Mershen Govender

1.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 730 citations indexed

About

Mershen Govender is a scholar working on Pharmaceutical Science, Molecular Biology and Biomaterials. According to data from OpenAlex, Mershen Govender has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 730 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Pharmaceutical Science, 6 papers in Molecular Biology and 5 papers in Biomaterials. Recurrent topics in Mershen Govender's work include Advanced Drug Delivery Systems (7 papers), Drug Solubulity and Delivery Systems (4 papers) and Probiotics and Fermented Foods (4 papers). Mershen Govender is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Drug Delivery Systems (7 papers), Drug Solubulity and Delivery Systems (4 papers) and Probiotics and Fermented Foods (4 papers). Mershen Govender collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, Netherlands and United States. Mershen Govender's co-authors include Yahya E. Choonara, Pradeep Kumar, Viness Pillay, Lisa C. du Toit, Sunaina Indermun, Sandy van Vuuren, Girish Modi, Dinesh Naidoo, Leith C. R. Meyer and Kennedy H. Erlwanger and has published in prestigious journals such as Carbohydrate Polymers, Pharmaceutical Research and Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Mershen Govender

23 papers receiving 712 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.

A review of the chemical modification techniques of starch

2016 465 citations Yahya E. Choonara, Pradeep Kumar et al. Carbohydrate Polymers profile →

Peers

Mershen Govender

BIOMA

Philippe E. Ramos Portugal

Poonam Singh Portugal

Yun‐Shan Wei China

Zahra Davoudi Iran

Henrique Rodrigues Marcelino Brazil

Sunaina Indermun South Africa

Kirill I. Shingel Canada

Ismail M. Fareez Malaysia

Anna Zimoch-Korzycka Poland

Philippe E. Ramos Portugal

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BIOMA

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Citations per year, relative to Mershen Govender Mershen Govender (= 1×) peers Philippe E. Ramos

Countries citing papers authored by Mershen Govender

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Fields of papers citing papers by Mershen Govender

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mershen Govender

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20 of 20 papers shown

Govender, Mershen, et al.. (2025). A Novel Intrauterine Device for the Extended Tissue-Specific Release of Estradiol and Norethindrone to Treat the Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause. Polymers. 17(5). 665–665. 1 indexed citations

Govender, Mershen, et al.. (2025). Co-Formulation of Iron Oxide and PLGA Nanoparticles to Deliver Curcumin and IFNα for Synergistic Anticancer Activity in A375 Melanoma Skin Cancer Cells. Pharmaceutics. 17(7). 860–860. 2 indexed citations

Govender, Mershen, et al.. (2025). Modified-Release Pulmonary Delivery Systems for Labile Bioactives: Design, Development, and Applications. Pharmaceutics. 17(4). 470–470.

Adeyemi, Samson A., et al.. (2024). Mesoporous Polydopamine Nano-Bowls Demonstrate a High Entrapment Efficiency and pH-Responsive Release of Paclitaxel for Suppressing A549 Lung Cancer Cell Proliferation In Vitro. Pharmaceutics. 16(12). 1536–1536. 1 indexed citations

Govender, Mershen, et al.. (2024). Non-surgical Synergistic Interventions for the Treatment of Skin Cancer. Current Pharmaceutical Design. 32(4). 245–260. 3 indexed citations

Govender, Mershen, Sunaina Indermun, & Yahya E. Choonara. (2024). 3D bioprinted microneedles: merging drug delivery and scaffold science for tissue-specific applications. Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery. 21(11). 1559–1572. 11 indexed citations

Govender, Mershen, et al.. (2024). A Novel Intrauterine Device for the Spatio-Temporal Release of Norethindrone Acetate as a Counter-Estrogenic Intervention in the Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause. Pharmaceutics. 16(5). 587–587. 3 indexed citations

Govender, Mershen, et al.. (2023). A Micro-In-Macro Gastroretentive System for the Delivery of Narrow-Absorption Window Drugs. Polymers. 15(6). 1385–1385. 2 indexed citations

Govender, Mershen, et al.. (2023). Intravaginal Drug Delivery Systems to Treat the Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause: Towards the Design of Safe and Efficacious Estrogen-loaded Prototypes. Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. 112(6). 1566–1585. 4 indexed citations

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Indermun, Sunaina, Pradeep Kumar, Mershen Govender, & Yahya E. Choonara. (2022). Can Nanomedicinal Approaches Provide an Edge to the Efficacy of Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors?. Current Medicinal Chemistry. 30(13). 1482–1501. 3 indexed citations

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Indermun, Sunaina, Mershen Govender, Pradeep Kumar, et al.. (2019). Antineoplastic nano-lipobubbles for passively targeted ovarian cancer therapy. Colloids and Surfaces B Biointerfaces. 177. 160–168. 6 indexed citations

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Govender, Mershen, Sunaina Indermun, Pradeep Kumar, et al.. (2018). In Vitro–In Vivo Evaluation of an Oral Ghost Drug Delivery Device for the Delivery of Salmon Calcitonin. Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. 107(6). 1605–1614. 7 indexed citations

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Indermun, Sunaina, Mershen Govender, Pradeep Kumar, et al.. (2018). Drug Delivery Strategies for Antivirals against Hepatitis B Virus. Viruses. 10(5). 267–267. 15 indexed citations

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Indermun, Sunaina, Yahya E. Choonara, Pradeep Kumar, et al.. (2017). In Vitro and In Vivo Evaluation of a Hydrogel-Based Microneedle Device for Transdermal Electro-Modulated Analgesia. Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. 106(4). 1111–1116. 9 indexed citations

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Choonara, Yahya E., Pradeep Kumar, Mershen Govender, et al.. (2016). In vivo evaluation of an Ultra-fast Disintegrating Wafer matrix: A molecular simulation approach to the ora-mucoadhesivity. Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology. 37. 123–133. 5 indexed citations

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Govender, Mershen, Yahya E. Choonara, Sandy van Vuuren, et al.. (2016). A Dual-Biotic System for the Concurrent Delivery of Antibiotics and Probiotics: In Vitro, Ex Vivo, In Vivo and In Silico Evaluation and Correlation. Pharmaceutical Research. 33(12). 3057–3071. 8 indexed citations

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Choonara, Yahya E., Pradeep Kumar, Lisa C. du Toit, et al.. (2016). A review of the chemical modification techniques of starch. Carbohydrate Polymers. 157. 1226–1236. 465 indexed citations breakdown →

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Govender, Mershen, Yahya E. Choonara, Sandy van Vuuren, et al.. (2016). Design and Evaluation of an Oral Multiparticulate system for Dual Delivery of Amoxicillin and Lactobacillus Acidophilus. Future Microbiology. 11(9). 1133–1145. 3 indexed citations

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Govender, Mershen, Yahya E. Choonara, Sandy van Vuuren, et al.. (2015). A gastro-resistant ovalbumin bi-layered mini-tablet-in-tablet system for the delivery of L actobacillus acidophilus probiotic to simulated human intestinal and colon conditions. Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology. 67(7). 939–950. 12 indexed citations

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Govender, Mershen, Yahya E. Choonara, Pradeep Kumar, et al.. (2013). A Review of the Advancements in Probiotic Delivery: Conventional vs. Non-conventional Formulations for Intestinal Flora Supplementation. AAPS PharmSciTech. 15(1). 29–43. 146 indexed citations

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