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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Chemistry 72 5296 4810 1652 1378 351 17363

Steven A. Soper publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Steven A. Soper between 1988 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Steven A. Soper published across 38 years, from 1988 to 2025, averaging 11.1 papers a year. Output peaked at 37 publications in 2006. 16 of the 420 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1988 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 37. Peak 37 publications in 2006. 1988: 1 publication 1989: 4 publications 1990: 4 publications 1991: 4 publications 1992: 3 publications 1993: 3 publications 1994: 4 publications 1995: 6 publications 1996: 7 publications 1997: 7 publications 1998: 5 publications 1999: 7 publications 2000: 8 publications 2001: 9 publications 2002: 14 publications 2003: 12 publications 2004: 13 publications 2005: 11 publications 2006: 37 publications 2007: 23 publications 2008: 31 publications 2009: 18 publications 2010: 20 publications 2011: 18 publications 2012: 15 publications 2013: 18 publications 2014: 19 publications 2015: 10 publications 2016: 12 publications 2017: 5 publications 2018: 6 publications 2019: 6 publications 2020: 16 publications 2021: 14 publications 2022: 7 publications 2023: 7 publications 2024: 11 publications 2025: 5 publications
1988 2025

420 publications in total across all disciplines

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Steven A. Soper: publications per year, 1988 to 2025
Year Publications
1988 1
1989 4
1990 4
1991 4
1992 3
1993 3
1994 4
1995 6
1996 7
1997 7
1998 5
1999 7
2000 8
2001 9
2002 14
2003 12
2004 13
2005 11
2006 37
2007 23
2008 31
2009 18
2010 20
2011 18
2012 15
2013 18
2014 19
2015 10
2016 12
2017 5
2018 6
2019 6
2020 16
2021 14
2022 7
2023 7
2024 11
2025 5
Total 420
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Steven A. Soper publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Steven A. Soper sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
250 500 750 1,000 1,250
Bar chart with 63 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 61–80 to 1,295+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 1,350. Most scientists, 1,350, have 161–180 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 341–360 publications, is where this scientist sits. 61–80 publications: 66 scientists 81–100 publications: 302 scientists 101–120 publications: 623 scientists 121–140 publications: 918 scientists 141–160 publications: 1,218 scientists 161–180 publications: 1,350 scientists 181–200 publications: 1,344 scientists 201–220 publications: 1,281 scientists 221–240 publications: 1,216 scientists 241–260 publications: 1,100 scientists 261–280 publications: 979 scientists 281–300 publications: 939 scientists 301–320 publications: 764 scientists 321–340 publications: 643 scientists 341–360 publications: 628 scientists 361–380 publications: 522 scientists 381–400 publications: 459 scientists 401–420 publications: 397 scientists 421–440 publications: 327 scientists 441–460 publications: 270 scientists 461–480 publications: 265 scientists 481–500 publications: 252 scientists 501–520 publications: 201 scientists 521–540 publications: 185 scientists 541–560 publications: 148 scientists 561–580 publications: 148 scientists 581–600 publications: 132 scientists 601–620 publications: 114 scientists 621–640 publications: 104 scientists 641–660 publications: 91 scientists 661–680 publications: 92 scientists 681–700 publications: 73 scientists 701–720 publications: 57 scientists 721–740 publications: 54 scientists 741–760 publications: 67 scientists 761–780 publications: 45 scientists 781–800 publications: 46 scientists 801–820 publications: 39 scientists 821–840 publications: 32 scientists 841–860 publications: 36 scientists 861–880 publications: 29 scientists 881–900 publications: 26 scientists 901–920 publications: 24 scientists 921–940 publications: 14 scientists 941–960 publications: 23 scientists 961–980 publications: 28 scientists 981–1,000 publications: 15 scientists 1,001–1,020 publications: 29 scientists 1,021–1,040 publications: 12 scientists 1,041–1,060 publications: 19 scientists 1,061–1,080 publications: 12 scientists 1,081–1,100 publications: 6 scientists 1,101–1,120 publications: 8 scientists 1,121–1,140 publications: 12 scientists 1,141–1,160 publications: 5 scientists 1,161–1,180 publications: 6 scientists 1,181–1,200 publications: 14 scientists 1,201–1,220 publications: 7 scientists 1,221–1,240 publications: 2 scientists 1,241–1,260 publications: 6 scientists 1,261–1,280 publications: 4 scientists 1,281–1,294 publications: 6 scientists 1,295+ publications: 100 scientists
61–80 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 351 publications — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

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Number of Chemistry scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 17,934 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
61–80 66
81–100 302
101–120 623
121–140 918
141–160 1,218
161–180 1,350
181–200 1,344
201–220 1,281
221–240 1,216
241–260 1,100
261–280 979
281–300 939
301–320 764
321–340 643
341–360 628 351
361–380 522
381–400 459
401–420 397
421–440 327
441–460 270
461–480 265
481–500 252
501–520 201
521–540 185
541–560 148
561–580 148
581–600 132
601–620 114
621–640 104
641–660 91
661–680 92
681–700 73
701–720 57
721–740 54
741–760 67
761–780 45
781–800 46
801–820 39
821–840 32
841–860 36
861–880 29
881–900 26
901–920 24
921–940 14
941–960 23
961–980 28
981–1,000 15
1,001–1,020 29
1,021–1,040 12
1,041–1,060 19
1,061–1,080 12
1,081–1,100 6
1,101–1,120 8
1,121–1,140 12
1,141–1,160 5
1,161–1,180 6
1,181–1,200 14
1,201–1,220 7
1,221–1,240 2
1,241–1,260 6
1,261–1,280 4
1,281–1,294 6
1,295+ 100
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Steven A. Soper D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Steven A. Soper sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
250 500 750 1,000
Bar chart with 61 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 159+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 1,051. Most scientists, 1,051, have 56–57 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 72–73 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 612 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 808 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 776 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 835 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 861 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 872 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 933 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,051 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 930 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 882 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 834 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 731 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 775 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 683 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 646 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 561 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 501 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 437 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 388 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 354 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 292 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 275 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 254 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 235 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 185 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 192 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 155 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 163 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 125 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 105 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 105 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 112 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 88 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 68 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 69 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 65 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 79 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 61 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 44 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 40 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 33 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 26 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 34 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 35 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 25 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 27 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 17 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 16 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 20 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 20 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 15 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 9 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 9 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 16 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 11 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 3 scientists 158 D-Index: 3 scientists 159+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40–41 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 72 D-Index — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

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Number of Chemistry scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 17,934 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 289
42–43 612
44–45 808
46–47 776
48–49 835
50–51 861
52–53 872
54–55 933
56–57 1,051
58–59 930
60–61 882
62–63 834
64–65 731
66–67 775
68–69 683
70–71 646
72–73 561 72
74–75 501
76–77 437
78–79 388
80–81 354
82–83 292
84–85 275
86–87 254
88–89 235
90–91 185
92–93 192
94–95 155
96–97 163
98–99 125
100–101 105
102–103 105
104–105 112
106–107 88
108–109 68
110–111 69
112–113 65
114–115 79
116–117 61
118–119 44
120–121 37
122–123 40
124–125 33
126–127 26
128–129 34
130–131 35
132–133 25
134–135 27
136–137 17
138–139 16
140–141 20
142–143 20
144–145 15
146–147 9
148–149 9
150–151 16
152–153 11
154–155 9
156–157 3
158 3
159+ 98
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • 2009 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Steven A. Soper is affiliated with the University of Kansas in the United States. Their research intersects primarily with the fields of Engineering and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a substantial focus on Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Cancer Research, and Oncology.

Their work emphasizes topics that include microfluidic and capillary electrophoresis applications, nanopore and nanochannel transport studies, microfluidic and bio-sensing technologies, extracellular vesicles in disease, surface modification and superhydrophobicity, cancer genomics and diagnostics, as well as electrowetting and microfluidic technologies.

Significant recent publications by Steven A. Soper cover a range of topics and journals:

  • Isolation and analysis methods of extracellular vesicles (EVs), 2021, Extracellular Vesicles and Circulating Nucleic Acids
  • Robust, transparent, superhydrophobic coatings using novel hydrophobic/hydrophilic dual-sized silica particles, 2020, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
  • Affinity enrichment of extracellular vesicles from plasma reveals mRNA changes associated with acute ischemic stroke, 2020, Communications Biology
  • A high-adhesion binding strategy for silica nanoparticle-based superhydrophobic coatings, 2021, Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects
  • Microfluidic affinity selection of active SARS-CoV-2 virus particles, 2022, Science Advances

Frequent co-authors in Soper's collaborations include:

  • Sunggook Park
  • Małgorzata A. Witek
  • Junseo Choi
  • Mateusz L. Hupert
  • Michael C. Murphy

Their research has been published in several venues with multiple contributions, including:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Lab on a Chip
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Electrophoresis

Steven A. Soper has been recognized with awards such as being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2009 and a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) in 2019.

Best Publications

  • Detection of single fluorescent molecules

    E. Brooks Shera;Newton K. Seitzinger;Lloyd M. Davis;Richard A. Keller

  • Highly Efficient Circulating Tumor Cell Isolation from Whole Blood and Label-Free Enumeration Using Polymer-Based Microfluidics with an Integrated Conductivity Sensor

    André A. Adams;Paul I. Okagbare;Juan Feng;Matuesz L. Hupert

  • Point-of-care biosensor systems for cancer diagnostics/prognostics

    Steven A. Soper;Kathlynn Brown;Andrew Ellington;Bruno Frazier

  • Surface Modification of Poly(methyl methacrylate) Used in the Fabrication of Microanalytical Devices

    A. C. Henry;T. J. Tutt;M. Galloway;Y. Y. Davidson

  • Polymeric microelectromechanical systems

    Steven A. Soper;Sean M. Ford;Shize Qi;Robin L. McCarley

  • Surface immobilization methods for aptamer diagnostic applications

    Subramanian Balamurugan;Anne Obubuafo;Steven A. Soper;David A. Spivak

  • Rapid PCR in a continuous flow device

    Masahiko Hashimoto;Pin Chuan Chen;Michael W. Mitchell;Dimitris E. Nikitopoulos

  • Steady-state and picosecond laser fluorescence studies of nonradiative pathways in tricarbocyanine dyes Implications to the design of near-IR fluorochromes with high fluorescence efficiencies

    Steve Allan Soper;Quincy L. Mattingly

  • Physiochemical properties of various polymer substrates and their effects on microchip electrophoresis performance.

    Hamed Shadpour;Harrison Musyimi;Jifeng Chen;Steve Allan Soper

  • Bio-MEMS : Technologies and Applications

    Wanjun Wang;Steven A. Soper

  • Contact Conductivity Detection in Poly(methyl methacylate)-Based Microfluidic Devices for Analysis of Mono- and Polyanionic Molecules

    Michelle Galloway;Wieslaw Stryjewski;Alyssa Henry;Sean M. Ford

  • Highly efficient capture and enumeration of low abundance prostate cancer cells using prostate‐specific membrane antigen aptamers immobilized to a polymeric microfluidic device

    Udara Dharmasiri;Subramanian Balamurugan;André A. Adams;Paul I. Okagbare

  • Approaching real-time molecular diagnostics: Single-pair fluorescence resonance energy transfer (spFRET) detection for the analysis of low abundant point mutations in K-ras oncogenes

    Musundi B. Wabuyele;Hannah Farquar;Wieslaw Stryjewski;Robert P. Hammer

  • Microsystem for rapid DNA sequencing

    Steven A. Soper;Jack D. Davies;Yuli Vladimirsky

  • Simple room temperature bonding of thermoplastics and poly(dimethylsiloxane)

    Vijaya Sunkara;Dong Kyu Park;Hyundoo Hwang;Hyundoo Hwang;Rattikan Chantiwas;Rattikan Chantiwas

  • Merging microfluidics with microarray-based bioassays.

    Catherine Situma;Masahiko Hashimoto;Steven A. Soper

  • High-throughput selection, enumeration, electrokinetic manipulation, and molecular profiling of low-abundance circulating tumor cells using a microfluidic system.

    Udara Dharmasiri;Samuel K Njoroge;Małgorzata A Witek;Morayo G Adebiyi

  • Surface modification of polymer-based microfluidic devices

    Steven A Soper;Alyssa C Henry;Bikas Vaidya;Michelle Galloway

  • Photon Burst Detection of Single Near-Infrared Fluorescent Molecules

    Steve Allan Soper;Quincy L. Mattingly;Pradeep Vegunta

  • THE PHOTOPHYSICAL CONSTANTS OF SEVERAL FLUORESCENT DYES PERTAINING TO ULTRASENSITIVE FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY

    Steve Allan Soper;Harvey L. Nutter;Richard A. Keller;Lloyd M. Davis

  • Microarrays assembled in microfluidic chips fabricated from poly(methyl methacrylate) for the detection of low-abundant DNA mutations.

    Yun Wang;Bikas Vaidya;Hannah D. Farquar;Wieslaw Stryjewski

Frequent Co-Authors

Robin L. McCarley
Robin L. McCarley Virginia Tech
Francis Barany
Francis Barany Cornell University
Yoon-Kyoung Cho
Yoon-Kyoung Cho Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
Richard A. Keller
Richard A. Keller Los Alamos National Laboratory
Annelise E. Barron
Annelise E. Barron Stanford University
Jeong-Bong Lee
Jeong-Bong Lee The University of Texas at Dallas
Yong-Ill Lee
Yong-Ill Lee Changwon National University
Shuichi Takayama
Shuichi Takayama Georgia Institute of Technology
Jason H. Hafner
Jason H. Hafner Rice University
Arun Majumdar
Arun Majumdar Stanford University

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