Sophie Laurent

33.0k total citations · 9 hit papers
381 papers, 26.5k citations indexed

About

Sophie Laurent is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Sophie Laurent has authored 381 papers receiving a total of 26.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 161 papers in Materials Chemistry, 126 papers in Biomaterials and 112 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Sophie Laurent's work include Lanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes (124 papers), Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery (120 papers) and Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications (68 papers). Sophie Laurent is often cited by papers focused on Lanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes (124 papers), Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery (120 papers) and Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications (68 papers). Sophie Laurent collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, France and Iran. Sophie Laurent's co-authors include Robert N. Müller, Morteza Mahmoudi, Luce Vander Elst, Alain Roch, Marc Port, Delphine Forge, Caroline Robic, Urs O. Häfeli, Tapas Sen and Ben Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Chemical Society Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Sophie Laurent

372 papers receiving 26.1k citations

Hit Papers

Magnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Stabilizati... 2007 2026 2013 2019 2008 2010 2011 2011 2011 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k 5.0k
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. Magnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Stabilization, Vectorization, Physicochemical Characterizations, and Biological Applications
    2008 5.5k citations Sophie Laurent, Marc Port et al. Chemical Reviews profile →
  2. Superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs): Development, surface modification and applications in chemotherapy
    2010 1.5k citations Morteza Mahmoudi, Sophie Laurent et al. profile →
  3. Protein−Nanoparticle Interactions: Opportunities and Challenges
    2011 1.2k citations Morteza Mahmoudi, Sophie Laurent et al. Chemical Reviews profile →
  4. Toxicity of nanomaterials
    2011 1.1k citations Sophie Laurent, Morteza Mahmoudi et al. profile →
  5. Magnetic fluid hyperthermia: Focus on superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles
    2011 1.1k citations Sophie Laurent, Morteza Mahmoudi et al. profile →
  6. Hybrid Gadolinium Oxide Nanoparticles:  Multimodal Contrast Agents for in Vivo Imaging
    2007 635 citations Sophie Laurent, Robert N. Müller et al. profile →
  7. Graphene: Promises, Facts, Opportunities, and Challenges in Nanomedicine
    2013 616 citations Sophie Laurent, Morteza Mahmoudi et al. Chemical Reviews profile →
  8. Magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles for drug delivery: applications and characteristics
    2018 414 citations Thomas Vangijzegem, Dimitri Stanicki et al. profile →
  9. Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles (SPION): From Fundamentals to State-of-the-Art Innovative Applications for Cancer Therapy
    2023 121 citations Thomas Vangijzegem, Robert N. Müller 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
Sophie Laurent Belgium 65 11.5k 10.8k 10.8k 4.6k 3.2k 381 26.5k
Xiangyang Shi China 90 8.0k 0.7× 14.0k 1.3× 12.6k 1.2× 8.9k 1.9× 1.4k 0.4× 605 29.8k
Gang Liu China 98 11.8k 1.0× 17.5k 1.6× 7.7k 0.7× 10.9k 2.3× 2.4k 0.8× 962 37.8k
Morteza Mahmoudi United States 89 10.7k 0.9× 14.4k 1.3× 13.3k 1.2× 9.0k 1.9× 2.0k 0.6× 336 32.7k
Robert N. Müller Belgium 51 7.6k 0.7× 5.0k 0.5× 5.3k 0.5× 2.1k 0.5× 2.2k 0.7× 290 16.1k
Mingyuan Gao China 79 12.0k 1.0× 9.2k 0.8× 4.8k 0.4× 4.1k 0.9× 2.2k 0.7× 299 20.7k
Ning Gu China 80 16.5k 1.4× 14.8k 1.4× 7.6k 0.7× 10.9k 2.4× 1.8k 0.6× 796 34.9k
Chunying Chen China 117 21.8k 1.9× 20.6k 1.9× 10.5k 1.0× 10.8k 2.3× 2.2k 0.7× 749 46.7k
Iseult Lynch United Kingdom 75 13.2k 1.1× 9.3k 0.9× 10.7k 1.0× 7.6k 1.6× 1.2k 0.4× 380 30.9k
Patrick Couvreur France 105 12.9k 1.1× 16.1k 1.5× 22.5k 2.1× 16.1k 3.5× 1.3k 0.4× 581 56.3k
Fan Zhang China 115 25.9k 2.3× 19.1k 1.8× 4.7k 0.4× 6.9k 1.5× 3.8k 1.2× 850 44.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sophie Laurent

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Sant’Angelo, Derek B., Géraldine Descamps, Dimitri Stanicki, et al.. (2025). Therapeutic Approaches with Iron Oxide Nanoparticles to Induce Ferroptosis and Overcome Radioresistance in Cancers. Pharmaceuticals. 18(3). 325–325. 11 indexed citations
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Koubala, Bénoît Bargui, et al.. (2024). Antibacterial and antioxidant activities of a new phenolic coumpound from the roots barks of Cassia arereh Delile (Fabaceae). Results in Chemistry. 11. 101802–101802.
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Henoumont, Céline, Christelle Medina, Cécile Factor, et al.. (2024). Gadopiclenol: A q = 2 Gadolinium-Based MRI Contrast Agent Combining High Stability and Efficacy. Investigative Radiology. 60(3). 234–243. 13 indexed citations
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Henoumont, Céline, et al.. (2024). Flavonoid glycosides from Odontonema strictum leaves. Heliyon. 10(17). e37273–e37273.
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Vangijzegem, Thomas, et al.. (2024). A Review on the Design of Carbon-Based Nanomaterials as MRI Contrast Agents. Molecules. 29(7). 1639–1639. 6 indexed citations
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Henoumont, Céline, Yoann Rousselin, Ahmed Haouz, et al.. (2024). Bifunctional Hexadentate Pyclen–Based Chelating Agent for Mild Radiofluorination in Aqueous Solution at Room Temperature with a Ga‐18F Ternary Complex. Chemistry - A European Journal. 30(68). e202403358–e202403358. 4 indexed citations
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Tamfu, Alfred Ngenge, Turibio Kuiate Tabopda, Selçuk Küçükaydın, et al.. (2023). In Vitro and In Silico Evaluation of Anticholinesterase and Antidiabetic Effects of Furanolabdanes and Other Constituents from Graptophyllum pictum (Linn.) Griffith. Molecules. 28(12). 4802–4802. 9 indexed citations
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Henoumont, Céline, Yves Gossuin, Sophie Laurent, et al.. (2023). A Nanoparticle Ink Allowing the High Precision Visualization of Tissue Engineered Scaffolds by MRI. Small. 19(30). e2206644–e2206644. 11 indexed citations
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Gossuin, Yves, et al.. (2022). Characterization of commercial iron oxide clusters with high transverse relaxivity. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 10-11. 100054–100054. 9 indexed citations
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Moreau, Juliette, Maïté Callewaert, Céline Henoumont, et al.. (2021). Fluorescent chitosan-based nanohydrogels and encapsulation of gadolinium MRI contrast agent for magneto-optical imaging. Carbohydrate Polymer Technologies and Applications. 2. 100104–100104. 7 indexed citations
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Laurent, Sophie, et al.. (2021). A new method of extracting polyphenols from honey using a biosorbent compared to the commercial resin amberlite XAD2. Journal of Separation Science. 44(10). 2089–2096. 2 indexed citations
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Talla, Emmanuel, et al.. (2020). Antioxidant Activity and Chemical Constituents from Stem Bark of Ficus abutilifolia. Miq (Moraceae). European Journal of Medicinal Plants. 48–59. 3 indexed citations
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Vangijzegem, Thomas, Félix Sauvage, Cyril Cadiou, et al.. (2019). Comparison of MRI Properties between Multimeric DOTAGA and DO3A Gadolinium-Dendron Conjugates. Inorganic Chemistry. 58(19). 12798–12808. 12 indexed citations
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Tchinda, Alembert Tiabou, et al.. (2018). Vitellaroside, A New Cerebroside from Vitellaria paradoxa (Sapotaceae) and its Bioactivities. 6(1). 8 indexed citations
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Roullin, Gaëlle, et al.. (2014). 腫瘍の長期間検出のためのポリ(ラクチド-co-グリコリド)に載せた新しい磁気共鳴画像化コントラスト剤. Nanotechnology. 25(44). 1–11. 27 indexed citations
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Rauch, Jens, Walter Kölch, Sophie Laurent, & Morteza Mahmoudi. (2013). Big Signals from Small Particles: Regulation of Cell Signaling Pathways by Nanoparticles. Chemical Reviews. 113(5). 3391–3406. 136 indexed citations
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Mahmoudi, Morteza & Sophie Laurent. (2010). CONTROLLING THE BURST EFFECT OF A DRUG BY INTRODUCING STARCH IN THE STRUCTURE OF MAGNETIC POLYURETHANE MICROSPHERES CONTAINING SUPER PARAMAGNETIC IRON OXIDE NANOPARTICLES. Scientia Iranica. 17(1). 43–51. 4 indexed citations

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