Oliver T. Bruns†

9.1k total citations · 8 hit papers
56 papers, 6.3k citations indexed

About

Oliver T. Bruns† is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Oliver T. Bruns† has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 6.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 13 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 12 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Oliver T. Bruns†'s work include Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging (14 papers), Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (12 papers) and Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research (8 papers). Oliver T. Bruns† is often cited by papers focused on Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging (14 papers), Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (12 papers) and Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research (8 papers). Oliver T. Bruns† collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Oliver T. Bruns†'s co-authors include Moungi G. Bawendi, Horst Weller, Ulrich I. Tromsdorf, Daniel Franke, Rudolph Reimer, Michael G. Kaul, Jessica A. Carr, Harald Ittrich, Justin R. Caram and Alexander Eychmüller and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Oliver T. Bruns†

55 papers receiving 6.3k citations

Hit Papers

Brown adipose tissue acti... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 2018 2017 2017 2024 400 800 1.2k
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. Brown adipose tissue activity controls triglyceride clearance
    2011 1.3k citations Alexander Bartelt, Oliver T. Bruns† et al. profile →
  2. Shortwave infrared fluorescence imaging with the clinically approved near-infrared dye indocyanine green
    2018 565 citations Jessica A. Carr, Daniel Franke et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  3. Exceedingly small iron oxide nanoparticles as positive MRI contrast agents
    2017 396 citations Oliver T. Bruns†, Michael G. Kaul et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  4. Flavylium Polymethine Fluorophores for Near‐ and Shortwave Infrared Imaging
    2017 355 citations Emily D. Cosco, Justin R. Caram et al. profile →
  5. In vivo NIR-II fluorescence imaging for biology and medicine
    2024 274 citations Feifei Wang, Yeteng Zhong et al. Nature Photonics profile →
  6. Shortwave infrared polymethine fluorophores matched to excitation lasers enable non-invasive, multicolour in vivo imaging in real time
    2020 265 citations Emily D. Cosco, Jakob G. P. Lingg et al. profile →
  7. Continuous injection synthesis of indium arsenide quantum dots emissive in the short-wavelength infrared
    2016 240 citations Daniel Franke, Daniel K. Harris et al. Nature Communications profile →
  8. Targeted multicolor in vivo imaging over 1,000 nm enabled by nonamethine cyanines
    2022 139 citations Mara Saccomano, Thomas S. Bischof 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
Oliver T. Bruns† Germany 31 2.7k 2.5k 1.3k 1.2k 1.1k 56 6.3k
Chris A. Flask United States 36 1.3k 0.5× 1.4k 0.6× 606 0.5× 940 0.8× 1.8k 1.6× 135 6.1k
Michael G. Kaul Germany 22 1.3k 0.5× 542 0.2× 1.2k 0.9× 708 0.6× 946 0.8× 67 3.5k
Anna Moore United States 40 1.7k 0.6× 1.0k 0.4× 899 0.7× 1.4k 1.2× 2.5k 2.2× 123 6.9k
Gregory R. Wojtkiewicz United States 34 1.0k 0.4× 556 0.2× 474 0.4× 547 0.5× 1.8k 1.6× 79 5.6k
Chung‐Shi Yang Taiwan 42 2.3k 0.8× 1.9k 0.8× 226 0.2× 1.9k 1.6× 1.8k 1.6× 131 5.9k
Shunsuke Ohnishi Japan 39 718 0.3× 770 0.3× 470 0.4× 388 0.3× 1.6k 1.4× 124 5.1k
Brigitte Gillet France 30 1.4k 0.5× 2.2k 0.9× 271 0.2× 856 0.7× 1.4k 1.3× 91 6.8k
Mikako Ogawa Japan 42 3.5k 1.3× 2.5k 1.0× 206 0.2× 833 0.7× 2.6k 2.3× 157 8.7k
Qian Huang China 45 2.4k 0.9× 1.0k 0.4× 281 0.2× 1.2k 1.0× 4.1k 3.6× 144 8.5k
Ali S. Arbab United States 57 2.2k 0.8× 691 0.3× 306 0.2× 2.0k 1.8× 3.7k 3.3× 209 10.5k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Oliver T. Bruns†

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Oliver T. Bruns†. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Oliver T. Bruns† based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Oliver T. Bruns†. Oliver T. Bruns† is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Gujrati, Vipul, Uwe Klemm, Mohammed Arshad, et al.. (2025). Photoswitching protein-XTEN fusions as injectable optoacoustic probes. Acta Biomaterialia. 195. 536–546.
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Lin, Eric Y., Andriy Chmyrov, Bernardo A. Arús, et al.. (2025). High-Resolution Multicolor Shortwave Infrared Dynamic In Vivo Imaging with Chromenylium Nonamethine Dyes. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(20). 17384–17393. 5 indexed citations
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Klein, Thomas, Hubert Piwoński, Bholanath Maity, et al.. (2025). Small organic fluorophores with SWIR emission detectable beyond 1300 nm. Chemical Communications. 61(25). 4820–4823. 1 indexed citations
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Arteaga-Cardona, Fernando, Eduard Madirov, Radian Popescu, et al.. (2024). Dramatic Impact of Materials Combinations on the Chemical Organization of Core–Shell Nanocrystals: Boosting the Tm3+ Emission above 1600 nm. ACS Nano. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Feifei, Yeteng Zhong, Oliver T. Bruns†, Yongye Liang, & Hongjie Dai. (2024). In vivo NIR-II fluorescence imaging for biology and medicine. Nature Photonics. 18(6). 535–547. 274 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wang, Feifei, Yeteng Zhong, Oliver T. Bruns†, Yongye Liang, & Hongjie Dai. (2024). Author Correction: In vivo NIR-II fluorescence imaging for biology and medicine. Nature Photonics. 18(7). 766–766. 4 indexed citations
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Lingg, Jakob G. P., Thomas S. Bischof, Bernardo A. Arús, et al.. (2023). Shortwave‐Infrared Line‐Scan Confocal Microscope for Deep Tissue Imaging in Intact Organs. Laser & Photonics Review. 17(11). 2 indexed citations
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Klein, Thomas, Jayakar V. Nayak, Michael T. Chang, et al.. (2023). Development of a shortwave infrared sinuscope for the detection of cerebrospinal fluid leaks. Journal of Biomedical Optics. 28(9). 94803–94803. 3 indexed citations
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Arteaga-Cardona, Fernando, Noopur Jain, Radian Popescu, et al.. (2023). Preventing cation intermixing enables 50% quantum yield in sub-15 nm short-wave infrared-emitting rare-earth based core-shell nanocrystals. Nature Communications. 14(1). 4462–4462. 23 indexed citations
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Kwanten, Wilhelmus J., Jessica A. Carr, Ivy X. Chen, et al.. (2020). Non-invasive monitoring of chronic liver disease via near-infrared and shortwave-infrared imaging of endogenous lipofuscin. Nature Biomedical Engineering. 4(8). 801–813. 51 indexed citations
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Carr, Jessica A., Daniel Franke, Justin R. Caram, et al.. (2018). Shortwave infrared fluorescence imaging with the clinically approved near-infrared dye indocyanine green. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(17). 4465–4470. 565 indexed citations breakdown →
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Valdez, Tulio A., Jessica A. Carr, Katherine R. Kavanagh, et al.. (2018). Initial findings of shortwave infrared otoscopy in a pediatric population. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology. 114. 15–19. 6 indexed citations
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Chen, Yue, He Wei, Marc Schneider, et al.. (2017). Shortwave Infrared in Vivo Imaging with Gold Nanoclusters. Nano Letters. 17(10). 6330–6334. 163 indexed citations
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Franke, Daniel, Oliver T. Bruns†, Jessica A. Carr, et al.. (2016). Continuous injection synthesis of indium arsenide quantum dots emissive in the short-wavelength infrared. Nature. 1 indexed citations
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Carambia, Antonella, Barbara Freund, Dorothee Schwinge, et al.. (2015). Nanoparticle-based autoantigen delivery to Treg-inducing liver sinusoidal endothelial cells enables control of autoimmunity in mice. Journal of Hepatology. 62(6). 1349–1356. 143 indexed citations
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Heine, Markus, Alexander Bartelt, Oliver T. Bruns†, et al.. (2014). The cell-type specific uptake of polymer-coated or micelle-embedded QDs and SPIOs does not provoke an acute pro-inflammatory response in the liver. Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology. 5. 1432–1440. 14 indexed citations
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Heeren, Jöerg & Oliver T. Bruns†. (2012). Nanocrystals, a New Tool to Study Lipoprotein Metabolism and Atherosclerosis. Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology. 13(2). 365–372. 9 indexed citations
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Freund, Barbara, Ulrich I. Tromsdorf, Oliver T. Bruns†, et al.. (2012). A Simple and Widely Applicable Method to 59Fe-Radiolabel Monodisperse Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles for In Vivo Quantification Studies. ACS Nano. 6(8). 7318–7325. 74 indexed citations
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Bruns†, Oliver T., Harald Ittrich, Kersten Peldschus, et al.. (2009). Real-time magnetic resonance imaging and quantification of lipoprotein metabolism in vivo using nanocrystals. Nature Nanotechnology. 4(3). 193–201. 133 indexed citations
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Redecke, Lars, Martin von Bergen�, Joachim Clos, et al.. (2006). Structural characterization of β-sheeted oligomers formed on the pathway of oxidative prion protein aggregation in vitro. Journal of Structural Biology. 157(2). 308–320. 42 indexed citations

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