis Yate, Hendrik Heinz, Ronald F. Ziolo, Edwin Donath, Sergio Moya	1
7	AEGIS: A Robust and Scalable Real-time Public Health Surveillance System 2007 ·Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association ·Ben Y. Reis, Christopher Kirby, (unknown), Karen L. Olson, Andrew McMurry, James Daniel, Kenneth D. Mandl	39
8	Oil-Based Formulations for Oral Delivery of Therapeutic Peptides 2000 ·Journal of Liposome Research ·Christopher Kirby	12
9	Solubilisation of hydrophilic drugs in oily formulations 1997 ·Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews ·Roger New, Christopher Kirby	30
10	Morphological observations on the fate of liposomes in the regional lymph nodes after footpad injection into rats 1996 ·Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Lipids and Lipid Metabolism ·Maria Velinova, N G Read, Christopher Kirby, Gregory Gregoriadis	48
11	Effect of liposomal encapsulation of chloramphenicol on its transfer across the human placenta in a dual in vitro perfusion system 1992 ·International Journal of Pharmaceutics ·Mehmet Ali Onur, Christopher Kirby, Aşkın Işimer, Mehmet Sinan Beksaç, N. E. Başcı, (unknown), Turgay Coşkun, (unknown)	3
12	Stabilization of ascorbic acid by microencapsulation in liposomes 1991 ·International Journal of Food Science & Technology ·Christopher Kirby, (unknown), Neil M. Rigby, David T. Coxon, B. A. Law	80
13	Preparation of liposomes containing Factor VIII for oral treatment of haemophilia 1984 ·Journal of Microencapsulation ·Christopher Kirby, Gregory Gregoriadis	45
14	Dehydration-Rehydration Vesicles: A Simple Method for High Yield Drug Entrapment in Liposomes breakdown → 1984 ·Nature Biotechnology ·Christopher Kirby, Gregory Gregoriadis	453
15	Fate of cholesterol-rich liposomes after subcutaneous injection into rats 1983 ·Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects ·(unknown), Christopher Kirby, Judith Senior, Gregory Gregoriadis	60
16	Plasma-induced release of solutes from small unilamellar liposomes is associated with pore formation in the bilayers 1981 ·Biochemical Journal ·Christopher Kirby, Gregory Gregoriadis	51
17	Erythrocyte membrane cholesterol levels and their effects on membrane proteins 1980 ·Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes ·Christopher Kirby, Colin Green	7
18	Cholesterol content of small unilamellar liposomes controls phospholipid loss to high density lipoproteins in the presence of serum 1980 ·FEBS Letters ·Christopher Kirby, (unknown), Gregory Gregoriadis	105
19	The effect of the cholesterol content of small unilamellar liposomes on the fate of their lipid components 1980 ·Life Sciences ·Christopher Kirby, Gregory Gregoriadis	48
20	Transmembrane migration (‘flip-flop’) of cholesterol in erythrocyte membranes 1977 ·Biochemical Journal ·Christopher Kirby, (unknown)	24

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