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D-Index
66
Citations
15751
World Ranking
8658
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3886

Nejat Düzgüneş publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Nejat Düzgüneş sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 240 publications — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Nejat Düzgüneş D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Nejat Düzgüneş sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 66 D-Index — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Nejat Düzgüneş is affiliated with the University of the Pacific in the United States and has a research portfolio primarily focused on medicine, with specific contributions in epidemiology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, periodontics, immunology, and infectious diseases.

Their recent published papers include:

  • Bacteriophage Therapy of Bacterial Infections: The Rediscovered Frontier, 2021, Pharmaceuticals
  • Inhibition of Viral Membrane Fusion by Peptides and Approaches to Peptide Design, 2021, Pathogens

The scientist collaborates frequently with several coauthors, including Metin Yıldırım, Jaroslaw Piskorz, Krystyna Konopka, Melike Sessevmez, and Adria Frazier.

Nejat Düzgüneş has published work in multiple venues, with frequent contributions in Oral, F1000Research, Preprints.org, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and the International Journal of Molecular Sciences.

Their main research topics encompass:

  • Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry
  • Oral microbiology and periodontitis research
  • Respiratory viral infections research
  • Photodynamic Therapy Research Studies
  • Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics
  • Otolaryngology and Infectious Diseases
  • Health and Medical Research Impacts

Scientific output includes studies on bacteriophage therapy for bacterial infections and antiviral approaches involving peptide inhibitors of viral membrane fusion. Their work also intersects with cancer research, photodynamic therapy, and the chemical investigation of porphyrin compounds.

Best Publications

  • Gene delivery by lipoplexes and polyplexes

    Conchita Tros de Ilarduya;Yan Sun;Nejat Düzgüneş

  • Studies on the mechanism of membrane fusion: kinetics of calcium ion induced fusion of phosphatidylserine vesicles followed by a new assay for mixing of aqueous vesicle contents.

    Jan Wilschut;Nejat Duzgunes;Robert Fraley;Demetrios Papahadjopoulos

  • On the formulation of pH-sensitive liposomes with long circulation times

    Sérgio Simões;João Nuno Moreira;Cristina Fonseca;Nejat Düzgüneş

  • Cationic lipid-DNA complexes in gene delivery: from biophysics to biological applications.

    Maria C Pedroso de Lima;Sérgio Simões;Pedro Pires;Henrique Faneca

  • Expression of recombinant proteins in Pichia pastoris.

    Pingzuo Li;Pingzuo Li;Anukanth Anumanthan;Xiu Gong Gao;Kuppusamy Ilangovan

  • Studies on the mechanism of membrane fusion. Role of head-group composition in calcium- and magnesium-induced fusion of mixed phospholipid vesicles

    Nejat Düzgünes;Jan Wilschut;Robert Fraley;Demetrios Papahadjopoulos

  • Calcium/magnesium specificity in membrane fusion: kinetics of aggregation and fusion of phosphatidylserine vesicles and the role of bilayer curvature

    Jan Wilschut;Nejat Duzgunes;Demetrios Papahadjopoulos

  • Cationic liposomes for gene delivery.

    Sérgio Simões;Ana Filipe;Henrique Faneca;Miguel Mano

  • Sterically Stabilized pH-sensitive Liposomes INTRACELLULAR DELIVERY OF AQUEOUS CONTENTS AND PROLONGED CIRCULATION IN VIVO

    Vladimir A. Slepushkin;Sérgio Simões;Paul Dazin;Mary S. Newman

  • Mechanisms and kinetics of liposome-cell interactions

    Nejat Düzgüneş;Shlomo Nir

  • pH-sensitive liposomes mediate cytoplasmic delivery of encapsulated macromolecules.

    Robert M. Straubinger;Nejat Düzgünes;Demetrios Papahadjopoulos

  • Molecular mechanisms of calcium-induced membrane fusion.

    Demetrios Papahadjopoulos;Shlomo Nir;Nejat Düzgünes

  • Proton-induced fusion of oleic acid-phosphatidylethanolamine liposomes.

    Nejat Duzgunes;Robert M. Straubinger;Patricia A. Baldwin;Daniel S. Friend

  • Gene delivery by negatively charged ternary complexes of DNA, cationic liposomes and transferrin or fusigenic peptides

    S Simões;S Simões;V Slepushkin;R Gaspar;MC Pedroso de Lima

  • Regulation of gene expression in vivo by liposome-mediated delivery of a purified transcription factor.

    Robert J. Debs;L. P. Freedman;S. Edmunds;K. L. Gaensler

  • Lipid mixing during membrane aggregation and fusion: why fusion assays disagree.

    Nejat Duzgunes;Theresa M. Allen;Jane Fedor;Demetrios Papahadjopoulos

  • Mechanisms of gene transfer mediated by lipoplexes associated with targeting ligands or pH-sensitive peptides

    S Simões;V Slepushkin;P Pires;P Pires;R Gaspar

  • Fusion of liposomes containing a novel cationic lipid, N-[2,3-(dioleyloxy)propyl]-N,N,N-trimethylammonium: induction by multivalent anions and asymmetric fusion with acidic phospholipid vesicles.

    Nejat Duzgunes;Jayne A. Goldstein;Daniel S. Friend;Philip L. Felgner

  • On the mechanisms of internalization and intracellular delivery mediated by pH-sensitive liposomes

    Sérgio Simões;Vladimir Slepushkin;Nejat Düzgünes;Maria C. Pedroso de Lima

  • Human serum albumin enhances DNA transfection by lipoplexes and confers resistance to inhibition by serum

    Sérgio Simões;Sérgio Simões;Vladimir Slepushkin;Pedro Pires;Rogério Gaspar

Frequent Co-Authors

Demetrios Papahadjopoulos
Demetrios Papahadjopoulos University of California, San Francisco
Sérgio Simões
Sérgio Simões University of Coimbra
Shlomo Nir
Shlomo Nir Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Dick Hoekstra
Dick Hoekstra University Medical Center Groningen
Jan Wilschut
Jan Wilschut University Medical Center Groningen
Keelung Hong
Keelung Hong California Pacific Medical Center
Daniel S. Friend
Daniel S. Friend Brigham and Women's Hospital
João Ramalho-Santos
João Ramalho-Santos University of Coimbra
John J. Rossi
John J. Rossi City Of Hope National Medical Center
Carl Djerassi
Carl Djerassi Stanford University

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