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Lipid Nanoparticles

Last updated May 19, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Theresa Hunter
Unknown
582 cit.
2
Yehui Sun
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
465 cit.
3
Kexin Su
Zhejiang University
414 cit.
4
Yan Zhuo
Nanchang University
358 cit.
5
Jacob Witten
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
339 cit.
6
Kai Chen
Innovative Genomics Institute
339 cit.
7
Yue Xu
University of Toronto
294 cit.
8
Kelsey L. Swingle
University of Pennsylvania
291 cit.
9
Wei Wang
University of Macau
290 cit.
10
Eric M. Mucker
United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases
285 cit.

Rising Stars Papers

1
In vivo CAR T cell generation to treat cancer and autoimmune disease
Science|2025
193 cit.
2
In vivo editing of lung stem cells for durable gene correction in mice
Science|2024
154 cit.
3
Reformulating lipid nanoparticles for organ-targeted mRNA accumulation and translation
Nature Communications|2024
206 cit.
4
Direct cytosolic delivery of siRNA via cell membrane fusion using cholesterol-enriched exosomes
Nature Nanotechnology|2024
142 cit.
5
Artificial intelligence-guided design of lipid nanoparticles for pulmonary gene therapy
Nature Biotechnology|2024
112 cit.
6
Lung and liver editing by lipid nanoparticle delivery of a stable CRISPR–Cas9 ribonucleoprotein
Nature Biotechnology|2024
112 cit.
7
AGILE platform: a deep learning powered approach to accelerate LNP development for mRNA delivery
Nature Communications|2024
146 cit.
8
Placenta-tropic VEGF mRNA lipid nanoparticles ameliorate murine pre-eclampsia
Nature|2024
96 cit.
9
Artificial intelligence-driven rational design of ionizable lipids for mRNA delivery
Nature Communications|2024
144 cit.
10
Comparison of protection against mpox following mRNA or modified vaccinia Ankara vaccination in nonhuman primates
Cell|2024
94 cit.

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Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Michael J. Mitchell
California Institute for Regenerative Medicine
490 cit.
2
Daniel G. Anderson
Boston Children's Hospital
475 cit.
3
Hamideh Parhiz
University of Pennsylvania
295 cit.
4
Martin A. Maier
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (United States)
270 cit.
5
Angelo Lombardo
Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
257 cit.
6
Cecília Leal
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
215 cit.
7
Elias Sayour
University of Florida
192 cit.
8
Daniel J. Siegwart
Southwestern Medical Center
186 cit.
9
Bowen Li
University Health Network
133 cit.
10
Yingjie Ma
Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
133 cit.

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Endosomal escape: A bottleneck for LNP-mediated therapeutics
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2024
445 cit.
2
In vivo hematopoietic stem cell modification by mRNA delivery
Science|2023
295 cit.
3
RNA interference in the era of nucleic acid therapeutics
Nature Biotechnology|2024
180 cit.
4
Durable and efficient gene silencing in vivo by hit-and-run epigenome editing
Nature|2024
171 cit.
5
Accelerating ionizable lipid discovery for mRNA delivery using machine learning and combinatorial chemistry
Nature Materials|2024
180 cit.
6
Lipid nanoparticle topology regulates endosomal escape and delivery of RNA to the cytoplasm
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2023
215 cit.
7
RNA aggregates harness the danger response for potent cancer immunotherapy
Cell|2024
128 cit.
8
Adjuvant lipidoid-substituted lipid nanoparticles augment the immunogenicity of SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccines
Nature Nanotechnology|2023
224 cit.
9
Combinatorial design of ionizable lipid nanoparticles for muscle-selective mRNA delivery with minimized off-target effects
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2023
133 cit.
10
Advances in Nanotechnology for Enhancing the Solubility and Bioavailability of Poorly Soluble Drugs
Drug Design Development and Therapy|2024
265 cit.

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All-Time Leaders

The canon

All-Time Leaders Researchers

1
William C. Gruber
SUNY Upstate Medical University
18.1k cit.
2
Pieter R. Cullis
University of Alberta
17.3k cit.
3
Daniel J. Siegwart
Southwestern Medical Center
7.9k cit.
4
Liangfang Zhang
University of California, San Diego
7.1k cit.
5
Michael J. Hope
Arbutus Biopharma (Canada)
6.5k cit.
6
Özlem Türeci
BioNTech (Germany)
6.1k cit.
7
Uğur Şahin
BioNTech (Germany)
5.2k cit.
8
David Lyden
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
4.8k cit.
9
Kathrin U. Jansen
Pfizer (United States)
4.7k cit.
10
Marino Zerial
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics
4.7k cit.

All-Time Leaders Papers

1
Safety and Efficacy of the BNT162b2 mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine
New England Journal of Medicine|2020
15.4k cit.
2
Drug Delivery Systems: Entering the Mainstream
Science|2004
4.5k cit.
3
Efficacy and Safety of the mRNA-1273 SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine
New England Journal of Medicine|2020
10.6k cit.
4
Efficacy and Safety of the mRNA-1273 SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine
Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Gardens Kew)|2020
7.3k cit.
5
Erythrocyte membrane-camouflaged polymeric nanoparticles as a biomimetic delivery platform
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2011
2.4k cit.
6
COVID-19 vaccine BNT162b1 elicits human antibody and TH1 T cell responses
Nature|2020
2k cit.
7
Rational design of cationic lipids for siRNA delivery
Nature Biotechnology|2010
1.8k cit.
8
Selective organ targeting (SORT) nanoparticles for tissue-specific mRNA delivery and CRISPR–Cas gene editing
Nature Nanotechnology|2020
2.1k cit.
9
Systemic RNA delivery to dendritic cells exploits antiviral defence for cancer immunotherapy
Nature|2016
1.7k cit.
10
Identification of distinct nanoparticles and subsets of extracellular vesicles by asymmetric flow field-flow fractionation
Nature Cell Biology|2018
1.6k cit.

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