Warren C. W. Chan

70.3k total citations · 32 hit papers
190 papers, 53.2k citations indexed

About

Warren C. W. Chan is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology and Biomaterials. According to data from OpenAlex, Warren C. W. Chan has authored 190 papers receiving a total of 53.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 97 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 92 papers in Molecular Biology and 72 papers in Biomaterials. Recurrent topics in Warren C. W. Chan's work include Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery (70 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (59 papers) and Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications (43 papers). Warren C. W. Chan is often cited by papers focused on Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery (70 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (59 papers) and Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications (43 papers). Warren C. W. Chan collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Singapore. Warren C. W. Chan's co-authors include Shuming Nie, Devika B. Chithrani, Carl Walkey, Arezou A. Ghazani, Alexandre Albanese, Sangeeta N. Bhatia, Austin M. Derfus, Peter S. Tang, Qin Dai and Anthony J. Tavares and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, New England Journal of Medicine and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Warren C. W. Chan

185 papers receiving 52.4k citations

Hit Papers

Quantum Dot Bioconjugates... 1998 2026 2007 2016 1998 2016 2006 2012 2003 2.0k 4.0k 6.0k
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. Quantum Dot Bioconjugates for Ultrasensitive Nonisotopic Detection
    1998 6.1k citations Warren C. W. Chan et al. Science profile →
  2. Analysis of nanoparticle delivery to tumours
    2016 4.0k citations Qin Dai, Seiichi Ohta et al. profile →
  3. Determining the Size and Shape Dependence of Gold Nanoparticle Uptake into Mammalian Cells
    2006 3.9k citations Warren C. W. Chan et al. Nano Letters profile →
  4. The Effect of Nanoparticle Size, Shape, and Surface Chemistry on Biological Systems
    2012 3.0k citations Alexandre Albanese, Peter S. Tang et al. profile →
  5. Probing the Cytotoxicity of Semiconductor Quantum Dots
    2003 2.8k citations Warren C. W. Chan et al. Nano Letters profile →
  6. Elucidating the Mechanism of Cellular Uptake and Removal of Protein-Coated Gold Nanoparticles of Different Sizes and Shapes
    2007 1.9k citations Warren C. W. Chan et al. Nano Letters profile →
  7. Nanoparticle Size and Surface Chemistry Determine Serum Protein Adsorption and Macrophage Uptake
    2011 1.6k citations Warren C. W. Chan et al. profile →
  8. Luminescent quantum dots for multiplexed biological detection and imaging
    2002 1.6k citations Warren C. W. Chan et al. profile →
  9. Understanding and controlling the interaction of nanomaterials with proteins in a physiological environment
    2011 1.4k citations Warren C. W. Chan et al. profile →
  10. The entry of nanoparticles into solid tumours
    2020 1.3k citations Shrey Sindhwani, Abdullah M. Syed et al. Nature Materials profile →
  11. Diagnosing COVID-19: The Disease and Tools for Detection
    2020 1.3k citations Ayden Malekjahani, Matthew Osborne et al. ACS Nano profile →
  12. Mediating Tumor Targeting Efficiency of Nanoparticles Through Design
    2009 1.3k citations Warren C. W. Chan et al. Nano Letters profile →
  13. Porphysome nanovesicles generated by porphyrin bilayers for use as multimodal biophotonic contrast agents
    2011 1.2k citations Warren C. W. Chan, Gang Zheng et al. Nature Materials profile →
  14. Nanoparticle–liver interactions: Cellular uptake and hepatobiliary elimination
    2016 1.1k citations Yi-Nan Zhang, Wilson Poon et al. profile →
  15. Nanocrystal targeting in vivo
    2002 1.0k citations Warren C. W. Chan et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  16. Nanomedicine
    2010 867 citations Warren C. W. Chan et al. profile →
  17. Mechanism of hard-nanomaterial clearance by the liver
    2016 766 citations Kim M. Tsoi, Sonya A. MacParland et al. Nature Materials profile →
  18. Effect of Gold Nanoparticle Aggregation on Cell Uptake and Toxicity
    2011 711 citations Alexandre Albanese, Warren C. W. Chan ACS Nano profile →
  19. Protein Corona Fingerprinting Predicts the Cellular Interaction of Gold and Silver Nanoparticles
    2014 658 citations Fayi Song, Warren C. W. Chan et al. ACS Nano profile →
  20. Strategies for the intracellular delivery of nanoparticles
    2010 652 citations Warren C. W. Chan et al. profile →
  21. Assessing the Effect of Surface Chemistry on Gold Nanorod Uptake, Toxicity, and Gene Expression in Mammalian Cells
    2007 581 citations Warren C. W. Chan et al. profile →
  22. Synthesis and Surface Modification of Highly Monodispersed, Spherical Gold Nanoparticles of 50−200 nm
    2009 538 citations Warren C. W. Chan et al. profile →
  23. Nanotoxicity: the growing need for in vivo study
    2007 535 citations Warren C. W. Chan et al. profile →
  24. Investigating the Impact of Nanoparticle Size on Active and Passive Tumor Targeting Efficiency
    2014 531 citations Edward A. Sykes, Juan Chen et al. ACS Nano profile →
  25. Quantum Dots in Biological and Biomedical Research: Recent Progress and Present Challenges
    2006 521 citations Warren C. W. Chan et al. profile →
  26. Quantifying the Ligand-Coated Nanoparticle Delivery to Cancer Cells in Solid Tumors
    2018 512 citations Qin Dai, Abdullah M. Syed et al. ACS Nano profile →
  27. Elimination Pathways of Nanoparticles
    2019 422 citations Wilson Poon, Yi-Nan Zhang et al. ACS Nano profile →
  28. A framework for designing delivery systems
    2020 422 citations Wilson Poon, Benjamin R. Kingston et al. profile →
  29. The dose threshold for nanoparticle tumour delivery
    2020 412 citations Ben Ouyang, Wilson Poon et al. Nature Materials profile →
  30. Why nanoparticles prefer liver macrophage cell uptake in vivo
    2022 167 citations Wayne Ngo, Qin Ji et al. profile →
  31. The mechanisms of nanoparticle delivery to solid tumours
    2024 129 citations Luan N. Nguyen, Wayne Ngo et al. profile →
  32. The exit of nanoparticles from solid tumours
    2023 113 citations Luan N. Nguyen, Zachary P. Lin et al. Nature Materials profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Warren C. W. Chan Canada 82 23.4k 22.3k 19.4k 18.1k 7.3k 190 53.2k
Yuliang Zhao China 128 25.5k 1.1× 29.0k 1.3× 13.5k 0.7× 10.5k 0.6× 4.0k 0.5× 622 54.5k
Chunying Chen China 117 20.6k 0.9× 21.8k 1.0× 10.8k 0.6× 10.5k 0.6× 3.7k 0.5× 749 46.7k
Wolfgang J. Parak Germany 109 15.5k 0.7× 23.1k 1.0× 12.8k 0.7× 12.2k 0.7× 9.2k 1.3× 442 45.3k
Vincent M. Rotello United States 118 19.1k 0.8× 23.4k 1.0× 22.9k 1.2× 12.6k 0.7× 12.1k 1.6× 684 59.4k
Weihong Tan China 154 35.3k 1.5× 24.0k 1.1× 56.4k 2.9× 8.6k 0.5× 6.1k 0.8× 1.2k 85.3k
Omid C. Farokhzad United States 114 28.7k 1.2× 11.6k 0.5× 24.9k 1.3× 29.4k 1.6× 2.8k 0.4× 224 62.8k
Jianlin Shi China 155 38.6k 1.7× 49.5k 2.2× 12.3k 0.6× 17.6k 1.0× 6.6k 0.9× 1.0k 85.7k
Patrick Couvreur France 105 16.1k 0.7× 12.9k 0.6× 16.1k 0.8× 22.5k 1.2× 3.1k 0.4× 581 56.3k
Shuming Nie United States 78 14.0k 0.6× 17.7k 0.8× 13.3k 0.7× 7.4k 0.4× 6.3k 0.9× 214 35.2k
Sanjiv S. Gambhir United States 123 25.0k 1.1× 13.0k 0.6× 24.2k 1.2× 7.3k 0.4× 4.1k 0.6× 713 65.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Warren C. W. Chan

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Khan, Shahbaz, Wayne Ngo, Jamie L. Y. Wu, et al.. (2025). Phenotypic screens for SIRPA expression reveal RAB21 as a general regulator of macrophage surface identity. Cell Reports. 44(7). 115921–115921.
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Malekjahani, Ayden, et al.. (2024). Engineering a Rigid Nucleic Acid Structure to Improve the Limit of Detection for Genetic Assays. Analytical Chemistry. 96(23). 9729–9736. 3 indexed citations
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MacMillan, Presley, Abdullah M. Syed, Benjamin R. Kingston, et al.. (2023). Toward Predicting Nanoparticle Distribution in Heterogeneous Tumor Tissues. Nano Letters. 23(15). 7197–7205. 14 indexed citations
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Nguyen, Luan N., Zachary P. Lin, Shrey Sindhwani, et al.. (2023). The exit of nanoparticles from solid tumours. Nature Materials. 22(10). 1261–1272. 113 indexed citations breakdown →
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Liz‐Marzán, Luis M., André E. Nel, C. Jeffrey Brinker, et al.. (2022). What Do We Mean When We Say Nanomedicine?. ACS Nano. 16(9). 13257–13259. 40 indexed citations
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Stordy, Benjamin, et al.. (2022). Conjugating Ligands to an Equilibrated Nanoparticle Protein Corona Enables Cell Targeting in Serum. Chemistry of Materials. 34(15). 6868–6882. 36 indexed citations
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Ouyang, Ben, Benjamin R. Kingston, Wilson Poon, et al.. (2022). Impact of Tumor Barriers on Nanoparticle Delivery to Macrophages. Molecular Pharmaceutics. 19(6). 1917–1925. 10 indexed citations
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Kingston, Benjamin R., Zachary P. Lin, Ben Ouyang, et al.. (2021). Specific Endothelial Cells Govern Nanoparticle Entry into Solid Tumors. ACS Nano. 15(9). 14080–14094. 99 indexed citations
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Sindhwani, Shrey & Warren C. W. Chan. (2021). Nanotechnology for modern medicine: next step towards clinical translation. Journal of Internal Medicine. 290(3). 486–498. 120 indexed citations
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Chan, Warren C. W., Ali Khademhosseini, Helmuth Möhwald, et al.. (2017). Accelerating Advances in Science, Engineering, and Medicine through Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. ACS Nano. 11(4). 3423–3424. 7 indexed citations
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Chan, Warren C. W.. (2017). Nanomedicine 2.0. Accounts of Chemical Research. 50(3). 627–632. 105 indexed citations
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Sykes, Edward A., Qin Dai, Christopher D. Sarsons, et al.. (2016). Tailoring nanoparticle designs to target cancer based on tumor pathophysiology. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(9). E1142–51. 221 indexed citations
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MacParland, Sonya A., Kim M. Tsoi, Ben Ouyang, et al.. (2016). Phenotype Determines Nanoparticle Uptake by Human Macrophages from Liver and Blood. ACS Nano. 11(3). 2428–2443. 186 indexed citations
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Tsoi, Kim M., Sonya A. MacParland, Vinzent N. Spetzler, et al.. (2016). Mechanism of hard-nanomaterial clearance by the liver. Nature Materials. 15(11). 1212–1221. 766 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ohta, Seiichi, et al.. (2016). DNA-controlled dynamic colloidal nanoparticle systems for mediating cellular interaction. Science. 351(6275). 841–845. 186 indexed citations
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Albanese, Alexandre, Kim M. Tsoi, & Warren C. W. Chan. (2013). Simultaneous Quantification of Cells and Nanomaterials by Inductive-Coupled Plasma Techniques. SLAS TECHNOLOGY. 18(1). 99–104. 18 indexed citations
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Albanese, Alexandre, et al.. (2013). Tumour-on-a-chip provides an optical window into nanoparticle tissue transport. Nature Communications. 4(1). 2718–2718. 261 indexed citations
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Song, Fayi, et al.. (2012). Nonblinking Plasmonic Quantum Dot Assemblies for Multiplex Biological Detection. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 51(35). 8773–8777. 41 indexed citations
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Albanese, Alexandre & Warren C. W. Chan. (2011). Effect of Gold Nanoparticle Aggregation on Cell Uptake and Toxicity. ACS Nano. 5(7). 5478–5489. 711 indexed citations breakdown →
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Chan, Warren C. W.. (2006). Bionanotechnology Progress and Advances. Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation. 12(1). 87–91. 58 indexed citations

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