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Materials Science

D-Index
62
Citations
13291
World Ranking
6505
National Ranking
255

Chemistry

D-Index
62
Citations
13606
World Ranking
8830
National Ranking
490

Joshua B. Edel publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Materials Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Joshua B. Edel sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 212 publications — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

Joshua B. Edel D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Joshua B. Edel sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 62 D-Index — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

Overview

Joshua B. Edel is affiliated with Imperial College London in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple disciplines, primarily within Engineering and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. The focus areas include Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, as well as Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics related to nanoscale and analytical methods, including:

  • Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies
  • Analytical Chemistry and Sensors
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Electrochemical Analysis and Applications

Joshua B. Edel has contributed to research published in several notable venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Nature Communications
  • Chemical Science
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Their recent scientific papers include:

  • Solid-state nanopore sensors, 2020, Nature Reviews Materials
  • Single-molecule amplification-free multiplexed detection of circulating microRNA cancer biomarkers from serum, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Visualising G-quadruplex DNA dynamics in live cells by fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Nanophotonic biosensors harnessing van der Waals materials, 2021, Nature Communications
  • In situ solid-state nanopore fabrication, 2021, Chemical Society Reviews

Collaborations have been established with several frequent co-authors, including:

  • Aleksandar P. Ivanov
  • Ren Ren
  • Marina K. Kuimova
  • Binoy Paulose Nadappuram
  • Xiaoyi Wang

Best Publications

  • Microdroplets: A sea of applications?

    Ansgar Huebner;Sanjiv Sharma;Monpichar Srisa-Art;Florian Hollfelder

  • Solid-state nanopore sensors

    Liang Xue;Hirohito Yamazaki;Hirohito Yamazaki;Ren Ren;Meni Wanunu

  • Single molecule sensing with solid-state nanopores: novel materials, methods, and applications

    Benjamin N. Miles;Aleksandar P. Ivanov;Kerry A. Wilson;Fatma Doğan

  • Pillar-induced droplet merging in microfluidic circuits

    Xize Niu;Shelly Gulati;Joshua B. Edel;Andrew J. deMello

  • Self-assembled nanoparticle arrays for multiphase trace analyte detection

    Michael P. Cecchini;Vladimir A. Turek;Jack Paget;Alexei A. Kornyshev

  • Quantitative detection of protein expression in single cells using droplet microfluidics.

    A. Huebner;M. Srisa-Art;D. Holt;C. Abell

  • Microfluidic routes to the controlled production of nanoparticles

    Joshua B. Edel;Robin Fortt;John C. deMello;Andrew J. deMello

  • DNA Tunneling Detector Embedded in a Nanopore

    Aleksandar P. Ivanov;Emanuele Instuli;Catriona M. McGilvery;Geoff Baldwin

  • Nanopore sensing at ultra-low concentrations using single-molecule dielectrophoretic trapping.

    Kevin J. Freedman;Lauren M. Otto;Aleksandar P. Ivanov;Avijit Barik

  • Micro- and nanofluidic systems for high-throughput biological screening.

    Jongin Hong;Joshua B. Edel;Andrew J. deMello

  • Development of quantitative cell-based enzyme assays in microdroplets.

    Ansgar Huebner;Luis F. Olguin;Daniel Bratton;Graeme Whyte

  • A microdroplet dilutor for high-throughput screening.

    Xize Niu;Fabrice Gielen;Joshua B. Edel;Andrew J. deMello;Andrew J. deMello

  • Single molecule multiplexed nanopore protein screening in human serum using aptamer modified DNA carriers.

    Jasmine Y. Y. Sze;Aleksandar P. Ivanov;Anthony E. G. Cass;Joshua B. Edel

  • Single molecule unfolding and stretching of protein domains inside a solid-state nanopore by electric field

    Kevin J. Freedman;S. Raza Haq;Joshua B. Edel;Per Jemth

  • Monitoring of Real-Time Streptavidin−Biotin Binding Kinetics Using Droplet Microfluidics

    Monpichar Srisa-Art;Emily C Dyson;Andrew J deMello;Joshua B Edel

  • Electrospun polymer nanofibers as subwavelength optical waveguides incorporating quantum dots

    Haiqing Liu;Haiqing Liu;Joshua B. Edel;Leon M. Bellan;Harold G. Craighead

  • High-Throughput DNA Droplet Assays Using Picoliter Reactor Volumes

    † Monpichar Srisa-Art;Andrew J. deMello, ,† and;Joshua B. Edel

  • Nanoscale tweezers for single-cell biopsies

    Binoy Paulose Nadappuram;Paolo Cadinu;Avijit Barik;Alexander J. Ainscough

  • Visualising G-quadruplex DNA dynamics in live cells by fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy.

    Peter A. Summers;Benjamin W. Lewis;Jorge Gonzalez-Garcia;Jorge Gonzalez-Garcia;Rosa M. Porreca;Rosa M. Porreca

  • Self-assembly of nanoparticle arrays for use as mirrors, sensors, and antennas.

    Joshua B. Edel;Alexei A. Kornyshev;Michael Urbakh

  • Chemical, thermal, and electric field induced unfolding of single protein molecules studied using nanopores.

    Kevin J. Freedman;Maike Jürgens;Anmiv Prabhu;Chi Won Ahn

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexei A. Kornyshev
Alexei A. Kornyshev Imperial College London
Harold G. Craighead
Harold G. Craighead Cornell University
Jong-In Hong
Jong-In Hong Seoul National University
Anthony Kucernak
Anthony Kucernak Imperial College London
Sang Hyun Oh
Sang Hyun Oh University of Minnesota
Per Jemth
Per Jemth Uppsala University
Stefan A. Maier
Stefan A. Maier Monash University
Florian Hollfelder
Florian Hollfelder University of Cambridge
Tom Welton
Tom Welton Imperial College London

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