N. Blagden

4.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
54 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

N. Blagden is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, N. Blagden has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Materials Chemistry, 28 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and 9 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in N. Blagden's work include Crystallization and Solubility Studies (30 papers), Crystallography and molecular interactions (28 papers) and Crystal structures of chemical compounds (8 papers). N. Blagden is often cited by papers focused on Crystallization and Solubility Studies (30 papers), Crystallography and molecular interactions (28 papers) and Crystal structures of chemical compounds (8 papers). N. Blagden collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Egypt. N. Blagden's co-authors include Roger J. Davey, Marcel de Matas, P. York, Peter York, Hany S.M. Ali, Colin C. Seaton, R. Docherty, G. D. Potts, David J. Berry and Andrew Parkin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

N. Blagden

52 papers receiving 4.0k 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.

Crystal engineering of active pharmaceutical ingredients to improve solubility and dissolution rates

2007 1.2k citations N. Blagden, Marcel de Matas et al. Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
N. Blagden United Kingdom	28	2.7k	2.1k	902	735	651	54	4.2k
Ulrich J. Griesser Austria	39	2.1k 0.8×	1.5k 0.7×	710 0.8×	715 1.0×	947 1.5×	150	4.4k
Pui Shan Chow Singapore	42	3.5k 1.3×	2.0k 0.9×	555 0.6×	758 1.0×	701 1.1×	138	4.8k
Ann Newman United States	29	2.4k 0.9×	1.5k 0.7×	1.6k 1.8×	575 0.8×	754 1.2×	37	4.1k
Mino R. Caira South Africa	34	2.2k 0.8×	2.0k 1.0×	791 0.9×	2.0k 2.7×	891 1.4×	352	5.2k
Roberto Milani Italy	17	1.4k 0.5×	2.1k 1.0×	575 0.6×	1.7k 2.3×	541 0.8×	46	4.6k
Stephen R. Byrn United States	40	3.4k 1.3×	1.8k 0.8×	1.9k 2.1×	1.1k 1.5×	1.7k 2.6×	176	6.5k
L. Fábián United Kingdom	34	2.5k 0.9×	2.4k 1.2×	283 0.3×	901 1.2×	540 0.8×	82	4.2k
S.L. Childs United States	15	2.7k 1.0×	2.9k 1.4×	478 0.5×	944 1.3×	516 0.8×	20	3.8k
German L. Perlovich Russia	37	3.3k 1.2×	2.2k 1.1×	570 0.6×	2.3k 3.1×	1.1k 1.7×	270	5.3k
Matthew L. Peterson United States	22	2.0k 0.8×	1.9k 0.9×	367 0.4×	715 1.0×	418 0.6×	44	3.1k

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Connolly, Damian, N. Blagden, Linda Seton, & Jonathan W. Steed. (2025). Thymol–Menthol Deep Eutectic Solvents and Eutectogels as Pharmaceutical Crystallization Media. Crystal Growth & Design. 25(18). 7834–7844.

Nauha, Elisa, et al.. (2018). The Impact of Trifluoroacetic Acid on Peptide Cocrystallization: Multicomponent Crystals of l-Leu-l-Leu Dipeptides. Crystal Growth & Design. 18(8). 4682–4690. 3 indexed citations

Munshi, Tasnim, et al.. (2018). First Comparative Study of the Three Polymorphs of Bis(isonicotinamide) Citric Acid Cocrystals and the Concomitant Salt 4-Carbamoylpyridinium Citrate Isonicotinamide. Crystal Growth & Design. 18(7). 4150–4159. 18 indexed citations

Blagden, N., Simon J. Coles, & David J. Berry. (2014). Pharmaceutical co-crystals – are we there yet?. CrystEngComm. 16(26). 5753–5761. 83 indexed citations

Soon, Chin Fhong, et al.. (2012). Development of a novel liquid crystal based cell traction force transducer system. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 39(1). 14–20. 18 indexed citations

Shariare, Mohammad Hossain, N. Blagden, Marcel de Matas, Frank J. J. Leusen, & Peter York. (2011). Influence of Solvent on the Morphology and Subsequent Comminution of Ibuprofen Crystals by Air Jet Milling. Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. 101(3). 1108–1119. 30 indexed citations

Ali, Hany S.M., Peter York, Ahmed Mahmoud Abdelhaleem Ali, & N. Blagden. (2010). Hydrocortisone nanosuspensions for ophthalmic delivery: A comparative study between microfluidic nanoprecipitation and wet milling. Journal of Controlled Release. 149(2). 175–181. 200 indexed citations

Ali, Hany S.M., et al.. (2009). Artificial neural networks modelling the prednisolone nanoprecipitation in microfluidic reactors. European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. 37(3-4). 514–522. 47 indexed citations

Soon, Chin Fhong, et al.. (2009). Characterisation and biocompatibility study of nematic and cholesteric liquid crystals. University of Huddersfield Repository (University of Huddersfield). 7 indexed citations

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Ali, Hany S.M., Peter York, N. Blagden, et al.. (2009). Solubility of Budesonide, Hydrocortisone, and Prednisolone in Ethanol + Water Mixtures at 298.2 K. Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data. 55(1). 578–582. 54 indexed citations

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Ali, Hany S.M., Peter York, & N. Blagden. (2009). Preparation of hydrocortisone nanosuspension through a bottom-up nanoprecipitation technique using microfluidic reactors. International Journal of Pharmaceutics. 375(1-2). 107–113. 186 indexed citations

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Berry, David J., Colin C. Seaton, W. Clegg, et al.. (2008). Applying Hot-Stage Microscopy to Co-Crystal Screening: A Study of Nicotinamide with Seven Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients. Crystal Growth & Design. 8(5). 1697–1712. 300 indexed citations

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Blagden, N., et al.. (2007). Crystal engineering of active pharmaceutical ingredients to improve solubility and dissolution rates. Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews. 59(7). 617–630. 1184 indexed citations breakdown →

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Parkin, Andrew, Colin C. Seaton, N. Blagden, & Chick C. Wilson. (2007). Designing Hydrogen Bonds with Temperature-Dependent Proton Disorder: The Effect of Crystal Environment. Crystal Growth & Design. 7(3). 531–534. 31 indexed citations

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David, William I. F., Kenneth Shankland, Colin R. Pulham, et al.. (2005). Polymorphism in Benzamide. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 44(43). 7032–7035. 76 indexed citations

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Blagden, N., Roger J. Davey, Geoffrey Dent, et al.. (2005). Woehler and Liebig Revisited: A Small Molecule Reveals Its SecretsThe Crystal Structure of the Unstable Polymorph of Benzamide Solved after 173 Years. Crystal Growth & Design. 5(6). 2218–2224. 39 indexed citations

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Blagden, N., et al.. (2003). A Novel Batch Cooling Crystallizer for in Situ Monitoring of Solution Crystallization Using Energy Dispersive X-ray Diffraction. Crystal Growth & Design. 3(2). 197–201. 15 indexed citations

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Davey, Roger J., N. Blagden, W.I. Cross, et al.. (2002). Crystal engineering – nucleation, the key step. CrystEngComm. 4(47). 257–264. 166 indexed citations

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Cross, W.I., N. Blagden, Roger J. Davey, et al.. (2002). A Whole Output Strategy for Polymorph Screening: Combining Crystal Structure Prediction, Graph Set Analysis, and Targeted Crystallization Experiments in the Case of Diflunisal. Crystal Growth & Design. 3(2). 151–158. 64 indexed citations

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Blagden, N. & Roger J. Davey. (1999). POLYMORPHS TAKE SHAPE. Figshare. 35(3). 44–47. 19 indexed citations

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