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Philip Demokritou

Philip Demokritou

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
63
Citations
10304
World Ranking
6319
National Ranking
1604

Philip Demokritou 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 Philip Demokritou sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 177 publications — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Philip Demokritou 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 Philip Demokritou sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 63 D-Index — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Philip Demokritou is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research spans Environmental Science and Materials Science, with a particular focus on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Biomaterials, and Pollution.

The main topics of Demokritou's work cover:

  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications
  • Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
  • Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols

Frequent publication venues where Demokritou has contributed include:

  • NanoImpact
  • Nanomaterials
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Particle and Fibre Toxicology
  • Environmental Science & Technology

They have collaborated extensively with the following co-authors:

  • Glen M. DeLoid
  • Dilpreet Singh
  • Kee Woei Ng
  • Dimitrios Bitounis
  • Jason C. White

Representative recent publications by Philip Demokritou include:

  • "Plastics can be used more sustainably in agriculture" (2023, Communications Earth & Environment)
  • "Enhancing Agrichemical Delivery and Seedling Development with Biodegradable, Tunable, Biopolymer-Based Nanofiber Seed Coatings" (2020, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering)
  • "High-throughput coating with biodegradable antimicrobial pullulan fibres extends shelf life and reduces weight loss in an avocado model" (2022, Nature Food)
  • "Banning carbon nanotubes would be scientifically unjustified and damaging to innovation" (2020, Nature Nanotechnology)
  • "Prediction of protein corona on nanomaterials by machine learning using novel descriptors" (2020, NanoImpact)

Best Publications

  • Estimating the effective density of engineered nanomaterials for in vitro dosimetry

    Glen DeLoid;Joel M. Cohen;Tom Darrah;Raymond Derk

  • Nanotechnology for sustainable food production: promising opportunities and scientific challenges

    Sónia M. Rodrigues;Philip Demokritou;Nick Dokoozlian;Christine Ogilvie Hendren

  • Synthesis of Precision Gold Nanoparticles Using Turkevich Method

    Jiaqi Dong;Paul L. Carpinone;Georgios Pyrgiotakis;Philip Demokritou

  • Preparation, characterization, and in vitro dosimetry of dispersed, engineered nanomaterials

    Glen M DeLoid;Joel M Cohen;Georgios Pyrgiotakis;Philip Demokritou

  • Interactions of engineered nanomaterials in physiological media and implications for in vitro dosimetry

    Joel Cohen;Glen DeLoid;Georgios Pyrgiotakis;Philip Demokritou

  • An integrated approach for the in vitro dosimetry of engineered nanomaterials.

    Joel M Cohen;Justin G Teeguarden;Philip Demokritou

  • Reducing Intestinal Digestion and Absorption of Fat Using a Nature-Derived Biopolymer: Interference of Triglyceride Hydrolysis by Nanocellulose.

    Glen M. DeLoid;Ikjot Singh Sohal;Laura R. Lorente;Ramon M. Molina

  • Nanotechnology to the rescue: using nano-enabled approaches in microbiological food safety and quality.

    Mary Eleftheriadou;Georgios Pyrgiotakis;Philip Demokritou

  • An in vivo and in vitro toxicological characterisation of realistic nanoscale CeO2 inhalation exposures

    Philip Demokritou;Samuel Gass;Georgios Pyrgiotakis;Joel M. Cohen

  • High-Throughput Screening Platform for Engineered Nanoparticle-Mediated Genotoxicity Using CometChip Technology

    Christa Watson;Jing Ge;Joel Cohen;Georgios Pyrgiotakis

  • Advanced computational modeling for in vitro nanomaterial dosimetry.

    Glen M. DeLoid;Joel M. Cohen;Georgios Pyrgiotakis;Sandra V. Pirela

  • Ingested engineered nanomaterials: state of science in nanotoxicity testing and future research needs

    Ikjot Singh Sohal;Kevin S. O’Fallon;Peter Gaines;Philip Demokritou

  • The yin: an adverse health perspective of nanoceria: uptake, distribution, accumulation, and mechanisms of its toxicity

    Robert A. Yokel;Salik Hussain;Stavros Garantziotis;Philip Demokritou

  • An integrated methodology for assessing the impact of food matrix and gastrointestinal effects on the biokinetics and cellular toxicity of ingested engineered nanomaterials.

    Glen M. DeLoid;Yanli Wang;Klara Kapronezai;Laura Rubio Lorente

  • Toxicological effects of ingested nanocellulose in in vitro intestinal epithelium and in vivo rat models.

    Glen M DeLoid;Xiaoqiong Cao;Ramon M Molina;Daniel Imbassahy Silva

  • Short-term exposure to engineered nanomaterials affects cellular epigenome

    Xiaoyan Lu;Isabelle R. Miousse;Sandra V. Pirela;Stepan Melnyk

  • Protein corona: implications for nanoparticle interactions with pulmonary cells

    Nagarjun V. Konduru;Ramon M. Molina;Archana Swami;Flavia Damiani

  • Physicochemical and colloidal aspects of food matrix effects on gastrointestinal fate of ingested inorganic nanoparticles.

    David Julian McClements;David Julian McClements;Hang Xiao;Philip Demokritou

  • Development of a High Volume Cascade Impactor for Toxicological and Chemical Characterization Studies

    P. Demokritou;I. G. Kavouras;S. T. Ferguson;P. Koutrakis

  • The Role of the Food Matrix and Gastrointestinal Tract in the assessment of biological properties of ingested engineered nanomaterials (iENMs): State of the science and knowledge gaps.

    David Julian McClements;Glen DeLoid;Georgios Pyrgiotakis;Jo Anne Shatkin

  • Engineering safer-by-design silica-coated ZnO nanorods with reduced DNA damage potential

    Georgios A. Sotiriou;Christa Watson;Kimberly M. Murdaugh;Thomas H. Darrah

Frequent Co-Authors

Petros Koutrakis
Petros Koutrakis Harvard University
Vincent Castranova
Vincent Castranova West Virginia University
Joel E. Cohen
Joel E. Cohen Rockefeller University
Ilias G. Kavouras
Ilias G. Kavouras City University of New York
David Julian McClements
David Julian McClements University of Massachusetts Amherst
Jason C. White
Jason C. White Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
Magdiel Inggrid Setyawati
Magdiel Inggrid Setyawati Nanyang Technological University
Yon Rojanasakul
Yon Rojanasakul West Virginia University
Tarun Gupta
Tarun Gupta Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Say Chye Joachim Loo
Say Chye Joachim Loo Nanyang Technological University

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