Itamar Willner

94.3k total citations · 18 hit papers
943 papers, 79.6k citations indexed

About

Itamar Willner is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Itamar Willner has authored 943 papers receiving a total of 79.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 568 papers in Molecular Biology, 336 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 272 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Itamar Willner's work include Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (488 papers), Electrochemical sensors and biosensors (195 papers) and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (181 papers). Itamar Willner is often cited by papers focused on Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (488 papers), Electrochemical sensors and biosensors (195 papers) and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (181 papers). Itamar Willner collaborates with scholars based in Israel, China and Germany. Itamar Willner's co-authors include Eugenii Katz, Ronit Freeman, Fernando Patolsky, Maya Zayats, Fuan Wang, Ron Gill, Bilha Willner, Andrew N. Shipway, Johann Elbaz and Ran Tel‐Vered and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Chemical Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Itamar Willner

933 papers receiving 78.5k citations

Hit Papers

Integrated Nanoparticle–Biomolecule Hybrid Systems: Synth... 1995 2026 2005 2015 2004 2000 2003 2003 2008 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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.

  1. Integrated Nanoparticle–Biomolecule Hybrid Systems: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications
    2004 2.1k citations Eugenii Katz, Itamar Willner Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  2. Nanoparticle Arrays on Surfaces for Electronic, Optical, and Sensor Applications
    2000 1.8k citations Eugenii Katz, Itamar Willner et al. profile →
  3. Probing Biomolecular Interactions at Conductive and Semiconductive Surfaces by Impedance Spectroscopy: Routes to Impedimetric Immunosensors, DNA‐Sensors, and Enzyme Biosensors
    2003 1.1k citations Eugenii Katz, Itamar Willner profile →
  4. "Plugging into Enzymes": Nanowiring of Redox Enzymes by a Gold Nanoparticle
    2003 1.1k citations Fernando Patolsky, Eugenii Katz et al. profile →
  5. Semiconductor Quantum Dots for Bioanalysis
    2008 782 citations Ron Gill, Maya Zayats et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  6. DNAzymes for sensing, nanobiotechnology and logic gate applications
    2008 695 citations Itamar Willner, Bella Shlyahovsky et al. profile →
  7. Electronic Aptamer‐Based Sensors
    2007 692 citations Itamar Willner, Maya Zayats Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  8. Optical Analysis of Hg2+ Ions by Oligonucleotide–Gold‐Nanoparticle Hybrids and DNA‐Based Machines
    2008 639 citations Itamar Willner et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  9. Enzyme cascades activated on topologically programmed DNA scaffolds
    2009 609 citations Ofer I. Wilner, Yossi Weizmann et al. profile →
  10. Aptamer-Functionalized Au Nanoparticles for the Amplified Optical Detection of Thrombin
    2004 607 citations Bella Shlyahovsky, Itamar Willner et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  11. Electroanalytical and Bioelectroanalytical Systems Based on Metal and Semiconductor Nanoparticles
    2004 595 citations Eugenii Katz, Itamar Willner et al. profile →
  12. From Cascaded Catalytic Nucleic Acids to Enzyme–DNA Nanostructures: Controlling Reactivity, Sensing, Logic Operations, and Assembly of Complex Structures
    2014 586 citations Itamar Willner et al. profile →
  13. Biocatalytic cascades driven by enzymes encapsulated in metal–organic framework nanoparticles
    2018 583 citations Itamar Willner et al. profile →
  14. Biomolecule‐Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes: Applications in Nanobioelectronics
    2004 554 citations Eugenii Katz, Itamar Willner profile →
  15. Chemiluminescent and Chemiluminescence Resonance Energy Transfer (CRET) Detection of DNA, Metal Ions, and Aptamer–Substrate Complexes Using Hemin/G-Quadruplexes and CdSe/ZnS Quantum Dots
    2011 502 citations Ronit Freeman, Itamar Willner et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  16. Organization of Au Colloids as Monolayer Films onto ITO Glass Surfaces: Application of the Metal Colloid Films as Base Interfaces To Construct Redox-Active Monolayers
    1995 453 citations Eugenii Katz, Itamar Willner et al. profile →
  17. Stimuli‐Responsive Biomolecule‐Based Hydrogels and Their Applications
    2019 359 citations Itamar Willner et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  18. Stimuli-responsive metal–organic framework nanoparticles for controlled drug delivery and medical applications
    2021 248 citations Itamar Willner et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Itamar Willner Israel 148 46.4k 25.3k 23.6k 21.8k 12.3k 943 79.6k
Yuehe Lin United States 134 20.4k 0.4× 34.3k 1.4× 27.8k 1.2× 18.1k 0.8× 12.2k 1.0× 622 70.0k
Shaojun Dong China 118 20.4k 0.4× 27.6k 1.1× 25.1k 1.1× 12.5k 0.6× 13.6k 1.1× 1.0k 60.2k
Jun‐Jie Zhu China 114 19.2k 0.4× 17.8k 0.7× 27.4k 1.2× 15.7k 0.7× 6.4k 0.5× 964 54.2k
Jinghong Li China 123 14.7k 0.3× 25.9k 1.0× 24.1k 1.0× 14.7k 0.7× 7.2k 0.6× 669 57.6k
Huangxian Ju China 105 30.2k 0.7× 15.2k 0.6× 13.4k 0.6× 18.0k 0.8× 9.8k 0.8× 906 46.4k
Chunhai Fan China 138 46.4k 1.0× 11.1k 0.4× 21.6k 0.9× 31.9k 1.5× 3.9k 0.3× 1.0k 72.1k
Martin Pumera Czechia 116 7.7k 0.2× 27.1k 1.1× 30.4k 1.3× 21.9k 1.0× 7.6k 0.6× 1.0k 64.5k
Ruo Yuan China 90 33.8k 0.7× 15.8k 0.6× 12.6k 0.5× 16.7k 0.8× 10.4k 0.8× 1.3k 44.9k
J. Justin Gooding Australia 93 12.3k 0.3× 15.1k 0.6× 9.6k 0.4× 11.4k 0.5× 7.3k 0.6× 600 34.8k
Weihong Tan China 154 56.4k 1.2× 7.8k 0.3× 24.0k 1.0× 35.3k 1.6× 2.0k 0.2× 1.2k 85.3k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ouyang, Yu & Itamar Willner. (2024). Phototriggered Equilibrated and Transient Orthogonally Operating Constitutional Dynamic Networks Guiding Biocatalytic Cascades. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(10). 6806–6816. 7 indexed citations
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Sohn, Yang Sung, Xiang Li, Rachel Nechushtai, et al.. (2024). Photochemically Triggered and Autonomous Oscillatory pH‐Modulated Transient Assembly/Disassembly of DNA Microdroplet Coacervates. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(3). e202415550–e202415550. 7 indexed citations
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Liu, Xia, Ben Shi, Qinglong Yan, et al.. (2024). Ultrabright near-infrared fluorescent DNA frameworks for near-single-cell cancer imaging. Nature Photonics. 19(1). 79–88. 33 indexed citations
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Liu, Xi, Meng Gao, Zhiqiang Xiong, et al.. (2024). Exploring Nanozymes for Organic Substrates: Building Nano‐organelles. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(39). e202408277–e202408277. 15 indexed citations
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Fischer, Amit, Yu Ouyang, Yang Sung Sohn, et al.. (2022). DNA‐Tetrahedra Corona‐Modified Hydrogel Microcapsules: “Smart” ATP‐ or microRNA‐Responsive Drug Carriers. Small. 18(52). e2204108–e2204108. 28 indexed citations
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Ouyang, Yu, Michael O’Hagan, & Itamar Willner. (2022). Functional catalytic nanoparticles (nanozymes) for sensing. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 218. 114768–114768. 80 indexed citations
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Dong, Jiantong & Itamar Willner. (2022). Dynamic Transcription Machineries Guide the Synthesis of Temporally Operating DNAzymes, Gated and Cascaded DNAzyme Catalysis. ACS Nano. 17(1). 687–696. 18 indexed citations
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Ouyang, Yu, Pu Zhang, & Itamar Willner. (2022). Dynamic Catalysis Guided by Nucleic Acid Networks and DNA Nanostructures. Bioconjugate Chemistry. 34(1). 51–69. 4 indexed citations
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McCaskill, John S., G. von Kiedrowski, Jae‐Bom Ohm, et al.. (2012). Microscale Chemically Reactive Electronic Agents. University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology). 3 indexed citations
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Yehezkeli, Omer, Ran Tel‐Vered, Yanli Feng, et al.. (2010). Switchable photochemical/electrochemical wiring of glucose oxidase with electrodes. The Analyst. 135(3). 474–474. 20 indexed citations
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Elbaz, Johann, et al.. (2009). Cooperative Multicomponent Self‐Assembly of Nucleic Acid Structures for the Activation of DNAzyme Cascades: A Paradigm for DNA Sensors and Aptasensors. Chemistry - A European Journal. 15(14). 3411–3418. 141 indexed citations
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Freeman, Ronit, Ron Gill, Itzhak Shweky, et al.. (2008). Biosensing and Probing of Intracellular Metabolic Pathways by NADH‐Sensitive Quantum Dots. Angewandte Chemie. 121(2). 315–319. 27 indexed citations
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Willner, Itamar & Maya Zayats. (2007). Electronic Aptamer‐Based Sensors. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 46(34). 6408–6418. 692 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cheglakov, Zoya, Yossi Weizmann, Adam B. Braunschweig, Ofer I. Wilner, & Itamar Willner. (2007). Increasing the Complexity of Periodic Protein Nanostructures by the Rolling‐Circle‐Amplified Synthesis of Aptamers. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 47(1). 126–130. 97 indexed citations
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Riskin, Michael, B. Basnar, Eugenii Katz, & Itamar Willner. (2006). Cyclic Control of the Surface Properties of a Monolayer‐Functionalized Electrode by the Electrochemical Generation of Hg Nanoclusters. Chemistry - A European Journal. 12(33). 8549–8557. 22 indexed citations
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Willner, Itamar & Eugenii Katz. (2003). Magnetic Control of Electrocatalytic and Bioelectrocatalytic Processes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 42(38). 4576–4588. 188 indexed citations
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Willner, Itamar, Fernando Patolsky, & Amir Lichtenstein. (2002). Amplified DNA Analysis and Single-Base Mismatch Detection Using DNA-Bioelectronic Systems. 17. 3 indexed citations

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