D. A. Tomalia

2.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
6 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

D. A. Tomalia is a scholar working on Polymers and Plastics, Molecular Biology and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, D. A. Tomalia has authored 6 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Polymers and Plastics, 2 papers in Molecular Biology and 2 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in D. A. Tomalia's work include Dendrimers and Hyperbranched Polymers (5 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (2 papers) and Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (2 papers). D. A. Tomalia is often cited by papers focused on Dendrimers and Hyperbranched Polymers (5 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (2 papers) and Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (2 papers). D. A. Tomalia collaborates with scholars based in United States. D. A. Tomalia's co-authors include Sönke Svenson, Otto A. Gansow, Erik C. Wiener, Martin W. Brechbiel, Richard L. Magin, Paul C. Lauterbur, Herbert M. Brothers, Petar R. Dvornić, J. Fraser Stoddart and Jean‐Pierre Dutasta and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews and Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.

In The Last Decade

D. A. Tomalia

6 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Dendrimers in biomedical applications—reflections on the field

2005 1.6k citations Sönke Svenson, D. A. Tomalia Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews profile →
Dendrimer‐based metal chelates: A new class of magnetic resonance imaging contrast agents

1994 546 citations Erik C. Wiener, Martin W. Brechbiel et al. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
D. A. Tomalia United States	4	1.5k	1.2k	521	503	463	6	2.3k
Alina Kotlyar United States	26	1.1k 0.8×	1.5k 1.2×	328 0.6×	431 0.9×	729 1.6×	39	2.5k
Steven J. Guillaudeu United States	13	715 0.5×	771 0.6×	339 0.7×	584 1.2×	505 1.1×	16	1.7k
Cédric‐Olivier Turrin France	36	2.5k 1.7×	2.0k 1.6×	758 1.5×	1.5k 3.0×	279 0.6×	100	4.1k
Jan-Willem Weener Netherlands	6	1.1k 0.8×	894 0.7×	265 0.5×	379 0.8×	220 0.5×	10	1.5k
Motoi Oishi Japan	32	312 0.2×	2.0k 1.6×	511 1.0×	568 1.1×	1.2k 2.6×	73	3.5k
Kenji Kono Japan	36	2.2k 1.5×	2.3k 1.9×	784 1.5×	1.2k 2.4×	1.5k 3.3×	102	4.7k
Chen Peng China	21	738 0.5×	700 0.6×	762 1.5×	152 0.3×	988 2.1×	31	2.3k
Qiong Yang China	22	429 0.3×	882 0.7×	1.6k 3.1×	529 1.1×	312 0.7×	57	3.0k
Sijian Hou United States	17	326 0.2×	232 0.2×	427 0.8×	470 0.9×	509 1.1×	21	1.3k
Fariyal Ahmed United States	13	450 0.3×	1.1k 0.9×	484 0.9×	1.3k 2.6×	1.3k 2.9×	14	3.0k

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6 of 6 papers shown

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Svenson, Sönke & D. A. Tomalia. (2005). Dendrimers in biomedical applications—reflections on the field. Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews. 57(15). 2106–2129. 1566 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hedstrand, David M., et al.. (1998). ChemInform Abstract: A Contemporary Survey of Covalent Connectivity and Complexity. The Divergent Synthesis of Poly(thioether) Dendrimers. Amplified, Genealogically Directed Synthesis Leading to the de Gennes Dense Packed State.. ChemInform. 29(7). 1 indexed citations

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Wiener, Erik C., Martin W. Brechbiel, Herbert M. Brothers, et al.. (1994). Dendrimer‐based metal chelates: A new class of magnetic resonance imaging contrast agents. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 31(1). 1–8. 546 indexed citations breakdown →

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Tomalia, D. A. & Petar R. Dvornić. (1994). What promise for dendrimers?. Nature. 372(6507). 617–618. 148 indexed citations

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Canceill, Josette, J.‐C. Chambron, H. D. Durst, et al.. (1993). Supramolecular Chemistry I — Directed Synthesis and Molecular Recognition. Topics in current chemistry. 29 indexed citations

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Caminati, Gabriella, et al.. (1991). Photochemical probes of starburst dendrimers and their utilization as restricted spaces for electron transfer processes. 1 indexed citations

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