Soracha Thamphiwatana

7.1k total citations · 4 hit papers
34 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Soracha Thamphiwatana is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology and Pharmaceutical Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Soracha Thamphiwatana has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 7 papers in Molecular Biology and 7 papers in Pharmaceutical Science. Recurrent topics in Soracha Thamphiwatana's work include Micro and Nano Robotics (6 papers), Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies (6 papers) and Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies (6 papers). Soracha Thamphiwatana is often cited by papers focused on Micro and Nano Robotics (6 papers), Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies (6 papers) and Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies (6 papers). Soracha Thamphiwatana collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Thailand. Soracha Thamphiwatana's co-authors include Liangfang Zhang, Weiwei Gao, Pavimol Angsantikul, Ronnie H. Fang, Joseph Wang, Qiangzhe Zhang, Brian T. Luk, Jinxing Li, Marygorret Obonyo and Che‐Ming Jack Hu and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Soracha Thamphiwatana

33 papers receiving 4.4k citations

Hit Papers

4 papers align trajectories

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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.

Micromotor-enabled active drug delivery for in vivo treatment of stomach infection

2017 523 citations Berta Esteban‐Fernández de Ávila, Pavimol Angsantikul et al. Nature Communications profile →
Macrophage-like nanoparticles concurrently absorbing endotoxins and proinflammatory cytokines for sepsis management

2017 467 citations Soracha Thamphiwatana, Pavimol Angsantikul et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Artificial Micromotors in the Mouse’s Stomach: A Step toward in Vivo Use of Synthetic Motors

2014 447 citations Wei Gao, Renfeng Dong et al. ACS Nano profile →
Modulating Antibacterial Immunity via Bacterial Membrane-Coated Nanoparticles

2015 421 citations Weiwei Gao, Ronnie H. Fang et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Soracha Thamphiwatana United States	26	2.5k	1.4k	1.2k	917	552	34	4.5k
Pavimol Angsantikul United States	30	3.4k 1.4×	1.8k 1.3×	1.8k 1.5×	1.2k 1.3×	624 1.1×	46	5.7k
Qiangzhe Zhang United States	34	2.9k 1.2×	362 0.3×	2.5k 2.1×	1.4k 1.6×	932 1.7×	56	6.3k
Jiarong Zhou United States	27	2.2k 0.9×	363 0.3×	1.9k 1.6×	1.0k 1.1×	330 0.6×	38	4.1k
Kun Liu China	34	1.2k 0.5×	753 0.5×	575 0.5×	478 0.5×	384 0.7×	150	3.6k
Marygorret Obonyo United States	17	726 0.3×	446 0.3×	512 0.4×	238 0.3×	189 0.3×	35	2.1k
Che‐Ming Jack Hu United States	42	6.7k 2.7×	610 0.4×	5.2k 4.4×	5.2k 5.7×	1.2k 2.2×	82	11.7k
Jinyao Liu China	49	2.7k 1.1×	103 0.1×	2.5k 2.1×	1.7k 1.8×	1.2k 2.2×	187	7.9k
Chun‐Xia Zhao Australia	47	3.8k 1.5×	105 0.1×	2.1k 1.8×	2.3k 2.5×	1.8k 3.2×	216	9.0k
Julie A. Champion United States	31	1.9k 0.7×	118 0.1×	2.1k 1.8×	2.3k 2.6×	1.1k 1.9×	77	6.6k
Brian T. Luk United States	29	5.0k 2.0×	214 0.2×	3.9k 3.3×	3.3k 3.6×	809 1.5×	35	8.2k

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Khongkow, Pasarat, et al.. (2025). Anti-Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Efficacy of Layer-by-Layer Silver Nanoparticle/Polyacrylic Acid-Coated Titanium Using an In-House Dip Coater. Polymers. 17(3). 333–333. 2 indexed citations

Ma, Benteng, Xinya Liu, Zhuoyu Zhang, et al.. (2023). A digital nanoplasmonic microarray immunosensor for multiplexed cytokine monitoring during CAR T-cell therapy from a leukemia tumor microenvironment model. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 230. 115247–115247. 11 indexed citations

Angsantikul, Pavimol, et al.. (2022). Biomimetic Targeted Theranostic Nanoparticles for Breast Cancer Treatment. Molecules. 27(19). 6473–6473. 36 indexed citations

Zhu, Yuefei, Xiangrong Yu, Soracha Thamphiwatana, Ying Zheng, & Zhiqing Pang. (2020). Nanomedicines modulating tumor immunosuppressive cells to enhance cancer immunotherapy. Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B. 10(11). 2054–2074. 87 indexed citations

Thamphiwatana, Soracha, et al.. (2018). A microfluidic micromixer fabricated using polydimethylsiloxane-based platform for biomedical applications. eSpace (Curtin University). 48(3). 173–180. 2 indexed citations

Angsantikul, Pavimol, Soracha Thamphiwatana, Qiangzhe Zhang, et al.. (2018). Coating Nanoparticles with Gastric Epithelial Cell Membrane for Targeted Antibiotic Delivery against Helicobacter pylori Infection. Advanced Therapeutics. 1(2). 133 indexed citations

Ávila, Berta Esteban‐Fernández de, Pavimol Angsantikul, Jinxing Li, et al.. (2017). Micromotor-enabled active drug delivery for in vivo treatment of stomach infection. Nature Communications. 8(1). 272–272. 523 indexed citations breakdown →

Huang, Qian, Joon Lee, Fernando Terán Arce, et al.. (2017). Nanofibre optic force transducers with sub-piconewton resolution via near-field plasmon–dielectric interactions. Nature Photonics. 11(6). 352–355. 29 indexed citations

Luk, Brian T., Ronnie H. Fang, Che‐Ming Jack Hu, et al.. (2016). Safe and Immunocompatible Nanocarriers Cloaked in RBC Membranes for Drug Delivery to Treat Solid Tumors. Theranostics. 6(7). 1004–1011. 211 indexed citations

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Li, Jinxing, Soracha Thamphiwatana, Wenjuan Liu, et al.. (2016). Enteric Micromotor Can Selectively Position and Spontaneously Propel in the Gastrointestinal Tract. ACS Nano. 10(10). 9536–9542. 232 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yue, Jianhua Zhang, Maggie Chen, et al.. (2016). A Bioadhesive Nanoparticle–Hydrogel Hybrid System for Localized Antimicrobial Drug Delivery. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 8(28). 18367–18374. 114 indexed citations

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Jung, Sung Woo, Soracha Thamphiwatana, Liangfang Zhang, & Marygorret Obonyo. (2015). Mechanism of Antibacterial Activity of Liposomal Linolenic Acid against Helicobacter pylori. PLoS ONE. 10(3). e0116519–e0116519. 69 indexed citations

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Pang, Zhiqing, Che‐Ming Jack Hu, Ronnie H. Fang, et al.. (2015). Detoxification of Organophosphate Poisoning Using Nanoparticle Bioscavengers. ACS Nano. 9(6). 6450–6458. 134 indexed citations

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Angsantikul, Pavimol, Soracha Thamphiwatana, Weiwei Gao, & Liangfang Zhang. (2015). Cell Membrane-Coated Nanoparticles As an Emerging Antibacterial Vaccine Platform. Vaccines. 3(4). 814–828. 58 indexed citations

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Gao, Weiwei, Drew Vecchio, Jieming Li, et al.. (2014). Hydrogel Containing Nanoparticle-Stabilized Liposomes for Topical Antimicrobial Delivery. ACS Nano. 8(3). 2900–2907. 194 indexed citations

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Thamphiwatana, Soracha, Weiwei Gao, Dissaya Pornpattananangkul, et al.. (2014). Phospholipase A2-responsive antibiotic delivery via nanoparticle-stabilized liposomes for the treatment of bacterial infection. Journal of Materials Chemistry B. 2(46). 8201–8207. 94 indexed citations

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Gao, Wei, Renfeng Dong, Soracha Thamphiwatana, et al.. (2014). Artificial Micromotors in the Mouse’s Stomach: A Step toward in Vivo Use of Synthetic Motors. ACS Nano. 9(1). 117–123. 447 indexed citations breakdown →

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Thamphiwatana, Soracha, Weiwei Gao, Marygorret Obonyo, & Liangfang Zhang. (2014). In vivo treatment of Helicobacter pylori infection with liposomal linolenic acid reduces colonization and ameliorates inflammation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(49). 17600–17605. 96 indexed citations

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Pornpattananangkul, Dissaya, Victoria Fu, Soracha Thamphiwatana, et al.. (2013). In Vivo Treatment of Propionibacterium acnes Infection with Liposomal Lauric Acids. Advanced Healthcare Materials. 2(10). 1322–1328. 42 indexed citations

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Obonyo, Marygorret, Lı Zhang, Soracha Thamphiwatana, et al.. (2012). Antibacterial Activities of Liposomal Linolenic Acids against Antibiotic-Resistant Helicobacter pylori. Molecular Pharmaceutics. 9(9). 2677–2685. 87 indexed citations

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