Kirill A. Afonin

5.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
122 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Kirill A. Afonin is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kirill A. Afonin has authored 122 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 107 papers in Molecular Biology, 20 papers in Ecology and 20 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Kirill A. Afonin's work include Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (78 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (75 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (35 papers). Kirill A. Afonin is often cited by papers focused on Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (78 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (75 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (35 papers). Kirill A. Afonin collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and Slovakia. Kirill A. Afonin's co-authors include Bruce A. Shapiro, Marina A. Dobrovolskaia, Luc Jaeger, Eckart Bindewald, Morgan Chandler, Mathias Viard, Justin R. Halman, Wade W. Grabow, Weina Ke and M. Brittany Johnson and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Nucleic Acids Research and Nano Letters.

In The Last Decade

Kirill A. Afonin

114 papers receiving 4.1k 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.

To PEGylate or not to PEGylate: Immunological properties of nanomedicine’s most popular component, polyethylene glycol and its alternatives

2021 354 citations Da Shi, Damian Beasock et al. Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kirill A. Afonin United States	39	3.4k	607	588	542	354	122	4.1k
Rakesh N. Veedu Australia	32	3.6k 1.0×	193 0.3×	698 1.2×	179 0.3×	187 0.5×	114	4.2k
Valerie A. Kickhoefer United States	33	2.1k 0.6×	396 0.7×	204 0.3×	357 0.7×	231 0.7×	58	3.0k
Sarah Shigdar Australia	33	2.4k 0.7×	93 0.2×	828 1.4×	307 0.6×	260 0.7×	68	3.6k
Paula J. Bates United States	27	3.1k 0.9×	104 0.2×	467 0.8×	133 0.2×	222 0.6×	58	3.7k
Shuo Wan China	25	2.0k 0.6×	115 0.2×	759 1.3×	173 0.3×	510 1.4×	49	2.7k
Muthusamy Jayaraman United States	21	4.8k 1.4×	170 0.3×	606 1.0×	550 1.0×	159 0.4×	34	5.7k
Yuhua Weng China	27	2.8k 0.8×	75 0.1×	863 1.5×	416 0.8×	258 0.7×	65	3.9k
Gabriel A. Kwong United States	24	1.7k 0.5×	113 0.2×	1.8k 3.0×	309 0.6×	240 0.7×	49	3.2k
Hongzhou Gu China	21	2.4k 0.7×	307 0.5×	793 1.3×	80 0.1×	327 0.9×	53	2.8k
Liping Qiu China	43	4.7k 1.4×	218 0.4×	2.4k 4.1×	288 0.5×	930 2.6×	117	5.8k

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Panigaj, Martin, et al.. (2025). Nucleic Acid Nanoparticles Redefine Traditional Regulatory Terminology: The Blurred Line between Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients and Excipients. PubMed. 1(1). 5–17.

Vishweshwaraiah, Yashavantha L., Brianna Hnath, Jian Wang, et al.. (2024). A Piecewise Design Approach to Engineering a Miniature ACE2 Mimic to Bind SARS-CoV-2. ACS Applied Bio Materials. 7(5). 3238–3246. 3 indexed citations

Saito, Renata de Freitas, Hui Wei, David M.J. Lilley, et al.. (2024). Cracking the Code: Enhancing Molecular Tools for Progress in Nanobiotechnology. ACS Applied Bio Materials. 7(6). 3587–3604. 7 indexed citations

Byrnes, James, et al.. (2023). Structural Characterization of Nucleic Acid Nanoparticles Using SAXS and SAXS-Driven MD. Methods in molecular biology. 2709. 65–94. 2 indexed citations

Kim, Taejin, et al.. (2023). Optical, Structural and Antibacterial Properties of Silver Nanoparticles and DNA-Templated Silver Nanoclusters. Nanomedicine. 18(9). 769–782. 19 indexed citations

Beasock, Damian, et al.. (2022). The Application of Light-Assisted Drying to the Thermal Stabilization of Nucleic Acid Nanoparticles. Biopreservation and Biobanking. 20(5). 451–460. 6 indexed citations

Chandler, Morgan, M. Brittany Johnson, Da Shi, et al.. (2022). Expanding Structural Space for Immunomodulatory Nucleic Acid Nanoparticles via Spatial Arrangement of Their Therapeutic Moieties. Advanced Functional Materials. 32(43). 21 indexed citations

Ke, Weina & Kirill A. Afonin. (2021). Exosomes as natural delivery carriers for programmable therapeutic nucleic acid nanoparticles (NANPs). Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews. 176. 113835–113835. 76 indexed citations

Ke, Weina, et al.. (2020). Exosome mediated delivery of functional nucleic acid nanoparticles (NANPs). Nanomedicine Nanotechnology Biology and Medicine. 30. 102285–102285. 40 indexed citations

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Halman, Justin R., Ki-Taek Kim, So‐Jung Gwak, et al.. (2019). A cationic amphiphilic co-polymer as a carrier of nucleic acid nanoparticles (Nanps) for controlled gene silencing, immunostimulation, and biodistribution. Nanomedicine Nanotechnology Biology and Medicine. 23. 102094–102094. 46 indexed citations

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Chandler, Morgan & Kirill A. Afonin. (2019). Smart-Responsive Nucleic Acid Nanoparticles (NANPs) with the Potential to Modulate Immune Behavior. Nanomaterials. 9(4). 611–611. 38 indexed citations

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Hong, Enping, Justin R. Halman, Ankit Shah, et al.. (2018). Structure and Composition Define Immunorecognition of Nucleic Acid Nanoparticles. Nano Letters. 18(7). 4309–4321. 104 indexed citations

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Zakrevsky, Paul, et al.. (2017). Preparation of a Conditional RNA Switch. Methods in molecular biology. 1632. 303–324. 10 indexed citations

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Puri, Anu, Wojciech K. Kasprzak, Eckart Bindewald, et al.. (2016). Cellular Delivery of RNA Nanoparticles. ACS Combinatorial Science. 18(9). 527–547. 44 indexed citations

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Viard, Mathias, et al.. (2016). Programmable RNA microstructures for coordinated delivery of siRNAs. Nanoscale. 8(40). 17542–17550. 46 indexed citations

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Afonin, Kirill A., Eckart Bindewald, Maria L. Kireeva, & Bruce A. Shapiro. (2015). Computational and Experimental Studies of Reassociating RNA/DNA Hybrids Containing Split Functionalities. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 553. 313–334. 13 indexed citations

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Viard, Mathias, et al.. (2015). Triggering RNAi with multifunctional RNA nanoparticles and their delivery. PubMed. 2(1). 1–12. 23 indexed citations

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Gupta, K. C., Kirill A. Afonin, Mathias Viard, et al.. (2015). Bolaamphiphiles as carriers for siRNA delivery: From chemical syntheses to practical applications. Journal of Controlled Release. 213. 142–151. 37 indexed citations

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Kim, Tae‐Jin, Kirill A. Afonin, Mathias Viard, et al.. (2013). In Silico, In Vitro, and In Vivo Studies Indicate the Potential Use of Bolaamphiphiles for Therapeutic siRNAs Delivery. Molecular Therapy — Nucleic Acids. 2. e80–e80. 45 indexed citations

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Afonin, Kirill A., Evgeny O. Danilov, Irina Novikova, & Neocles B. Leontis. (2008). TokenRNA: A New Type of Sequence‐Specific, Label‐Free Fluorescent Biosensor for Folded RNA Molecules. ChemBioChem. 9(12). 1902–1905. 38 indexed citations

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