Jennifer L. West

39.5k total citations · 17 hit papers
223 papers, 30.7k citations indexed

About

Jennifer L. West is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Biomaterials and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jennifer L. West has authored 223 papers receiving a total of 30.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 122 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 67 papers in Biomaterials and 60 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Jennifer L. West's work include 3D Printing in Biomedical Research (58 papers), Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications (43 papers) and Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (35 papers). Jennifer L. West is often cited by papers focused on 3D Printing in Biomedical Research (58 papers), Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications (43 papers) and Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (35 papers). Jennifer L. West collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Russia. Jennifer L. West's co-authors include Naomi J. Halas, L. R. Hirsch, Rebekah A. Drezek, S.R. Sershen, Kytai T. Nguyen, André M. Gobin, Christopher Loo, Amanda Lowery, Rachael Schmedlen and Jeffrey A. Hubbell and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Advanced Materials and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Jennifer L. West

222 papers receiving 29.9k citations

Hit Papers

Nanoshell-mediated near-infrared thermal therapy of tumor... 2000 2026 2008 2017 2003 2004 2005 2002 2007 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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. Nanoshell-mediated near-infrared thermal therapy of tumors under magnetic resonance guidance
    2003 3.1k citations L. R. Hirsch, R. Jason Stafford et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  2. Photo-thermal tumor ablation in mice using near infrared-absorbing nanoparticles
    2004 1.5k citations D. Patrick O’Neal, L. R. Hirsch et al. Cancer Letters profile →
  3. Immunotargeted Nanoshells for Integrated Cancer Imaging and Therapy
    2005 1.4k citations Christopher Loo, Amanda Lowery et al. Nano Letters profile →
  4. Photopolymerizable hydrogels for tissue engineering applications
    2002 1.3k citations Jennifer L. West et al. Biomaterials profile →
  5. Near-Infrared Resonant Nanoshells for Combined Optical Imaging and Photothermal Cancer Therapy
    2007 1.1k citations André M. Gobin, Min Ho Lee et al. Nano Letters profile →
  6. Nanoshell-Enabled Photonics-Based Imaging and Therapy of Cancer
    2004 840 citations Christopher Loo, L. R. Hirsch et al. profile →
  7. The Differential Cytotoxicity of Water-Soluble Fullerenes
    2004 830 citations Jennifer L. West et al. Nano Letters profile →
  8. A New Era for Cancer Treatment: Gold‐Nanoparticle‐Mediated Thermal Therapies
    2010 719 citations Emily S. Day, Jennifer L. West et al. profile →
  9. Gold nanoshell-localized photothermal ablation of prostate tumors in a clinical pilot device study
    2019 691 citations Jennifer L. West, Naomi J. Halas et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  10. Engineered Nanomaterials for Biophotonics Applications: Improving Sensing, Imaging, and Therapeutics
    2003 687 citations Jennifer L. West, Naomi J. Halas profile →
  11. Correlating Nanoscale Titania Structure with Toxicity: A Cytotoxicity and Inflammatory Response Study with Human Dermal Fibroblasts and Human Lung Epithelial Cells
    2006 640 citations Jennifer L. West et al. profile →
  12. Functionalization density dependence of single-walled carbon nanotubes cytotoxicity in vitro
    2005 639 citations Jennifer L. West et al. profile →
  13. Temperature-sensitive polymer-nanoshell composites for photothermally modulated drug delivery
    2000 549 citations S.R. Sershen, Sarah L. Westcott et al. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research profile →
  14. A Whole Blood Immunoassay Using Gold Nanoshells
    2003 530 citations L. R. Hirsch, Naomi J. Halas et al. profile →
  15. Nano-C60 cytotoxicity is due to lipid peroxidation
    2005 524 citations André M. Gobin, Jennifer L. West et al. Biomaterials profile →
  16. Smooth muscle cell growth in photopolymerized hydrogels with cell adhesive and proteolytically degradable domains: synthetic ECM analogs for tissue engineering
    2001 510 citations Andrea S. Gobin, Jennifer L. West et al. Biomaterials profile →
  17. 3D Biofabrication Strategies for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
    2014 471 citations Jennifer L. West 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
Jennifer L. West United States 81 18.4k 9.7k 7.6k 7.4k 5.3k 223 30.7k
Ashutosh Chilkoti United States 97 11.1k 0.6× 10.3k 1.1× 3.6k 0.5× 4.0k 0.5× 11.6k 2.2× 355 32.3k
Haeshin Lee South Korea 78 14.1k 0.8× 10.0k 1.0× 6.7k 0.9× 2.6k 0.4× 4.6k 0.9× 283 37.7k
Miqin Zhang United States 83 15.6k 0.9× 14.9k 1.5× 5.5k 0.7× 1.4k 0.2× 6.0k 1.1× 240 29.1k
Phillip B. Messersmith United States 86 13.0k 0.7× 11.8k 1.2× 7.4k 1.0× 2.1k 0.3× 5.0k 0.9× 206 40.4k
Yuanjin Zhao China 98 18.9k 1.0× 6.4k 0.7× 5.7k 0.8× 2.4k 0.3× 4.8k 0.9× 654 35.5k
Akihiko Kikuchi Japan 84 10.4k 0.6× 6.7k 0.7× 2.6k 0.3× 1.6k 0.2× 5.1k 1.0× 511 26.9k
Xingyu Jiang China 98 19.1k 1.0× 6.2k 0.6× 9.3k 1.2× 2.7k 0.4× 11.2k 2.1× 642 36.1k
Jun Wang China 106 16.6k 0.9× 13.6k 1.4× 9.1k 1.2× 1.4k 0.2× 18.1k 3.4× 1.1k 50.1k
María Vallet‐Regí Spain 99 24.1k 1.3× 13.9k 1.4× 19.4k 2.6× 3.5k 0.5× 4.4k 0.8× 694 45.4k
Gang Liu China 98 17.5k 1.0× 7.7k 0.8× 11.8k 1.6× 2.5k 0.3× 10.9k 2.0× 962 37.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jennifer L. West

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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West, Jennifer L., et al.. (2024). Neurogenic Cell Behavior in 3D Culture Enhanced Within a Highly Compliant Synthetic Hydrogel Platform Formed via Competitive Crosslinking. Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering. 17(1). 35–48. 3 indexed citations
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Sonnet, Corinne, Zbigniew Gugala, Maude Cuchiara, et al.. (2016). Encapsulation of Adenovirus BMP2-Transduced Cells with PEGDA Hydrogels Allows Bone Formation in the Presence of Immune Response. Tissue Engineering Part A. 23(5-6). 177–184. 5 indexed citations
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Tseng, Hubert, Daniel S. Puperi, Salma Ayoub, et al.. (2014). Anisotropic Poly(Ethylene Glycol)/Polycaprolactone Hydrogel–Fiber Composites for Heart Valve Tissue Engineering. Tissue Engineering Part A. 20(19-20). 2634–2645. 89 indexed citations
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Gill, Bartley J., Don L. Gibbons, Jennifer E. Saik, et al.. (2012). A Synthetic Matrix with Independently Tunable Biochemistry and Mechanical Properties to Study Epithelial Morphogenesis and EMT in a Lung Adenocarcinoma Model. Cancer Research. 72(22). 6013–6023. 144 indexed citations
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Olabisi, Ronke M., ZaWaunyka Lazard, Mary A. Hall, et al.. (2010). Hydrogel Microsphere Encapsulation of a Cell-Based Gene Therapy System Increases Cell Survival of Injected Cells, Transgene Expression, and Bone Volume in a Model of Heterotopic Ossification. Tissue Engineering Part A. 16(12). 3727–3736. 53 indexed citations
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Moon, James J., et al.. (2008). Ephrin A1targeted nanoshells for photothermal ablation of prostate cancer cells. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2 indexed citations
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Bernardi, Ronald J., Amanda Lowery, Patrick A. Thompson, Susan M. Blaney, & Jennifer L. West. (2007). Immunonanoshells for targeted photothermal ablation in medulloblastoma and glioma: an in vitro evaluation using human cell lines. Journal of Neuro-Oncology. 86(2). 165–172. 139 indexed citations
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Lowery, Amanda, André M. Gobin, Naomi J. Halas, & Jennifer L. West. (2006). Vascular targeting of nanoshells for photothermal cancer therapy.. Clinical Cancer Research. 12. 1 indexed citations
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Gobin, André M., Min Ho Lee, Rebekah A. Drezek, Naomi J. Halas, & Jennifer L. West. (2006). Nanoshells for Integrated Cancer Imaging and Therapy. Clinical Cancer Research. 12. 4 indexed citations
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Lowery, Amanda, André M. Gobin, Emily S. Day, Naomi J. Halas, & Jennifer L. West. (2006). Immunonanoshells for targeted photothermal ablation of tumor cells. International Journal of Nanomedicine. 1(2). 149–154. 222 indexed citations
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Loo, Christopher, Amanda Lowery, Naomi J. Halas, Jennifer L. West, & Rebekah A. Drezek. (2005). Immunotargeted Nanoshells for Integrated Cancer Imaging and Therapy. Nano Letters. 5(4). 709–711. 1406 indexed citations breakdown →
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Moon, James J., et al.. (2004). Covalently immobilized gradients of bFGF on hydrogel scaffolds for directed cell migration. Biomaterials. 26(16). 3227–3234. 356 indexed citations
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O’Neal, D. Patrick, L. R. Hirsch, Naomi J. Halas, J. Donald Payne, & Jennifer L. West. (2004). Photo-thermal tumor ablation in mice using near infrared-absorbing nanoparticles. Cancer Letters. 209(2). 171–176. 1451 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hirsch, L. R., R. Jason Stafford, James A. Bankson, et al.. (2003). Nanoshell-mediated near-infrared thermal therapy of tumors under magnetic resonance guidance. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 100(23). 13549–13554. 3087 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gobin, Andrea S. & Jennifer L. West. (2002). Cell migration through defined, synthetic extracellular matrix analogues. The FASEB Journal. 16(7). 751–753. 180 indexed citations
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Sershen, S.R., Sarah L. Westcott, Naomi J. Halas, & Jennifer L. West. (2000). Temperature-sensitive polymer-nanoshell composites for photothermally modulated drug delivery. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research. 51(3). 293–298. 549 indexed citations breakdown →
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West, Jennifer L., Ying An, & Jeffrey A. Hubbell. (1996). Photopolymerized intravascular hydrogels for protein delivery. 833–834. 1 indexed citations
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West, Jennifer L. & Jeffrey A. Hubbell. (1996). Proteolytically degradable hydrogels. 224–225. 1 indexed citations
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West, Jennifer L. & Jeffrey A. Hubbell. (1995). Localized intravascular protein delivery from photopolymerized hydrogels. 17–18. 7 indexed citations

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