Maren Roman

7.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
36 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Maren Roman is a scholar working on Biomaterials, Biomedical Engineering and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Maren Roman has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Biomaterials, 12 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 11 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Maren Roman's work include Advanced Cellulose Research Studies (23 papers), Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls (9 papers) and Nanocomposite Films for Food Packaging (9 papers). Maren Roman is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Cellulose Research Studies (23 papers), Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls (9 papers) and Nanocomposite Films for Food Packaging (9 papers). Maren Roman collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Canada. Maren Roman's co-authors include William T. Winter, Derek G. Gray, Shuping Dong, Alan R. Esker, Yong Woo Lee, Feng Jiang, Hezhong Wang, Hyung Joon Cho, Michael J. Bortner and Qian Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B and Langmuir.

In The Last Decade

Maren Roman

35 papers receiving 4.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Effect of Reaction Conditions on the Properties and Behavior of Wood Cellulose Nanocrystal Suspensions

2005 1.3k citations Maren Roman, Derek G. Gray et al. Biomacromolecules profile →
Effect of Sulfate Groups from Sulfuric Acid Hydrolysis on the Thermal Degradation Behavior of Bacterial Cellulose

2004 1.0k citations Maren Roman et al. Biomacromolecules profile →

Peers

Maren Roman

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Annie Dorris Canada

Jean Bouchard Canada

Tekla Tammelin Finland

Kentaro Abe Japan

Jeffrey M. Catchmark United States

Hayaka Fukuzumi Japan

Shinichiro Iwamoto Japan

Kevin J. De France Canada

Mariko Ago Finland

Andreas Fall Sweden

Annie Dorris Canada

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3.2k ×0.8

BIOMA

1.2k ×0.8

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648 ×0.6

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408 ×1.0

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374 ×1.1

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Citations per year, relative to Maren Roman Maren Roman (= 1×) peers Annie Dorris

Countries citing papers authored by Maren Roman

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Fields of papers citing papers by Maren Roman

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Maren Roman. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Maren Roman. The network helps show where Maren Roman may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Maren Roman

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Maren Roman. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Maren Roman based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Maren Roman. Maren Roman is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Kim, Young‐Teck, et al.. (2025). Impacts of cycles of a novel low-pressure homogenization process on cellulose nanofibrils (CNF) as a sustainable packaging film material. Carbohydrate Polymer Technologies and Applications. 9. 100739–100739. 3 indexed citations

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Wang, Hezhong & Maren Roman. (2023). Effects of Chitosan Molecular Weight and Degree of Deacetylation on Chitosan−Cellulose Nanocrystal Complexes and Their Formation. Molecules. 28(3). 1361–1361. 26 indexed citations

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Zhang, Junru, et al.. (2023). Accelerated Engineering of Optimized Functional Composite Hydrogels via High-Throughput Experimentation. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 15(45). 52908–52920. 4 indexed citations

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Zhai, Zhenghao, Yang Zhou, Yimin Yao, et al.. (2023). Synthesis and Characterization of Multi-Reducing-End Polysaccharides. Biomacromolecules. 24(6). 2596–2605. 9 indexed citations

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Sim, Jae Hyun, Shuping Dong, Maren Roman, & Alan R. Esker. (2021). Hydrophobically modified pullulan adsorption onto rod-like cellulose nanocrystals. Cellulose. 28(15). 9725–9738. 1 indexed citations

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Whittington, Abby R., et al.. (2021). Bioactive Cellulose Nanocrystal-Poly(ε-Caprolactone) Nanocomposites for Bone Tissue Engineering Applications. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. 9. 605924–605924. 24 indexed citations

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Roman, Maren, et al.. (2021). Multi-axis alignment of Rod-like cellulose nanocrystals in drying droplets. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 603. 450–458. 19 indexed citations

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Roman, Maren, et al.. (2019). The growing merits and dwindling limitations of bacterial cellulose-based tissue engineering scaffolds. Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering. 24. 98–106. 51 indexed citations

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Kittle, Joshua D., et al.. (2018). Adsorption of Xyloglucan onto Thin Films of Cellulose Nanocrystals and Amorphous Cellulose: Film Thickness Effects. ACS Omega. 3(10). 14004–14012. 16 indexed citations

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Dong, Shuping, et al.. (2018). Folic Acid-Conjugated Cellulose Nanocrystals Show High Folate-Receptor Binding Affinity and Uptake by KB and Breast Cancer Cells. ACS Omega. 3(10). 13952–13959. 44 indexed citations

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Wang, Hezhong & Maren Roman. (2016). Cellulose-based oral vaccine formulation for influenza virus. Nanomedicine Nanotechnology Biology and Medicine. 12(2). 489–489. 4 indexed citations

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Pekkanen, Allison M., et al.. (2014). High elastic modulus nanoparticles: a novel tool for subfailure connective tissue matrix damage. Translational research. 164(3). 244–257. 14 indexed citations

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Sim, Jae Hyun, Shuping Dong, Daewon Sohn, et al.. (2014). 2-Hydroxypropyltrimethylammonium xylan adsorption onto rod-like cellulose nanocrystal. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 440. 119–125. 6 indexed citations

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Jiang, Feng, Joshua D. Kittle, Xinyi Tan, Alan R. Esker, & Maren Roman. (2013). Effects of Sulfate Groups on the Adsorption and Activity of Cellulases on Cellulose Substrates. Langmuir. 29(10). 3280–3291. 32 indexed citations

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Kittle, Joshua D., Holger Wondraczek, Chao Wang, et al.. (2012). Enhanced Dewatering of Polyelectrolyte Nanocomposites by Hydrophobic Polyelectrolytes. Langmuir. 28(30). 11086–11094. 11 indexed citations

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Kittle, Joshua D., Xiaosong Du, Feng Jiang, et al.. (2011). Equilibrium Water Contents of Cellulose Films Determined via Solvent Exchange and Quartz Crystal Microbalance with Dissipation Monitoring. Biomacromolecules. 12(8). 2881–2887. 82 indexed citations

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Cho, Hyung Joon, Somin Lee, Shuping Dong, Maren Roman, & Yong Woo Lee. (2011). Cellulose nanocrystals as a novel nanocarrier for targeted drug delivery to brain tumor cells. The FASEB Journal. 25(S1).

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Dong, Shuping, et al.. (2011). Cellulose nanocrystals: a novel biomaterial for targeted drug delivery applications. The FASEB Journal. 25(S1). 1 indexed citations

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Dong, Shuping & Maren Roman. (2007). Fluorescently Labeled Cellulose Nanocrystals for Bioimaging Applications. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 129(45). 13810–13811. 375 indexed citations

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Roman, Maren & Derek G. Gray. (2005). Parabolic Focal Conics in Self-Assembled Solid Films of Cellulose Nanocrystals. Langmuir. 21(12). 5555–5561. 101 indexed citations

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