Neal K. Devaraj

11.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
119 papers, 9.2k citations indexed

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Neal K. Devaraj is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, Neal K. Devaraj has authored 119 papers receiving a total of 9.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 105 papers in Molecular Biology, 48 papers in Organic Chemistry and 20 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in Neal K. Devaraj's work include Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (43 papers), Click Chemistry and Applications (42 papers) and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (28 papers). Neal K. Devaraj is often cited by papers focused on Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (43 papers), Click Chemistry and Applications (42 papers) and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (28 papers). Neal K. Devaraj collaborates with scholars based in United States, Spain and Japan. Neal K. Devaraj's co-authors include Ralph Weissleder, Scott A. Hilderbrand, Jun Yang, Haoxing Wu, James P. Collman, Jolita Šečkutė, Christian M. Cole, Christopher E. D. Chidsey, Rabi Upadhyay and Roberto J. Brea and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Neal K. Devaraj

116 papers receiving 9.1k 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.

Tetrazine-Based Cycloadditions: Application to Pretargeted Live Cell Imaging

2008 690 citations Neal K. Devaraj, Ralph Weissleder et al. profile →
The Future of Bioorthogonal Chemistry

2018 400 citations Neal K. Devaraj profile →
Reversing a model of Parkinson’s disease with in situ converted nigral neurons

2020 344 citations Hao Qian, Xinjiang Kang et al. Nature profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Neal K. Devaraj United States	48	6.1k	4.9k	1.9k	1.2k	1.1k	119	9.2k
Ellen M. Sletten United States	35	4.9k 0.8×	5.5k 1.1×	1.8k 1.0×	2.0k 1.6×	1.9k 1.7×	88	9.2k
Vladimir V. Popik United States	39	2.4k 0.4×	3.5k 0.7×	582 0.3×	1.1k 0.9×	2.1k 1.8×	164	6.4k
Itaru Hamachi Japan	71	8.6k 1.4×	6.5k 1.3×	1.4k 0.8×	1.6k 1.3×	4.8k 4.2×	330	16.6k
Scott A. Hilderbrand United States	33	3.1k 0.5×	2.9k 0.6×	1.5k 0.8×	1.6k 1.3×	1.7k 1.5×	49	6.7k
Willi Bannwarth Germany	38	4.1k 0.7×	3.0k 0.6×	591 0.3×	520 0.4×	1.2k 1.1×	136	7.3k
Qing Lin United States	41	4.0k 0.6×	4.5k 0.9×	1.0k 0.6×	698 0.6×	1.1k 1.0×	94	6.0k
Joseph M. Fox United States	49	4.0k 0.7×	7.7k 1.6×	1.8k 1.0×	732 0.6×	945 0.8×	134	9.5k
Doron Shabat Israel	62	5.0k 0.8×	3.2k 0.6×	531 0.3×	3.5k 2.8×	3.2k 2.8×	186	10.8k
Jennifer A. Prescher United States	41	8.4k 1.4×	7.4k 1.5×	2.8k 1.5×	1.7k 1.4×	809 0.7×	84	11.6k
Jason J. Davis United Kingdom	61	4.5k 0.7×	1.1k 0.2×	377 0.2×	2.2k 1.8×	2.8k 2.4×	213	10.7k

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Moore, William M., Roberto J. Brea, Jinchao Lou, et al.. (2025). Leaflet-specific phospholipid imaging using genetically encoded proximity sensors. Nature Chemical Biology. 22(1). 128–139.

Cho, Christy J., Sungkwon Kang, Conrado Pedebos, et al.. (2025). Diacylation of Peptides Enables the Construction of Functional Vesicles for Drug‐Carrying Liposomes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(20). e202421932–e202421932. 1 indexed citations

Cho, Christy J., et al.. (2024). Protocells by spontaneous reaction of cysteine with short-chain thioesters. Nature Chemistry. 17(1). 148–155. 4 indexed citations

Devaraj, Neal K., et al.. (2024). Encoding extracellular modification of artificial cell membranes using engineered self-translocating proteins. Nature Communications. 15(1). 9363–9363. 5 indexed citations

Devaraj, Neal K., et al.. (2024). Control of giant vesicle assemblies by stimuli-responsive lipids. Chemical Communications. 60(29). 3930–3933. 1 indexed citations

Brea, Roberto J., et al.. (2023). Rapid Formation of Non‐canonical Phospholipid Membranes by Chemoselective Amide‐Forming Ligations with Hydroxylamines**. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(1). e202311635–e202311635. 8 indexed citations

Cho, Christy J., Henrike Niederholtmeyer, Hyeonglim Seo, Ahanjit Bhattacharya, & Neal K. Devaraj. (2022). Functionalizing Lipid Sponge Droplets with DNA**. ChemSystemsChem. 4(3). 2 indexed citations

Bhattacharya, Ahanjit, Christy J. Cho, Roberto J. Brea, & Neal K. Devaraj. (2021). Expression of Fatty Acyl-CoA Ligase Drives One-Pot De Novo Synthesis of Membrane-Bound Vesicles in a Cell-Free Transcription-Translation System. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 143(29). 11235–11242. 12 indexed citations

Podolsky, Kira A. & Neal K. Devaraj. (2021). Synthesis of lipid membranes for artificial cells. Nature Reviews Chemistry. 5(10). 676–694. 77 indexed citations

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Bhattacharya, Ahanjit, Henrike Niederholtmeyer, Kira A. Podolsky, et al.. (2020). Lipid sponge droplets as programmable synthetic organelles. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(31). 18206–18215. 52 indexed citations

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Busby, Kayla N. & Neal K. Devaraj. (2020). Enzymatic covalent labeling of RNA with RNA transglycosylation at guanosine (RNA-TAG). Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 641. 373–399. 5 indexed citations

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Qian, Hao, Xinjiang Kang, Jing Hu, et al.. (2020). Reversing a model of Parkinson’s disease with in situ converted nigral neurons. Nature. 582(7813). 550–556. 344 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wu, Haoxing & Neal K. Devaraj. (2015). Inverse Electron-Demand Diels–Alder Bioorthogonal Reactions. Topics in Current Chemistry. 374(1). 3–3. 97 indexed citations

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Cole, Christian M., et al.. (2015). Spontaneous Reconstitution of Functional Transmembrane Proteins During Bioorthogonal Phospholipid Membrane Synthesis. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 54(43). 12738–12742. 24 indexed citations

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Yang, Jun, Yong Liang, Jolita Šečkutė, K. N. Houk, & Neal K. Devaraj. (2014). Synthesis and Reactivity Comparisons of 1‐Methyl‐3‐Substituted Cyclopropene Mini‐tags for Tetrazine Bioorthogonal Reactions. Chemistry - A European Journal. 20(12). 3365–3375. 109 indexed citations

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Brea, Roberto J., Christian M. Cole, & Neal K. Devaraj. (2014). In Situ Vesicle Formation by Native Chemical Ligation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 53(51). 14102–14105. 63 indexed citations

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Wu, Haoxing, Jun Yang, Jolita Šečkutė, & Neal K. Devaraj. (2014). In Situ Synthesis of Alkenyl Tetrazines for Highly Fluorogenic Bioorthogonal Live‐Cell Imaging Probes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 53(23). 5805–5809. 176 indexed citations

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Han, Hee‐Sun, Neal K. Devaraj, Jungmin Lee, et al.. (2010). Development of a Bioorthogonal and Highly Efficient Conjugation Method for Quantum Dots using Tetrazine-Norbornene Cycloaddition. Figshare. 1 indexed citations

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Haun, Jered B., Neal K. Devaraj, Scott A. Hilderbrand, Hakho Lee, & Ralph Weissleder. (2010). Bioorthogonal chemistry amplifies nanoparticle binding and enhances the sensitivity of cell detection. Nature Nanotechnology. 5(9). 660–665. 286 indexed citations

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Collman, James P., Neal K. Devaraj, Richard A. Decréau, et al.. (2007). A Cytochrome c Oxidase Model Catalyzes Oxygen to Water Reduction Under Rate-Limiting Electron Flux. Science. 315(5818). 1565–1568. 480 indexed citations

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