L. R. Hirsch

9.1k total citations · 4 hit papers
22 papers, 7.2k citations indexed

About

L. R. Hirsch is a scholar working on Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Biomedical Engineering and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, L. R. Hirsch has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 7.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, 12 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 5 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in L. R. Hirsch's work include Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications (13 papers), Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (7 papers) and Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging (4 papers). L. R. Hirsch is often cited by papers focused on Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications (13 papers), Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (7 papers) and Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging (4 papers). L. R. Hirsch collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and Slovenia. L. R. Hirsch's co-authors include Jennifer L. West, Naomi J. Halas, James A. Bankson, John D. Hazle, S.R. Sershen, R. Jason Stafford, Roger E. Price, Belinda Rivera, J. Donald Payne and D. Patrick O’Neal and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Applied Physics Letters and Journal of Applied Physics.

In The Last Decade

L. R. Hirsch

21 papers receiving 6.9k 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.

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 →
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 →
Nanoshell-Enabled Photonics-Based Imaging and Therapy of Cancer

2004 840 citations Christopher Loo, Alex W. H. Lin et al. Technology in Cancer Research & Treatment profile →
A Whole Blood Immunoassay Using Gold Nanoshells

2003 530 citations L. R. Hirsch, J. Brooks Jackson et al. Analytical Chemistry profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
L. R. Hirsch United States	11	4.7k	3.9k	2.3k	1.9k	1.5k	22	7.2k
Boris N. Khlebtsov Russia	43	3.7k 0.8×	3.2k 0.8×	1.9k 0.8×	912 0.5×	1.6k 1.0×	216	6.1k
Leslie Au United States	24	4.5k 0.9×	5.1k 1.3×	4.4k 1.9×	1.6k 0.9×	1.7k 1.1×	33	8.9k
Ralph A. Sperling Germany	26	2.6k 0.6×	2.0k 0.5×	3.3k 1.5×	1.7k 0.9×	2.3k 1.5×	44	7.5k
S.R. Sershen United States	7	2.7k 0.6×	2.0k 0.5×	1.3k 0.6×	1.2k 0.6×	732 0.5×	11	4.3k
Scott M. Tabakman United States	20	5.0k 1.1×	1.0k 0.3×	4.1k 1.8×	1.5k 0.8×	1.6k 1.0×	25	7.3k
Devika B. Chithrani Canada	27	3.5k 0.7×	2.0k 0.5×	3.2k 1.4×	3.4k 1.8×	2.3k 1.5×	72	8.6k
Carlos Rinaldi United States	49	4.6k 1.0×	1.0k 0.3×	2.2k 1.0×	2.2k 1.1×	1.8k 1.2×	203	7.8k
Geoffrey von Maltzahn United States	22	3.0k 0.6×	1.1k 0.3×	2.2k 1.0×	2.1k 1.1×	1.8k 1.2×	30	5.7k
Rizia Bardhan United States	40	4.8k 1.0×	4.1k 1.1×	2.9k 1.3×	1.2k 0.6×	1.5k 1.0×	88	8.5k
Pablo del Pino Spain	38	2.8k 0.6×	1.3k 0.3×	2.5k 1.1×	2.5k 1.3×	1.8k 1.2×	104	6.4k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Hirsch, L. R., et al.. (2015). Significance of Retinal Lesions Potentially Caused by Dazzling Lasers. 1 indexed citations

Hirsch, L. R., André M. Gobin, Amanda Lowery, et al.. (2006). Metal Nanoshells. Annals of Biomedical Engineering. 34(1). 15–22. 406 indexed citations

Pedreira, P. R. B., L. R. Hirsch, A. N. Medina, et al.. (2006). Real-time quantitative investigation of photochemical reaction using thermal lens measurements: Theory and experiment. Journal of Applied Physics. 100(4). 41 indexed citations

James, W. D., et al.. (2006). Application of INAA to the build-up and clearance of gold nanoshells in clinical studies in mice. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry. 271(2). 455–459. 137 indexed citations

Loo, Christopher, L. R. Hirsch, Min‐Ho Lee, et al.. (2005). Gold nanoshell bioconjugates for molecular imaging in living cells. Optics Letters. 30(9). 1012–1012. 240 indexed citations

O’Neal, D. Patrick, L. R. Hirsch, Naomi J. Halas, J. Donald Payne, & Jennifer L. West. (2005). Photothermal cancer therapy using intravenously injected near-infrared-absorbing nanoparticles. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 5689. 149–149. 4 indexed citations

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 →

Loo, Christopher, Min‐Ho Lee, L. R. Hirsch, et al.. (2004). Nanoshell bioconjugates for integrated imaging and therapy of cancer. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 5327. 1–1. 3 indexed citations

Pedreira, P. R. B., L. R. Hirsch, A. N. Medina, et al.. (2004). Observation of laser induced photochemical reaction of Cr(VI) species in water during thermal lens measurements. Chemical Physics Letters. 396(4-6). 221–225. 15 indexed citations

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Lin, Alex W. H., Christopher Loo, L. R. Hirsch, et al.. (2004). Nanoshells for integrated diagnosis and therapy of cancer. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 5593. 308–308. 4 indexed citations

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Loo, Christopher, Alex W. H. Lin, L. R. Hirsch, et al.. (2004). Nanoshell-Enabled Photonics-Based Imaging and Therapy of Cancer. Technology in Cancer Research & Treatment. 3(1). 33–40. 840 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hirsch, L. R., et al.. (2004). A rapid, whole blood immunoassay using metal nanoshells. 3442–3443. 1 indexed citations

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Hirsch, L. R., Jennifer L. West, R. Jason Stafford, et al.. (2004). Nanoshell-mediated near infrared photothermal tumor therapy. 1230–1231. 5 indexed citations

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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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Jackson, J. Brooks, et al.. (2003). Controlling the Surface Enhanced Raman Effect on Nanoshells in a Film Geometry. APS. 2003. 2 indexed citations

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Jackson, J. Brooks, Sarah L. Westcott, L. R. Hirsch, Jennifer L. West, & Naomi J. Halas. (2003). Controlling the surface enhanced Raman effect via the nanoshell geometry. Applied Physics Letters. 82(2). 257–259. 343 indexed citations

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Hirsch, L. R., et al.. (2003). A Whole Blood Immunoassay Using Gold Nanoshells. Analytical Chemistry. 75(10). 2377–2381. 530 indexed citations breakdown →

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Pedreira, P. R. B., et al.. (2003). Temperature dependence of the thermo-optical properties of water determined by thermal lens spectrometry. Review of Scientific Instruments. 74(1). 808–810. 26 indexed citations

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Hirsch, L. R., R. Jason Stafford, James A. Bankson, et al.. (2003). Targeted photothermal tumor therapy using metal nanoshells. 1. 530–531. 6 indexed citations

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Hirsch, L. R., et al.. (1997). Visible photoluminescence from porous a-Si:H and porous a-Si:C:H thin films. Journal of Applied Physics. 82(4). 1832–1840. 5 indexed citations

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