2026 Nancy L. Oleinick: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	68	7637	7041	3474	3120	208	25862

Overview

Nancy L. Oleinick is affiliated with Case Western Reserve University in the United States. Their main field of study is Medicine, with a focus on several subfields including Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Radiation, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Oncology, and Materials Chemistry.

Their research covers a variety of topics related to radiation therapy and its biological effects. These include:

Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry
Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques
Effects of Radiation Exposure
Photodynamic Therapy Research Studies
Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry
Nanoplatforms for Cancer Theranostics
RNA Interference and Gene Delivery

They have published research papers in several notable journals. Some recent papers include:

Ultra-high dose rate effect on circulating immune cells: A potential mechanism for FLASH effect? (2020) in Radiotherapy and Oncology
FLASH Dose Rate Effect on Circulating Immune Cells: A Potential Mechanism for FLASH-RT? (2020) in International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics
Mucosal Injection of the Silicon Phthalocyanine Pc 4 in a Rabbit Model-A Pilot Study (2024) in The Laryngoscope
A Novel Mechanistic Cell Survival Model to Replace Linear-Quadratic Model for Relative Biological Effectiveness (RBE) in Proton Therapy (2021) in International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics
Base excision repair (BER) inhibitor TRC 102 (Methoxyamine) combined with pemetrexed (PEM)-based chemo-radiation (CRT) for locally advanced non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer (NS-NSCLC): Results of a phase I trial. (2020) in Journal of Clinical Oncology

Their frequent co-authors include:

Mitchell Machtay
Feng-Ming Kong
Jian-Yue Jin
Weili Wang
Jiankui Yuan

Oleinick's publications often appear in journals such as:

International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics
Radiotherapy and Oncology
The Laryngoscope
Journal of Clinical Oncology
Frontiers in Oncology

Best Publications

Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy

Daniel J. Klionsky;Fabio C. Abdalla;Hagai Abeliovich;Robert T. Abraham

8665
Citations
Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy in higher eukaryotes

Daniel J. Klionsky;Hagai Abeliovich;Patrizia Agostinis;Devendra K. Agrawal

2934
Citations
The role of apoptosis in response to photodynamic therapy: what, where, why, and how

Nancy L. Oleinick;Rachel L. Morris;Irina Belichenko

1592
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The Photobiology of Photodynamic Therapy: Cellular Targets and Mechanisms

Nancy L. Oleinick;Helen H. Evans

801
Citations
Photodynamic Therapy Induces Rapid Cell Death by Apoptosis in L5178Y Mouse Lymphoma Cells

Munna L. Agarwal;Marian E. Clay;Ella J. Harvey;Helen H. Evans

516
Citations
Photodynamic therapy-induced apoptosis in epidermoid carcinoma cells: Reactive oxygen species and mitochondrial inner membrane permeabilization

Minh Lam;Nancy L. Oleinick;Anna Liisa Nieminen

413
Citations
Photodynamic therapy in oncology.

C. H. Sibata;Valdir C. Colussi;Nancy L Oleinick;T. J. Kinsella

364
Citations
Phthalocyanine photosensitizers for photodynamic therapy

Malcolm E. Kenney;Nancy L. Oleinick;Boris D. Rihter

351
Citations
Photodynamic therapy with the phthalocyanine photosensitizer Pc 4: The case experience with preclinical mechanistic and early clinical–translational studies

Janine D. Miller;Elma D. Baron;Heather Scull;Andrew Hsia

291
Citations
Assessing autophagy in the context of photodynamic therapy

John J. Reiners;Patrizia Agostinis;Kristian Berg;Nancy L. Oleinick

290
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Photochemical destruction of the Bcl-2 oncoprotein during photodynamic therapy with the phthalocyanine photosensitizer Pc 4.

Liang-yan Xue;Song-mao Chiu;Nancy L Oleinick

279
Citations
ATR/CHK1 inhibitors and cancer therapy.

Zhaojun Qiu;Nancy L. Oleinick;Junran Zhang

273
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Phospholipase activation triggers apoptosis in photosensitized mouse lymphoma cells

Munna L. Agarwal;Hedy E. Larkin;S. I. A. Zaidi;Hasan Mukhtar

270
Citations
Photodynamic therapy: a new concept in medical treatment

C. H. Sibata;V. C. Colussi;N. L. Oleinick;T. J. Kinsella

263
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Cell Death Pathways Associated with Photodynamic Therapy: An Update.

David Kessel;Nancy L. Oleinick

252
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APOPTOSIS DURING PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY-INDUCED ABLATION OF RIF-1 TUMORS IN C3H MICE: ELECTRON MICROSCOPIC, HISTOPATHOLOGIC AND BIOCHEMICAL EVIDENCE

S. I. A. Zaidi;N. L. Oleinick;M. T. Zaim;H. Mukhtar

225
Citations
Delivery of the photosensitizer Pc 4 in PEG–PCL micelles for in vitro PDT studies

Alyssa M. Master;Myriam E. Rodriguez;Malcolm E. Kenney;Nancy L. Oleinick

187
Citations
The formation, identification, and significance of DNA-protein cross-links in mammalian cells.

N. L. Oleinick;Song-Mao Chiu;Narayani Ramakrishnan;Liang-Yan Xue

184
Citations
The Synthesis, Photophysical and Photobiological Properties and in vitro Structure-Activity Relationships of a Set of Silicon Phthalocyanine PDT Photosensitizers

Ying-Syi Li;S. I. A. Zaidi;Michael A. J. Rodgers;Hasan Mukhtar

168
Citations
Domain-dependent photodamage to Bcl-2. A membrane anchorage region is needed to form the target of phthalocyanine photosensitization.

Jitsuo Usuda;Song Mao Chiu;Erin S. Murphy;Minh Lam

162
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