Douglas Densmore

5.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
100 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Douglas Densmore is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Douglas Densmore has authored 100 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Molecular Biology, 33 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 26 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Douglas Densmore's work include Gene Regulatory Network Analysis (39 papers), Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications (21 papers) and Electrowetting and Microfluidic Technologies (20 papers). Douglas Densmore is often cited by papers focused on Gene Regulatory Network Analysis (39 papers), Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications (21 papers) and Electrowetting and Microfluidic Technologies (20 papers). Douglas Densmore collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Italy. Douglas Densmore's co-authors include Christopher A. Voigt, Ali Lashkaripour, Prashant Vaidyanathan, Bryan S. Der, Alec A. K. Nielsen, Vanya Paralanov, Jonghyeon Shin, Elizabeth A. Strychalski, David Ross and Swapnil Bhatia and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nucleic Acids Research and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Douglas Densmore

95 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

Genetic circuit design automation 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 2023 200 400 600
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. Genetic circuit design automation
    2016 701 citations Prashant Vaidyanathan, Douglas Densmore et al. profile →
  2. Droplet-based microfluidics
    2023 166 citations Thomas Beneyton, Cyrus Modavi et al. Nature Reviews Methods Primers profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Douglas Densmore United States 30 2.2k 994 459 431 246 100 3.4k
David Karig United States 24 1.8k 0.8× 551 0.6× 405 0.9× 89 0.2× 179 0.7× 39 2.6k
Thomas F. Knight United States 22 999 0.5× 259 0.3× 290 0.6× 372 0.9× 286 1.2× 100 2.3k
Jacob Beal United States 27 1.6k 0.7× 246 0.2× 280 0.6× 167 0.4× 305 1.2× 147 2.7k
Shaojie Zhang United States 30 2.0k 0.9× 175 0.2× 243 0.5× 235 0.5× 151 0.6× 172 3.4k
Guy‐Bart Stan United Kingdom 31 2.2k 1.0× 430 0.4× 546 1.2× 212 0.5× 212 0.9× 112 3.7k
Chris J. Myers United States 27 1.3k 0.6× 220 0.2× 176 0.4× 645 1.5× 218 0.9× 179 2.5k
Andrew Phillips United Kingdom 27 2.1k 1.0× 490 0.5× 240 0.5× 268 0.6× 89 0.4× 58 2.6k
Eric Klavins United States 28 1.3k 0.6× 581 0.6× 159 0.3× 84 0.2× 251 1.0× 80 3.2k
Leonidas Bleris United States 22 1.2k 0.6× 229 0.2× 136 0.3× 121 0.3× 27 0.1× 65 1.9k
Sriram Kosuri United States 22 5.2k 2.4× 324 0.3× 1.1k 2.4× 93 0.2× 250 1.0× 33 5.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Douglas Densmore

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Fields of papers citing papers by Douglas Densmore

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Douglas Densmore

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Douglas Densmore. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Douglas Densmore based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Douglas Densmore. Douglas Densmore is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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McIntyre, David, et al.. (2025). Component library creation and pixel array generation with micromilled droplet microfluidics. Microsystems & Nanoengineering. 11(1). 6–6.
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Krenz, Chris, et al.. (2024). Partitioning of a 2-bit hash function across 66 communicating cells. Nature Chemical Biology. 21(2). 268–279. 11 indexed citations
3.
Jain, Aditya, et al.. (2023). ICOR: improving codon optimization with recurrent neural networks. BMC Bioinformatics. 24(1). 132–132. 20 indexed citations
4.
Beneyton, Thomas, Cyrus Modavi, Adam R. Abate, et al.. (2023). Droplet-based microfluidics. Nature Reviews Methods Primers. 3(1). 166 indexed citations breakdown →
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McIntyre, David, et al.. (2023). Versatility and stability optimization of flow-focusing droplet generators via quality metric-driven design automation. Lab on a Chip. 23(23). 4997–5008. 4 indexed citations
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Oliveira, Samuel M. D. & Douglas Densmore. (2022). Hardware, Software, and Wetware Codesign Environment for Synthetic Biology. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2022. 9794510–9794510. 9 indexed citations
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Vaidyanathan, Prashant, et al.. (2021). Algorithms for the selection of fluorescent reporters. Communications Biology. 4(1). 118–118. 3 indexed citations
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Pavan, Marilene, Luis Ortiz, Scott Wick, et al.. (2019). Standardizing Automated DNA Assembly: Best Practices, Metrics, and Protocols Using Robots. SLAS TECHNOLOGY. 24(3). 282–290. 38 indexed citations
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Wagner, Tyler, Brian Teague, Xin Zhang, et al.. (2018). Small-molecule-based regulation of RNA-delivered circuits in mammalian cells. Nature Chemical Biology. 14(11). 1043–1050. 53 indexed citations
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Appleton, Evan, Curtis Madsen, Nicholas Roehner, & Douglas Densmore. (2017). Design Automation in Synthetic Biology. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology. 9(4). a023978–a023978. 56 indexed citations
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Appleton, Evan, Douglas Densmore, Curtis Madsen, & Nicholas Roehner. (2017). Needs and opportunities in bio-design automation: four areas for focus. Current Opinion in Chemical Biology. 40. 111–118. 18 indexed citations
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Leguía, Mariana, et al.. (2013). 2ab assembly: a methodology for automatable, high-throughput assembly of standard biological parts. Journal of Biological Engineering. 7(1). 2–2. 9 indexed citations
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Chen, Joanna, Douglas Densmore, Timothy S. Ham, Jay D. Keasling, & Nathan J. Hillson. (2012). DeviceEditor visual biological CAD canvas. Journal of Biological Engineering. 6(1). 1–1. 92 indexed citations
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Densmore, Douglas, et al.. (2011). The Eugene Language for Synthetic Biology. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 498. 153–172. 7 indexed citations
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Xia, Bing, et al.. (2011). Eugene – A Domain Specific Language for Specifying and Constraining Synthetic Biological Parts, Devices, and Systems. PLoS ONE. 6(4). e18882–e18882. 95 indexed citations
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Koeppl, Heinz, Douglas Densmore, Gianluca Setti, & Mario di Bernardo. (2011). Design and Analysis of Biomolecular Circuits: Engineering Approaches to Systems and Synthetic Biology. Digital Access to Libraries (Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), l'Université de Namur (UNamur) and the Université Saint-Louis (USL-B)). 415–415. 32 indexed citations
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Xia, Bing, et al.. (2011). Developer's and User's Guide to Clotho v2.0. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 498. 97–135. 44 indexed citations
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Densmore, Douglas, et al.. (2010). Algorithms for automated DNA assembly. Nucleic Acids Research. 38(8). 2607–2616. 39 indexed citations
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Densmore, Douglas, et al.. (2009). UMTS MPSoC design evaluation using a system level design framework. Design, Automation, and Test in Europe. 478–483. 3 indexed citations
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Sangiovanni‐Vincentelli, Alberto & Douglas Densmore. (2007). A design flow for the development, characterization, and refinement of system level architectural services. 1 indexed citations

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