Donald A. Tomalia

19.7k citations
103 papers · 15.6k indexed · 7 hit papers · h-index 50
Topics
Dendrimers and Hyperbranched Polymers (65 papers)RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (14 papers)Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications (14 papers)

In The Last Decade

Donald A. Tomalia

101 papers receiving 15.0k citations

Hit Papers

A New Class of Polymers: Starburst-Dendritic Macromolecules19852026199820121985199019962001198610002.0k3.0k

Peers

Donald A. Tomalia
Comparison fields: 5 of 141
  • Polymers and Plastics 11.4k
  • Molecular Biology 7.0k
  • Organic Chemistry 5.2k
  • Materials Chemistry 3.8k
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1.7k
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All Works

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#WorkIndexed citations
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2 326
3 27
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In Quest of a Systematic Framework for Unifying and Defining Nanoscience
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5 55
6 24
7 19
8 28
9 1
10 7
11 34
12 30
13 90
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Dendrimers and other dendritic polymersbreakdown →
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15 108
16 93
17 42
18 138
19 6
20 230

About Donald A. Tomalia

Donald A. Tomalia is a scholar working on Polymers and Plastics, Organic Chemistry and Surfaces, Coatings and Films, having authored 103 papers that have together received 15.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this 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). The work is most often cited by research in Polymers and Plastics (11.4k citations), Surfaces, Coatings and Films (1.4k citations) and Organic Chemistry (5.2k citations). Donald A. Tomalia has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Japan and Denmark. Frequent co-authors include William A. Goddard, Adel M. Naylor, Michael B. Hall, J. F. Ryder, George J. Kallos, James Dewald, H.M. Baker, Jean M. J. Fréchet, Lajos Balogh and Patrick B. Smith. Their work appears in journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

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