Kensuke Osada

8.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
136 papers, 6.9k citations indexed

About

Kensuke Osada is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomaterials and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Kensuke Osada has authored 136 papers receiving a total of 6.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 61 papers in Molecular Biology, 32 papers in Biomaterials and 30 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Kensuke Osada's work include RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (54 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (39 papers) and Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery (27 papers). Kensuke Osada is often cited by papers focused on RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (54 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (39 papers) and Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery (27 papers). Kensuke Osada collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and China. Kensuke Osada's co-authors include Kazunori Kataoka, Horacio Cabral, Kanjiro Miyata, Nobuhiro Nishiyama, Takehiko Ishii, Yuichi Yamasaki, Satoshi Uchida, Akihiro Kishimura, Anjaneyulu Dirisala and R. James Christie and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Kensuke Osada

134 papers receiving 6.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Block Copolymer Micelles in Nanomedicine Applications

2018 1.1k citations Horacio Cabral, Kanjiro Miyata et al. Chemical Reviews profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kensuke Osada Japan	47	3.3k	2.5k	1.7k	1.4k	1.0k	136	6.9k
Ping Yuan China	43	2.7k 0.8×	1.6k 0.7×	2.8k 1.7×	620 0.4×	2.0k 2.0×	198	7.1k
Vladimír Šubr Czechia	46	2.7k 0.8×	3.3k 1.3×	2.6k 1.6×	1.2k 0.8×	943 0.9×	129	7.4k
Yan Xia United States	51	2.4k 0.7×	1.5k 0.6×	1.7k 1.0×	4.1k 2.8×	2.3k 2.3×	155	10.0k
Dietmar Appelhans Germany	42	2.6k 0.8×	1.4k 0.6×	1.3k 0.8×	1.7k 1.2×	985 1.0×	263	6.0k
J. Andrew MacKay United States	34	3.1k 0.9×	2.5k 1.0×	1.5k 0.9×	734 0.5×	675 0.7×	98	6.6k
Daniel J. Siegwart United States	51	7.3k 2.2×	2.6k 1.1×	2.2k 1.3×	1.8k 1.3×	1.0k 1.0×	98	12.1k
Tianmeng Sun China	39	3.5k 1.1×	3.7k 1.5×	3.4k 2.0×	800 0.6×	1.5k 1.5×	112	8.2k
David Oupický United States	54	5.1k 1.6×	2.2k 0.9×	2.2k 1.3×	1.1k 0.8×	923 0.9×	195	8.9k
Marcelo Calderón Germany	45	2.2k 0.7×	2.2k 0.9×	1.6k 1.0×	1.1k 0.8×	818 0.8×	168	6.0k
Samuel Zalipsky United States	42	3.9k 1.2×	3.3k 1.3×	1.5k 0.9×	1.2k 0.8×	444 0.4×	60	6.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kensuke Osada

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Mochida, Yuki, Horacio Cabral, Yutaka Miura, et al.. (2025). Secondary Structure-Guided Assembly of Uniform Disk-Like Polymeric Micelles Incorporating Hydrophobic Platinum Drugs for Improved Tumor Targeting. Chemistry of Materials. 37(7). 2457–2473. 1 indexed citations

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Kitamura, Miho, Hiroyuki Iwasaki, Hirohiko Tsujii, et al.. (2025). Collagen Signaling via DDR1 Exacerbates Barriers to Macromolecular Drug Delivery in a 3D Model of Pancreatic Cancer Fibrosis. Small. 21(50). e06926–e06926.

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Gao, Shan, Kensuke Osada, Ichio Aoki, et al.. (2024). Albumin nanoparticle electrostatically loaded with highly anionic Gd-thiacalixarene complex for MRI-guided neutron capture therapy. Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. 699. 134579–134579. 4 indexed citations

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Li, Shangwei, Ming‐Feng Hsieh, Taehun Hong, et al.. (2023). Block Copolymer‐Stabilized Metal–Organic Framework Hybrids Loading Pd Nanoparticles Enable Tumor Remission Through Near‐Infrared Photothermal Therapy. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(1). 2 indexed citations

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Yoshinaga, Naoto, Satoshi Uchida, Anjaneyulu Dirisala, et al.. (2021). Bridging mRNA and Polycation Using RNA Oligonucleotide Derivatives Improves the Robustness of Polyplex Micelles for Efficient mRNA Delivery. Advanced Healthcare Materials. 11(9). e2102016–e2102016. 22 indexed citations

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Yoshinaga, Naoto, et al.. (2021). PEGylation of mRNA by Hybridization of Complementary PEG-RNA Oligonucleotides Stabilizes mRNA without Using Cationic Materials. Pharmaceutics. 13(6). 800–800. 9 indexed citations

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Dirisala, Anjaneyulu, Satoshi Uchida, Kazuko Toh, et al.. (2020). Transient stealth coating of liver sinusoidal wall by anchoring two-armed PEG for retargeting nanomedicines. Science Advances. 6(26). eabb8133–eabb8133. 61 indexed citations

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Tockary, Theofilus A., Anjaneyulu Dirisala, Qixian Chen, et al.. (2019). Single-Stranded DNA-Packaged Polyplex Micelle as Adeno-Associated-Virus-Inspired Compact Vector to Systemically Target Stroma-Rich Pancreatic Cancer. ACS Nano. 13(11). 12732–12742. 35 indexed citations

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Yoshinaga, Naoto, Yuki Mochida, Mitsuru Naito, et al.. (2019). Bundling mRNA Strands to Prepare Nano‐Assemblies with Enhanced Stability Towards RNase for In Vivo Delivery. Angewandte Chemie. 131(33). 11482–11485. 6 indexed citations

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Yoshinaga, Naoto, Yuki Mochida, Mitsuru Naito, et al.. (2019). Bundling mRNA Strands to Prepare Nano‐Assemblies with Enhanced Stability Towards RNase for In Vivo Delivery. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 58(33). 11360–11363. 49 indexed citations

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Cabral, Horacio, Kanjiro Miyata, Kensuke Osada, & Kazunori Kataoka. (2018). Block Copolymer Micelles in Nanomedicine Applications. Chemical Reviews. 118(14). 6844–6892. 1050 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yoshinaga, Naoto, Takehiko Ishii, Mitsuru Naito, et al.. (2017). Polyplex Micelles with Phenylboronate/Gluconamide Cross-Linking in the Core Exerting Promoted Gene Transfection through Spatiotemporal Responsivity to Intracellular pH and ATP Concentration. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 139(51). 18567–18575. 79 indexed citations

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Dirisala, Anjaneyulu, et al.. (2017). 腫瘍特異的活性化と自己破壊相乗的腫瘍アブレーションの治療小胞ナノ反応器【Powered by NICT】. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 129(45). 14213–14218. 12 indexed citations

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Takeda, Kaori M., Kensuke Osada, Theofilus A. Tockary, et al.. (2016). Poly(ethylene glycol) Crowding as Critical Factor To Determine pDNA Packaging Scheme into Polyplex Micelles for Enhanced Gene Expression. Biomacromolecules. 18(1). 36–43. 36 indexed citations

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Li, Junjie, Qixian Chen, Zengshi Zha, et al.. (2015). Ternary polyplex micelles with PEG shells and intermediate barrier to complexed DNA cores for efficient systemic gene delivery. Journal of Controlled Release. 209. 77–87. 60 indexed citations

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Uchida, Satoshi, Hiroaki Kinoh, Takehiko Ishii, et al.. (2015). Systemic delivery of messenger RNA for the treatment of pancreatic cancer using polyplex nanomicelles with a cholesterol moiety. Biomaterials. 82. 221–228. 126 indexed citations

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Nomoto, Takahiro, Shigeto Fukushima, Michiaki Kumagai, et al.. (2014). Three-layered polyplex micelle as a multifunctional nanocarrier platform for light-induced systemic gene transfer. Nature Communications. 5(1). 3545–3545. 175 indexed citations

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Osada, Kensuke, Horacio Cabral, Yuki Mochida, et al.. (2012). Bioactive Polymeric Metallosomes Self-Assembled through Block Copolymer–Metal Complexation. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 134(32). 13172–13175. 74 indexed citations

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Chen, Qixian, Kensuke Osada, Takehiko Ishii, et al.. (2012). Homo-catiomer integration into PEGylated polyplex micelle from block-catiomer for systemic anti-angiogenic gene therapy for fibrotic pancreatic tumors. Biomaterials. 33(18). 4722–4730. 56 indexed citations

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Tokita, Masatoshi, et al.. (1999). Chain Folding in the Smectic Phase of Main-Chain Polyesters.. KOBUNSHI RONBUNSHU. 56(4). 184–194. 1 indexed citations

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