Michael Rubinstein

33.9k total citations · 13 hit papers
286 papers, 26.9k citations indexed

About

Michael Rubinstein is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Science and Polymers and Plastics. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Rubinstein has authored 286 papers receiving a total of 26.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 93 papers in Materials Chemistry, 48 papers in Pharmaceutical Science and 47 papers in Polymers and Plastics. Recurrent topics in Michael Rubinstein's work include Material Dynamics and Properties (51 papers), Drug Solubulity and Delivery Systems (48 papers) and Electrostatics and Colloid Interactions (40 papers). Michael Rubinstein is often cited by papers focused on Material Dynamics and Properties (51 papers), Drug Solubulity and Delivery Systems (48 papers) and Electrostatics and Colloid Interactions (40 papers). Michael Rubinstein collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Russia. Michael Rubinstein's co-authors include Ralph H. Colby, Andrey V. Dobrynin, Sergey Panyukov, A. N. Semenov, James L. Ford, Sergei S. Sheiko, Eugenia Kumacheva, Sergei Obukhov, Zhihong Nie and Ekaterina B. Zhulina and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Chemical Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Michael Rubinstein

279 papers receiving 26.4k citations

Hit Papers

Polymer Physics 1998 2026 2007 2016 2003 2005 2023 2007 2012 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k
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.

  1. Polymer Physics
    2003 4.4k citations Michael Rubinstein et al. profile →
  2. Theory of polyelectrolytes in solutions and at surfaces
    2005 1.2k citations Michael Rubinstein et al. profile →
  3. DreamBooth: Fine Tuning Text-to-Image Diffusion Models for Subject-Driven Generation
    2023 955 citations Michael Rubinstein et al. profile →
  4. Self-assembly of metal–polymer analogues of amphiphilic triblock copolymers
    2007 730 citations Michael Rubinstein et al. profile →
  5. A Periciliary Brush Promotes the Lung Health by Separating the Mucus Layer from Airway Epithelia
    2012 615 citations Brian Button, Camille Ehré et al. Science profile →
  6. Thermoreversible Gelation in Solutions of Associative Polymers. 1. Statics
    1998 496 citations Michael Rubinstein et al. Macromolecules profile →
  7. Solvent-free, supersoft and superelastic bottlebrush melts and networks
    2015 485 citations Michael Rubinstein et al. profile →
  8. Unexpected power-law stress relaxation of entangled ring polymers
    2008 465 citations Dimitris Vlassopoulos, Taihyun Chang et al. profile →
  9. Toughening hydrogels through force-triggered chemical reactions that lengthen polymer strands
    2021 251 citations Zi Wang, Xujun Zheng et al. Science profile →
  10. Molecular Characterization of Polymer Networks
    2021 231 citations Haley K. Beech, Shu Wang et al. profile →
  11. Physiology and pathophysiology of human airway mucus
    2022 159 citations David B. Hill, Brian Button et al. Physiological Reviews profile →
  12. Facile mechanochemical cycloreversion of polymer cross-linkers enhances tear resistance
    2023 107 citations Shu Wang, Yixin Hu et al. Science profile →
  13. Rapid self-strengthening in double-network hydrogels triggered by bond scission
    2025 26 citations Michael Rubinstein, Jian Ping Gong et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael Rubinstein United States 78 8.4k 6.3k 6.2k 5.4k 4.1k 286 26.9k
Jack F. Douglas United States 81 16.2k 1.9× 8.7k 1.4× 3.8k 0.6× 7.1k 1.3× 2.4k 0.6× 548 28.7k
Ralph H. Colby United States 73 7.2k 0.9× 9.8k 1.6× 5.0k 0.8× 5.1k 1.0× 1.8k 0.5× 498 23.4k
Matthew Tirrell United States 81 5.1k 0.6× 2.7k 0.4× 5.8k 0.9× 3.9k 0.7× 5.8k 1.4× 395 21.5k
Kurt Kremer Germany 83 15.9k 1.9× 6.9k 1.1× 4.4k 0.7× 6.4k 1.2× 2.4k 0.6× 355 29.2k
M. Muthukumar United States 72 5.7k 0.7× 3.5k 0.6× 3.1k 0.5× 5.6k 1.0× 2.1k 0.5× 301 16.4k
Ronald G. Larson United States 80 8.3k 1.0× 6.6k 1.0× 4.8k 0.8× 6.5k 1.2× 2.0k 0.5× 465 29.8k
Thomas A. Witten United States 49 11.5k 1.4× 3.3k 0.5× 3.2k 0.5× 7.7k 1.4× 2.5k 0.6× 157 32.5k
Juan Pablo United States 100 18.0k 2.1× 4.2k 0.7× 6.9k 1.1× 9.5k 1.8× 3.5k 0.9× 790 37.7k
Gary S. Grest United States 87 16.0k 1.9× 5.9k 0.9× 3.4k 0.5× 5.4k 1.0× 2.9k 0.7× 449 31.5k
Steve Granick United States 82 10.2k 1.2× 1.3k 0.2× 4.0k 0.7× 6.1k 1.1× 3.8k 0.9× 340 23.2k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Costanzo, Salvatore, Stelios Alexandris, Nino Grizzuti, et al.. (2025). Nonlinear Shear Rheology of Unentangled Polymer Melts. Macromolecules. 58(14). 7062–7083.
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Zheng, Xujun, Tatiana B. Kouznetsova, Yixin Hu, et al.. (2025). Tuning the Ultimate Strain of Single and Double Network Gels Through Reactive Strand Extension. ACS Central Science. 11(10). 1882–1891. 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Shu, Sergey Panyukov, Stephen L. Craig, & Michael Rubinstein. (2023). Contribution of Unbroken Strands to the Fracture of Polymer Networks. Macromolecules. 56(6). 2309–2318. 30 indexed citations
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Beech, Haley K., Shu Wang, Tatiana B. Kouznetsova, et al.. (2023). Reactivity-Guided Depercolation Processes Determine Fracture Behavior in End-Linked Polymer Networks. ACS Macro Letters. 12(12). 1685–1691. 18 indexed citations
5.
Lin, Shaoting, et al.. (2023). An elastomer with ultrahigh strain-induced crystallization. Science Advances. 9(50). eadj0411–eadj0411. 53 indexed citations
6.
Hill, David B., Brian Button, Michael Rubinstein, & Richard C. Boucher. (2022). Physiology and pathophysiology of human airway mucus. Physiological Reviews. 102(4). 1757–1836. 159 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bilchak, Connor R., Jiarul Midya, Yucheng Huang, et al.. (2022). Understanding Gas Transport in Polymer-Grafted Nanoparticle Assemblies. Macromolecules. 55(8). 3011–3019. 19 indexed citations
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Grest, Gary S., Ting Ge, Steven J. Plimpton, Michael Rubinstein, & Thomas C. O’Connor. (2022). Entropic Mixing of Ring/Linear Polymer Blends. ACS Polymers Au. 3(2). 209–216. 19 indexed citations
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Nikoubashman, Arash, et al.. (2021). Gas Transport in Interacting Planar Brushes. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(1). 39–46. 7 indexed citations
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Parisi, Daniele, M. Kaliva, Salvatore Costanzo, et al.. (2021). Nonlinear rheometry of entangled polymeric rings and ring-linear blends. Journal of Rheology. 65(4). 695–711. 37 indexed citations
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Parisi, Daniele, Salvatore Costanzo, Youncheol Jeong, et al.. (2021). Nonlinear Shear Rheology of Entangled Polymer Rings. Macromolecules. 54(6). 2811–2827. 71 indexed citations
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Wang, Jiuling, et al.. (2021). Diffusion of Thin Nanorods in Polymer Melts. Macromolecules. 54(15). 7051–7059. 30 indexed citations
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Ge, Ting, Michael Rubinstein, & Gary S. Grest. (2020). Effects of Tethered Polymers on Dynamics of Nanoparticles in Unentangled Polymer Melts. Macromolecules. 53(16). 6898–6906. 20 indexed citations
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Midya, Jiarul, Michael Rubinstein, Sanat K. Kumar, & Arash Nikoubashman. (2020). Structure of Polymer-Grafted Nanoparticle Melts. ACS Nano. 14(11). 15505–15516. 87 indexed citations
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Mueller, Jenna L., Christopher T. Lam, Daniel Álvarez, et al.. (2019). Understanding Factors Governing Distribution Volume of Ethyl Cellulose-Ethanol to Optimize Ablative Therapy in the Liver. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering. 67(8). 2337–2348. 25 indexed citations
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Ge, Ting & Michael Rubinstein. (2019). Mobility of Polymer-Tethered Nanoparticles in Unentangled Polymer Melts. Macromolecules. 52(4). 1536–1545. 16 indexed citations
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Anderson, Wayne H., Raymond D. Coakley, Brian Button, et al.. (2015). The Relationship of Mucus Concentration (Hydration) to Mucus Osmotic Pressure and Transport in Chronic Bronchitis. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 192(2). 182–190. 113 indexed citations
18.
Erbaş, Aykut & Michael Rubinstein. (2013). Viscous Friction of Polymer Brushes. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2013. 1 indexed citations
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Button, Brian, Camille Ehré, Mehmet Kesımer, et al.. (2012). A Periciliary Brush Promotes the Lung Health by Separating the Mucus Layer from Airway Epithelia. Science. 337(6097). 937–941. 615 indexed citations breakdown →
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Obukhov, Sergei, et al.. (2001). Counterion Phase Transition in Dilute Polyelectrolyte Solutions. APS. 1 indexed citations

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