I. Whelan

489 total citations · 1 hit paper
7 papers, 406 citations indexed

About

I. Whelan is a scholar working on Pharmaceutical Science, Rheumatology and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, I. Whelan has authored 7 papers receiving a total of 406 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in Pharmaceutical Science, 3 papers in Rheumatology and 3 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in I. Whelan's work include Bone Tissue Engineering Materials (3 papers), Drug Solubulity and Delivery Systems (3 papers) and Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms (2 papers). I. Whelan is often cited by papers focused on Bone Tissue Engineering Materials (3 papers), Drug Solubulity and Delivery Systems (3 papers) and Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms (2 papers). I. Whelan collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Ireland and India. I. Whelan's co-authors include Daniel J. Kelly, Kyle T. Cunningham, Olwyn R. Mahon, Christopher Hobbs, Aisling Dunne, Kingston H. G. Mills, Stanislas Von Euw, Tomas Gonzalez‐Fernandez, Pierluca Pitacco and David C. Browe and has published in prestigious journals such as Biomaterials, International Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biofabrication.

In The Last Decade

I. Whelan

7 papers receiving 399 citations

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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.

Nano-particle mediated M2 macrophage polarization enhances bone formation and MSC osteogenesis in an IL-10 dependent manner

2020 320 citations Olwyn R. Mahon, David C. Browe et al. Biomaterials profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
I. Whelan United Kingdom	6	225	115	81	56	50	7	406
Mingzheng Peng China	9	341 1.5×	121 1.1×	85 1.0×	100 1.8×	51 1.0×	14	572
Shengan Rung China	9	186 0.8×	113 1.0×	99 1.2×	140 2.5×	31 0.6×	9	462
Yusen Qiao China	12	209 0.9×	134 1.2×	109 1.3×	104 1.9×	66 1.3×	25	561
Guomin Ou China	15	131 0.6×	242 2.1×	57 0.7×	77 1.4×	46 0.9×	28	620
Alexandra Damerau Germany	12	135 0.6×	105 0.9×	66 0.8×	29 0.5×	101 2.0×	27	394
Jung-Woo Kim South Korea	14	92 0.4×	213 1.9×	78 1.0×	35 0.6×	41 0.8×	36	488
Sunghyun Park South Korea	14	136 0.6×	112 1.0×	60 0.7×	64 1.1×	86 1.7×	22	415
Runmin Li China	8	302 1.3×	101 0.9×	84 1.0×	136 2.4×	29 0.6×	25	557
Lais Morandini United States	10	155 0.7×	96 0.8×	80 1.0×	35 0.6×	24 0.5×	15	335
Peian Cai China	11	120 0.5×	114 1.0×	50 0.6×	87 1.6×	105 2.1×	14	386

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of I. Whelan

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7 of 7 papers shown

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Whelan, I., Ross Burdis, Somayeh Shahreza, et al.. (2023). A microphysiological model of bone development and regeneration. Biofabrication. 15(3). 34103–34103. 19 indexed citations

2.

Aprile, Paola, I. Whelan, Binulal N. Sathy, Simon F. Carroll, & Daniel J. Kelly. (2022). Soft Hydrogel Environments that Facilitate Cell Spreading and Aggregation Preferentially Support Chondrogenesis of Adult Stem Cells. Macromolecular Bioscience. 22(6). e2100365–e2100365. 17 indexed citations

3.

Whelan, I., Emad Moeendarbary, David A. Hoey, & Daniel J. Kelly. (2021). Biofabrication of vasculature in microphysiological models of bone. Biofabrication. 13(3). 32004–32004. 27 indexed citations

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Mahon, Olwyn R., David C. Browe, Tomas Gonzalez‐Fernandez, et al.. (2020). Nano-particle mediated M2 macrophage polarization enhances bone formation and MSC osteogenesis in an IL-10 dependent manner. Biomaterials. 239. 119833–119833. 320 indexed citations breakdown →

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Whelan, I., et al.. (1996). Formulation strategies designed to maintain the biphasic release characteristics of liquid-filled capsules. International Journal of Pharmaceutics. 141(1-2). 9–16. 2 indexed citations

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Barnwell, S.G., et al.. (1996). Demonstration of the importance of biphasic oleic acid delivery for enhancing the bioavailability of propranolol in healthy volunteers. International Journal of Pharmaceutics. 128(1-2). 145–154. 10 indexed citations

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Whelan, I., et al.. (1994). A study of enteric-coated liquid-filled hard gelatin capsules with biphasic release characteristics. International Journal of Pharmaceutics. 110(3). 291–296. 11 indexed citations

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