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D-Index
48
Citations
12996
World Ranking
15052
National Ranking
407

Dipankar Sen publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Dipankar Sen sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 118 publications — 5th percentile

5% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Dipankar Sen D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Dipankar Sen sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Overview

Dipankar Sen is a researcher affiliated with Simon Fraser University in Canada, specializing in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work predominantly focuses on molecular biology, with contributions also spanning organic chemistry, oncology, biomedical engineering, and electrical and electronic engineering.

Their main research topics include advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques, DNA and nucleic acid chemistry, click chemistry and its applications, RNA interference and gene delivery, biosensors and analytical detection, molecular junctions and nanostructures, and biotin and related studies.

Frequent publication venues for their research are:

  • Nucleic Acids Research
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Electrochimica Acta
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society

Sen's notable recent papers include:

  • "High specificity and tight spatial restriction of self-biotinylation by DNA and RNA G-Quadruplexes complexed in vitro and in vivo with Heme," 2020, Nucleic Acids Research
  • "CLICK-17, a DNA enzyme that harnesses ultra-low concentrations of either Cu+ or Cu2+ to catalyze the azide-alkyne 'click' reaction in water," 2020, Nucleic Acids Research
  • "A heme•DNAzyme activated by hydrogen peroxide catalytically oxidizes thioethers by direct oxygen atom transfer rather than by a Compound I-like intermediate," 2021, Nucleic Acids Research
  • "A Long and Reversibly Self-Assembling 1D DNA Nanostructure Built from Triplex and Quadruplex Hybrid Tiles," 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Ultrasensitive detection of total copper with an electrochemical biosensor built on the in cis coupling of hexynyl CLICK-17 DNAzyme with azido self-assembled monolayers," 2021, Electrochimica Acta

Their research collaborations include frequent co-authors:

  • Hua-Zhong Yu
  • Prince Kumar Lat
  • Kun Liu
  • Clayton W. Schultz
  • Qi Lin

Best Publications

  • Formation of parallel four-stranded complexes by guanine-rich motifs in DNA and its implications for meiosis

    Dipankar Sen;Walter Gilbert

  • DNA-enhanced peroxidase activity of a DNA aptamer-hemin complex

    Paola Travascio;Yingfu Li;Dipankar Sen

  • A sodium-potassium switch in the formation of four-stranded G4-DNA

    Dipankar Sen;Walter Gilbert

  • Detection of G-quadruplex DNA in mammalian cells

    Alexander Henderson;Yuliang Wu;Yu Chuan Huang;Elizabeth A. Chavez

  • A catalytic DNA for porphyrin metallation.

    Yingfu Li;Dipankar Sen

  • A ribozyme and a catalytic DNA with peroxidase activity: active sites versus cofactor-binding sites.

    Paola Travascio;Andrew J Bennet;Dennis Y Wang;Dipankar Sen

  • The Peroxidase Activity of a Hemin−DNA Oligonucleotide Complex: Free Radical Damage to Specific Guanine Bases of the DNA†

    P Travascio;P K Witting;A G Mauk;D Sen

  • Recognition of anionic porphyrins by DNA aptamers.

    Y Li;C R Geyer;D Sen

  • DNA Quadruple Helices in Nanotechnology.

    Jean-Louis Mergny;Jean-Louis Mergny;Dipankar Sen

  • The DNA structures at the ends of eukaryotic chromosomes.

    R.J. Wellinger;D. Sen

  • Evidence for the metal-cofactor independence of an RNA phosphodiester-cleaving DNA enzyme

    C.Ronald Geyer;Dipankar Sen

  • Novel DNA superstructures formed by telomere-like oligomers

    Dipankar Sen;Walter Gilbert

  • A deoxyribozyme that harnesses light to repair thymine dimers in DNA

    Daniel J.-F. Chinnapen;Dipankar Sen

  • Toward an Efficient DNAzyme

    Yingfu Li;Dipankar Sen

  • Parallel and antiparallel G-DNA structures from a complex telomeric sequence

    Eduard A. Venczel;Dipankar Sen

  • RNA and DNA complexes with hemin [Fe(III) heme] are efficient peroxidases and peroxygenases: how do they do it and what does it mean?

    Dipankar Sen;Lester C H Poon

  • Design and testing of aptamer-based electrochemical biosensors for proteins and small molecules.

    Alan K.H. Cheng;Dipankar Sen;Hua-Zhong Yu

  • Guanine quartet structures.

    Dipankar Sen;Walter Gilbert

  • Photothermal Release of Single-Stranded DNA from the Surface of Gold Nanoparticles Through Controlled Denaturating and Au−S Bond Breaking

    Lester Poon;Wesley Zandberg;Dennis Hsiao;Zach Erno

  • Voltammetric procedure for examining DNA-modified surfaces: quantitation, cationic binding activity, and electron-transfer kinetics.

    Hua-Zhong Yu;Chuan-Yun Luo;Carlo G. Sankar;Dipankar Sen

Frequent Co-Authors

Hua-Zhong Yu
Hua-Zhong Yu Simon Fraser University
Peter M. Lansdorp
Peter M. Lansdorp University of British Columbia
Walter Gilbert
Walter Gilbert Harvard University
Ryan D. Morin
Ryan D. Morin Simon Fraser University
Steven J.M. Jones
Steven J.M. Jones University of British Columbia
Yingfu Li
Yingfu Li McMaster University
Donald M. Crothers
Donald M. Crothers Yale University
Christian Steidl
Christian Steidl University of British Columbia
Marco A. Marra
Marco A. Marra University of British Columbia
Randy D. Gascoyne
Randy D. Gascoyne BC Cancer Agency

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