James Bourassa

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

James Bourassa is a scholar working on Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Materials Chemistry and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, James Bourassa has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, 9 papers in Materials Chemistry and 7 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in James Bourassa's work include Magnetism in coordination complexes (7 papers), Nitric Oxide and Endothelin Effects (6 papers) and Advanced Drug Delivery Systems (6 papers). James Bourassa is often cited by papers focused on Magnetism in coordination complexes (7 papers), Nitric Oxide and Endothelin Effects (6 papers) and Advanced Drug Delivery Systems (6 papers). James Bourassa collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Japan. James Bourassa's co-authors include Peter C. Ford, Elena Cariati, John T. Groves, Hongming Chen, Susan E. Boggs, Setsuko Kudo, Ning Jin, Lisa Schopf, Shoji Kudo and Leroy E. Laverman and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

James Bourassa

25 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

Photoluminescence Properties of Multinuclear Copper(I) Co... 1999 2026 2008 2017 1999 250 500 750 1000
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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.

  1. Photoluminescence Properties of Multinuclear Copper(I) Compounds
    1999 1.1k citations Peter C. Ford, Elena Cariati et al. Chemical Reviews profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
James Bourassa United States 20 1.2k 960 827 581 520 25 2.5k
John F. Boas Australia 27 1.2k 1.0× 829 0.9× 578 0.7× 479 0.8× 287 0.6× 99 2.3k
Leonardo D. Slep Argentina 23 705 0.6× 630 0.7× 787 1.0× 512 0.9× 576 1.1× 67 1.8k
Achim Zahl Germany 32 749 0.6× 800 0.8× 337 0.4× 778 1.3× 398 0.8× 79 2.3k
G.V. Shilov Russia 22 942 0.8× 442 0.5× 915 1.1× 747 1.3× 225 0.4× 291 2.2k
Eric Van Caemelbecke United States 33 2.2k 1.9× 1.0k 1.1× 521 0.6× 1.2k 2.0× 386 0.7× 71 3.0k
Shigenori Nagatomo Japan 31 888 0.7× 1.5k 1.6× 523 0.6× 616 1.1× 992 1.9× 119 2.6k
Julie A. Kovacs United States 37 745 0.6× 1.7k 1.7× 445 0.5× 742 1.3× 1.0k 1.9× 91 2.9k
Rex E. Shepherd⊛ United States 28 711 0.6× 755 0.8× 615 0.7× 875 1.5× 1.1k 2.2× 134 2.3k
N. S. Ovanesyan Russia 22 1.0k 0.9× 779 0.8× 903 1.1× 272 0.5× 190 0.4× 74 1.9k
Navamoney Arulsamy United States 27 560 0.5× 855 0.9× 414 0.5× 903 1.6× 357 0.7× 103 1.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by James Bourassa

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of James Bourassa

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Schopf, Lisa, et al.. (2016). Enhanced pulmonary delivery of fluticasone propionate in rodents by mucus-penetrating nanoparticles. International Journal of Pharmaceutics. 502(1-2). 188–197. 48 indexed citations
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Bourassa, James, et al.. (2016). Mucus-penetrating nanoparticles made with “mucoadhesive” poly(vinyl alcohol). Nanomedicine Nanotechnology Biology and Medicine. 12(7). 1863–1871. 56 indexed citations
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Ong, Winston, Paweł Nowak, Yen Cu, et al.. (2015). Sustained Pulmonary Delivery of a Water-Soluble Antibiotic Without Encapsulating Carriers. Pharmaceutical Research. 33(3). 563–572. 7 indexed citations
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Schopf, Lisa, et al.. (2014). Ocular Pharmacokinetics of a Novel Loteprednol Etabonate 0.4% Ophthalmic Formulation. Ophthalmology and Therapy. 3(1-2). 63–72. 52 indexed citations
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Schopf, Lisa, et al.. (2013). Enhanced Topical Delivery of a Small Molecule Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor (RTKi) via Mucosal-Penetrating Particle Technology. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 54(15). 1087–1087. 2 indexed citations
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Puranik, Mrinalini, Steen Brøndsted Nielsen, Hwan Youn, et al.. (2004). Dynamics of Carbon Monoxide Binding to CooA. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(20). 21096–21108. 57 indexed citations
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Bourassa, James, et al.. (2003). Photochemical Investigation of Roussin's Red Salt Esters:  Fe2(μ-SR)2(NO)4. Inorganic Chemistry. 42(7). 2288–2293. 77 indexed citations
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Bourassa, James, et al.. (2001). Myoglobin Catalyzes Its Own Nitration. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 123(21). 5142–5143. 79 indexed citations
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Jin, Ning, et al.. (2000). Rapid, Reversible Oxygen Atom Transfer between an Oxomanganese(V) Porphyrin and Bromide: A Haloperoxidase Mimic with Enzymatic Rates. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 39(21). 3849–3851. 106 indexed citations
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Ford, Peter C., Elena Cariati, & James Bourassa. (1999). Photoluminescence Properties of Multinuclear Copper(I) Compounds. Chemical Reviews. 99(12). 3625–3648. 1104 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bourassa, James, Brian Lee, Stefan Bernhard, Jon R. Schoonover, & Peter C. Ford. (1999). Flash Photolysis Studies of Roussin's Black Salt Anion:  Fe4S3(NO)7-.. Inorganic Chemistry. 38(25). 5926–5926. 2 indexed citations
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Bourassa, James, et al.. (1999). Flash Photolysis Studies of Roussin's Black Salt Anion:  Fe4S3(NO)7-. Inorganic Chemistry. 38(12). 2947–2952. 49 indexed citations
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Cariati, Elena & James Bourassa. (1998). Luminescence response of the solid state polynuclear copper(i) iodide materials [CuI(4-picoline)]x to volatile organic compounds. Chemical Communications. 1623–1624. 81 indexed citations
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Bourassa, James, William DeGraff, Setsuko Kudo, et al.. (1997). Photochemistry of Roussin's Red Salt, Na2[Fe2S2(NO)4], and of Roussin's Black Salt, NH4[Fe4S3(NO)7]. In Situ Nitric Oxide Generation To Sensitize γ-Radiation Induced Cell Death1. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 119(12). 2853–2860. 137 indexed citations
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Kudo, Setsuko, et al.. (1997). In SituNitric Oxide (NO) Measurement by Modified Electrodes: NO Labilized by Photolysis of Metal Nitrosyl Complexes. Analytical Biochemistry. 247(2). 193–202. 72 indexed citations
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Døssing, Anders, Hans Toftlund, A. Hazell, James Bourassa, & Peter C. Ford. (1997). Crystal structure, luminescence and other properties of some lanthanide complexes of the polypyridine ligand 6,6′-bis[bis(2-pyridylmethyl)aminomethyl]-2,2′-bipyridine. Journal of the Chemical Society Dalton Transactions. 335–340. 21 indexed citations
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Tran, Dat T., James Bourassa, & Peter C. Ford. (1997). Pressure-Induced Luminescence Rigidochromism in the Photophysics of the Cuprous Iodide Cluster Cu4I4py4. Inorganic Chemistry. 36(3). 439–442. 54 indexed citations
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Patterson, Howard H., James Bourassa, & G. E. Shankle. (1994). Light-induced electron transfer in lead(II)gold(I) dicyanide. Inorganica Chimica Acta. 226(1-2). 345–348. 11 indexed citations

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