Tongkai Chen

4.5k total citations · 6 hit papers
81 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Tongkai Chen is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Tongkai Chen has authored 81 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Molecular Biology, 22 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 21 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Tongkai Chen's work include Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (15 papers), Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery (11 papers) and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (11 papers). Tongkai Chen is often cited by papers focused on Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (15 papers), Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery (11 papers) and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (11 papers). Tongkai Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, Macao and United States. Tongkai Chen's co-authors include Xiaojia Chen, Jingshan Luo, Ying Zheng, Wei Liu, Qi Wang, Yao Liu, Shuang Du, Jinmei Qiu, Simon Ming‐Yuen Lee and Xiang Yi and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Tongkai Chen

81 papers receiving 3.4k 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.

Cell Membrane Coating Technology: A Promising Strategy for Biomedical Applications

2019 322 citations Yao Liu, Jingshan Luo et al. Nano-Micro Letters profile →
Tailored Hydrogel Delivering Niobium Carbide Boosts ROS‐Scavenging and Antimicrobial Activities for Diabetic Wound Healing

2022 186 citations Jing Chen, Yujing Liu et al. Small profile →
Thermosensitive Hydrogel Incorporating Prussian Blue Nanoparticles Promotes Diabetic Wound Healing via ROS Scavenging and Mitochondrial Function Restoration

2022 164 citations Xu Zhao, Yujing Liu et al. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces profile →
Extracellular vesicles: a rising star for therapeutics and drug delivery

2023 161 citations Shuang Du, Yucheng Guan et al. Journal of Nanobiotechnology profile →
Customized Intranasal Hydrogel Delivering Methylene Blue Ameliorates Cognitive Dysfunction against Alzheimer's Disease

2024 63 citations Aihua Xie, Tongkai Chen et al. profile →
Microneedle-Based Approaches for Skin Disease Treatment

2025 18 citations Xiaoyu Qin, Chen Wang et al. Nano-Micro Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tongkai Chen China	34	1.1k	1.1k	804	743	416	81	3.5k
Xiaojia Chen China	34	1.8k 1.6×	724 0.7×	472 0.6×	409 0.6×	170 0.4×	119	4.3k
Nunzio Denora Italy	40	1.8k 1.6×	1.0k 1.0×	485 0.6×	1.2k 1.6×	890 2.1×	216	5.2k
Han Chang Kang South Korea	37	2.1k 1.9×	1.1k 1.0×	422 0.5×	729 1.0×	147 0.4×	135	4.2k
Xiaoying Ying China	35	1.0k 0.9×	857 0.8×	424 0.5×	804 1.1×	383 0.9×	71	3.1k
Shadab Md Saudi Arabia	43	1.8k 1.6×	766 0.7×	281 0.3×	1.4k 1.9×	2.1k 5.0×	116	5.1k
Yi Zhao China	36	1.4k 1.3×	598 0.6×	352 0.4×	322 0.4×	109 0.3×	108	3.2k
Alam Zeb Pakistan	31	1.0k 0.9×	596 0.6×	294 0.4×	869 1.2×	1.1k 2.8×	66	3.3k
Mukta Agrawal India	30	985 0.9×	1.0k 1.0×	200 0.2×	768 1.0×	1.2k 2.8×	82	3.9k
Xia Cao China	35	1.4k 1.3×	1.0k 1.0×	321 0.4×	473 0.6×	263 0.6×	125	3.7k

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Chen, Tongkai, Jun Li, Dongqing Huang, et al.. (2025). Design, current states, and challenges of nanomaterials in anti-neuroinflammation: A perspective on Alzheimer’s disease. Ageing Research Reviews. 105. 102669–102669. 4 indexed citations

Qin, Xiaoyu, Chen Wang, Xianyong Yin, et al.. (2025). Microneedle-Based Approaches for Skin Disease Treatment. Nano-Micro Letters. 17(1). 132–132. 18 indexed citations breakdown →

Wang, Xuan, Linhua Tian, Yuqing Li, et al.. (2025). Universal Albumin Drugs‐Cored Spherical Nucleic Acid (ad‐SNA) Platform for Targeted Drug Delivery. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(19). e202421949–e202421949. 4 indexed citations

Wang, Xuan, Linhua Tian, Weiwei Yao, et al.. (2025). Universal Albumin Drugs‐Cored Spherical Nucleic Acid (ad‐SNA) Platform for Targeted Drug Delivery. Angewandte Chemie. 137(19). 3 indexed citations

Cheng, Guowang, Zhiwen Liu, Jiaxin Wu, et al.. (2024). Minocycline nanoplatform penetrates the BBB and enables the targeted treatment of Parkinson's disease with cognitive impairment. Journal of Controlled Release. 377. 591–605. 6 indexed citations

Ma, Rui, et al.. (2024). Black phosphorus nanosheets as therapeutic “garbage trucks” for the selective clearance of peripheral phosphorylated Tau proteins in Alzheimer’s disease. Chemical Engineering Journal. 486. 150193–150193. 1 indexed citations

Zhao, Yuying, Juping Zhang, Bowen Yang, et al.. (2024). Developing liver-targeted naringenin nanoparticles for breast cancer endocrine therapy by promoting estrogen metabolism. Journal of Nanobiotechnology. 22(1). 122–122. 5 indexed citations

Liao, Wang, Dongqing Huang, Meitong Ou, et al.. (2023). Current strategies of detecting Aβ species and inhibiting Aβ aggregation: Status and prospects. Coordination Chemistry Reviews. 495. 215375–215375. 19 indexed citations

Ma, Rui, et al.. (2023). Innovative Strategies for Hair Regrowth and Skin Visualization. Pharmaceutics. 15(4). 1201–1201. 10 indexed citations

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Du, Shuang, Yucheng Guan, Aihua Xie, et al.. (2023). Extracellular vesicles: a rising star for therapeutics and drug delivery. Journal of Nanobiotechnology. 21(1). 161 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lin, Xiangping, Zhongjun Li, Shuang Du, et al.. (2023). Occam’s Razor-Inspired Nb2C delivery platform potentiates breast cancer therapy and inhibits lung metastasis. Chemical Engineering Journal. 464. 142732–142732. 9 indexed citations

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Jiang, Tao, Qianyun Li, Jinmei Qiu, et al.. (2022). Nanobiotechnology: Applications in Chronic Wound Healing. International Journal of Nanomedicine. Volume 17. 3125–3145. 34 indexed citations

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Zhao, Xu, Yujing Liu, Rui Ma, et al.. (2022). Thermosensitive Hydrogel Incorporating Prussian Blue Nanoparticles Promotes Diabetic Wound Healing via ROS Scavenging and Mitochondrial Function Restoration. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 14(12). 14059–14071. 164 indexed citations breakdown →

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Chen, Jing, Yujing Liu, Jiahe Guo, et al.. (2022). Tailored Hydrogel Delivering Niobium Carbide Boosts ROS‐Scavenging and Antimicrobial Activities for Diabetic Wound Healing. Small. 18(27). e2201300–e2201300. 186 indexed citations breakdown →

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Liu, Yao, Daoming Zhu, Jingshan Luo, et al.. (2020). NIR-II-Activated Yolk–Shell Nanostructures as an Intelligent Platform for Parkinsonian Therapy. ACS Applied Bio Materials. 3(10). 6876–6887. 27 indexed citations

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Xiong, Sha, Jingshan Luo, Qun Wang, et al.. (2020). Targeted graphene oxide for drug delivery as a therapeutic nanoplatform against Parkinson's disease. Biomaterials Science. 9(5). 1705–1715. 63 indexed citations

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Zhao, Yuying, Sha Xiong, Wei Liu, et al.. (2020). Polymeric Nanoparticles-Based Brain Delivery with Improved Therapeutic Efficacy of Ginkgolide B in Parkinson’s Disease. International Journal of Nanomedicine. Volume 15. 10453–10467. 67 indexed citations

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Chen, Tongkai, Bing He, Yuan He, et al.. (2019). Application of Förster Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET) technique to elucidate intracellular and In Vivo biofate of nanomedicines. Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews. 143. 177–205. 148 indexed citations

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Liu, Yao, Jingshan Luo, Xiaojia Chen, Wei Liu, & Tongkai Chen. (2019). Cell Membrane Coating Technology: A Promising Strategy for Biomedical Applications. Nano-Micro Letters. 11(1). 100–100. 322 indexed citations breakdown →

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Li, Ye, Tongkai Chen, Xiaoqing Miao, et al.. (2017). Zebrafish: A promising in vivo model for assessing the delivery of natural products, fluorescence dyes and drugs across the blood-brain barrier. Pharmacological Research. 125(Pt B). 246–257. 61 indexed citations

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