Toru Maekawa

4.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
59 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Toru Maekawa is a scholar working on Biomaterials, Materials Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Toru Maekawa has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Biomaterials, 23 papers in Materials Chemistry and 21 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Toru Maekawa's work include Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery (15 papers), Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (14 papers) and Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (11 papers). Toru Maekawa is often cited by papers focused on Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery (15 papers), Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (14 papers) and Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (11 papers). Toru Maekawa collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and India. Toru Maekawa's co-authors include D. Sakthi Kumar, Remya Nair, Saino Hanna Varghese, Baiju G. Nair, Yuko Yoshida, Yasuhiko Yoshida, Yutaka Nagaoka, Masaru Tachibana, Takashi Uchida and M. Sheikh Mohamed and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Functional Materials, Langmuir and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Toru Maekawa

59 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Nanoparticulate material delivery to plants

2010 1.0k citations Remya Nair, Toru Maekawa et al. profile →
Synthesis and characterization of Mono-disperse Carbon Quantum Dots from Fennel Seeds: Photoluminescence analysis using Machine Learning

2019 387 citations Toru Maekawa et al. Scientific Reports profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Toru Maekawa Japan	29	1.7k	1.1k	846	643	497	59	3.4k
Rabia Javed Pakistan	27	1.4k 0.8×	660 0.6×	443 0.5×	473 0.7×	558 1.1×	77	3.0k
Denise Wingett United States	21	2.3k 1.4×	1.0k 1.0×	715 0.8×	527 0.8×	172 0.3×	30	3.7k
Hemant Kumar Daima India	24	1.8k 1.1×	1.2k 1.1×	616 0.7×	738 1.1×	191 0.4×	49	2.9k
Ting Su China	34	996 0.6×	1.0k 0.9×	1.1k 1.3×	604 0.9×	236 0.5×	99	3.9k
Pierre Krausz France	34	1.1k 0.6×	1.0k 1.0×	904 1.1×	669 1.0×	327 0.7×	140	3.6k
Lukáš Richtera Czechia	28	1.0k 0.6×	824 0.8×	332 0.4×	873 1.4×	247 0.5×	123	2.9k
Diego Stéfani T. Martinez Brazil	33	1.6k 0.9×	1.3k 1.2×	502 0.6×	404 0.6×	143 0.3×	97	2.9k
Alireza Ebrahiminezhad Iran	33	1.3k 0.8×	978 0.9×	581 0.7×	484 0.8×	175 0.4×	90	2.9k
Yujia Li China	32	1.4k 0.9×	747 0.7×	227 0.3×	662 1.0×	369 0.7×	94	3.3k
Attarad Ali Pakistan	16	1.2k 0.7×	659 0.6×	481 0.6×	201 0.3×	346 0.7×	22	2.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Toru Maekawa

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Mohamed, M. Sheikh, Toru Mizuki, Vivekanandan Palaninathan, et al.. (2022). Biological Synthesis of Bioactive Gold Nanoparticles from Inonotus obliquus for Dual Chemo-Photothermal Effects against Human Brain Cancer Cells. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23(4). 2292–2292. 11 indexed citations

Raveendran, Sreejith, Anindito Sen, Toru Maekawa, & D. Sakthi Kumar. (2021). Three‐Dimensional Visualization of Subcellular Dynamics of Cancer Cell Destruction on Therapeutic Nanodrug Treatment. Small Structures. 2(7). 6 indexed citations

Palaninathan, Vivekanandan, Srivani Veeranarayanan, Tomofumi Ukai, et al.. (2020). ECM Mimetic Electrospun Porous Poly (L-lactic acid) (PLLA) Scaffolds as Potential Substrates for Cardiac Tissue Engineering. Polymers. 12(2). 451–451. 44 indexed citations

Veeranarayanan, Srivani, M. Sheikh Mohamed, Aby Cheruvathoor Poulose, et al.. (2018). Photodynamic therapy at ultra-low NIR laser power and X-Ray imaging using Cu₃BiS₃ nanocrystals. Theranostics. 8(19). 5231–5245. 38 indexed citations

Raveendran, Sreejith, Ankit Rochani, Toru Maekawa, & D. Sakthi Kumar. (2017). Smart Carriers and Nanohealers: A Nanomedical Insight on Natural Polymers. Materials. 10(8). 929–929. 41 indexed citations

Girija, Aswathy Ravindran, Trevor Mitcham, Yutaka Nagaoka, et al.. (2017). Highly versatile SPION encapsulated PLGA nanoparticles as photothermal ablators of cancer cells and as multimodal imaging agents. Biomaterials Science. 5(3). 432–443. 58 indexed citations

Raveendran, Sreejith, Anindito Sen, Toru Maekawa, & D. Sakthi Kumar. (2016). Ultra-fast microwave aided synthesis of gold nanocages and structural maneuver studies. Nano Research. 10(3). 1078–1091. 16 indexed citations

Poulose, Aby Cheruvathoor, Srivani Veeranarayanan, M. Sheikh Mohamed, et al.. (2016). Multifunctional Cu2−xTe Nanocubes Mediated Combination Therapy for Multi-Drug Resistant MDA MB 453. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 35961–35961. 55 indexed citations

Poulose, Aby Cheruvathoor, Srivani Veeranarayanan, M. Sheikh Mohamed, et al.. (2015). Characterizing the biocompatibility and tumor-imaging capability of Cu₂S nanocrystals in vivo. Nanoscale. 7(30). 13061–13074. 10 indexed citations

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Palaninathan, Vivekanandan, Neha Chauhan, Aby Cheruvathoor Poulose, et al.. (2014). Acetosulfation of bacterial cellulose: An unexplored promising incipient candidate for highly transparent thin film. Materials Express. 4(5). 415–421. 15 indexed citations

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Sivakumar, B., Aswathy Ravindran Girija, Yutaka Nagaoka, et al.. (2013). Multifunctional Carboxymethyl Cellulose-Based Magnetic Nanovector as a Theragnostic System for Folate Receptor Targeted Chemotherapy, Imaging, and Hyperthermia against Cancer. Langmuir. 29(10). 3453–3466. 84 indexed citations

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Raveendran, Sreejith, Yasuhiko Yoshida, Toru Maekawa, & D. Sakthi Kumar. (2013). Pharmaceutically versatile sulfated polysaccharide based bionano platforms. Nanomedicine Nanotechnology Biology and Medicine. 9(5). 605–626. 78 indexed citations

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Dhandayuthapani, Brahatheeswaran, Anila Mathew, Aswathy Ravindran Girija, et al.. (2012). Hybrid fluorescent curcumin loaded zein electrospun nanofibrous scaffold for biomedical applications. Biomedical Materials. 7(4). 45001–45001. 154 indexed citations

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Aravind, Athulya, Remya Nair, Srivani Veeranarayanan, et al.. (2012). AS1411 aptamer tagged PLGA‐lecithin‐PEG nanoparticles for tumor cell targeting and drug delivery. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 109(11). 2920–2931. 155 indexed citations

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Poulose, Aby Cheruvathoor, Srivani Veeranarayanan, Yasuhiko Yoshida, Toru Maekawa, & D. Sakthi Kumar. (2012). Rapid synthesis of triangular CdS nanocrystals without any trap emission. Journal of Nanoparticle Research. 14(4). 14 indexed citations

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Nair, Remya, M. Sheikh Mohamed, Wei Gao, et al.. (2012). Effect of Carbon Nanomaterials on the Germination and Growth of Rice Plants. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. 12(3). 2212–2220. 66 indexed citations

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Kumar, D. Sakthi, Srivani Veeranarayanan, Aby Cheruvathoor Poulose, et al.. (2012). Synthesis and application of luminescent single CdS quantum dot encapsulated silica nanoparticles directed for precision optical bioimaging. International Journal of Nanomedicine. 7. 3769–3769. 34 indexed citations

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Raveendran, Sreejith, Aby Cheruvathoor Poulose, Yasuhiko Yoshida, Toru Maekawa, & D. Sakthi Kumar. (2012). Bacterial exopolysaccharide based nanoparticles for sustained drug delivery, cancer chemotherapy and bioimaging. Carbohydrate Polymers. 91(1). 22–32. 71 indexed citations

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Raveendran, Sreejith, Brahatheeswaran Dhandayuthapani, Yutaka Nagaoka, et al.. (2012). Biocompatible nanofibers based on extremophilic bacterial polysaccharide, Mauran from Halomonas maura. Carbohydrate Polymers. 92(2). 1225–1233. 28 indexed citations

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Veeranarayanan, Srivani, Aby Cheruvathoor Poulose, M. Sheikh Mohamed, et al.. (2011). FITC Labeled Silica Nanoparticles as Efficient Cell Tags: Uptake and Photostability Study in Endothelial Cells. Journal of Fluorescence. 22(2). 537–548. 43 indexed citations

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