Colette McDonagh

6.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
137 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

Colette McDonagh is a scholar working on Bioengineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Colette McDonagh has authored 137 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 61 papers in Bioengineering, 53 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 45 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Colette McDonagh's work include Analytical Chemistry and Sensors (61 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (24 papers) and Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors (19 papers). Colette McDonagh is often cited by papers focused on Analytical Chemistry and Sensors (61 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (24 papers) and Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors (19 papers). Colette McDonagh collaborates with scholars based in Ireland, Germany and United States. Colette McDonagh's co-authors include Brian D. MacCraith, Conor S. Burke, Aisling K. McEvoy, Dorota Wencel, Tobias Abel, Robert Nooney, Ondrej Stránik, T. M. Butler, Gerard O'Keeffe and J. F. McGilp and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Applied Physics Letters and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Colette McDonagh

133 papers receiving 5.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Optical Chemical Sensors

2008 814 citations Colette McDonagh, Conor S. Burke et al. profile →
Optical Chemical pH Sensors

2013 457 citations Dorota Wencel, Colette McDonagh et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Colette McDonagh	2.4k	2.3k	1.8k	1.6k	976	137	5.5k
Brian D. MacCraith	2.8k 1.1×	3.0k 1.3×	1.6k 0.9×	2.8k 1.7×	1.6k 1.6×	163	7.0k
Sergey M. Borisov	3.9k 1.6×	3.8k 1.7×	4.7k 2.5×	2.7k 1.6×	1.3k 1.3×	210	10.0k
S. Scott Saavedra	727 0.3×	1.6k 0.7×	989 0.5×	980 0.6×	996 1.0×	137	3.9k
André Laschewsky	642 0.3×	1.8k 0.8×	3.2k 1.7×	2.2k 1.3×	1.2k 1.2×	334	13.8k
Masamichi Fujihira	567 0.2×	4.8k 2.1×	2.4k 1.3×	1.8k 1.1×	1.0k 1.1×	295	8.4k
Jie Lin	433 0.2×	837 0.4×	1.6k 0.9×	1.1k 0.7×	730 0.7×	129	3.9k
Kajsa Uvdal	307 0.1×	1.6k 0.7×	3.3k 1.8×	1.4k 0.9×	930 1.0×	142	5.8k
Guoqiang Yang	459 0.2×	1.9k 0.8×	5.1k 2.7×	1.4k 0.9×	1.1k 1.1×	332	8.6k
Lining Sun	332 0.1×	1.7k 0.7×	5.3k 2.9×	1.8k 1.1×	675 0.7×	173	7.4k
Ruggero Caminiti	194 0.1×	1.3k 0.6×	2.4k 1.3×	891 0.5×	932 1.0×	261	7.8k

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Byrne, Daragh, Paul Duggan, & Colette McDonagh. (2017). Controlled surface plasmon enhanced fluorescence from 1D gold gratings via azimuth rotations. Methods and Applications in Fluorescence. 5(1). 15004–15004. 3 indexed citations

O’Connell, Claire, Robert Nooney, & Colette McDonagh. (2016). Cyanine5-doped silica nanoparticles as ultra-bright immunospecific labels for model circulating tumour cells in flow cytometry and microscopy. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 91. 190–198. 23 indexed citations

Nooney, Robert, Angela White, Claire O’Connell, et al.. (2015). Investigating the colloidal stability of fluorescent silica nanoparticles under isotonic conditions for biomedical applications. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 456. 50–58. 18 indexed citations

Korzeniowska, Barbara, Robert Nooney, Dorota Wencel, & Colette McDonagh. (2013). Silica nanoparticles for cell imaging and intracellular sensing. Nanotechnology. 24(44). 442002–442002. 84 indexed citations

Oubaha, Mohamed, et al.. (2012). Optical properties of high refractive index thin films processed at low-temperature. Optical Materials. 34(8). 1366–1370. 52 indexed citations

Woolley, Robert, et al.. (2012). From particle to platelet: Optimization of a stable, high brightness fluorescent nanoparticle based cell detection platform. Nanomedicine Nanotechnology Biology and Medicine. 9(4). 540–549. 9 indexed citations

Tivnan, Amanda, W. Shannon Orr, Vladimir Gubala, et al.. (2012). Inhibition of Neuroblastoma Tumor Growth by Targeted Delivery of MicroRNA-34a Using Anti-Disialoganglioside GD2 Coated Nanoparticles. PLoS ONE. 7(5). e38129–e38129. 190 indexed citations

Nooney, Robert, et al.. (2012). Optimization of size, morphology and colloidal stability of fluorescein dye-doped silica NPs for application in immunoassays. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 404(10). 2807–2818. 21 indexed citations

Dixit, Chandra Kumar, et al.. (2012). Synthesis and characterization of model silica–gold core–shell nanohybrid systems to demonstrate plasmonic enhancement of fluorescence. Nanotechnology. 23(32). 325603–325603. 8 indexed citations

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Schulz, Anja, Robert Woolley, Thibault Tabarin, & Colette McDonagh. (2011). Dextran-coated silica nanoparticles for calcium-sensing. The Analyst. 136(8). 1722–1722. 21 indexed citations

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Cassidy, John, et al.. (2010). Corrosion Protection Properties of Various Ligand Modified Organic Inorganic Hybrid Coating on AA 2024-T3. ECS Transactions. 24(1). 231–246. 6 indexed citations

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Yuk, Jong Seol, Brian D. MacCraith, & Colette McDonagh. (2010). Signal enhancement of surface plasmon-coupled emission (SPCE) with the evanescent field of surface plasmons on a bimetallic paraboloid biochip. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 26(7). 3213–3218. 27 indexed citations

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Yuk, Jong Seol, Colette McDonagh, & Brian D. MacCraith. (2010). Demonstration of a surface plasmon-coupled emission (SPCE)-based immunoassay in the absence of a spacer layer. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 398(5). 1947–1954. 17 indexed citations

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Stránik, Ondrej, Daniela Iacopino, Robert Nooney, Colette McDonagh, & Brian D. MacCraith. (2009). Optical Properties of Micro-patterned Silver Nanoparticle Substrates. Journal of Fluorescence. 20(1). 215–223. 8 indexed citations

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Nooney, Robert, Andrew J. Clifford, Xavier Le Guével, et al.. (2009). Enhancing the analytical performance of immunoassays that employ metal-enhanced fluorescence. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 396(3). 1127–1134. 39 indexed citations

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Yuk, Jong Seol, et al.. (2009). Surface plasmon-coupled emission (SPCE)-based immunoassay using a novel paraboloid array biochip. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 25(6). 1344–1349. 40 indexed citations

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Enderlein, Jörg, et al.. (2008). Experimental and theoretical evaluation of surface plasmon-coupled emission for sensitive fluorescence detection. Journal of Biomedical Optics. 13(5). 54021–54021. 19 indexed citations

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Burke, Conor S., et al.. (2004). Development of an integrated optic oxygen sensor using a novel, generic platform. The Analyst. 130(1). 41–45. 29 indexed citations

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McEvoy, Aisling K., Colette McDonagh, Brian D. MacCraith, et al.. (2002). Sol–gel based optical carbon dioxide sensor employing dual luminophore referencing for application in food packaging technology. The Analyst. 127(11). 1478–1483. 139 indexed citations

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Coey, J. M. D., T. Bakas, Colette McDonagh, & F. J. Litterst. (1989). Electrical and magnetic properties of cronstedtite. Physics and Chemistry of Minerals. 16(4). 3 indexed citations

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