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Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection

Last updated June 1, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Peng Luo
Xijing Hospital
77
2
Goutam Kumar Patra
Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya
55

Rising Stars Papers

1
A new quinoline-based fluorescent-colorimetric chemosensor for sensitive and selective “on–off” detection of Pb <sup>2+</sup> ions
RSC Advances|2025
14 cit.
2
Preso enhances mGluR1-mediated excitotoxicity by modulating the phosphorylation of mGluR1-Homer1 complex and facilitating an ER stress after traumatic brain injury
Cell Death Discovery|2024
3 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Jean‐Claude Bollinger
Université de Limoges
99
2
Xinyu Cheng
Nanchang University
99
3
Vanshika Sharma
Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya
83
4
Eleanor Clare Ransdell-Green
Nebraska Medical Center
80
5
Bo Wu
Sun Yat-sen University
69
6
Javier Bonet-Aleta
Universidad de Zaragoza
64
7
Fan Wu
Unknown
50
8
Maurizio Toft
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
32
9
María Florencia Sardi Piano
Unknown
32
10
Tianqi Wang
Michigan State University
32

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Molecular properties of methylene blue, a common probe in sorption and degradation studies: a review
Environmental Chemistry Letters|2025
42 cit.
2
A new quinoline-based fluorescent-colorimetric chemosensor for sensitive and selective “on–off” detection of Pb <sup>2+</sup> ions
RSC Advances|2025
14 cit.
3
Advances in Fluorescence Techniques for the Detection of Hydroxyl Radicals near DNA and Within Organelles and Membranes
Antioxidants|2025
12 cit.
4
Endocytosis of a zinc transceptor ZIP4 is mediated by AP2 through an atypical dileucine motif
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)|2025
0 cit.
5
Short RFamide and CFamide peptides as novel positive modulators of Acid-Sensing Ion Channel 3 with similar potentiating effects but different reversibility
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)|2025
0 cit.
6
Pinostrobin targets NLRP3 assembly for treatment of NLRP3-associated inflammatory diseases
Food Science and Human Wellness|2025
0 cit.
7
An Activity-Based Sensing Approach to Monitor Nanomaterial-Promoted Changes in Labile Metal Pools in Living Systems
Chemical & Biomedical Imaging|2026
0 cit.
8
Z-Calling: a tool for A/Z (2,6-diaminopurine) base calling and dZ-DNA detection using PacBio HiFi reads
Communications Biology|2026
0 cit.
9
Desarrollo de sensores basados en proteínas fluorescentes para la detección no invasiva y dinámica de cambios redox y nucleótidos cíclicos en tripanosomátidos
LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas)|2025
0 cit.
10
Cryo-EM structures of human P2X2/3 heteromer channel reveal the structural basis of ligand selectivity
Science Advances|2026
0 cit.

All-Time Leaders

The canon

All-Time Leaders Researchers

1
Ben Zhong Tang
Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
99
2
Juyoung Yoon
Ewha Womans University
86
3
Qichun Zhang
Nanyang Technological University
69
4
Wei Huang
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College
69
5
Tony D. James
University of Bath
68
6
Mohamed Eddaoudi
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
67
7
Weihong Zhu
East China University of Science and Technology
62
8
Cheng‐Yong Su
Sun Yat-sen University
62
9
Bo Tang
Shandong Normal University
61
10
David A. Leigh
University of Manchester
61

All-Time Leaders Papers

1
Aggregation-induced emission
Chemical Society Reviews|2011
6.2k cit.
2
Excited-state intramolecular proton-transfer (ESIPT) based fluorescence sensors and imaging agents
Chemical Society Reviews|2018
1.5k cit.
3
Artificial molecular motors
Chemical Society Reviews|2017
925 cit.
4
A supermolecular building approach for the design and construction of metal–organic frameworks
Chemical Society Reviews|2014
834 cit.
5
Zeolite-like metal–organic frameworks (ZMOFs): design, synthesis, and properties
Chemical Society Reviews|2014
764 cit.
6
Clusterization-triggered emission: Uncommon luminescence from common materials
Materials Today|2019
705 cit.
7
Transcending the slow bimolecular recombination in lead-halide perovskites for electroluminescence
Nature Communications|2017
591 cit.
8
Fluorescent probes for organelle-targeted bioactive species imaging
Chemical Science|2019
590 cit.
9
Click polymerization
Chemical Society Reviews|2010
578 cit.
10
A biomimetic nanoreactor for synergistic chemiexcited photodynamic therapy and starvation therapy against tumor metastasis
Nature Communications|2018
498 cit.

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