Heather Lukas

2.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
10 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Heather Lukas is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Heather Lukas has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 3 papers in Molecular Biology and 2 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Heather Lukas's work include Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (3 papers), Molecular Communication and Nanonetworks (2 papers) and SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing (2 papers). Heather Lukas is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (3 papers), Molecular Communication and Nanonetworks (2 papers) and SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing (2 papers). Heather Lukas collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Korea and Peru. Heather Lukas's co-authors include Wei Gao, Changhao Xu, Jihong Min, Jiaobing Tu, Yiran Yang, Daniel Mukasa, Soyoung Shin, Samuel A. Solomon, Harry B. Rossiter and You Yu and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Chemical Society Reviews and ACS Nano.

In The Last Decade

Heather Lukas

9 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

Skin-Interfaced Wearable Sweat Sensors for Precision Medicine

2023 435 citations Jihong Min, Jiaobing Tu et al. Chemical Reviews profile →
A wearable aptamer nanobiosensor for non-invasive female hormone monitoring

2023 253 citations Cui Ye, Minqiang Wang et al. Nature Nanotechnology profile →
Low-Cost Biosensor Technologies for Rapid Detection of COVID-19 and Future Pandemics

2024 50 citations William R. de Araújo, Heather Lukas et al. ACS Nano profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Heather Lukas United States	9	974	393	342	284	148	10	1.4k
Peter B. Lillehoj United States	21	1.0k 1.1×	634 1.6×	398 1.2×	209 0.7×	68 0.5×	47	1.5k
H. Ceren Ates Germany	13	1.1k 1.2×	347 0.9×	421 1.2×	80 0.3×	281 1.9×	18	1.7k
Siva Rama Krishna Vanjari India	23	725 0.7×	431 1.1×	807 2.4×	76 0.3×	234 1.6×	104	1.5k
Kwang Su Kim South Korea	18	590 0.6×	135 0.3×	451 1.3×	222 0.8×	259 1.8×	57	1.5k
Laís Canniatti Brazaca Brazil	18	686 0.7×	487 1.2×	442 1.3×	157 0.6×	129 0.9×	33	1.2k
Rebeca M. Torrente‐Rodríguez Spain	25	1.4k 1.4×	1.5k 3.8×	574 1.7×	270 1.0×	161 1.1×	58	2.5k
J. L. Martínez-Hurtado United Kingdom	9	565 0.6×	189 0.5×	267 0.8×	52 0.2×	79 0.5×	16	1.0k
Kentaro Yamada Japan	20	1.3k 1.3×	931 2.4×	349 1.0×	169 0.6×	25 0.2×	49	1.8k
Farshad Tehrani United States	19	1.5k 1.5×	642 1.6×	944 2.8×	67 0.2×	360 2.4×	23	2.6k
Rafael Del Caño Spain	15	428 0.4×	256 0.7×	302 0.9×	99 0.3×	106 0.7×	20	775

Countries citing papers authored by Heather Lukas

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Fields of papers citing papers by Heather Lukas

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Heather Lukas

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Heather Lukas. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Heather Lukas 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 Heather Lukas. Heather Lukas is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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10 of 10 papers shown

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Min, Jihong, Heather Lukas, Sung‐Hyuk Sunwoo, et al.. (2025). Continuous biochemical profiling of the gastrointestinal tract using an integrated smart capsule. Nature Electronics. 8(9). 844–855. 9 indexed citations

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Lukas, Heather, Daniel A. Wagenaar, Stephen L. Mayo, et al.. (2025). Continuous Nicotine Monitors for Personal Nicotine Pharmacokinetics: A Receptor-Aware Research Agenda. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. 27(9). 1499–1512.

3.

Ye, Cui, Heather Lukas, Minqiang Wang, Y. S. Lee, & Wei Gao. (2024). Nucleic acid-based wearable and implantable electrochemical sensors. Chemical Society Reviews. 53(15). 7960–7982. 56 indexed citations

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Araújo, William R. de, Heather Lukas, Marcelo D. T. Torres, Wei Gao, & César de la Fuente‐Núñez. (2024). Low-Cost Biosensor Technologies for Rapid Detection of COVID-19 and Future Pandemics. ACS Nano. 18(3). 1757–1777. 50 indexed citations breakdown →

5.

Ye, Cui, Minqiang Wang, Jihong Min, et al.. (2023). A wearable aptamer nanobiosensor for non-invasive female hormone monitoring. Nature Nanotechnology. 19(3). 330–337. 253 indexed citations breakdown →

6.

Peng, Xiqi, Songsong Tang, Dewang Zhou, et al.. (2023). Autonomous metal-organic framework nanorobots for active mitochondria-targeted cancer therapy. Science Advances. 9(23). eadh1736–eadh1736. 67 indexed citations

7.

Min, Jihong, Jiaobing Tu, Changhao Xu, et al.. (2023). Skin-Interfaced Wearable Sweat Sensors for Precision Medicine. Chemical Reviews. 123(8). 5049–5138. 435 indexed citations breakdown →

8.

Torrente‐Rodríguez, Rebeca M., Heather Lukas, Jiaobing Tu, et al.. (2020). SARS-CoV-2 RapidPlex: A Graphene-Based Multiplexed Telemedicine Platform for Rapid and Low-Cost COVID-19 Diagnosis and Monitoring. Matter. 3(6). 1981–1998. 361 indexed citations

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Lukas, Heather, Changhao Xu, You Yu, & Wei Gao. (2020). Emerging Telemedicine Tools for Remote COVID-19 Diagnosis, Monitoring, and Management. ACS Nano. 14(12). 16180–16193. 180 indexed citations

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Chen, Huawei, Heather Lukas, Eric S. Halsey, et al.. (2018). An Improved Enzyme-Linked Immunoassay for the Detection of Leptospira-Specific Antibodies. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 99(2). 266–274. 10 indexed citations

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