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D-Index
42
Citations
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World Ranking
6401
National Ranking
255

Sylvain Martel publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Sylvain Martel sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 281 publications — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

Sylvain Martel D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Sylvain Martel sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to medical micro- and nano-robotics
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering

Overview

Sylvain Martel is affiliated with Polytechnique Montréal in Canada. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering, Physics and Astronomy, and Medicine, with a particular focus on Biomedical Engineering, Condensed Matter Physics, and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Additional subfields include Genetics and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

The main topics of their work cover Micro and Nano Robotics, Characterization and Applications of Magnetic Nanoparticles, Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies, Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases, Soft Robotics and Applications, Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications, and Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Sylvain Martel include:

  • "Patterns of bacterial motility in microfluidics-confining environments," 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Human-scale navigation of magnetic microrobots in hepatic arteries," 2024, Science Robotics
  • "A Piezoelectric Robotic System for MRI Targeting Assessments of Therapeutics During Dipole Field Navigation," 2020, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics
  • "Quantification and 3D Localization of Magnetically Navigated Superparamagnetic Particles Using MRI in Phantom and Swine Chemoembolization Models," 2022, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering
  • "Navigation of Microrobots by MRI: Impact of Gravitational, Friction and Thrust Forces on Steering Success," 2021, Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Martel include Ning Li, Cyril Tous, Ivan P. Dimov, Gilles Soulez, and Simon Lessard.

Key publication venues for their work include:

  • IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering
  • Annals of Biomedical Engineering
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Science Robotics
  • IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics

Sylvain Martel has received recognition including the IEEE Fellow award in 2015 for contributions to medical micro- and nano-robotics. They are also a member of The Canadian Academy of Engineering.

Best Publications

  • Magneto-aerotactic bacteria deliver drug-containing nanoliposomes to tumour hypoxic regions

    Ouajdi Felfoul;Mahmood Mohammadi;Samira Taherkhani;Samira Taherkhani;Dominic de Lanauze

  • Medical robotics—Regulatory, ethical, and legal considerations for increasing levels of autonomy

    Guang Zhong Yang;James Cambias;Kevin Cleary;Eric Daimler

  • Flagellated Magnetotactic Bacteria as Controlled MRI-trackable Propulsion and Steering Systems for Medical Nanorobots Operating in the Human Microvasculature

    Sylvain Martel;Mahmood Mohammadi;Ouajdi Felfoul;Zhao Lu

  • Biohybrid actuators for robotics: A review of devices actuated by living cells.

    Leonardo Ricotti;Barry Trimmer;Adam W. Feinberg;Ritu Raman

  • Automatic navigation of an untethered device in the artery of a living animal using a conventional clinical magnetic resonance imaging system

    Sylvain Martel;Jean-Baptiste Mathieu;Ouajdi Felfoul;Arnaud Chanu

  • Controlled manipulation and actuation of micro-objects with magnetotactic bacteria

    Sylvain Martel;Charles C. Tremblay;Serge Ngakeng;Guillaume Langlois

  • MRI-based Medical Nanorobotic Platform for the Control of Magnetic Nanoparticles and Flagellated Bacteria for Target Interventions in Human Capillaries

    Sylvain Martel;Ouajdi Felfoul;Jean-Baptiste Mathieu;Arnaud Chanu

  • Method of propulsion of a ferromagnetic core in the cardiovascular system through magnetic gradients generated by an MRI system

    J.-B. Mathieu;G. Beaudoin;S. Martel

  • Co-encapsulation of magnetic nanoparticles and doxorubicin into biodegradable microcarriers for deep tissue targeting by vascular MRI navigation

    Pierre Pouponneau;Jean-Christophe Leroux;Jean-Christophe Leroux;Gilles Soulez;Louis Gaboury

  • Covalent binding of nanoliposomes to the surface of magnetotactic bacteria for the synthesis of self-propelled therapeutic agents.

    Samira Taherkhani;Mahmood Mohammadi;Jamal Daoud;Sylvain Martel

  • Magnetic nanoparticles encapsulated into biodegradable microparticles steered with an upgraded magnetic resonance imaging system for tumor chemoembolization.

    Pierre Pouponneau;Jean-Christophe Leroux;Jean-Christophe Leroux;Sylvain Martel

  • Microstructured arrays for cortex interaction and related methods of manufacture and use

    John Philip Donoghue;Nicholas George Hatsopoulos;Sylvain Martel;Timothy A. Fofonoff

  • Remote control of the permeability of the blood-brain barrier by magnetic heating of nanoparticles: A proof of concept for brain drug delivery.

    Seyed Nasrollah Tabatabaei;Seyed Nasrollah Tabatabaei;Hélène Girouard;Anne-Sophie Carret;Sylvain Martel

  • Bacterial microsystems and microrobots.

    Sylvain Martel

  • Real-Time MRI-Based Control of a Ferromagnetic Core for Endovascular Navigation

    S. Tamaz;R. Gourdeau;A. Chanu;J.-B. Mathieu

  • Using a swarm of self-propelled natural microrobots in the form of flagellated bacteria to perform complex micro-assembly tasks

    Sylvain Martel;Mahmood Mohammadi

  • Magnetic microparticle steering within the constraints of an MRI system: proof of concept of a novel targeting approach

    Jean-Baptiste Mathieu;Sylvain Martel

  • Steering of aggregating magnetic microparticles using propulsion gradients coils in an MRI Scanner.

    Jean-Baptiste Mathieu;Sylvain Martel

  • Three-dimensional remote aggregation and steering of magnetotactic bacteria microrobots for drug delivery applications

    Dominic De Lanauze;Ouajdi Felfoul;Jean-Philippe Turcot;Mahmood Mohammadi

  • Microelectrode array fabrication by electrical discharge machining and chemical etching

    T.A. Fofonoff;S.M. Martel;N.G. Hatsopoulos;J.P. Donoghue

Frequent Co-Authors

L'Hocine Yahia
L'Hocine Yahia Polytechnique Montréal
Samuel Kadoury
Samuel Kadoury Polytechnique Montréal
Maryam Tabrizian
Maryam Tabrizian McGill University
John P. Donoghue
John P. Donoghue Brown University
Nicholas G. Hatsopoulos
Nicholas G. Hatsopoulos University of Chicago
Michel Lafleur
Michel Lafleur University of Montreal
Raman Kashyap
Raman Kashyap Polytechnique Montréal
Jun Ohta
Jun Ohta Nara Institute of Science and Technology

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