N. Ashwanikumar

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 908 citations indexed

About

N. Ashwanikumar is a scholar working on Biomaterials, Molecular Biology and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, N. Ashwanikumar has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 908 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Biomaterials, 6 papers in Molecular Biology and 3 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in N. Ashwanikumar's work include Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery (7 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (6 papers) and Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials (5 papers). N. Ashwanikumar is often cited by papers focused on Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery (7 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (6 papers) and Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials (5 papers). N. Ashwanikumar collaborates with scholars based in India, United States and Canada. N. Ashwanikumar's co-authors include Siddharth Patel, Gaurav Sahay, Örn Almarsson, Cosmin Mihai, G. S. Vinod Kumar, John L. Joyal, Shangguo Hou, Kevin Welsher, Yan Xia and Tatiana Ketova and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Nano Letters and Journal of Controlled Release.

In The Last Decade

N. Ashwanikumar

14 papers receiving 891 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.

Naturally-occurring cholesterol analogues in lipid nanoparticles induce polymorphic shape and enhance intracellular delivery of mRNA

2020 424 citations Siddharth Patel, N. Ashwanikumar et al. Nature Communications profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
N. Ashwanikumar India	12	702	221	133	111	108	14	908
Russell Johnson United States	18	699 1.0×	217 1.0×	140 1.1×	139 1.3×	139 1.3×	31	937
Venkata R. Krishnamurthy United States	13	551 0.8×	165 0.7×	178 1.3×	113 1.0×	78 0.7×	16	918
Estelle J. A. Suys Australia	10	472 0.7×	166 0.8×	133 1.0×	142 1.3×	58 0.5×	10	811
Shoshy Mizrahy Israel	9	542 0.8×	350 1.6×	213 1.6×	119 1.1×	65 0.6×	10	985
Pierrot Harvie Canada	15	833 1.2×	282 1.3×	154 1.2×	93 0.8×	220 2.0×	25	1.2k
Catherine Gebhart United States	11	755 1.1×	158 0.7×	98 0.7×	115 1.0×	297 2.8×	19	1.1k
Yukinobu Kodama Japan	17	744 1.1×	141 0.6×	118 0.9×	129 1.2×	259 2.4×	62	977
Kamila Butowska Poland	10	614 0.9×	111 0.5×	118 0.9×	154 1.4×	61 0.6×	14	825
Gustavo Lou United Kingdom	10	556 0.8×	189 0.9×	237 1.8×	183 1.6×	61 0.6×	12	841
Sandra K. Klimuk Canada	12	806 1.1×	294 1.3×	138 1.0×	246 2.2×	67 0.6×	14	1.1k

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Ashwanikumar, N., et al.. (2022). Binding energy analysis and molecular dynamic simulation studies of the designed orally active, non-toxic GABARAP modulators. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics. 41(13). 6394–6412. 1 indexed citations

Patel, Siddharth, N. Ashwanikumar, Yan Xia, et al.. (2020). Naturally-occurring cholesterol analogues in lipid nanoparticles induce polymorphic shape and enhance intracellular delivery of mRNA. Nature Communications. 11(1). 983–983. 424 indexed citations breakdown →

Ashwanikumar, N., et al.. (2019). Peptide decorated glycolipid nanomicelles for drug delivery across the blood–brain barrier (BBB). Biomaterials Science. 7(10). 4017–4021. 17 indexed citations

Ashwanikumar, N., Barmak Mostofian, Siddharth Patel, et al.. (2018). Supramolecular self assembly of nanodrill-like structures for intracellular delivery. Journal of Controlled Release. 282. 76–89. 19 indexed citations

Patel, Siddharth, Avathamsa Athirasala, Paula dos Passos Menezes, et al.. (2018). Messenger RNA Delivery for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Applications. Tissue Engineering Part A. 25(1-2). 91–112. 61 indexed citations

Patel, Siddharth, N. Ashwanikumar, Allison N. DuRoss, et al.. (2017). Boosting Intracellular Delivery of Lipid Nanoparticle-Encapsulated mRNA. Nano Letters. 17(9). 5711–5718. 198 indexed citations

Ashwanikumar, N., et al.. (2016). Self-assembling peptide nanofibers containing phenylalanine for the controlled release of 5-fluorouracil. International Journal of Nanomedicine. Volume 11. 5583–5594. 28 indexed citations

Thulasidasan, Arun Kumar T., et al.. (2015). Correction: Curcumin entrapped folic acid conjugated PLGA–PEG nanoparticles exhibit enhanced anticancer activity by site specific delivery. RSC Advances. 5(43). 34497–34497. 4 indexed citations

Thulasidasan, Arun Kumar T., et al.. (2015). Curcumin entrapped folic acid conjugated PLGA–PEG nanoparticles exhibit enhanced anticancer activity by site specific delivery. RSC Advances. 5(32). 25518–25524. 39 indexed citations

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Ashwanikumar, N., et al.. (2014). 5-Fluorouracil–lipid conjugate: Potential candidate for drug delivery through encapsulation in hydrophobic polyester-based nanoparticles. Acta Biomaterialia. 10(11). 4685–4694. 24 indexed citations

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Ashwanikumar, N., et al.. (2014). Phenylalanine-containing self-assembling peptide nanofibrous hydrogel for the controlled release of 5-fluorouracil and leucovorin. RSC Advances. 4(55). 29157–29157. 12 indexed citations

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Ashwanikumar, N., et al.. (2014). Dual drug delivery of 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) and methotrexate (MTX) through random copolymeric nanomicelles of PLGA and polyethylenimine demonstrating enhanced cell uptake and cytotoxicity. Colloids and Surfaces B Biointerfaces. 122. 520–528. 54 indexed citations

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Deepa, G., et al.. (2012). Polymer Nanoparticles - A Novel Strategy for Administration of Paclitaxel in Cancer Chemotherapy. Current Medicinal Chemistry. 19(36). 6207–6213. 16 indexed citations

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Deepa, G., et al.. (2012). Polymer Nanoparticles - A Novel Strategy for Administration of Paclitaxel in Cancer Chemotherapy. Current Medicinal Chemistry. 19(36). 6207–6213. 11 indexed citations

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