Elain Fu

7.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
72 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

Elain Fu is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Elain Fu has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 29 papers in Molecular Biology and 27 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Elain Fu's work include Biosensors and Analytical Detection (40 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (22 papers) and Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications (20 papers). Elain Fu is often cited by papers focused on Biosensors and Analytical Detection (40 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (22 papers) and Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications (20 papers). Elain Fu collaborates with scholars based in United States. Elain Fu's co-authors include Paul Yager, Barry R. Lutz, Peter Kauffman, Kjell E. Nelson, Thayne L. Edwards, Kristen Helton, Milton R. Tam, Bernhard H. Weigl, Tinny Liang and Sujatha Ramachandran and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Physical Review Letters and Physical review. B, Condensed matter.

In The Last Decade

Elain Fu

71 papers receiving 5.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Microfluidic diagnostic technologies for global public health

2006 1.5k citations Paul Yager, Thayne L. Edwards et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Elain Fu United States	32	4.5k	2.5k	1.3k	551	277	72	5.2k
Koji Suzuki Japan	27	2.8k 0.6×	1.7k 0.7×	1.3k 1.0×	229 0.4×	219 0.8×	121	3.9k
Anders Wolff Denmark	36	2.9k 0.7×	1.4k 0.6×	820 0.6×	506 0.9×	188 0.7×	131	4.5k
Barry R. Lutz United States	31	2.8k 0.6×	1.8k 0.7×	711 0.5×	601 1.1×	151 0.5×	83	3.6k
Vincent Linder United States	21	3.0k 0.7×	1000 0.4×	832 0.6×	294 0.5×	94 0.3×	31	3.6k
Pavel Neužil Czechia	37	3.3k 0.7×	1.3k 0.5×	1.9k 1.4×	464 0.8×	1.5k 5.5×	146	5.6k
Joel P. Golden United States	35	2.4k 0.5×	1.5k 0.6×	939 0.7×	106 0.2×	142 0.5×	87	3.7k
Demir Akin United States	28	2.1k 0.5×	824 0.3×	861 0.7×	144 0.3×	652 2.4×	58	3.3k
Susan Daniel United States	33	1.1k 0.3×	1.4k 0.5×	1.0k 0.8×	1.1k 2.0×	250 0.9×	107	4.7k
David Erickson United States	27	2.7k 0.6×	685 0.3×	1.4k 1.1×	105 0.2×	854 3.1×	63	4.0k
Hadi Shafiee United States	36	2.5k 0.6×	1.5k 0.6×	485 0.4×	540 1.0×	85 0.3×	98	4.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Elain Fu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Elain Fu

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Fu, Elain & Daniel Gottesman. (2025). Error Correction in Dynamical Codes. Quantum. 9. 1886–1886. 1 indexed citations

Ramsey, Stephen A., et al.. (2024). Electrochemical signal quantification in saliva: investigation of signal analysis methods. Journal of Applied Electrochemistry. 55(1). 217–229. 1 indexed citations

Ramsey, Stephen A., et al.. (2022). Field-use device for the electrochemical quantification of carbamazepine levels in a background of human saliva. Journal of Applied Electrochemistry. 53(3). 523–534. 7 indexed citations

Milovancev, Milan, et al.. (2020). Rational design and characterization of a lateral flow assay for canine C-reactive protein in wound exudate. Talanta. 220. 121319–121319. 9 indexed citations

Holstein, Carly A., Aaron Chevalier, Steven Bennett, et al.. (2015). Immobilizing affinity proteins to nitrocellulose: a toolbox for paper-based assay developers. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 408(5). 1335–1346. 72 indexed citations

Robinson, R. Michael, et al.. (2014). Conversion of a laboratory-based test for phenylalanine detection to a simple paper-based format and implications for PKU screening in low-resource settings. The Analyst. 140(2). 609–615. 23 indexed citations

Lutz, Barry R., Tinny Liang, Elain Fu, et al.. (2013). Dissolvable fluidic time delays for programming multi-step assays in instrument-free paper diagnostics. Lab on a Chip. 13(14). 2840–2840. 222 indexed citations

Toley, Bhushan J., Elain Fu, & Paul Yager. (2012). A powerless valving system for fluid flow in paper networks. 1 indexed citations

Osborn, Jennifer L., Carly A. Holstein, Cameron Scott Ball, et al.. (2011). A SELF-REFERENCING PAPER T-SENSOR FOR ANALYTE DETECTION. 1 indexed citations

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Osborn, Jennifer L., Barry R. Lutz, Elain Fu, & Paul Yager. (2011). NOVEL SAMPLE PROCESSING MODULES FOR ENHANCED PAPER-BASED DIAGNOSTICS. 1 indexed citations

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Fu, Elain, Paul Yager, Pierre N. Floriano, Nicolaos Christodoulides, & John T. McDevitt. (2011). Perspective on Diagnostics for Global Health. IEEE Pulse. 2(6). 40–50. 40 indexed citations

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Lutz, Barry R., et al.. (2011). Two-dimensional paper networks: programmable fluidic disconnects for multi-step processes in shaped paper. Lab on a Chip. 11(24). 4274–4274. 130 indexed citations

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Kauffman, Peter, Elain Fu, Barry R. Lutz, & Paul Yager. (2010). Visualization and measurement of flow in two-dimensional paper networks. Lab on a Chip. 10(19). 2614–2614. 76 indexed citations

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Fu, Elain, Stephen A. Ramsey, Peter Kauffman, Barry R. Lutz, & Paul Yager. (2010). Transport in two-dimensional paper networks. Microfluidics and Nanofluidics. 10(1). 29–35. 249 indexed citations

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Fu, Elain, Timothy M. Chinowsky, Kjell E. Nelson, et al.. (2007). SPR Imaging‐Based Salivary Diagnostics System for the Detection of Small Molecule Analytes. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1098(1). 335–344. 34 indexed citations

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Fu, Elain, Stephen A. Ramsey, & Paul Yager. (2007). Dependence of the signal amplification potential of colloidal gold nanoparticles on resonance wavelength in surface plasmon resonance-based detection. Analytica Chimica Acta. 599(1). 118–123. 17 indexed citations

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Fu, Elain, Stephen A. Ramsey, Jingyi Chen, et al.. (2006). Resonance wavelength-dependent signal of absorptive particles in surface plasmon resonance-based detection. Sensors and Actuators B Chemical. 123(1). 606–613. 10 indexed citations

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Chinowsky, Timothy M., Kyle S. Johnston, Kjell E. Nelson, et al.. (2006). Compact, high performance surface plasmon resonance imaging system. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 22(9-10). 2208–2215. 52 indexed citations

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Hawkins, Kenneth, et al.. (2006). A method for characterizing adsorption of flowing solutes to microfluidic device surfaces. Lab on a Chip. 7(2). 281–285. 16 indexed citations

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Williams, Ellen D., Elain Fu, & Bin Li. (1996). Evolution of Morphology During Etching of Si. MRS Proceedings. 466. 2 indexed citations

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