A. Safa Özcan

7.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
49 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

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A. Safa Özcan is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Organic Chemistry and Biomaterials. According to data from OpenAlex, A. Safa Özcan has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Water Science and Technology, 14 papers in Organic Chemistry and 11 papers in Biomaterials. Recurrent topics in A. Safa Özcan's work include Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal (39 papers), Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions (12 papers) and Iron oxide chemistry and applications (11 papers). A. Safa Özcan is often cited by papers focused on Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal (39 papers), Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions (12 papers) and Iron oxide chemistry and applications (11 papers). A. Safa Özcan collaborates with scholars based in Türkiye, United Kingdom and Uzbekistan. A. Safa Özcan's co-authors include Adnan Özcan, Bilge Erdem, Özer Gök, Sibel Tunali Akar, Tamer Akar, Elif Mine Öncü-Kaya, Yunus Erdoğan, İsmail Kıran, Özgül Gerçel and Hasan Ferdi Gerçel and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Hazardous Materials, Bioresource Technology and Journal of Colloid and Interface Science.

In The Last Decade

A. Safa Özcan

49 papers receiving 4.9k citations

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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.

Adsorption of acid dyes from aqueous solutions onto acid-activated bentonite

2004 583 citations A. Safa Özcan, Adnan Özcan Journal of Colloid and Interface Science profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
A. Safa Özcan Türkiye	30	3.6k	1.3k	867	817	775	49	5.1k
Adnan Özcan Türkiye	29	3.6k 1.0×	1.2k 1.0×	922 1.1×	809 1.0×	776 1.0×	47	5.2k
Rais Ahmad India	39	3.9k 1.1×	1.5k 1.2×	828 1.0×	754 0.9×	927 1.2×	89	5.5k
Augustine E. Ofomaja South Africa	39	4.0k 1.1×	1.3k 1.0×	810 0.9×	1.0k 1.2×	1.1k 1.4×	97	5.7k
Megat Ahmad Kamal Megat Hanafiah Malaysia	24	3.9k 1.1×	1.4k 1.1×	734 0.8×	905 1.1×	742 1.0×	77	5.4k
W.H. Cheung Hong Kong	33	3.2k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	761 0.9×	794 1.0×	919 1.2×	62	5.0k
Sı́lvio L.P. Dias Brazil	37	3.2k 0.9×	1.3k 1.0×	881 1.0×	619 0.8×	932 1.2×	78	4.8k
Flávio A. Pavan Brazil	34	3.1k 0.9×	1.3k 1.0×	927 1.1×	612 0.7×	851 1.1×	66	4.4k
Yahya S. Al‐Degs Jordan	31	2.9k 0.8×	1.1k 0.8×	1.4k 1.6×	752 0.9×	912 1.2×	99	5.1k
I.A.W. Tan Malaysia	26	3.7k 1.0×	1.1k 0.9×	789 0.9×	929 1.1×	1.1k 1.4×	49	5.8k
Seung Han Woo South Korea	40	3.0k 0.8×	1.3k 1.0×	649 0.7×	935 1.1×	1.2k 1.5×	106	5.7k

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Özcan, Adnan, et al.. (2018). Assessment of adsorption properties of inorganic–organic hybrid cyclomatrix type polyphosphazene microspheres for the removal of Pb(II) ions from aqueous solutions. Phosphorus, sulfur, and silicon and the related elements. 193(11). 721–730. 10 indexed citations

Öncü-Kaya, Elif Mine, et al.. (2016). Evaluation on dye removal capability of didodecyldimethylammonium-bentonite from aqueous solutions. Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology. 38(8). 1211–1220. 7 indexed citations

Özcan, A. Safa, et al.. (2016). Characterization and lead(II) ions removal of modified Punica granatum L. peels. International Journal of Phytoremediation. 19(4). 327–339. 13 indexed citations

Özcan, A. Safa, et al.. (2012). Characterization of Punica granatum L. peels and quantitatively determination of its biosorption behavior towards lead(II) ions and Acid Blue 40. Colloids and Surfaces B Biointerfaces. 100. 197–204. 88 indexed citations

Özcan, A. Safa, Sibel Tunali Akar, Tamer Akar, & Adnan Özcan. (2009). Biosorption of lead(II) ions onto waste biomass of Phaseolus vulgaris L.: estimation of the equilibrium, kinetic and thermodynamic parameters. Desalination. 244(1-3). 188–198. 61 indexed citations

Akar, Sibel Tunali, et al.. (2008). Adsorption characteristics of lead(II) ions onto the clay/poly(methoxyethyl)acrylamide (PMEA) composite from aqueous solutions. Desalination. 223(1-3). 308–322. 167 indexed citations

Özcan, A. Safa, et al.. (2008). Adsorption of lead(II) ions onto 8-hydroxy quinoline-immobilized bentonite. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 161(1). 499–509. 179 indexed citations

Gök, Özer, Adnan Özcan, Bilge Erdem, & A. Safa Özcan. (2007). Prediction of the kinetics, equilibrium and thermodynamic parameters of adsorption of copper(II) ions onto 8-hydroxy quinoline immobilized bentonite. Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. 317(1-3). 174–185. 103 indexed citations

Akar, Sibel Tunali, Adnan Özcan, Zerrin Kaynak, A. Safa Özcan, & Tamer Akar. (2007). Utilization of thePhaseolus vulgarisL. Waste biomass for decolorization of the textile dye Acid Red 57: determination of equilibrium, kinetic and thermodynamic parameters. Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part A. 42(5). 591–600. 36 indexed citations

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Özcan, Adnan, et al.. (2006). Solubility of an acid dye in supercritical carbon dioxide by ion-pairing with dodecyltrimethylammonium bromide. Fluid Phase Equilibria. 249(1-2). 1–5. 12 indexed citations

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Özcan, Adnan, et al.. (2006). Modification of bentonite with a cationic surfactant: An adsorption study of textile dye Reactive Blue 19. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 140(1-2). 173–179. 285 indexed citations

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Özcan, Adnan, et al.. (2005). Adsorption of Acid Red 57 from aqueous solutions onto surfactant-modified sepiolite. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 125(1-3). 252–259. 316 indexed citations

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Özcan, A. Safa, et al.. (2005). Measurement and correlation of solubility of Acid Red 57 in supercritical carbon dioxide by ion-pairing with hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide. The Journal of Supercritical Fluids. 37(1). 23–28. 16 indexed citations

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Özcan, Adnan, et al.. (2005). Adsorption of Nitrate Ions onto Sepiolite and Surfactant-Modified Sepiolite. Adsorption Science & Technology. 23(4). 323–334. 33 indexed citations

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Özcan, A. Safa, et al.. (2005). Adsorption behavior of a disperse dye on polyester in supercritical carbon dioxide. The Journal of Supercritical Fluids. 35(2). 133–139. 53 indexed citations

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Özcan, A. Safa, et al.. (2004). Adsorption of Acid Dyes from Aqueous Solutions onto Sepiolite. Separation Science and Technology. 39(2). 301–320. 69 indexed citations

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Özcan, A. Safa & Adnan Özcan. (2004). Adsorption of acid dyes from aqueous solutions onto acid-activated bentonite. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 276(1). 39–46. 583 indexed citations breakdown →

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Özcan, Adnan, et al.. (2004). Comparison of supercritical fluid and Soxhlet extractions for the quantification of hydrocarbons from Euphorbia macroclada. Talanta. 64(2). 491–495. 14 indexed citations

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Özcan, Adnan, et al.. (2000). Supercritical Fluid Extraction ofEuphorbia rigida. Journal of High Resolution Chromatography. 23(5). 397–400. 5 indexed citations

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Özcan, Adnan, et al.. (2000). Supercritical Fluid Extraction of Euphorbia rigida. Journal of High Resolution Chromatography. 23(5). 397–400. 1 indexed citations

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