Omid C. Farokhzad

79.6k total citations · 34 hit papers
224 papers, 62.8k citations indexed

About

Omid C. Farokhzad is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Omid C. Farokhzad has authored 224 papers receiving a total of 62.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 127 papers in Molecular Biology, 112 papers in Biomaterials and 79 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Omid C. Farokhzad's work include Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery (108 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (76 papers) and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (62 papers). Omid C. Farokhzad is often cited by papers focused on Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery (108 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (76 papers) and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (62 papers). Omid C. Farokhzad collaborates with scholars based in United States, Saudi Arabia and China. Omid C. Farokhzad's co-authors include Róbert Langer, Jinjun Shi, Nazila Kamaly, Philip W. Kantoff, Jeffrey M. Karp, Robert Langer, Seungpyo Hong, Dan Peer, Rimona Margalit and Richard Wooster and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Chemical Reviews and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Omid C. Farokhzad

222 papers receiving 61.9k citations

Hit Papers

Nanocarriers as an emerging platform for cancer therapy 2004 2026 2011 2018 2007 2016 2009 2013 2016 2.0k 4.0k 6.0k
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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.

  1. Nanocarriers as an emerging platform for cancer therapy
    2007 7.0k citations Omid C. Farokhzad, Róbert Langer et al. profile →
  2. Cancer nanomedicine: progress, challenges and opportunities
    2016 4.6k citations Jinjun Shi, Philip W. Kantoff et al. profile →
  3. Impact of Nanotechnology on Drug Delivery
    2009 2.6k citations Omid C. Farokhzad et al. ACS Nano profile →
  4. Cancer nanotechnology: The impact of passive and active targeting in the era of modern cancer biology
    2013 2.3k citations Jun Wu, Omid C. Farokhzad et al. profile →
  5. Degradable Controlled-Release Polymers and Polymeric Nanoparticles: Mechanisms of Controlling Drug Release
    2016 2.2k citations Jun Wu, Omid C. Farokhzad et al. profile →
  6. Cellular uptake of nanoparticles: journey inside the cell
    2017 2.1k citations Shahed Behzadi, Vahid Serpooshan et al. Chemical Society Reviews profile →
  7. Nanoparticles in Medicine: Therapeutic Applications and Developments
    2007 1.9k citations Frank Gu, Andrew Z. Wang et al. profile →
  8. Targeted polymeric therapeutic nanoparticles: design, development and clinical translation
    2012 1.4k citations Pedro M. Valencia, Aleksandar F. Radovic‐Moreno et al. Chemical Society Reviews profile →
  9. Targeted nanoparticle-aptamer bioconjugates for cancer chemotherapy in vivo
    2006 1.4k citations Omid C. Farokhzad, Jianjun Cheng et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  10. Nanoparticle Delivery of Cancer Drugs
    2011 1.2k citations Andrew Z. Wang, Róbert Langer et al. profile →
  11. Nanotechnology in Drug Delivery and Tissue Engineering: From Discovery to Applications
    2010 1.2k citations Jinjun Shi, Omid C. Farokhzad et al. Nano Letters profile →
  12. Challenges and Key Considerations of the Enhanced Permeability and Retention Effect for Nanomedicine Drug Delivery in Oncology
    2013 1.2k citations Omid C. Farokhzad et al. profile →
  13. Formulation of functionalized PLGA–PEG nanoparticles for in vivo targeted drug delivery
    2006 1.0k citations Jianjun Cheng, Benjamin A. Teply et al. Biomaterials profile →
  14. Self-Assembled Lipid−Polymer Hybrid Nanoparticles: A Robust Drug Delivery Platform
    2008 851 citations Liangfang Zhang, Frank Gu et al. ACS Nano profile →
  15. Targeted delivery of cisplatin to prostate cancer cells by aptamer functionalized Pt(IV) prodrug-PLGA–PEG nanoparticles
    2008 808 citations Frank Gu, Róbert Langer et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  16. pH-Responsive Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery
    2010 799 citations Weiwei Gao, Omid C. Farokhzad et al. profile →
  17. Quantum Dot−Aptamer Conjugates for Synchronous Cancer Imaging, Therapy, and Sensing of Drug Delivery Based on Bi-Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer
    2007 751 citations Vaishali Bagalkot, Liangfang Zhang et al. Nano Letters profile →
  18. Microfluidic Platform for Controlled Synthesis of Polymeric Nanoparticles
    2008 708 citations Rohit Karnik, Frank Gu et al. Nano Letters profile →
  19. Nanoparticle-Aptamer Bioconjugates
    2004 692 citations Omid C. Farokhzad, Sangyong Jon et al. profile →
  20. Insight into nanoparticle cellular uptake and intracellular targeting
    2014 624 citations Archana Swami, Jinjun Shi et al. Journal of Controlled Release profile →
  21. PLGA–lecithin–PEG core–shell nanoparticles for controlled drug delivery
    2008 595 citations Liangfang Zhang, Kai P. Yuet et al. Biomaterials profile →
  22. Nanomedicine: Developing smarter therapeutic and diagnostic modalities☆
    2006 580 citations Omid C. Farokhzad, Róbert Langer profile →
  23. Precise engineering of targeted nanoparticles by using self-assembled biointegrated block copolymers
    2008 577 citations Frank Gu, Liangfang Zhang et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  24. Cancer nanomedicine: from targeted delivery to combination therapy
    2015 560 citations Omid C. Farokhzad et al. profile →
  25. Microfluidic technologies for accelerating the clinical translation of nanoparticles
    2012 559 citations Pedro M. Valencia, Omid C. Farokhzad et al. profile →
  26. Mechanistic understanding of in vivo protein corona formation on polymeric nanoparticles and impact on pharmacokinetics
    2017 559 citations Morteza Mahmoudi, Jong‐Min Lim et al. Nature Communications profile →
  27. Emerging two-dimensional monoelemental materials (Xenes) for biomedical applications
    2019 530 citations Wei Tao, Na Kong et al. Chemical Society Reviews profile →
  28. An Aptamer–Doxorubicin Physical Conjugate as a Novel Targeted Drug‐Delivery Platform
    2006 519 citations Vaishali Bagalkot, Omid C. Farokhzad et al. profile →
  29. Antimonene Quantum Dots: Synthesis and Application as Near‐Infrared Photothermal Agents for Effective Cancer Therapy
    2017 488 citations Wei Tao, Xiaoyuan Ji et al. profile →
  30. Surface Charge-Switching Polymeric Nanoparticles for Bacterial Cell Wall-Targeted Delivery of Antibiotics
    2012 438 citations Aleksandar F. Radovic‐Moreno, Timothy K. Lu et al. ACS Nano profile →
  31. ROS‐Responsive Polyprodrug Nanoparticles for Triggered Drug Delivery and Effective Cancer Therapy
    2017 431 citations Xiaoding Xu, Phei Er Saw et al. profile →
  32. Marriage of black phosphorus and Cu2+ as effective photothermal agents for PET-guided combination cancer therapy
    2020 303 citations Xiaoyuan Ji, Omid C. Farokhzad et al. Nature Communications profile →
  33. Biomaterials and nanomedicine for bone regeneration: Progress and future prospects
    2021 212 citations Na Kong, Omid C. Farokhzad et al. profile →
  34. Reactivation of the tumor suppressor PTEN by mRNA nanoparticles enhances antitumor immunity in preclinical models
    2021 182 citations Jianxun Ding, Omid C. Farokhzad 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
Omid C. Farokhzad United States 114 29.4k 28.7k 24.9k 11.6k 5.0k 224 62.8k
Patrick Couvreur France 105 22.5k 0.8× 16.1k 0.6× 16.1k 0.6× 12.9k 1.1× 8.7k 1.7× 581 56.3k
Xian‐Zheng Zhang China 114 16.3k 0.6× 26.3k 0.9× 13.6k 0.5× 12.9k 1.1× 1.7k 0.3× 774 47.1k
Wim E. Hennink Netherlands 113 21.7k 0.7× 17.3k 0.6× 16.8k 0.7× 4.5k 0.4× 6.5k 1.3× 627 52.4k
Kazunori Kataoka Japan 138 34.2k 1.2× 21.0k 0.7× 29.1k 1.2× 10.6k 0.9× 4.4k 0.9× 780 71.8k
Jun Wang China 106 13.6k 0.5× 16.6k 0.6× 18.1k 0.7× 9.1k 0.8× 1.3k 0.3× 1.1k 50.1k
Kam W. Leong United States 118 14.9k 0.5× 17.5k 0.6× 15.8k 0.6× 5.0k 0.4× 3.1k 0.6× 659 48.5k
Samir Mitragotri United States 107 13.5k 0.5× 16.6k 0.6× 13.9k 0.6× 7.3k 0.6× 12.2k 2.4× 357 48.6k
Ick Chan Kwon South Korea 100 15.0k 0.5× 13.8k 0.5× 12.7k 0.5× 5.5k 0.5× 4.1k 0.8× 452 33.9k
Zhen Gu United States 108 10.3k 0.3× 17.7k 0.6× 13.8k 0.6× 4.8k 0.4× 6.8k 1.3× 386 39.4k
Liangfang Zhang United States 113 14.2k 0.5× 23.6k 0.8× 16.9k 0.7× 5.3k 0.5× 2.7k 0.5× 315 43.2k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Donovan, Margaret K. R., Yingxiang Huang, John E. Blume, et al.. (2023). Functionally distinct BMP1 isoforms show an opposite pattern of abundance in plasma from non-small cell lung cancer subjects and controls. PLoS ONE. 18(3). e0282821–e0282821. 9 indexed citations
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Son, Sejin, Jutaek Nam, Lukasz J. Ochyl, et al.. (2020). Sugar-Nanocapsules Imprinted with Microbial Molecular Patterns for mRNA Vaccination. Nano Letters. 20(3). 1499–1509. 80 indexed citations
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Li, Yujing, Jianxun Ding, Xiaoding Xu, et al.. (2020). Dual Hypoxia-Targeting RNAi Nanomedicine for Precision Cancer Therapy. Nano Letters. 20(7). 4857–4863. 50 indexed citations
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Liu, Yanjie, Yan Zou, Chan Feng, et al.. (2020). Charge Conversional Biomimetic Nanocomplexes as a Multifunctional Platform for Boosting Orthotopic Glioblastoma RNAi Therapy. Nano Letters. 20(3). 1637–1646. 145 indexed citations
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Kong, Na, Xiaoyuan Ji, Junqing Wang, et al.. (2020). ROS-Mediated Selective Killing Effect of Black Phosphorus: Mechanistic Understanding and Its Guidance for Safe Biomedical Applications. Nano Letters. 20(5). 3943–3955. 192 indexed citations
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Behzadi, Shahed, Vahid Serpooshan, Wei Tao, et al.. (2017). Cellular uptake of nanoparticles: journey inside the cell. Chemical Society Reviews. 46(14). 4218–4244. 2082 indexed citations breakdown →
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Tao, Wei, Xiaoyuan Ji, Xiaoding Xu, et al.. (2017). Antimonene Quantum Dots: Synthesis and Application as Near‐Infrared Photothermal Agents for Effective Cancer Therapy. Angewandte Chemie. 129(39). 12058–12062. 97 indexed citations
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Xu, Xiaoding, Phei Er Saw, Wei Tao, et al.. (2017). Tumor Microenvironment-Responsive Multistaged Nanoplatform for Systemic RNAi and Cancer Therapy. Nano Letters. 17(7). 4427–4435. 115 indexed citations
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Olive, Andrew J., Aleksandar F. Radovic‐Moreno, David Gondek, et al.. (2015). A mucosal vaccine against Chlamydia trachomatis generates two waves of protective memory T cells. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 16 indexed citations
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Stary, Georg, Andrew J. Olive, Aleksandar F. Radovic‐Moreno, et al.. (2015). A mucosal vaccine against Chlamydia trachomatis generates two waves of protective memory T cells. Science. 348(6241). aaa8205–aaa8205. 290 indexed citations
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Miller, Miles A., Yao‐Rong Zheng, Suresh Gadde, et al.. (2015). Tumour-associated macrophages act as a slow-release reservoir of nano-therapeutic Pt(IV) pro-drug. Nature Communications. 6(1). 8692–8692. 366 indexed citations
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Yu, Mikyung, Jun Wu, Jinjun Shi, & Omid C. Farokhzad. (2015). Nanotechnology for protein delivery: Overview and perspectives. Journal of Controlled Release. 240. 24–37. 319 indexed citations
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Lim, Jong‐Min, Archana Swami, Sungyoung Choi, et al.. (2014). Ultra-High Throughput Synthesis of Nanoparticles with Homogeneous Size Distribution Using a Coaxial Turbulent Jet Mixer. ACS Nano. 8(6). 6056–6065. 239 indexed citations
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Pridgen, Eric M., Frank Alexis, Timothy Kuo, et al.. (2013). Transepithelial Transport of Fc-Targeted Nanoparticles by the Neonatal Fc Receptor for Oral Delivery. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 1 indexed citations
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Radovic‐Moreno, Aleksandar F., et al.. (2012). Surface Charge-Switching Polymeric Nanoparticles for Bacterial Cell Wall-Targeted Delivery of Antibiotics. ACS Nano. 6(5). 4279–4287. 438 indexed citations breakdown →
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Valencia, Pedro M., et al.. (2011). Effects of ligands with different water solubilities on self-assembly and properties of targeted nanoparticles. Biomaterials. 32(26). 6226–6233. 152 indexed citations
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Gu, Frank, Liangfang Zhang, Benjamin A. Teply, et al.. (2008). Precise engineering of targeted nanoparticles by using self-assembled biointegrated block copolymers. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(7). 2586–2591. 577 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wang, Andrew Z., Vaishali Bagalkot, Frank Gu, et al.. (2008). Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticle–Aptamer Bioconjugates for Combined Prostate Cancer Imaging and Therapy. ChemMedChem. 3(9). 1311–1315. 235 indexed citations
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Zhang, Liangfang, Vaishali Bagalkot, Etgar Levy‐Nissenbaum, et al.. (2007). Quantum dot-aptamer conjugates for synchronous cancer imaging and therapy based on bi-fluorescence resonance energy transfer. Clinical Cancer Research. 13. 2 indexed citations
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Farokhzad, Omid C., Jianjun Cheng, Benjamin A. Teply, et al.. (2006). Targeted nanoparticle-aptamer bioconjugates for cancer chemotherapy in vivo. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(16). 6315–6320. 1353 indexed citations breakdown →

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