Joseph R. Lakowicz

107.1k total citations · 14 hit papers
779 papers, 85.3k citations indexed

About

Joseph R. Lakowicz is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Joseph R. Lakowicz has authored 779 papers receiving a total of 85.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 363 papers in Molecular Biology, 210 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 167 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Joseph R. Lakowicz's work include Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications (163 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (157 papers) and Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (106 papers). Joseph R. Lakowicz is often cited by papers focused on Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications (163 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (157 papers) and Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (106 papers). Joseph R. Lakowicz collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Poland. Joseph R. Lakowicz's co-authors include Chris D. Geddes, Ignacy Gryczyński, Gregorio Weber, Henryk Szmacinski, Joanna Malicka, Ramachandram Badugu, Zygmunt Gryczyński, Kadir Aslan, Yi Fu and Krishanu Ray and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Joseph R. Lakowicz

777 papers receiving 83.2k citations

Hit Papers

Principles of Fluorescenc... 1973 2026 1990 2008 1999 2006 1983 1973 2004 5.0k 10.0k 15.0k 20.0k
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. Principles of Fluorescence Spectroscopy
    1999 22.2k citations Joseph R. Lakowicz profile →
  2. Principles of Fluorescence Spectroscopy
    2006 16.2k citations Joseph R. Lakowicz profile →
  3. Principles of Fluorescence Spectroscopy
    1983 3.9k citations Joseph R. Lakowicz profile →
  4. Quenching of fluorescence by oxygen. Probe for structural fluctuations in macromolecules
    1973 2.6k citations Joseph R. Lakowicz et al. profile →
  5. Radiative decay engineering 5: metal-enhanced fluorescence and plasmon emission
    2004 1.1k citations Joseph R. Lakowicz profile →
  6. Radiative Decay Engineering: Biophysical and Biomedical Applications
    2001 1.0k citations Joseph R. Lakowicz profile →
  7. Topics in Fluorescence Spectroscopy
    2003 824 citations Joseph R. Lakowicz profile →
  8. Editorial: Metal-Enhanced Fluorescence
    2002 761 citations Chris D. Geddes, Joseph R. Lakowicz Journal of Fluorescence profile →
  9. Quenching of protein fluorescence by oxygen. Detection of structural fluctuations in proteins on the nanosecond time scale
    1973 695 citations Joseph R. Lakowicz et al. profile →
  10. Metal-enhanced fluorescence: an emerging tool in biotechnology
    2005 629 citations Kadir Aslan, Ignacy Gryczyński et al. profile →
  11. Fluorescence lifetime imaging of free and protein-bound NADH.
    1992 574 citations Joseph R. Lakowicz, Henryk Szmacinski et al. profile →
  12. Radiative Decay Engineering
    2002 527 citations Joseph R. Lakowicz, Joanna Malicka et al. profile →
  13. Plasmon-controlled fluorescence: a new paradigm in fluorescence spectroscopy
    2008 525 citations Joseph R. Lakowicz, Henryk Szmacinski et al. profile →
  14. Analysis of fluorescence decay kinetics from variable-frequency phase shift and modulation data
    1984 401 citations Joseph R. Lakowicz 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
Joseph R. Lakowicz United States 98 38.2k 26.6k 18.1k 13.1k 10.8k 779 85.3k
George C. Schatz United States 141 18.7k 0.5× 38.0k 1.4× 37.1k 2.1× 45.9k 3.5× 8.9k 0.8× 1.1k 99.3k
Michele Parrinello Switzerland 135 33.5k 0.9× 40.5k 1.5× 11.2k 0.6× 3.6k 0.3× 11.1k 1.0× 672 113.7k
Mostafa A. El‐Sayed United States 121 19.1k 0.5× 49.8k 1.9× 41.8k 2.3× 50.7k 3.9× 2.6k 0.2× 621 103.1k
Frank Neese Germany 130 11.0k 0.3× 30.6k 1.1× 2.8k 0.2× 20.4k 1.5× 9.3k 0.9× 668 85.7k
Michael L. Klein United States 110 39.2k 1.0× 23.0k 0.9× 12.0k 0.7× 2.2k 0.2× 8.5k 0.8× 876 94.5k
Herman J. C. Berendsen Netherlands 67 60.3k 1.6× 24.0k 0.9× 13.3k 0.7× 1.7k 0.1× 10.2k 0.9× 164 112.9k
Paras N. Prasad United States 118 8.2k 0.2× 37.8k 1.4× 26.6k 1.5× 12.9k 1.0× 2.2k 0.2× 937 62.1k
Chad A. Mirkin United States 167 56.8k 1.5× 48.8k 1.8× 49.4k 2.7× 43.5k 3.3× 5.2k 0.5× 977 133.2k
Vincenzo Barone Italy 99 11.0k 0.3× 24.4k 0.9× 3.2k 0.2× 9.4k 0.7× 17.1k 1.6× 904 87.2k
Peter A. Kollman United States 105 68.8k 1.8× 22.5k 0.8× 7.5k 0.4× 2.1k 0.2× 14.5k 1.3× 458 116.3k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Badugu, Ramachandram, Steve Blair, Emiliano Descrovi, & Joseph R. Lakowicz. (2023). Fluorophore interactions with the surface modes and internal modes of a photonic crystal. Optical Materials. 147. 114718–114718. 1 indexed citations
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Lakowicz, Joseph R., et al.. (2023). Remote Measurements of Tear Electrolyte Concentrations on Both Sides of an Inserted Contact Lens. Chemosensors. 11(8). 463–463. 3 indexed citations
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Kuai, Yan, et al.. (2021). Planar photonic chips with tailored angular transmission for high-contrast-imaging devices. Nature Communications. 12(1). 6835–6835. 22 indexed citations
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Zhang, Douguo, Dong Qiu, Yikai Chen, et al.. (2018). Coupling of Fluorophores in Single Nanoapertures with Tamm Plasmon Structures. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 2 indexed citations
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Zhu, Yu, Dong Qiu, Guang Yang, et al.. (2016). Selective and sensitive detection of MiRNA-21 based on gold-nanorod functionalized polydiacetylene microtube waveguide. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 85. 198–204. 39 indexed citations
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Toshchakov, Vladimir Y., et al.. (2011). Targeting TLR4 Signaling by TLR4 Toll/IL-1 Receptor Domain-Derived Decoy Peptides: Identification of the TLR4 Toll/IL-1 Receptor Domain Dimerization Interface. The Journal of Immunology. 186(8). 4819–4827. 69 indexed citations
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Aslan, Kadir, Ramachandram Badugu, Joseph R. Lakowicz, & Chris D. Geddes. (2005). Metal-Enhanced Fluorescence from Plastic Substrates. Journal of Fluorescence. 15(2). 99–104. 57 indexed citations
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Gryczyński, Zygmunt, et al.. (2004). Plasmonics in biology and medicine : 26-27 January, 2004, San Jose, California, USA. SPIE eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Gryczyński, Ignacy, Joanna Malicka, Joanna L̷ukomska, Zygmunt Gryczyński, & Joseph R. Lakowicz. (2004). Surface Plasmon–coupled Polarized Emission of N-Acetyl-l-Tryptophanamide¶. Photochemistry and Photobiology. 80(3). 482–482. 11 indexed citations
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Gryczyński, Zygmunt, Ignacy Gryczyński, Evgenia G. Matveeva, et al.. (2004). Surface-Plasmon–Coupled Emission: New Technology for Studying Molecular Processes. Methods in cell biology. 75. 73–104. 7 indexed citations
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Gryczyński, Ignacy, Joanna Malicka, Elisabeth Holder, Nicolas DiCésare, & Joseph R. Lakowicz. (2003). Effects of metallic silver particles on the emission properties of [Ru(bpy)3]2+. Chemical Physics Letters. 372(3-4). 409–414. 38 indexed citations
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Abugo, Omoefe O., et al.. (2001). Calcium- and Magnesium-Dependent Interactions between the C-Terminus of Troponin I and the N-Terminal, Regulatory Domain of Troponin C. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 387(2). 243–249. 10 indexed citations
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Lakowicz, Joseph R., Ignacy Gryczyński, Grzegorz Piszczek, et al.. (2000). Microsecond dynamics of biological macromolecules. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 323. 473–509. 23 indexed citations
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Chang, Qing, Lisa Randers‐Eichhorn, Joseph R. Lakowicz, & Govind Rao. (1998). Steam‐Sterilizable, Fluorescence Lifetime‐Based Sensing Film for Dissolved Carbon Dioxide. Biotechnology Progress. 14(2). 326–331. 13 indexed citations
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Kierdaszuk, Borys, Henryk Malak, Ignacy Gryczyński, Patrik R. Callis, & Joseph R. Lakowicz. (1996). Fluorescence of reduced nicotinamides using one- and two-photon excitation. Biophysical Chemistry. 62(1-3). 1–13. 51 indexed citations
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Zelent, Bogumił, Józef Kuśba, Ignacy Gryczyński, & Joseph R. Lakowicz. (1995). Distance-Dependent Quenching of Anthracene Fluorescence by N , N -Diethylaniline Observed by Frequency-Domain Fluorometry. Applied Spectroscopy. 49(1). 43–50. 10 indexed citations
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Lakowicz, Joseph R.. (1994). Probe design and chemical sensing. Plenum Press eBooks. 104 indexed citations
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Lakowicz, Joseph R., Wiesław Wiczk, Ignacy Gryczyński, Mayer Fishman, & Michael L. Johnson. (1993). End-to-end distance distributions of flexible molecules: frequency-domain fluorescence energy transfer measurements and rotational isomeric state model calculations. Macromolecules. 26(2). 349–363. 17 indexed citations
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Lakowicz, Joseph R.. (1990). Time-resolved laser spectroscopy in biochemistry II. 1204. 94 indexed citations
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Wood, John M., et al.. (1978). Mechanisms for the biomethylation of metals and metalloids.. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 37(1). 16–21. 27 indexed citations

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