Elizabeth Nance

4.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
70 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Elizabeth Nance is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Elizabeth Nance has authored 70 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Molecular Biology, 18 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 17 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Elizabeth Nance's work include Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery (15 papers), Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (11 papers) and Neonatal and fetal brain pathology (11 papers). Elizabeth Nance is often cited by papers focused on Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery (15 papers), Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (11 papers) and Neonatal and fetal brain pathology (11 papers). Elizabeth Nance collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Australia. Elizabeth Nance's co-authors include Justin Hanes, Sujatha Kannan, Qingguo Xu, Donald A. Tomalia, Ramya Kannan, Graeme F. Woodworth, Ganesh Swaminathan, Charles G. Eberhart, Drew L. Sellers and Rajiv Saigal and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Investigation, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and ACS Nano.

In The Last Decade

Elizabeth Nance

67 papers receiving 3.4k citations

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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.

A Dense Poly(Ethylene Glycol) Coating Improves Penetration of Large Polymeric Nanoparticles Within Brain Tissue

2012 505 citations Elizabeth Nance, Graeme F. Woodworth et al. profile →
Drug delivery to the central nervous system

2021 236 citations Elizabeth Nance et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Elizabeth Nance United States	27	1.3k	969	926	410	396	70	3.4k
Liang Han China	33	2.0k 1.5×	1.5k 1.5×	1.1k 1.2×	349 0.9×	387 1.0×	88	3.9k
Hongliang Xin China	32	1.6k 1.2×	1.8k 1.9×	1.5k 1.7×	312 0.8×	139 0.4×	65	3.9k
Emmanuel Garcion France	39	1.6k 1.2×	1.1k 1.1×	643 0.7×	220 0.5×	102 0.3×	85	4.9k
В. П. Чехонин Russia	37	1.7k 1.3×	1.1k 1.2×	954 1.0×	274 0.7×	78 0.2×	335	4.8k
Fan Zhang China	31	1.4k 1.0×	689 0.7×	822 0.9×	380 0.9×	689 1.7×	135	4.1k
Valérie Nicolas France	35	2.0k 1.5×	786 0.8×	896 1.0×	145 0.4×	141 0.4×	88	4.5k
Seung‐Hae Kwon South Korea	33	1.5k 1.1×	648 0.7×	1.0k 1.1×	286 0.7×	186 0.5×	100	4.2k
Sujatha Kannan United States	46	2.7k 2.0×	968 1.0×	696 0.8×	860 2.1×	1.9k 4.7×	123	6.0k
Barbara Ruozi Italy	35	1.7k 1.3×	1.9k 1.9×	1.0k 1.1×	232 0.6×	100 0.3×	127	4.3k
Svetlana Gelperina Russia	31	1.6k 1.2×	2.9k 3.0×	1.5k 1.6×	292 0.7×	173 0.4×	85	5.0k

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Wixey, Julie A., et al.. (2025). Nano-formulated curcumin uptake and biodistribution in the fetal growth restricted newborn piglet brain. Drug Delivery and Translational Research. 16(3). 945–959.

Campbell, Ian, Xinqi Li, Júlia Didier Pedrosa de Amorim, et al.. (2023). Bacterial cellulose nanoparticles as a sustainable drug delivery platform for protein-based therapeutics. RSC Applied Polymers. 2(2). 172–183. 18 indexed citations

Nance, Elizabeth, et al.. (2023). Neonatal Pharmacokinetics and Biodistribution of Polymeric Nanoparticles and Effect of Surfactant. Pharmaceutics. 15(4). 1176–1176. 3 indexed citations

Badachhape, Andrew, Nicola Di Trani, Ketan B. Ghaghada, et al.. (2023). Intratumoral nanofluidic system enhanced tumor biodistribution of PD‐L1 antibody in triple‐negative breast cancer. Bioengineering & Translational Medicine. 8(6). e10594–e10594. 6 indexed citations

Zhang, Fan, Zhi Zhang, Jesse Alt, et al.. (2023). Dendrimer-enabled targeted delivery attenuates glutamate excitotoxicity and improves motor function in a rabbit model of cerebral palsy. Journal of Controlled Release. 358. 27–42. 6 indexed citations

Joseph, Andrea, et al.. (2021). Surfactants influence polymer nanoparticle fate within the brain. Biomaterials. 277. 121086–121086. 41 indexed citations

Chua, Corrine Ying Xuan, Graziano Lolli, Nicola Di Trani, et al.. (2020). Intratumoral Nanofluidic System for Enhancing Tumor Biodistribution of Agonist CD40 Antibody. Advanced Therapeutics. 3(10). 15 indexed citations

Joseph, Andrea, et al.. (2020). Governing transport principles for nanotherapeutic application in the brain. Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering. 30(12). 112–119. 11 indexed citations

Rokem, Ariel, et al.. (2019). diff_classifier: Parallelization of multi-particle tracking video analyses. The Journal of Open Source Software. 4(36). 989–989. 8 indexed citations

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Nance, Elizabeth, et al.. (2019). Predicting in situ nanoparticle behavior using multiple particle tracking and artificial neural networks. Nanoscale. 11(46). 22515–22530. 21 indexed citations

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Millik, S. Cem, et al.. (2019). 3D printed coaxial nozzles for the extrusion of hydrogel tubes toward modeling vascular endothelium. Biofabrication. 11(4). 45009–45009. 76 indexed citations

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Nance, Elizabeth, et al.. (2018). Colloidal stability as a determinant of nanoparticle behavior in the brain. Colloids and Surfaces B Biointerfaces. 170. 673–682. 61 indexed citations

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Vornhagen, Jay, Blair Armistead, Verónica Santana-Ufret, et al.. (2018). Group B streptococcus exploits vaginal epithelial exfoliation for ascending infection. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 128(5). 1985–1999. 52 indexed citations

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Wood, Thomas R., Daniel H. Moralejo, Jessica M. Snyder, et al.. (2018). A Ferret Model of Encephalopathy of Prematurity. Developmental Neuroscience. 40(5-6). 475–489. 11 indexed citations

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Nance, Elizabeth. (2017). Brain-Penetrating Nanoparticles for Analysis of the Brain Microenvironment. Methods in molecular biology. 1570. 91–104. 14 indexed citations

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Nance, Elizabeth, Siva P. Kambhampati, Elizabeth S. Smith, et al.. (2017). Dendrimer-mediated delivery of N-acetyl cysteine to microglia in a mouse model of Rett syndrome. Journal of Neuroinflammation. 14(1). 252–252. 76 indexed citations

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Zhang, Clark, Elizabeth Nance, Panagiotis Mastorakos, et al.. (2017). Convection enhanced delivery of cisplatin-loaded brain penetrating nanoparticles cures malignant glioma in rats. Journal of Controlled Release. 263. 112–119. 106 indexed citations

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Zhang, Fan, Elizabeth Nance, Yossef Alnasser, Rangaramanujam M. Kannan, & Sujatha Kannan. (2016). Microglial migration and interactions with dendrimer nanoparticles are altered in the presence of neuroinflammation. Journal of Neuroinflammation. 13(1). 65–65. 69 indexed citations

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Nance, Elizabeth, Kelsie Timbie, G. Wilson Miller, et al.. (2014). Non-invasive delivery of stealth, brain-penetrating nanoparticles across the blood − brain barrier using MRI-guided focused ultrasound. Journal of Controlled Release. 189. 123–132. 201 indexed citations

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Xu, Qingguo, Nicholas J. Boylan, Jung Soo Suk, et al.. (2013). Nanoparticle diffusion in, and microrheology of, the bovine vitreous ex vivo. Journal of Controlled Release. 167(1). 76–84. 248 indexed citations

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