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Drug Delivery

Last updated May 19, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Peilin Lu
Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University
496 cit.
2
Isabel Abánades Lázaro
Universitat de València
480 cit.
3
Vahid Hosseini
Unknown
393 cit.
4
Oscar P. B. Wiklander
Karolinska University Hospital
293 cit.
5
Ivan V. Zelepukin
Uppsala University
292 cit.
6
Kelsey L. Swingle
University of Pennsylvania
291 cit.
7
Lin Zhang
Applied Physical Sciences (United States)
286 cit.
8
Haosheng Shen
National University of Singapore
234 cit.
9
XinXin Ge
Wenzhou Medical University
226 cit.
10
Chengcheng Feng
Shenyang Pharmaceutical University
211 cit.

Rising Stars Papers

1
Harnessing the potential of hydrogels for advanced therapeutic applications: current achievements and future directions
Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy|2024
495 cit.
2
Metal–organic frameworks for biological applications
Nature Reviews Methods Primers|2024
191 cit.
3
Preparation and Identification of Magnetic Iron Nanoparticle based on a Natural Hydrogel and its Performance in Targeted Drug Delivery
International Journal of Innovative Science and Research Technology (IJISRT)|2024
392 cit.
4
Antibody-displaying extracellular vesicles for targeted cancer therapy
Nature Biomedical Engineering|2024
116 cit.
5
Rediscovery of mononuclear phagocyte system blockade for nanoparticle drug delivery
Nature Communications|2024
145 cit.
6
Placenta-tropic VEGF mRNA lipid nanoparticles ameliorate murine pre-eclampsia
Nature|2024
96 cit.
7
Skin-inspired, sensory robots for electronic implants
Nature Communications|2024
142 cit.
8
Engineered commensals for targeted nose-to-brain drug delivery
Cell|2025
77 cit.
9
An Immunomodulatory Hydrogel Featuring Antibacterial and Reactive Oxygen Species Scavenging Properties for Treating Periodontitis in Diabetes
Advanced Materials|2024
112 cit.
10
Precisely Tailoring Molecular Structure of Doxorubicin Prodrugs to Enable Stable Nanoassembly, Rapid Activation, and Potent Antitumor Effect
Pharmaceutics|2024
210 cit.

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Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Ren‐Gen Xiong
Nanchang University
329 cit.
2
Yu Shi
Army Medical University
270 cit.
3
Martin A. Maier
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (United States)
270 cit.
4
Wei He
Tongji University
231 cit.
5
Petar Petrov
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
213 cit.
6
Samuel Sánchez
Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats
199 cit.
7
Zhen Gu
Zhejiang University of Science and Technology
194 cit.
8
Shanmugam Anandakumar
University of Madras
192 cit.
9
Wei Tao
Brigham and Women's Hospital
171 cit.
10
Pow‐Seng Yap
Queen's University Belfast
141 cit.

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Biodegradable ferroelectric molecular crystal with large piezoelectric response
Science|2024
219 cit.
2
Identification of hypoxic macrophages in glioblastoma with therapeutic potential for vasculature normalization
Cancer Cell|2024
180 cit.
3
RNA interference in the era of nucleic acid therapeutics
Nature Biotechnology|2024
180 cit.
4
Multifunctional nanoparticle-mediated combining therapy for human diseases
Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy|2024
461 cit.
5
Natural and Synthetic Polymers for Biomedical and Environmental Applications
Polymers|2024
426 cit.
6
Urease-powered nanobots for radionuclide bladder cancer therapy
Nature Nanotechnology|2024
159 cit.
7
Scarless wound healing programmed by core-shell microneedles
Nature Communications|2023
291 cit.
8
Review of the efficacy of nanoparticle-based drug delivery systems for cancer treatment
Biomedical Technology|2023
577 cit.
9
Trials and Tribulations of MicroRNA Therapeutics
International Journal of Molecular Sciences|2024
308 cit.
10
Microneedle biomedical devices
Nature Reviews Bioengineering|2023
182 cit.

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All-Time Leaders

The canon

All-Time Leaders Researchers

1
Mauro Ferrari
Cornell University
19.8k cit.
2
Hongjie Dai
Stanford University
17.4k cit.
3
Zhigang Suo
Harvard University
15.8k cit.
4
Matthew J. A. Wood
University of Oxford
14.3k cit.
5
Shuming Nie
Georgia Institute of Technology
14.2k cit.
6
Pieter R. Cullis
University of Alberta
13.5k cit.
7
Ruxandra Gref
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
10.4k cit.
8
David A. Tuveson
Unknown
9.4k cit.
9
Róbert Langer
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
8.7k cit.
10
David Mooney
Harvard University
7.7k cit.

All-Time Leaders Papers

1
Principles of nanoparticle design for overcoming biological barriers to drug delivery
Nature Biotechnology|2015
6.6k cit.
2
Highly stretchable and tough hydrogels
Nature|2012
5.3k cit.
3
Delivery of siRNA to the mouse brain by systemic injection of targeted exosomes
Nature Biotechnology|2011
4.8k cit.
4
In vivo cancer targeting and imaging with semiconductor quantum dots
Nature Biotechnology|2004
4.7k cit.
5
Drug Delivery Systems: Entering the Mainstream
Science|2004
4.5k cit.
6
Health Behavior and Health Education: Theory, Research, and Practice
Annals of Internal Medicine|1992
13.3k cit.
7
Nanomaterials: A Membrane-Based Synthetic Approach
Science|1994
4k cit.
8
Porous metal–organic-framework nanoscale carriers as a potential platform for drug delivery and imaging
Nature Materials|2009
4.2k cit.
9
Inhibition of Hedgehog Signaling Enhances Delivery of Chemotherapy in a Mouse Model of Pancreatic Cancer
Science|2009
3.1k cit.
10
Biodegradable Long-Circulating Polymeric Nanospheres
Science|1994
2.9k cit.

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