Devika B. Chithrani

11.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
72 papers, 8.6k citations indexed

About

Devika B. Chithrani is a scholar working on Biomaterials, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Devika B. Chithrani has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 8.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Biomaterials, 34 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 29 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Devika B. Chithrani's work include Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery (38 papers), Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry (34 papers) and Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (21 papers). Devika B. Chithrani is often cited by papers focused on Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery (38 papers), Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry (34 papers) and Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (21 papers). Devika B. Chithrani collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Australia. Devika B. Chithrani's co-authors include Warren C. W. Chan, Arezou A. Ghazani, David A. Jaffray, Christine Allen, Salomeh Jelveh, Kyle Bromma, Darren Yohan, Celina Yang, Monique van Prooijen and Robert G. Bristow and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Nano Letters and Applied Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

Devika B. Chithrani

70 papers receiving 8.5k citations

Hit Papers

Determining the Size and Shape Dependence of Gold Nanopar... 2006 2026 2012 2019 2006 2007 2010 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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.

  1. Determining the Size and Shape Dependence of Gold Nanoparticle Uptake into Mammalian Cells
    2006 3.9k citations Devika B. Chithrani et al. profile →
  2. Elucidating the Mechanism of Cellular Uptake and Removal of Protein-Coated Gold Nanoparticles of Different Sizes and Shapes
    2007 1.9k citations Devika B. Chithrani et al. profile →
  3. Gold Nanoparticles as Radiation Sensitizers in Cancer Therapy
    2010 524 citations Devika B. Chithrani, Christine Allen et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Devika B. Chithrani Canada 27 3.5k 3.4k 3.2k 2.3k 2.0k 72 8.6k
Jin Xie United States 67 8.2k 2.4× 5.9k 1.7× 6.1k 1.9× 4.8k 2.1× 1.3k 0.6× 232 16.8k
Conroy Sun United States 35 3.7k 1.1× 3.5k 1.0× 2.2k 0.7× 2.0k 0.8× 593 0.3× 74 7.4k
James F. Hainfeld United States 30 2.2k 0.6× 1.4k 0.4× 1.5k 0.5× 1.7k 0.7× 841 0.4× 86 6.2k
Bengang Xing Singapore 65 7.1k 2.0× 2.6k 0.8× 6.4k 2.0× 3.6k 1.5× 792 0.4× 186 12.6k
Nohyun Lee South Korea 47 7.6k 2.2× 5.2k 1.5× 7.6k 2.4× 2.9k 1.2× 1.5k 0.7× 88 15.0k
Fuyuhiko Tamanoi United States 68 3.1k 0.9× 3.6k 1.1× 3.4k 1.1× 9.1k 3.9× 450 0.2× 215 16.4k
Jianan Liu China 48 5.6k 1.6× 2.2k 0.7× 4.4k 1.4× 3.0k 1.3× 413 0.2× 172 10.0k
David P. Cormode United States 56 4.6k 1.3× 2.4k 0.7× 3.1k 1.0× 1.9k 0.8× 788 0.4× 129 8.8k
Chun Li United States 60 6.6k 1.9× 4.0k 1.2× 3.0k 0.9× 3.8k 1.6× 2.0k 1.0× 255 13.3k
Andrew Tsourkas United States 52 3.8k 1.1× 3.1k 0.9× 1.9k 0.6× 3.7k 1.6× 534 0.3× 143 8.9k

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All Works

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Santos, Nancy Dos, et al.. (2025). Route of Administration of Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles Improves Tumor Accumulation In Vivo. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 8(46). 22308–22319.
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Holder, Simon J., Katrina Gee, Wayne Beckham, et al.. (2025). Comprehensive analysis of the tumor targeting efficiency of functionalized nanoparticles in an immunocompetent environment. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 35225–35225. 1 indexed citations
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Beckham, Wayne, et al.. (2024). Improving the Efficacy of Common Cancer Treatments via Targeted Therapeutics towards the Tumour and Its Microenvironment. Pharmaceutics. 16(2). 175–175. 3 indexed citations
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Morgan, Jessica, et al.. (2024). Effects of Docetaxel and Host Immune Status on Nanoparticle Biodistribution and Tumor Uptake. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 8(1). 210–222. 1 indexed citations
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Chow, Norman, Ermias Gete, Nancy Dos Santos, et al.. (2024). In Vitro and In Vivo Synergetic Radiotherapy with Gold Nanoparticles and Docetaxel for Pancreatic Cancer. Pharmaceutics. 16(6). 713–713. 7 indexed citations
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Bromma, Kyle, Jessica Morgan, Yuri Mackeyev, et al.. (2023). Dual enhancement in the radiosensitivity of prostate cancer through nanoparticles and chemotherapeutics. Cancer Nanotechnology. 14(1). 75–75. 14 indexed citations
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Bromma, Kyle, Nancy Dos Santos, Abraham Alexander, et al.. (2022). Enhancing nanoparticle accumulation in two dimensional, three dimensional, and xenograft mouse cancer cell models in the presence of docetaxel. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 13508–13508. 18 indexed citations
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Bromma, Kyle, Wonmo Sung, Perry L. Howard, et al.. (2019). Modulation of nanoparticle uptake, intracellular distribution, and retention with docetaxel to enhance radiotherapy. British Journal of Radiology. 93(1106). 20190742–20190742. 26 indexed citations
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Yang, Celina, Kyle Bromma, & Devika B. Chithrani. (2018). Peptide Mediated In Vivo Tumor Targeting of Nanoparticles through Optimization in Single and Multilayer In Vitro Cell Models. Cancers. 10(3). 84–84. 33 indexed citations
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Yang, Celina, Kyle Bromma, Wonmo Sung, Jan Schuemann, & Devika B. Chithrani. (2018). Determining the Radiation Enhancement Effects of Gold Nanoparticles in Cells in a Combined Treatment with Cisplatin and Radiation at Therapeutic Megavoltage Energies. Cancers. 10(5). 150–150. 38 indexed citations
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Yang, Celina & Devika B. Chithrani. (2016). Therapeutic Enhancement with Nuclear Targeted Gold Nanoparticles. Biophysical Journal. 110(3). 502a–502a. 1 indexed citations
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Yohan, Darren, et al.. (2015). Size-Dependent Gold Nanoparticle Interaction at Nano–Micro Interface Using Both Monolayer and Multilayer (Tissue-Like) Cell Models. Nano-Micro Letters. 8(1). 44–53. 42 indexed citations
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Yohan, Darren, et al.. (2014). Elucidating the Uptake and Distribution of Nanoparticles in Solid Tumors via a Multilayered Cell Culture Model. Nano-Micro Letters. 7(2). 127–137. 24 indexed citations
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Chung, Stephen, et al.. (2014). Determining the Size Dependence of Colloidal Gold Nanoparticle Uptake in a Tumor-like Interface (Hypoxic). Colloids and Interface Science Communications. 1. 57–61. 17 indexed citations
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Chithrani, Devika B.. (2011). Optimization of Bio-Nano Interface Using Gold Nanostructures as a Model Nanoparticle System. 115–135. 26 indexed citations
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Chithrani, Devika B.. (2010). Nanoparticles for Improved Therapeutics and Imaging in Cancer Therapy. Recent Patents on Nanotechnology. 4(3). 171–180. 42 indexed citations
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Chithrani, Devika B., Michael Dunne, James Stewart, Christine Allen, & David A. Jaffray. (2009). Cellular uptake and transport of gold nanoparticles incorporated in a liposomal carrier. Nanomedicine Nanotechnology Biology and Medicine. 6(1). 161–169. 142 indexed citations

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