Frank Wuest

12.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
191 papers, 8.9k citations indexed

About

Frank Wuest is a scholar working on Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Molecular Biology and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Frank Wuest has authored 191 papers receiving a total of 8.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 90 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, 67 papers in Molecular Biology and 46 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Frank Wuest's work include Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications (64 papers), Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications (44 papers) and Inflammatory mediators and NSAID effects (28 papers). Frank Wuest is often cited by papers focused on Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications (64 papers), Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications (44 papers) and Inflammatory mediators and NSAID effects (28 papers). Frank Wuest collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Germany and United States. Frank Wuest's co-authors include Melinda Wuest, Jatinder Kaur, Atul Bhardwaj, Jens Pietzsch, Ralf Bergmann, Susan Richter, Torsten Knieß, Bryce J. B. Nelson, Jan Andersson and Mathias Berndt and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Nature Communications and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Frank Wuest

187 papers receiving 8.7k 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.

In situ click chemistry generation of cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors

2017 5.2k citations Atul Bhardwaj, Jatinder Kaur et al. profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Frank Wuest	2.3k	1.7k	1.6k	1.5k	1.3k	191	8.9k
Melinda Wuest	1.6k 0.7×	1.7k 1.0×	808 0.5×	1.5k 1.0×	543 0.4×	100	7.2k
Pavel Matousek	2.0k 0.9×	2.0k 1.1×	1.1k 0.7×	1.2k 0.8×	1.3k 1.0×	309	12.2k
Lars Eriksson	1.2k 0.5×	2.2k 1.3×	3.0k 1.8×	564 0.4×	1.1k 0.8×	268	9.8k
Barry Lai	1.7k 0.8×	3.5k 2.0×	577 0.4×	3.3k 2.2×	474 0.4×	488	13.4k
Takashi Yamashita	3.7k 1.6×	4.0k 2.3×	642 0.4×	2.3k 1.5×	2.6k 1.9×	738	16.1k
James Evans	3.6k 1.6×	1.7k 1.0×	407 0.3×	771 0.5×	447 0.3×	301	11.3k
William S. Price	932 0.4×	1.4k 0.8×	1.8k 1.1×	1.2k 0.8×	1.0k 0.8×	230	7.9k
Dieter Braun	3.3k 1.5×	1.5k 0.9×	535 0.3×	1.6k 1.1×	582 0.4×	202	11.3k
Michael Schmitt	2.6k 1.1×	2.4k 1.4×	366 0.2×	1.4k 0.9×	1.2k 0.9×	345	12.2k
J. David Robertson	2.1k 0.9×	5.1k 2.9×	1.3k 0.8×	2.2k 1.4×	273 0.2×	251	14.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Frank Wuest

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Fields of papers citing papers by Frank Wuest

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Frank Wuest

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Bailey, Justin J., Melinda Wuest, Alexey Kostikov, et al.. (2025). Development and clinical potential of ¹⁸F-PSiMA for prostate cancer PET imaging. RSC Medicinal Chemistry. 16(8). 3633–3644. 1 indexed citations

Loureiro, Liliana R., Melinda Wuest, Karsten Juhl Jørgensen, et al.. (2025). Tackling Prostate Cancer with Theranostic E5B9-Bombesin Target Modules (TMs): From Imaging to Treatment with UniCAR T-Cells. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 26(6). 2686–2686. 1 indexed citations

Wuest, Melinda, et al.. (2025). Synthesis and Evaluation of Fluorinated Peptidomimetics Enabling the Development of ¹⁸ F‐Labeled Radioligands Targeting Muscarinic Acetylcholine Receptor Subtype M3. ChemMedChem. 20(24). e202500572–e202500572.

Nelson, Bryce J. B., et al.. (2024). Aspects and prospects of preclinical theranostic radiopharmaceutical development. Theranostics. 14(17). 6446–6470. 2 indexed citations

Nelson, Bryce J. B., et al.. (2024). 64Cu production via the 68Zn(p,nα)64Cu nuclear reaction: An untapped, cost-effective and high energy production route. Nuclear Medicine and Biology. 128-129. 108875–108875. 4 indexed citations

Juengling, Freimut D., Frank Wuest, Ralf Schirrmacher, et al.. (2024). PET Imaging in Dementia: Mini-Review and Canadian Perspective for Clinical Use. Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Journal Canadien des Sciences Neurologiques. 52(1). 26–38. 4 indexed citations

El‐Barghouthi, Musa I., et al.. (2024). Novel secondary pyridinyl amides: Synthesis, in vitro antiproliferative screenings, and molecular docking studies. Journal of Molecular Structure. 1308. 138062–138062. 1 indexed citations

Nelson, Bryce J. B., John S. Wilson, Jan Andersson, & Frank Wuest. (2023). Theranostic Imaging Surrogates for Targeted Alpha Therapy: Progress in Production, Purification, and Applications. Pharmaceuticals. 16(11). 1622–1622. 19 indexed citations

Allen, Kevin J., Mackenzie E. Malo, Orhan Yılmaz, et al.. (2023). A Theranostic Approach to Imaging and Treating Melanoma with 203Pb/212Pb-Labeled Antibody Targeting Melanin. Cancers. 15(15). 3856–3856. 10 indexed citations

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Kaur, Jatinder, et al.. (2023). N-Alkyl Carbamoylimidazoles as Versatile Synthons for the Synthesis of Urea-Based PSMA Inhibitors. ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 14(7). 943–948. 1 indexed citations

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Wuest, Melinda, et al.. (2022). Towards Selective Binding to the GLUT5 Transporter: Synthesis, Molecular Dynamics and In Vitro Evaluation of Novel C-3-Modified 2,5-Anhydro-D-mannitol Analogs. Pharmaceutics. 14(4). 828–828. 8 indexed citations

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El‐Barghouthi, Musa I., et al.. (2022). Novel therapeutic heterocycles as selective cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors and anti-cancer agents: Synthesis, in vitro bioassay screenings, and molecular docking studies. Journal of Molecular Structure. 1263. 133141–133141. 7 indexed citations

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Boyle, Amanda J., Junchao Tong, Melinda Wuest, et al.. (2022). PET Imaging of Fructose Metabolism in a Rodent Model of Neuroinflammation with 6-[18F]fluoro-6-deoxy-D-fructose. Molecules. 27(23). 8529–8529. 6 indexed citations

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Nelson, Bryce J. B., Jan Andersson, Frank Wuest, & Sarah Spreckelmeyer. (2022). Good practices for 68Ga radiopharmaceutical production. EJNMMI Radiopharmacy and Chemistry. 7(1). 27–27. 60 indexed citations

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Bailey, Justin J., Melinda Wuest, Michael Wagner, et al.. (2021). Synthesis and Preclinical Evaluation of [¹⁸F]SiFA-PSMA Inhibitors in a Prostate Cancer Model. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 64(21). 15671–15689. 10 indexed citations

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Bennett, Nicholas J., Raja Mukherjee, Atul Bhardwaj, et al.. (2021). Genetically Encoded Fragment-Based Discovery from Phage-Displayed Macrocyclic Libraries with Genetically Encoded Unnatural Pharmacophores. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 143(14). 5497–5507. 48 indexed citations

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Tang, Xiaoyun, Melinda Wuest, Matthew G.K. Benesch, et al.. (2019). Inhibition of Autotaxin with GLPG1690 Increases the Efficacy of Radiotherapy and Chemotherapy in a Mouse Model of Breast Cancer. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 19(1). 63–74. 42 indexed citations

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Kaur, Jatinder, Ole Tietz, Atul Bhardwaj, et al.. (2015). Design, Synthesis, and Evaluation of an ¹⁸F‐Labeled Radiotracer Based on Celecoxib–NBD for Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Imaging of Cyclooxygenase‐2 (COX‐2). ChemMedChem. 10(10). 1635–1640. 26 indexed citations

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Knieß, Torsten, et al.. (2009). Radiolabelling of proteins with fluorine-18 via click chemistry. Chemical Communications. 7521–7521. 46 indexed citations

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Laforest, Richard, et al.. (2006). Advances in the production, processing and microPET image quality of technetium-94m. Nuclear Medicine and Biology. 33(7). 923–933. 24 indexed citations

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