Igor Sokolov

7.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
161 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

Igor Sokolov is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Biomedical Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Igor Sokolov has authored 161 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 93 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 48 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 47 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Igor Sokolov's work include Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (65 papers), Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (27 papers) and Mesoporous Materials and Catalysis (27 papers). Igor Sokolov is often cited by papers focused on Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (65 papers), Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (27 papers) and Mesoporous Materials and Catalysis (27 papers). Igor Sokolov collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Russia. Igor Sokolov's co-authors include Maxim Dokukin, Neil Coombs, Hong Yang, Craig D. Woodworth, Nataliia Guz, Geoffrey A. Ozin, Ravi Gaikwad, Swaminathan P. Iyer, Dmytro O. Volkov and V. Kalaparthi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Igor Sokolov

158 papers receiving 5.5k 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.

Quantitative Mapping of the Elastic Modulus of Soft Materials with HarmoniX and PeakForce QNM AFM Modes

2012 316 citations Maxim Dokukin, Igor Sokolov profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Igor Sokolov United States	39	2.2k	1.9k	1.4k	1.0k	819	161	5.7k
Hauke Clausen‐Schaumann Germany	33	849 0.4×	2.7k 1.4×	1.2k 0.9×	641 0.6×	1.9k 2.4×	99	6.0k
D. A. Smith United States	47	3.5k 1.6×	1.9k 1.0×	1.6k 1.1×	294 0.3×	1.4k 1.7×	219	7.8k
Sigrid Bernstorff Italy	37	2.5k 1.1×	873 0.5×	1.4k 1.0×	239 0.2×	811 1.0×	329	6.2k
Theyencheri Narayanan France	55	3.2k 1.5×	1.4k 0.7×	1.7k 1.2×	235 0.2×	2.2k 2.6×	243	9.1k
Joachim Dzubiella Germany	44	2.9k 1.4×	1.5k 0.8×	2.1k 1.5×	160 0.2×	1.7k 2.1×	174	8.1k
Tilman E. Schäffer Germany	42	652 0.3×	2.8k 1.4×	1.8k 1.3×	857 0.8×	1.1k 1.3×	118	6.4k
Jasper van der Gucht Netherlands	42	1.7k 0.8×	512 0.3×	1.1k 0.8×	524 0.5×	838 1.0×	162	6.0k
Eric M. Furst United States	42	3.5k 1.6×	890 0.5×	2.3k 1.7×	372 0.4×	982 1.2×	143	7.2k
P. Milani Italy	40	2.8k 1.3×	1.1k 0.6×	1.4k 1.1×	135 0.1×	361 0.4×	179	5.9k
Ellen Wachtel Israel	53	3.1k 1.4×	553 0.3×	1.1k 0.8×	272 0.3×	2.1k 2.6×	260	8.4k

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Prasad, Rajendra, Narendra M. Gupta, Avtar S. Meena, et al.. (2025). Long-Term Cell-Membrane-Coated Ultrabright Nanospheres for Targeted Cancer Cell Imaging and Hydrophobic Drug Delivery. Chemistry of Materials. 37(3). 845–856. 3 indexed citations

Kumar, Nishant, et al.. (2025). Single ultrabright fluorescent silica nanoparticles can be used as individual fast real-time nanothermometers. Materials Horizons. 12(13). 4759–4770.

Sokolov, Igor. (2024). Ultrabright fluorescent particles via physical encapsulation of fluorescent dyes in mesoporous silica: a mini-review. Nanoscale. 16(23). 10994–11004. 6 indexed citations

Петров, М. П., et al.. (2024). Detection of Human Bladder Epithelial Cancerous Cells with Atomic Force Microscopy and Machine Learning. Cells. 14(1). 14–14. 2 indexed citations

Sokolov, Igor, et al.. (2023). Towards the Use of Individual Fluorescent Nanoparticles as Ratiometric Sensors: Spectral Robustness of Ultrabright Nanoporous Silica Nanoparticles. Sensors. 23(7). 3471–3471. 4 indexed citations

Петров, М. П. & Igor Sokolov. (2023). Identification of Geometrical Features of Cell Surface Responsible for Cancer Aggressiveness: Machine Learning Analysis of Atomic Force Microscopy Images of Human Colorectal Epithelial Cells. Biomedicines. 11(1). 191–191. 8 indexed citations

Kalaparthi, V., et al.. (2022). Correlation of cell mechanics with the resistance to malignant transformation in naked mole rat fibroblasts. Nanoscale. 14(39). 14594–14602. 2 indexed citations

Ablain, Julien, Harriet Rothschild, Song Yang, et al.. (2022). Loss of NECTIN1 triggers melanoma dissemination upon local IGF1 depletion. Nature Genetics. 54(12). 1839–1852. 10 indexed citations

Kalaparthi, V., et al.. (2021). Ultrabright fluorescent nanothermometers. Nanoscale Advances. 3(17). 5090–5101. 16 indexed citations

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Kalaparthi, V., Andrew Wang, Chris Williams, et al.. (2020). Difference in biophysical properties of cancer-initiating cells in melanoma mutated zebrafish. Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials. 107. 103746–103746. 6 indexed citations

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Qin, Xiaodan, Fabrice Laroche, Shajesh Palantavida, et al.. (2019). Ultrabright fluorescent silica nanoparticles for in vivo targeting of xenografted human tumors and cancer cells in zebrafish. Nanoscale. 11(46). 22316–22327. 21 indexed citations

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Dokukin, Maxim & Igor Sokolov. (2017). Nanoscale compositional mapping of cells, tissues, and polymers with ringing mode of atomic force microscopy. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 11828–11828. 36 indexed citations

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Guz, Nataliia, et al.. (2015). Towards early detection of cervical cancer: Fractal dimension of AFM images of human cervical epithelial cells at different stages of progression to cancer. Nanomedicine Nanotechnology Biology and Medicine. 11(7). 1667–1675. 36 indexed citations

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Sokolov, Igor & Craig D. Woodworth. (2005). Loss of Elasticity of Ageing Epithelial Cells, and Its Possible Reversal. TechConnect Briefs. 1(2005). 63–66. 1 indexed citations

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Berdyyeva, Tamara, Craig D. Woodworth, & Igor Sokolov. (2004). Human Epithelial Cells Increase Their Rigidity with Ageing In-vitro: Direct Measurements. APS. 2004. 1 indexed citations

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Bordag, M., V. M. Mostepanenko, & Igor Sokolov. (1995). A Casimir-Type Null Experiment for Obtaining Stronger Restrictions on Constants of Long-Range Interactions. Gravitation and Cosmology. 1. 25–30. 1 indexed citations

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Blagov, E. V., G. L. Klimchitskaya, V. M. Mostepanenko, V. I. Panov, & Igor Sokolov. (1993). Diagnostics of radiation-induced point defects by atomic force microscopy. Technical Physics Letters. 19(4). 254–256. 2 indexed citations

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Mostepanenko, V. M., et al.. (1989). Limitation on the parameters of Yukawa long-range interaction from atomic-force microscopy. Soviet physics. Doklady. 34. 147. 1 indexed citations

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Mostepanenko, V. M. & Igor Sokolov. (1988). Casimir forces between complex-shaped bodies. SPhD. 33. 140. 1 indexed citations

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Mostepanenko, V. M. & Igor Sokolov. (1987). Restrictions on long-range forces following from the Casimir effect. Sov. J. Nucl. Phys. (Engl. Transl.); (United States). 2 indexed citations

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