A. Kowal

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

A. Kowal is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Electrochemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, A. Kowal has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Materials Chemistry, 12 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 6 papers in Electrochemistry. Recurrent topics in A. Kowal's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (12 papers), Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (11 papers) and Electrochemical Analysis and Applications (6 papers). A. Kowal is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (12 papers), Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (11 papers) and Electrochemical Analysis and Applications (6 papers). A. Kowal collaborates with scholars based in Poland, Serbia and United States. A. Kowal's co-authors include M. Li, Nebojša Marinković, P. Liu, Radoslav R. Adžić, Kotaro Sasaki, Junliang Zhang, Miomir B. Vukmirovic, Minhua Shao, Anatoly I. Frenkel and A.V. Tripković and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Materials, Langmuir and Applied Catalysis B: Environmental.

In The Last Decade

A. Kowal

23 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

Ternary Pt/Rh/SnO2 electrocatalysts for oxidizing ethanol... 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 200 400 600
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Ternary Pt/Rh/SnO2 electrocatalysts for oxidizing ethanol to CO2
    2009 695 citations A. Kowal, M. Li et al. Nature Materials profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
A. Kowal Poland 14 1.4k 1.1k 880 462 187 24 1.9k
M. Grdeń Poland 22 1.3k 0.9× 1.3k 1.2× 782 0.9× 564 1.2× 225 1.2× 42 2.0k
Olga Baturina United States 22 1.7k 1.2× 1.5k 1.4× 609 0.7× 343 0.7× 282 1.5× 64 2.2k
S.Lj. Gojković Serbia 28 2.2k 1.5× 1.8k 1.7× 996 1.1× 716 1.5× 164 0.9× 59 2.7k
Carlos A. Triana Switzerland 20 1.9k 1.3× 1.3k 1.2× 858 1.0× 381 0.8× 145 0.8× 43 2.3k
Shichao Du China 27 1.7k 1.2× 1.4k 1.3× 738 0.8× 369 0.8× 220 1.2× 44 2.3k
José Luis Gómez de la Fuente Spain 23 1.1k 0.8× 1.1k 1.0× 547 0.6× 271 0.6× 87 0.5× 36 1.6k
Manoj Neergat India 27 1.7k 1.2× 1.6k 1.5× 843 1.0× 521 1.1× 118 0.6× 67 2.3k
Ailong Li China 19 2.4k 1.7× 1.5k 1.5× 1.2k 1.4× 349 0.8× 191 1.0× 38 2.8k
Bryan R. Wygant United States 24 1.8k 1.3× 1.6k 1.5× 885 1.0× 321 0.7× 113 0.6× 54 2.3k
Angeliki Brouzgou Greece 23 1.3k 0.9× 1.4k 1.3× 545 0.6× 419 0.9× 82 0.4× 40 1.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by A. Kowal

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of A. Kowal

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kowal, A., et al.. (2013). Collapse of halls made from cold-formed steel sheets. Engineering Failure Analysis. 31. 189–194. 19 indexed citations
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Kowal, A.. (2012). Wybrane zagadnienia projektowania i realizacji konstrukcji membranowych. Przegląd Budowlany. 123–125.
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Kowal, A., et al.. (2011). Katastrofy hal o konstrukcji z blach giętych na zimno. Inżynieria i Budownictwo. 523–526. 1 indexed citations
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Li, M., A. Kowal, Kotaro Sasaki, et al.. (2010). Ethanol oxidation on the ternary Pt–Rh–SnO2/C electrocatalysts with varied Pt:Rh:Sn ratios. Electrochimica Acta. 55(14). 4331–4338. 179 indexed citations
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Kowal, A., M. Li, Minhua Shao, et al.. (2009). Ternary Pt/Rh/SnO2 electrocatalysts for oxidizing ethanol to CO2. Nature Materials. 8(4). 325–330. 695 indexed citations breakdown →
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Tripković, A.V., K.Dj. Popović, Jelena D. Lović, et al.. (2009). Promotional effect of Snad on the ethanol oxidation at Pt3Sn/C catalyst. Electrochemistry Communications. 11(5). 1030–1033. 21 indexed citations
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Obradović, M.D., Goran D. Vuković, Sanja Stevanović, et al.. (2009). A comparative study of the electrochemical properties of carbon nanotubes and carbon black. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry. 634(1). 22–30. 51 indexed citations
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Kowal, A., S.Lj. Gojković, Kug‐Seung Lee, Piotr Olszewski, & Yung‐Eun Sung. (2009). Synthesis, characterization and electrocatalytic activity for ethanol oxidation of carbon supported Pt, Pt–Rh, Pt–SnO2 and Pt–Rh–SnO2 nanoclusters. Electrochemistry Communications. 11(4). 724–727. 111 indexed citations
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Tripković, A.V., S.Lj. Gojković, K.Dj. Popović, Jelena D. Lović, & A. Kowal. (2007). Study of the kinetics and the influence of Biirr on formic acid oxidation at Pt2Ru3/C. Electrochimica Acta. 53(2). 887–893. 25 indexed citations
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Bacherikova, I. V., et al.. (2006). Oxidation of H2S on activated carbon KAU and influence of the surface state. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 70(1-4). 557–566. 55 indexed citations
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Kowal, A., Piotr Olszewski, Dušan Tripković, & R.M. Stevanović. (2006). Nanoscale Topography of GC/Pt-C and GC/Pt-Ru-C Electrodes Studied by Means of STM, AFM and XRD Methods. Materials science forum. 518. 271–276. 2 indexed citations
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Lović, Jelena D., A.V. Tripković, S.Lj. Gojković, et al.. (2005). Kinetic study of formic acid oxidation on carbon-supported platinum electrocatalyst. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry. 581(2). 294–302. 167 indexed citations
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Lucas, C. A., et al.. (2005). In situ studies of the oxidation of nickel electrodes in alkaline solution. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry. 587(1). 172–181. 284 indexed citations
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Kowal, A., et al.. (2000). [Use of modern microscopic techniques for examining dialysis membrane properties].. PubMed. 57(12). 702–6. 3 indexed citations
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Kowal, A., et al.. (1996). In Situ Atomic Force Microscopy Observation of Change in Thickness of Nickel Hydroxide Layer on Ni Electrode. Langmuir. 12(10). 2332–2333. 29 indexed citations
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Kowal, A., et al.. (1996). Observation of Nickel Hydroxide Layer on Ni Electrode by in situ Atomic Force Microscopy. Acta Physica Polonica A. 89(3). 401–404. 2 indexed citations
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Kowal, A. & C. Gutiérrez. (1995). Study by potential-modulated reflectance spectroscopy of the reactivity of ethanol with the passivating layer on Ni and Fe. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry. 395(1-2). 243–247. 11 indexed citations
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Poprawski, R., et al.. (1988). Thermal expansion of RbHSeO 4 crystals. Ferroelectrics. 79(1). 193–196. 1 indexed citations
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Kowal, A.. (1973). Cyclic voltammetry of ethyl xanthate on a natural copper sulphide electrode. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry (1959). 46(2). 411–420. 1 indexed citations
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Kowal, A. & A. Pomianowski. (1973). Cyclic voltammetry of ethyl xanthate on a natural copper sulphide electrode. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry. 46(2). 411–420. 39 indexed citations

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