Donald A. Tomalia

19.7k total citations · 7 hit papers
103 papers, 15.6k citations indexed

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Donald A. Tomalia is a scholar working on Polymers and Plastics, Organic Chemistry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Donald A. Tomalia has authored 103 papers receiving a total of 15.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Polymers and Plastics, 36 papers in Organic Chemistry and 25 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Donald A. Tomalia's work include Dendrimers and Hyperbranched Polymers (65 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (14 papers) and Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications (14 papers). Donald A. Tomalia is often cited by papers focused on Dendrimers and Hyperbranched Polymers (65 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (14 papers) and Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications (14 papers). Donald A. Tomalia collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Denmark. Donald A. Tomalia's co-authors include William A. Goddard, Adel M. Naylor, Michael B. Hall, H.M. Baker, James Dewald, J. F. Ryder, George J. Kallos, Jean M. J. Fréchet, Lajos Balogh and Steven J. Martin and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Donald A. Tomalia

101 papers receiving 15.0k 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.

A New Class of Polymers: Starburst-Dendritic Macromolecules

1985 3.0k citations Donald A. Tomalia et al. profile →
Starburst Dendrimers: Molecular‐Level Control of Size, Shape, Surface Chemistry, Topology, and Flexibility from Atoms to Macroscopic Matter

1990 2.8k citations Donald A. Tomalia, Adel M. Naylor et al. profile →
Efficient transfer of genetic material into mammalian cells using Starburst polyamidoamine dendrimers.

1996 826 citations Donald A. Tomalia, James R. Baker et al. profile →
Dendrimers and other dendritic polymers

2001 751 citations Jean M. J. Fréchet, Donald A. Tomalia Wiley eBooks profile →
Dendritic macromolecules: synthesis of starburst dendrimers

1986 706 citations Donald A. Tomalia et al. profile →
Poly(Amidoamine) Dendrimer-Templated Nanocomposites. 1. Synthesis of Zerovalent Copper Nanoclusters

1998 603 citations Lajos Balogh, Donald A. Tomalia Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Starburst dendrimers. 5. Molecular shape control

1989 439 citations Adel M. Naylor, William A. Goddard et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Donald A. Tomalia United States	50	11.4k	7.0k	5.2k	3.8k	1.7k	103	15.6k
Anne‐Marie Caminade France	70	10.9k 1.0×	7.3k 1.0×	7.2k 1.4×	3.6k 0.9×	1.4k 0.8×	511	16.8k
Jean‐Pierre Majoral France	72	11.5k 1.0×	8.7k 1.3×	8.6k 1.6×	4.0k 1.1×	1.5k 0.8×	663	20.6k
Donald A. Tomalia United States	50	7.3k 0.6×	5.1k 0.7×	2.7k 0.5×	2.3k 0.6×	819 0.5×	87	10.2k
Holger Frey Germany	67	11.1k 1.0×	5.8k 0.8×	10.1k 1.9×	4.4k 1.1×	1.8k 1.0×	475	20.4k
Steven C. Zimmerman United States	62	3.5k 0.3×	4.7k 0.7×	6.4k 1.2×	3.7k 1.0×	1.2k 0.7×	220	13.5k
Wolfgang H. Binder Germany	56	4.4k 0.4×	3.1k 0.4×	7.3k 1.4×	3.4k 0.9×	1.7k 1.0×	312	13.1k
S. Thayumanavan United States	65	3.3k 0.3×	3.5k 0.5×	6.2k 1.2×	4.4k 1.2×	2.0k 1.2×	309	14.7k
Michael J. Monteiro Australia	66	3.3k 0.3×	2.3k 0.3×	9.5k 1.8×	3.7k 1.0×	1.6k 0.9×	258	15.1k
Curtis W. Frank United States	59	2.9k 0.3×	2.5k 0.4×	3.0k 0.6×	2.6k 0.7×	2.0k 1.1×	285	12.6k
Rint P. Sijbesma Netherlands	65	6.1k 0.5×	2.6k 0.4×	12.7k 2.4×	8.7k 2.3×	1.3k 0.7×	187	22.5k

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Huang, Kai‐Wen, Vikash Reebye, Stephanie Dorman, et al.. (2019). Liver Activation of Hepatocellular Nuclear Factor-4α by Small Activating RNA Rescues Dyslipidemia and Improves Metabolic Profile. Molecular Therapy — Nucleic Acids. 19. 361–370. 54 indexed citations

Tomalia, Donald A.. (2012). In Quest of a Systematic Framework for Unifying and Defining Nanoscience. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2012. 1 indexed citations

Tomalia, Donald A., et al.. (2012). Dendrimer‐Based Drug Delivery Systems. CLOK (University of Central Lancashire). 55 indexed citations

Lei, Xuegong, Steffen Jockusch, Nicholas J. Turro, Donald A. Tomalia, & M. Francesca Ottaviani. (2008). EPR characterization of gadolinium(III)-containing-PAMAM-dendrimers in the absence and in the presence of paramagnetic probes. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 322(2). 457–464. 24 indexed citations

Wei, Chiming, et al.. (2007). Nanomedicine and Drug Delivery. Medical Clinics of North America. 91(5). 863–870. 28 indexed citations

Chai, Minghui, Anton W. Jensen, Hosam Gharib Abdelhady, & Donald A. Tomalia. (2007). AFM Analysis of C₆₀ and a Poly(amido amine) Dendrimer-C₆₀ Nanoconjugate. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. 7(4). 1401–1405. 1 indexed citations

Tomalia, Donald A.. (2005). The dendritic state. Materials Today. 8(3). 34–46. 90 indexed citations

Fréchet, Jean M. J. & Donald A. Tomalia. (2001). Dendrimers and other dendritic polymers. Wiley eBooks. 751 indexed citations breakdown →

Varnavski, Oleg, Radu Ispasoiu, Lajos Balogh, Donald A. Tomalia, & Theodore Goodson. (2001). Ultrafast time-resolved photoluminescence from novel metal–dendrimer nanocomposites. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 114(5). 1962–1965. 108 indexed citations

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Baker, James R., et al.. (2001). The Synthesis and Testing of Anti-Cancer Therapeutic Nanodevices. Biomedical Microdevices. 3(1). 61–69. 71 indexed citations

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Kleinman, Mark H., et al.. (2000). Effect of Protonation and PAMAM Dendrimer Size on the Complexation and Dynamic Mobility of 2-Naphthol. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 104(48). 11472–11479. 93 indexed citations

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Balogh, Lajos & Donald A. Tomalia. (1998). Poly(Amidoamine) Dendrimer-Templated Nanocomposites. 1. Synthesis of Zerovalent Copper Nanoclusters. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 120(29). 7355–7356. 603 indexed citations breakdown →

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Miller, Larry L., Robert G. Duan, David C. Tully, & Donald A. Tomalia. (1997). Electrically Conducting Dendrimers. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 119(5). 1005–1010. 69 indexed citations

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Dvornić, Petar R. & Donald A. Tomalia. (1996). Recent advances in dendritic polymers. Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science. 1(3). 430–430. 1 indexed citations

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Turró, Claudia, et al.. (1995). Binding of *Ru(phen)32+ to Starburst Dendrimers and Its Quenching by Co(phen)33+: Generation Dependence of the Quenching Rate Constant. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 99(15). 5512–5517. 45 indexed citations

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Naylor, Adel M., William A. Goddard, Garry E. Kiefer, & Donald A. Tomalia. (1989). Starburst dendrimers. 5. Molecular shape control. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 111(6). 2339–2341. 439 indexed citations breakdown →

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Tomalia, Donald A.. (1969). Heteronuclear stabilized carbonium ions. I. Nuclear magnetic resonance examination of aryl oxocarbonium ions. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 34(9). 2583–2589. 3 indexed citations

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Tomalia, Donald A., et al.. (1967). 1‐(Aziridine) carbonyl chlorides and 1‐(aziridine) carbonyl quaternary ammonium chlorides. Rearrangement to 2‐(chloroalkyl) isocyanates. Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry. 4(2). 178–182. 6 indexed citations

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Tomalia, Donald A.. (1967). 1,1′‐(thiocarbonyl)bisaziridines. Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry. 4(3). 419–421. 1 indexed citations

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Tomalia, Donald A. & David P. Sheetz. (1966). Homopolymerization of 2‐alkyl‐ and 2‐aryl‐2‐oxazolines. Journal of Polymer Science Part A-1 Polymer Chemistry. 4(9). 2253–2265. 230 indexed citations

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