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Materials Science

D-Index
99
Citations
40876
World Ranking
1091
National Ranking
43

Kostas Kostarelos 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 Kostas Kostarelos sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 398 publications — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kostas Kostarelos 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 Kostas Kostarelos sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 211 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 450 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 612 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 612 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 598 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 657 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 667 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 621 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 597 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 610 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 587 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 606 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 533 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 490 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 469 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 378 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 421 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 359 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 323 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 299 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 230 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 210 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 195 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 203 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 175 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 175 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 142 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 121 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 117 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 107 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 88 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 85 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 68 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 62 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 57 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 45 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 49 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 50 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 34 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 38 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 29 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 28 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 24 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 33 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 28 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 21 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 20 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 23 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 17 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 12 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 17 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 21 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 13 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 11 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 13 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 4 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 4 scientists 164 D-Index: 3 scientists 165+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 99 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

Kostas Kostarelos is affiliated with the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom and is an active researcher primarily in the fields of Engineering and Materials Science. Their work spans subfields including Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, and Biomaterials.

The researcher's publication record includes several recent papers, reflecting the scope and diversity of their scientific contributions. Some notable papers include:

  • Production and processing of graphene and related materials, 2020, 2D Materials
  • Trends in Micro-/Nanorobotics: Materials Development, Actuation, Localization, and System Integration for Biomedical Applications, 2020, Advanced Materials
  • Viscoelastic surface electrode arrays to interface with viscoelastic tissues, 2021, Nature Nanotechnology
  • Nanotools for Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment, 2020, Advanced Healthcare Materials
  • Full-bandwidth electrophysiology of seizures and epileptiform activity enabled by flexible graphene microtransistor depth neural probes, 2021, Nature Nanotechnology

Their research topics notably focus on:

  • Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications
  • Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
  • Graphene research and applications
  • Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications
  • Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics
  • Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery
  • Carbon and Quantum Dots Applications

Kostas Kostarelos collaborates frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Neus Lozano
  • Cyrill Bussy
  • Sandra Vranic
  • José A. Garrido
  • Thomas Kisby

Their publications have appeared consistently in venues such as:

  • Nature Nanotechnology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nanoscale
  • Small
  • ACS Nano

Best Publications

  • Applications of carbon nanotubes in drug delivery

    Alberto Bianco;Kostas Kostarelos;Maurizio Prato

  • Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes for Plasmid DNA Gene Delivery

    Davide Pantarotto;Davide Pantarotto;Ravi Singh;David McCarthy;Mathieu Erhardt

  • Cellular uptake of functionalized carbon nanotubes is independent of functional group and cell type.

    Kostas Kostarelos;Lara Lacerda;Giorgia Pastorin;Wei Wu

  • Biomedical applications of functionalised carbon nanotubes

    Alberto Bianco;Kostas Kostarelos;Charalambos D. Partidos;Maurizio Prato

  • Tissue biodistribution and blood clearance rates of intravenously administered carbon nanotube radiotracers

    Ravi Singh;Davide Pantarotto;Lara Lacerda;Giorgia Pastorin

  • Functionalized carbon nanotubes in drug design and discovery.

    Maurizio Prato;Kostas Kostarelos;Alberto Bianco

  • Carbon nanotubes as nanomedicines: from toxicology to pharmacology.

    Lara Lacerda;Alberto Bianco;Maurizio Prato;Kostas Kostarelos

  • Binding and condensation of plasmid DNA onto functionalized carbon nanotubes: toward the construction of nanotube-based gene delivery vectors.

    Ravi Singh;Davide Pantarotto;David McCarthy;Olivier Chaloin

  • Promises, facts and challenges for carbon nanotubes in imaging and therapeutics

    K. Kostarelos;A. Bianco;M. Prato

  • Multifunctional biohybrid magnetite microrobots for imaging-guided therapy

    Xiaohui Yan;Qi Zhou;Melissa Vincent;Yan Deng

  • Nanocomposite Hydrogels: 3D Polymer–Nanoparticle Synergies for On-Demand Drug Delivery

    Sonia Merino;Cristina Martín;Kostas Kostarelos;Maurizio Prato

  • Liposomes: From a Clinically Established Drug Delivery System to a Nanoparticle Platform for Theranostic Nanomedicine

    Wafa' T Al-Jamal;Kostas Kostarelos

  • Prospects and Challenges of Graphene in Biomedical Applications

    Dimitrios Bitounis;Hanene Ali-Boucetta;Hanene Ali-Boucetta;Byung Hee Hong;Dal Hee Min

  • Functionalized carbon nanotubes as emerging nanovectors for the delivery of therapeutics

    Cédric Klumpp;Kostas Kostarelos;Maurizio Prato;Alberto Bianco

  • Safety assessment of graphene-based materials: focus on human health and the environment

    Bengt Fadeel;Cyrill Bussy;Sonia Merino;Ester Vázquez

  • Water-based and biocompatible 2D crystal inks for all-inkjet-printed heterostructures

    Daryl McManus;Sandra Vranic;Freddie Withers;Veronica Sanchez-Romaguera

  • Diameter and rigidity of multiwalled carbon nanotubes are critical factors in mesothelial injury and carcinogenesis

    Hirotaka Nagai;Yasumasa Okazaki;Shan Hwu Chew;Nobuaki Misawa

  • Controlled In Vivo Swimming of a Swarm of Bacteria‐Like Microrobotic Flagella

    Ania Servant;Ania Servant;Famin Qiu;Mariarosa Mazza;Mariarosa Mazza;Kostas Kostarelos;Kostas Kostarelos

  • The long and short of carbon nanotube toxicity

    Kostas Kostarelos

  • Double functionalisation of carbon nanotubes for multimodal drug delivery

    Giorgia Pastorin;Wei Wu;Sébastien Wieckowski;Jean Paul Briand

  • Classification framework for graphene-based materials

    Peter Wick;Anna E. Louw-Gaume;Melanie Kucki;Harald F. Krug

Frequent Co-Authors

Maurizio Prato
Maurizio Prato University of Trieste
Alberto Bianco
Alberto Bianco University of Strasbourg
Khuloud T. Al-Jamal
Khuloud T. Al-Jamal King's College London
Cécilia Ménard-Moyon
Cécilia Ménard-Moyon French National Centre for Scientific Research
Bengt Fadeel
Bengt Fadeel Karolinska Institute
Ester Vázquez
Ester Vázquez University of Castilla-La Mancha
Laura Ballerini
Laura Ballerini University of Trieste
Cinzia Casiraghi
Cinzia Casiraghi University of Manchester
Francesca M. Toma
Francesca M. Toma Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Sumio Iijima
Sumio Iijima Meijo University

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