Patrick Couvreur

69.5k total citations · 14 hit papers
581 papers, 56.3k citations indexed

About

Patrick Couvreur is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomaterials and Pharmaceutical Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Patrick Couvreur has authored 581 papers receiving a total of 56.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 234 papers in Molecular Biology, 209 papers in Biomaterials and 103 papers in Pharmaceutical Science. Recurrent topics in Patrick Couvreur's work include Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery (192 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (129 papers) and Advanced Drug Delivery Systems (73 papers). Patrick Couvreur is often cited by papers focused on Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery (192 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (129 papers) and Advanced Drug Delivery Systems (73 papers). Patrick Couvreur collaborates with scholars based in France, Italy and Belgium. Patrick Couvreur's co-authors include Julien Nicolas, Simona Mura, Catherine Dubernet, Ruxandra Gref, Christian Serre, Irène Brigger, Patricia Horcajada, Christine Vauthier, L. Harivardhan Reddy and Elias Fattal and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Patrick Couvreur

576 papers receiving 54.9k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Stimuli-responsive nanocarriers for drug delivery

2013 5.1k citations Patrick Couvreur et al. Nature Materials profile →
Porous metal–organic-framework nanoscale carriers as a potential platform for drug delivery and imaging

2009 3.7k citations Patricia Horcajada, Tamim Chalati et al. Nature Materials profile →
Metal–Organic Frameworks in Biomedicine

2011 3.7k citations Patricia Horcajada, Ruxandra Gref et al. profile →
Nanoparticles in cancer therapy and diagnosis

2002 2.4k citations Irène Brigger, Catherine Dubernet et al. Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews profile →
Magnetic Nanoparticles: Design and Characterization, Toxicity and Biocompatibility, Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Applications

2012 1.7k citations L. Harivardhan Reddy, Patrick Couvreur et al. profile →
Nanocarriers’ entry into the cell: relevance to drug delivery

2009 1.2k citations Patrick Couvreur et al. profile →
BioMOFs: Metal–Organic Frameworks for Biological and Medical Applications

2010 1.1k citations Patricia Horcajada, Gérard Férey et al. profile →
Design, functionalization strategies and biomedical applications of targeted biodegradable/biocompatible polymer-based nanocarriers for drug delivery

2012 1.0k citations Patrick Couvreur et al. profile →
Nanoparticles in cancer therapy and diagnosis

2012 687 citations Irène Brigger, Catherine Dubernet et al. Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews profile →
Nanotechnology: Intelligent Design to Treat Complex Disease

2006 671 citations Patrick Couvreur, Christine Vauthier profile →
Nanoparticles of Metal‐Organic Frameworks: On the Road to In Vivo Efficacy in Biomedicine

2018 582 citations Patrick Couvreur, Christian Serre et al. profile →
Nanoparticles in drug delivery: Past, present and future

2012 529 citations Patrick Couvreur Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews profile →
Polycyanoacrylate nanocapsules as potential lysosomotropic carriers: preparation, morphological and sorptive properties

1979 324 citations Patrick Couvreur, Boubacar Kanté et al. profile →
Toxicity of metal–organic framework nanoparticles: from essential analyses to potential applications

2022 304 citations Ruxandra Gref, Patricia Horcajada et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Patrick Couvreur France	105	22.5k	16.1k	16.1k	12.9k	9.2k	581	56.3k
Xian‐Zheng Zhang China	114	16.3k 0.7×	13.6k 0.8×	26.3k 1.6×	12.9k 1.0×	2.6k 0.3×	774	47.1k
Yu Liu China	104	9.6k 0.4×	9.2k 0.6×	9.4k 0.6×	23.9k 1.9×	4.9k 0.5×	1.9k	56.6k
Mark E. Davis United States	109	8.4k 0.4×	11.3k 0.7×	12.1k 0.8×	24.3k 1.9×	20.7k 2.2×	468	51.7k
Frank Caruso Australia	131	18.4k 0.8×	11.8k 0.7×	19.5k 1.2×	22.5k 1.7×	2.3k 0.3×	718	68.7k
Jeffrey I. Zink United States	101	12.6k 0.6×	8.4k 0.5×	12.1k 0.8×	22.6k 1.7×	2.7k 0.3×	472	43.0k
Ulrich S. Schubert Germany	125	13.3k 0.6×	12.7k 0.8×	15.4k 1.0×	18.2k 1.4×	4.5k 0.5×	1.6k	82.0k
Ruxandra Gref France	67	8.5k 0.4×	4.2k 0.3×	6.6k 0.4×	8.6k 0.7×	10.3k 1.1×	203	24.6k
Omid C. Farokhzad United States	114	29.4k 1.3×	24.9k 1.5×	28.7k 1.8×	11.6k 0.9×	658 0.1×	224	62.8k
María Vallet‐Regí Spain	99	13.9k 0.6×	4.4k 0.3×	24.1k 1.5×	19.4k 1.5×	5.9k 0.6×	694	45.4k
Katharina Landfester Germany	102	13.8k 0.6×	8.1k 0.5×	11.2k 0.7×	16.6k 1.3×	2.0k 0.2×	885	44.8k

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Vallat, Jean‐Michel, Laurence Richard, Céline Gracia, et al.. (2021). Squalenoyl siRNA PMP22 nanoparticles are effective in treating mouse models of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1 A. Communications Biology. 4(1). 317–317. 44 indexed citations

Mougin, Julie, Claudie Bourgaux, & Patrick Couvreur. (2021). Elongated self-assembled nanocarriers: From molecular organization to therapeutic applications. Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews. 172. 127–147. 14 indexed citations

Dormont, Flavio, Romain Brusini, Catherine Cailleau, et al.. (2020). Squalene-based multidrug nanoparticles for improved mitigation of uncontrolled inflammation in rodents. Science Advances. 6(23). eaaz5466–eaaz5466. 86 indexed citations

Rodríguez‐Nogales, Carlos, Rosa Noguera, Patrick Couvreur, & María J. Blanco‐Prieto. (2019). Therapeutic Opportunities in Neuroblastoma Using Nanotechnology. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 370(3). 625–635. 15 indexed citations

Mougin, Julie, Semen Yesylevskyy, Claudie Bourgaux, et al.. (2019). Stacking as a Key Property for Creating Nanoparticles with Tunable Shape: The Case of Squalenoyl-Doxorubicin. ACS Nano. 13(11). 12870–12879. 10 indexed citations

Rodríguez‐Nogales, Carlos, et al.. (2018). Nanomedicines for Pediatric Cancers. ACS Nano. 12(8). 7482–7496. 64 indexed citations

Kotelevets, Larissa, Eric Chastre, Joachim Caron, et al.. (2017). A Squalene-Based Nanomedicine for Oral Treatment of Colon Cancer. Cancer Research. 77(11). 2964–2975. 67 indexed citations

Bertrand, Jean‐Rémi, Claire Lucas, Ngoc Minh Pham, et al.. (2015). Turning Squalene into Cationic Lipid Allows a Delivery of siRNA in Cultured Cells. Nucleic Acid Therapeutics. 25(3). 121–129. 5 indexed citations

Maksimenko, Andrei, Giorgia Urbinati, Hubert Chapuis, et al.. (2013). Effects of Silencing the RET/PTC1 Oncogene in Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma by siRNA-Squalene Nanoparticles With and Without Fusogenic Companion GALA-Cholesterol. Thyroid. 24(2). 327–338. 27 indexed citations

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Chalati, Tamim, Patricia Horcajada, Patrick Couvreur, et al.. (2011). Porous Metal Organic Framework Nanoparticles to Address The Challenges Related to Busulfan Encapsulation. Nanomedicine. 6(10). 1683–1695. 94 indexed citations

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Allain, Valérie, Claudie Bourgaux, & Patrick Couvreur. (2011). Self-assembled nucleolipids: from supramolecular structure to soft nucleic acid and drug delivery devices. Nucleic Acids Research. 40(5). 1891–1903. 90 indexed citations

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Horcajada, Patricia, Tamim Chalati, Christian Serre, et al.. (2009). Porous metal–organic-framework nanoscale carriers as a potential platform for drug delivery and imaging. Nature Materials. 9(2). 172–178. 3704 indexed citations breakdown →

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Reddy, L. Harivardhan, Lucien Bildstein, Alain Deroussent, et al.. (2008). Squalenoylation a new concept in drug targeting: evidence of a potent anti-cancer activity of squalenoyl-gemcitabine. Cancer Research. 68. 5621–5621. 1 indexed citations

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Stella, Barbara, Silvia Arpicco, Flavio Rocco, et al.. (2007). Encapsulation of gemcitabine lipophilic derivatives into polycyanoacrylate nanospheres and nanocapsules. International Journal of Pharmaceutics. 344(1-2). 71–77. 88 indexed citations

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Brigger, Irène, Jackie Morizet, Geneviève Aubert, et al.. (2002). Poly(ethylene glycol)-Coated Hexadecylcyanoacrylate Nanospheres Display a Combined Effect for Brain Tumor Targeting. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 303(3). 928–936. 181 indexed citations

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Fattal, Elias, Sophie Pecquet, Patrick Couvreur, & Antoine Andremont. (2002). Biodegradable microparticles for the mucosal delivery of antibacterial and dietary antigens. International Journal of Pharmaceutics. 242(1-2). 15–24. 37 indexed citations

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Puisieux, F., et al.. (1999). Physico-chemical characterization of insulin-loaded poly(isobutylcyanoacrylate) nanocapsules obtained by interfacial polymerization. International Journal of Pharmaceutics. 183(1). 63–66. 31 indexed citations

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Couvreur, Patrick, Catherine Dubernet, & F. Puisieux. (1995). Controlled drug delivery with nanoparticles : current possibilities and future trends. European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics. 41(1). 2–13. 250 indexed citations

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Couvreur, Patrick, et al.. (1978). [Perspective on the use of microdisperse forms as intracellular vehicles].. PubMed. 53(12). 341–7. 8 indexed citations

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Couvreur, Patrick. (1966). Revue internationale des Services de santé des armées de terre, de mer et de l'air. The Military Law and the Law of War Review. 5(1). 251–252.

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