Jacob Witten

1.2k total citations · 4 hit papers
20 papers, 774 citations indexed

About

Jacob Witten is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Jacob Witten has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 774 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 3 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Jacob Witten's work include RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (8 papers), Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (3 papers) and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (2 papers). Jacob Witten is often cited by papers focused on RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (8 papers), Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (3 papers) and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (2 papers). Jacob Witten collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and China. Jacob Witten's co-authors include Katharina Ribbeck, Tahoura Samad, Róbert Langer, Yizong Hu, Daniel G. Anderson, Allen Yujie Jiang, Daniel G. Anderson, Rajith S. Manan, Idris O. Raji and Feyisayo Eweje and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Nature Biotechnology.

In The Last Decade

Jacob Witten

20 papers receiving 766 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.

Combinatorial development of nebulized mRNA delivery formulations for the lungs

2023 99 citations Allen Yujie Jiang, Jacob Witten et al. Nature Nanotechnology profile →
Enhancing the immunogenicity of lipid-nanoparticle mRNA vaccines by adjuvanting the ionizable lipid and the mRNA

2023 98 citations Bowen Li, Allen Yujie Jiang et al. Nature Biomedical Engineering profile →
Artificial intelligence-guided design of lipid nanoparticles for pulmonary gene therapy

2024 63 citations Jacob Witten, Idris O. Raji et al. Nature Biotechnology profile →
Recent advances in nanoparticulate RNA delivery systems

2024 57 citations Jacob Witten, Yizong Hu et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jacob Witten United States	13	455	132	132	97	77	20	774
Cristiane de Souza Carvalho‐Wodarz Germany	15	190 0.4×	195 1.5×	115 0.9×	131 1.4×	48 0.6×	22	632
Gabriella Costabile Italy	15	524 1.2×	240 1.8×	207 1.6×	168 1.7×	86 1.1×	25	987
Moustafa T. Mabrouk United States	13	257 0.6×	213 1.6×	129 1.0×	213 2.2×	149 1.9×	19	811
Piush Khare India	13	196 0.4×	60 0.5×	235 1.8×	51 0.5×	47 0.6×	23	670
José Vicente González-Aramúndiz Chile	15	219 0.5×	36 0.3×	175 1.3×	61 0.6×	144 1.9×	21	506
Vladimir Malinin United States	14	424 0.9×	405 3.1×	111 0.8×	90 0.9×	24 0.3×	39	948
Olga Cañadas Spain	18	244 0.5×	468 3.5×	71 0.5×	86 0.9×	137 1.8×	28	938
Nadia Abed France	10	236 0.5×	46 0.3×	66 0.5×	89 0.9×	29 0.4×	11	589
Tammy W. Shen United States	10	171 0.4×	176 1.3×	105 0.8×	99 1.0×	168 2.2×	10	491
Josef Mašek Czechia	16	287 0.6×	60 0.5×	251 1.9×	190 2.0×	65 0.8×	53	933

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20 of 20 papers shown

Li, Bowen, et al.. (2024). Inhalable Dry Powders for Lung mRNA Delivery. Advanced Healthcare Materials. 13(29). e2400509–e2400509. 11 indexed citations

Witten, Jacob, Idris O. Raji, Rajith S. Manan, et al.. (2024). Artificial intelligence-guided design of lipid nanoparticles for pulmonary gene therapy. Nature Biotechnology. 43(11). 1790–1799. 63 indexed citations breakdown →

Witten, Jacob, Yizong Hu, Róbert Langer, & Daniel G. Anderson. (2024). Recent advances in nanoparticulate RNA delivery systems. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(11). e2307798120–e2307798120. 57 indexed citations breakdown →

Jiang, Allen Yujie, Sushil Lathwal, Jacob Witten, et al.. (2024). Zwitterionic Polymer-Functionalized Lipid Nanoparticles for the Nebulized Delivery of mRNA. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(47). 32567–32574. 19 indexed citations

Wagner, Caroline E., et al.. (2023). Comparison of Physicochemical Properties of Native Mucus and Reconstituted Mucin Gels. Biomacromolecules. 24(2). 628–639. 22 indexed citations

Jiang, Allen Yujie, Jacob Witten, Idris O. Raji, et al.. (2023). Combinatorial development of nebulized mRNA delivery formulations for the lungs. Nature Nanotechnology. 19(3). 364–375. 99 indexed citations breakdown →

Li, Bowen, Allen Yujie Jiang, Theresa M. Raimondo, et al.. (2023). Enhancing the immunogenicity of lipid-nanoparticle mRNA vaccines by adjuvanting the ionizable lipid and the mRNA. Nature Biomedical Engineering. 9(2). 167–184. 98 indexed citations breakdown →

Samad, Tahoura, Jacob Witten, Alan J. Grodzinsky, & Katharina Ribbeck. (2021). Spatial configuration of charge and hydrophobicity tune particle transport through mucus. Biophysical Journal. 121(2). 277–287. 11 indexed citations

Samad, Tahoura, Julia Y. Co, Jacob Witten, & Katharina Ribbeck. (2019). Mucus and Mucin Environments Reduce the Efficacy of Polymyxin and Fluoroquinolone Antibiotics against Pseudomonas aeruginosa. ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering. 5(3). 1189–1194. 32 indexed citations

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Witten, Jacob, Tahoura Samad, & Katharina Ribbeck. (2019). Molecular Characterization of Mucus Binding. Biomacromolecules. 20(4). 1505–1513. 29 indexed citations

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Witten, Jacob, et al.. (2019). Computational Insights into Avidity of Polymeric Multivalent Binders. Biophysical Journal. 117(5). 892–902. 16 indexed citations

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Witten, Jacob, et al.. (2019). Molecular characterization of mucus binding. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 2019. 3 indexed citations

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Witten, Jacob, Tahoura Samad, & Katharina Ribbeck. (2018). Selective permeability of mucus barriers. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 52. 124–133. 117 indexed citations

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Witten, Jacob & Katharina Ribbeck. (2017). The particle in the spider's web: transport through biological hydrogels. Nanoscale. 9(24). 8080–8095. 120 indexed citations

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Witten, Jacob, et al.. (2017). Probing the potential of mucus permeability to signify preterm birth risk. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 10302–10302. 28 indexed citations

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Witten, Jacob, et al.. (2017). Charge Influences Substrate Recognition and Self-Assembly of Hydrophobic FG Sequences. Biophysical Journal. 113(9). 2088–2099. 11 indexed citations

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Witten, Jacob, et al.. (2015). Mapping Protein Conformational Landscapes under Strongly Native Conditions with Hydrogen Exchange Mass Spectrometry. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 119(31). 10016–10024. 7 indexed citations

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Vásquez, Paula A., et al.. (2014). Micro-heterogeneity metrics for diffusion in soft matter. Soft Matter. 10(39). 7781–7796. 16 indexed citations

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Ito, Yoichiro, et al.. (2012). Vortex Counter-Current Chromatography: Performance of a New Preparative Column. Chromatographia. 75(19-20). 1091–1097. 3 indexed citations

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Weisz, Adrian, et al.. (2012). Preparation of two novel monobrominated 2-(2′,4′-dihydroxybenzoyl)-3,4,5,6-tetrachlorobenzoic acids and their separation from crude synthetic mixtures using vortex counter-current chromatography. Journal of Chromatography A. 1237. 106–114. 12 indexed citations

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