Plamen Katsarov

787 total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 564 citations indexed

About

Plamen Katsarov is a scholar working on Pharmaceutical Science, Aquatic Science and Food Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Plamen Katsarov has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 564 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Pharmaceutical Science, 5 papers in Aquatic Science and 5 papers in Food Science. Recurrent topics in Plamen Katsarov's work include Advanced Drug Delivery Systems (6 papers), Seaweed-derived Bioactive Compounds (5 papers) and Drug Solubulity and Delivery Systems (3 papers). Plamen Katsarov is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Drug Delivery Systems (6 papers), Seaweed-derived Bioactive Compounds (5 papers) and Drug Solubulity and Delivery Systems (3 papers). Plamen Katsarov collaborates with scholars based in Bulgaria, France and Türkiye. Plamen Katsarov's co-authors include Paolina Lukova, Bissera Pilicheva, Cédric Delattre, Elisaveta Apostolova, Vesela Kokova, M Nikolova, Ilia Iliev, Bogdan Trică, Lyudmil Peychev and Florin Oancea and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Molecules and Materials.

In The Last Decade

Plamen Katsarov

24 papers receiving 547 citations

Hit Papers

Immunomodulatory and Anti... 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 50 100 150 200
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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. Immunomodulatory and Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Fucoidan: A Review
    2020 246 citations Elisaveta Apostolova, Paolina Lukova et al. Polymers profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Plamen Katsarov Bulgaria 12 217 101 98 91 60 26 564
Paolina Lukova Bulgaria 11 242 1.1× 107 1.1× 90 0.9× 113 1.2× 81 1.4× 23 538
Nayara Alves de Sousa Brazil 13 55 0.3× 72 0.7× 77 0.8× 91 1.0× 31 0.5× 36 374
K Shanmugapriya South Korea 15 149 0.7× 113 1.1× 136 1.4× 68 0.7× 44 0.7× 36 715
Fatima S. Alaryani Saudi Arabia 12 80 0.4× 58 0.6× 31 0.3× 62 0.7× 41 0.7× 33 353
Ping Xiao China 14 46 0.2× 242 2.4× 96 1.0× 137 1.5× 45 0.8× 54 642
Chung‐Hsiung Huang Taiwan 16 69 0.3× 284 2.8× 128 1.3× 81 0.9× 65 1.1× 54 850
Mengqi Wu China 12 42 0.2× 137 1.4× 93 0.9× 175 1.9× 67 1.1× 36 561
Pavel А. Markov Russia 16 46 0.2× 70 0.7× 230 2.3× 292 3.2× 105 1.8× 38 655
S. Sathianarayanan India 10 42 0.2× 127 1.3× 62 0.6× 72 0.8× 24 0.4× 37 500

Countries citing papers authored by Plamen Katsarov

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Fields of papers citing papers by Plamen Katsarov

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Plamen Katsarov. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Plamen Katsarov. The network helps show where Plamen Katsarov may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Plamen Katsarov

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Plamen Katsarov. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Plamen Katsarov 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 Plamen Katsarov. Plamen Katsarov 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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Georgieva, Pétia, et al.. (2025). Imatinib in Targeted Therapy: Advances in Biomedical Applications and Drug Delivery Systems. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6(4). 40–40. 1 indexed citations
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Lukova, Paolina, et al.. (2025). Functionalized Magnetic Nanoparticles: Can They Revolutionize the Treatment of Neurodegenerative Disorders?. Materials. 18(18). 4302–4302. 1 indexed citations
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Katsarov, Plamen, et al.. (2025). Biomedical Applications of Humic Substances: From Natural Biopolymers to Therapeutic Agents. Antioxidants. 14(9). 1139–1139. 1 indexed citations
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Lukova, Paolina, Vesela Kokova, Marianna Murdjeva, et al.. (2024). Alginate from Ericaria crinita Possesses Antioxidant Activity and Attenuates Systemic Inflammation via Downregulation of Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines. Marine Drugs. 22(11). 482–482. 11 indexed citations
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Katsarov, Plamen, et al.. (2024). Development of Nanocomposite Microspheres for Nasal Administration of Deferiprone in Neurodegenerative Disorders. Journal of Functional Biomaterials. 15(11). 329–329. 2 indexed citations
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Katsarov, Plamen, et al.. (2024). Idebenone-Loaded Nanocomposite Microspheres for Nasal Administration—A Perspective in the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease. Discovery Medicine. 36(187). 1572–1572. 3 indexed citations
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Kokova, Vesela, Paolina Lukova, Plamen Katsarov, et al.. (2023). Extraction, Structural Characterization, and In Vivo Anti-Inflammatory Effect of Alginate from Cystoseira crinita (Desf.) Borry Harvested in the Bulgarian Black Sea. Marine Drugs. 21(4). 245–245. 10 indexed citations
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Katsarov, Plamen, et al.. (2023). Novel Fucoidan Pharmaceutical Formulations and Their Potential Application in Oncology—A Review. Polymers. 15(15). 3242–3242. 21 indexed citations
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Lukova, Paolina & Plamen Katsarov. (2023). Contemporary Aspects of Designing Marine Polysaccharide Microparticles as Drug Carriers for Biomedical Application. Pharmaceutics. 15(8). 2126–2126. 8 indexed citations
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Lukova, Paolina, Plamen Katsarov, & Bissera Pilicheva. (2023). Application of Starch, Cellulose, and Their Derivatives in the Development of Microparticle Drug-Delivery Systems. Polymers. 15(17). 3615–3615. 34 indexed citations
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Cabrera‐Barjas, Gustavo, Oscar Valdés, Ady Giordano, et al.. (2023). Effect of cellulose nanofibrils on vancomycin drug release from chitosan nanocomposite films. European Polymer Journal. 197. 112371–112371. 11 indexed citations
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Katsarov, Plamen, et al.. (2021). Polysaccharide-Based Micro- and Nanosized Drug Delivery Systems for Potential Application in the Pediatric Dentistry. Polymers. 13(19). 3342–3342. 17 indexed citations
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Apostolova, Elisaveta, Paolina Lukova, Plamen Katsarov, et al.. (2020). Immunomodulatory and Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Fucoidan: A Review. Polymers. 12(10). 2338–2338. 246 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lukova, Paolina, M Nikolova, Emmanuel Petit, et al.. (2020). Prebiotic Activity of Poly- and Oligosaccharides Obtained from Plantago major L. Leaves. Applied Sciences. 10(8). 2648–2648. 17 indexed citations
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Alın, Aylin, et al.. (2019). Robust multivariate diagnostics for PLSR and application on high dimensional spectrally overlapped drug systems. Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation. 89(6). 966–984. 4 indexed citations
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Katsarov, Plamen, et al.. (2018). Chemical cross-linking: A feasible approach to prolong doxylamine/pyridoxine release from spray-dried chitosan microspheres. European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. 123. 387–394. 21 indexed citations
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Katsarov, Plamen, et al.. (2018). Advanced spectrophotometric chemometric methods for resolving the binary mixture of doxylamine succinate and pyridoxine hydrochloride. Acta Pharmaceutica. 68(1). 61–73. 9 indexed citations
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Katsarov, Plamen, et al.. (2017). Optimization of Chitosan Microspheres Spray Drying via 32 Full Factorial Design. Folia Medica. 59(3). 310–317. 13 indexed citations
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Andonova, Velichka, et al.. (2015). EYE DROPS WITH NANOPARTICLES AS DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS Original Article. 5 indexed citations

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