Samuel G. Awuah

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
65 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Samuel G. Awuah is a scholar working on Oncology, Molecular Biology and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Samuel G. Awuah has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Oncology, 26 papers in Molecular Biology and 21 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Samuel G. Awuah's work include Metal complexes synthesis and properties (25 papers), Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (7 papers) and Click Chemistry and Applications (7 papers). Samuel G. Awuah is often cited by papers focused on Metal complexes synthesis and properties (25 papers), Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (7 papers) and Click Chemistry and Applications (7 papers). Samuel G. Awuah collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Belgium. Samuel G. Awuah's co-authors include Youngjae You, Stephen J. Lippard, Sean Parkin, Yao‐Rong Zheng, R. Tyler Mertens, Moses Bio, Samuel Ofori, Gregory Nkepang, Malay Patra and Peter M. Bruno 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

Samuel G. Awuah

64 papers receiving 2.6k 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.

Boron dipyrromethene (BODIPY)-based photosensitizers for photodynamic therapy

2012 570 citations Samuel G. Awuah, Youngjae You profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Samuel G. Awuah United States	24	1.3k	905	648	619	549	65	2.6k
Thomas W. Rees China	32	1.4k 1.1×	1.4k 1.6×	651 1.0×	713 1.2×	759 1.4×	54	2.9k
Kangqiang Qiu China	28	1.4k 1.1×	1.1k 1.2×	496 0.8×	526 0.8×	709 1.3×	55	2.6k
Chengzhi Jin China	22	821 0.6×	731 0.8×	423 0.7×	477 0.8×	458 0.8×	53	1.7k
Makoto Obata Japan	27	1.2k 0.9×	701 0.8×	1.1k 1.6×	329 0.5×	430 0.8×	93	2.5k
Colin G. Cameron United States	29	1.3k 1.0×	1.3k 1.5×	925 1.4×	831 1.3×	464 0.8×	74	3.1k
Ruilin Guan China	24	717 0.6×	562 0.6×	500 0.8×	640 1.0×	606 1.1×	30	1.9k
Franck Denat France	29	841 0.6×	479 0.5×	710 1.1×	367 0.6×	961 1.8×	117	2.7k
Susan Monro Canada	26	1.5k 1.2×	1.4k 1.5×	1.0k 1.6×	983 1.6×	559 1.0×	35	3.1k
John A. Roque United States	18	945 0.7×	968 1.1×	607 0.9×	675 1.1×	338 0.6×	31	2.0k
Martin R. Gill United Kingdom	25	838 0.6×	502 0.6×	852 1.3×	1.4k 2.2×	1.3k 2.4×	47	3.0k

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Ofori, Samuel, et al.. (2025). Discovery of a Pyrazolopyridinone-Based MYC Inhibitor That Selectively Engages Intracellular c-MYC and Disrupts MYC–MAX Heterodimerization. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 68(6). 6233–6251. 2 indexed citations

Kim, Jong H., J. Robert McCorkle, Sean Parkin, et al.. (2025). Chemoproteomic Profiling of a Carbon-Stabilized Gold(III) Macrocycle Reveals Cellular Engagement with HMOX2. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 68(5). 5687–5698. 1 indexed citations

Holmes, Justin D., et al.. (2024). Stoichiometry effect on the structure, coordination and anticancer activity of gold(i/iii) bisphosphine complexes. Dalton Transactions. 54(5). 2018–2026. 1 indexed citations

Kim, Jong Hyun, Syed Adeel Hassan, Tatiana Goretsky, et al.. (2023). AUPHOS, A NOVEL DRUG THAT IMPROVES COLITIS BY MICROBIOME INDUCED METABOLIC CHANGES. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. 29(Supplement_1). S49–S49. 1 indexed citations

Kapur, Neeraj, Luksana Chaiswing, Jong Hyun Kim, et al.. (2023). A NOVEL DRUG THERAPY INDUCES MITOCHONDRIAL BIOGENESIS AND ATTENUATES COLITIS. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. 29(Supplement_1). S55–S55. 1 indexed citations

Fang, Jiaxin, et al.. (2023). A Breast Cancer Stem Active Cobalt(III)‐Cyclam Complex Containing Flufenamic Acid with Immunogenic Potential. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(6). e202317940–e202317940. 16 indexed citations

Fang, Jiaxin, et al.. (2023). A Breast Cancer Stem Active Cobalt(III)‐Cyclam Complex Containing Flufenamic Acid with Immunogenic Potential. Angewandte Chemie. 136(6). 3 indexed citations

Mertens, R. Tyler, et al.. (2023). Next Generation Gold Drugs and Probes: Chemistry and Biomedical Applications. Chemical Reviews. 123(10). 6612–6667. 77 indexed citations

Kim, Jong H., et al.. (2023). Serum-Stable Gold(III) Bisphosphine Complex Induces Mild Mitochondrial Uncoupling and In Vivo Antitumor Potency in Triple Negative Breast Cancer. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 66(12). 7868–7879. 14 indexed citations

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Mertens, R. Tyler, et al.. (2023). An anti-glioblastoma gold(i)–NHC complex distorts mitochondrial morphology and bioenergetics to induce tumor growth inhibition. RSC Chemical Biology. 4(8). 592–599. 5 indexed citations

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Amoah, Richard Adu, et al.. (2023). Genetic variability and heritability estimates among nutritional traits of groundnut breeding lines. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(2).

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Koch, Marilin, Michal O. Nowicki, Véronique Mathieu, et al.. (2022). Self-assembled ruthenium and osmium nanosystems display a potent anticancer profile by interfering with metabolic activity. Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers. 9(11). 2594–2607. 5 indexed citations

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Kim, Jong H., et al.. (2022). Chiral gold(iii) complexes: speciation, in vitro, and in vivo anticancer profile. Chemical Communications. 58(73). 10237–10240. 9 indexed citations

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Awuah, Samuel G., et al.. (2022). Mitochondria as a target of third row transition metal-based anticancer complexes. Current Opinion in Chemical Biology. 72. 102235–102235. 30 indexed citations

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Parkin, Sean, et al.. (2021). Tuning Cyclometalated Gold(III) for Cysteine Arylation and Ligand-Directed Bioconjugation. Inorganic Chemistry. 60(19). 14582–14593. 21 indexed citations

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Mertens, R. Tyler, et al.. (2020). Synthesis, Characterization, and Antiproliferative Activity of Novel Chiral [QuinoxP*AuCl2]+ Complexes. Molecules. 25(23). 5735–5735. 10 indexed citations

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Mertens, R. Tyler, Sean Parkin, & Samuel G. Awuah. (2019). Synthesis and crystal structure of 1,3-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)-1H-imidazol-3-ium chloride. Acta Crystallographica Section E Crystallographic Communications. 75(9). 1311–1315. 1 indexed citations

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Mertens, R. Tyler, Sean Parkin, & Samuel G. Awuah. (2019). Exploring six-coordinate germanium(IV)-diketonate complexes as anticancer agents. Inorganica Chimica Acta. 503(1). 119375–119375. 15 indexed citations

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Awuah, Samuel G., Moses Bio, Habtom B. Gobeze, et al.. (2015). Dual Functioning Thieno‐Pyrrole Fused BODIPY Dyes for NIR Optical Imaging and Photodynamic Therapy: Singlet Oxygen Generation without Heavy Halogen Atom Assistance. Chemistry - An Asian Journal. 10(6). 1335–1343. 87 indexed citations

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Bio, Moses, et al.. (2013). Site-Specific and Far-Red-Light-Activatable Prodrug of Combretastatin A-4 Using Photo-Unclick Chemistry. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 56(10). 3936–3942. 83 indexed citations

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