Table 1. List of top-10 cited original articles on nanomedicine research on HNSCC.

First author	Title	Year of publication	Journal (abbreviated name)	Scopus citations	Citation density
El-Sayed I.H., et al.	Surface plasmon resonance scattering and absorption of anti-EGFR antibody conjugated gold nanoparticles in cancer diagnostics: Applications in oral cancer	2005	Nano Lett	1,469	104.9
Lu K., et al.	Nanoscale metal-organic framework for highly effective photodynamic therapy of resistant head and neck cancer	2014	J Am Chem Soc	192	38.4
Stoeckli S.J., et al.	Is there a role for positron emission tomography with 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose in the initial staging of nodal negative oral and oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma	2002	Head Neck	145	8.5
Wang B., et al.	Rose-bengal-conjugated gold nanorods for in vivo photodynamic and photothermal oral cancer therapies	2014	Biomaterials	116	23.2
He C., et al.	Self-assembled core-shell nanoparticles for combined chemotherapy and photodynamic therapy of resistant head and neck cancers	2015	ACS Nano	111	27.8
Hakim M., et al.	Diagnosis of head-and-neck cancer from exhaled breath	2011	Br J Cancer	105	13.1
Damascelli B., et al.	Intraarterial chemotherapy with polyoxyethylated castor oil free paclitaxel, incorporated in albumin nanoparticles (ABI-007): Phase I study of patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck and anal canal: Preliminary evidence of clinical activity	2001	Cancer	105	5.8
Kah J.C.Y., et al.	Early diagnosis of oral cancer based on the surface plasmon resonance of gold nanoparticles	2007	Int J Nanomed	102	8.5
Zhao Q., et al.	Magnetic nanoparticle-based hyperthermia for head & neck cancer in mouse models	2012	Theranostics	100	14.3

EGFR, epidermal growth factor receptor; HNSCC, head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.