Andrej Kržan

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
41 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Andrej Kržan is a scholar working on Pollution, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Biomaterials. According to data from OpenAlex, Andrej Kržan has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Pollution, 13 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and 13 papers in Biomaterials. Recurrent topics in Andrej Kržan's work include Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (22 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (13 papers) and biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties (12 papers). Andrej Kržan is often cited by papers focused on Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (22 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (13 papers) and biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties (12 papers). Andrej Kržan collaborates with scholars based in Slovenia, Italy and Poland. Andrej Kržan's co-authors include Petra Horvat, Ema Žagar, Manca Kovač Viršek, Monika Peterlin, Špela Koren, Marjan Bele, Urban Kunej, Anita Jemec, Attila J. Mozer and M. Vidmar and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Bioresource Technology and Environmental Pollution.

In The Last Decade

Andrej Kržan

41 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Uptake and effects of microplastic textile fibers on freshwater crustacean Daphnia magna

2016 473 citations Anita Jemec, Petra Horvat et al. Environmental Pollution profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Andrej Kržan Slovenia	23	2.0k	1.3k	905	376	234	41	2.7k
Hannah De Frond Canada	15	2.9k 1.5×	2.1k 1.6×	748 0.8×	354 0.9×	207 0.9×	18	3.5k
Ali Chamas United States	9	1.7k 0.8×	1.1k 0.9×	1.0k 1.1×	373 1.0×	241 1.0×	12	2.5k
Hyunjin Moon United States	5	1.7k 0.8×	1.1k 0.9×	1.0k 1.1×	317 0.8×	203 0.9×	7	2.4k
Jun Hee Jang United States	16	1.7k 0.8×	1.1k 0.9×	1.0k 1.2×	840 2.2×	269 1.1×	26	3.1k
Yang Qiu China	9	1.7k 0.8×	1.2k 0.9×	990 1.1×	330 0.9×	178 0.8×	26	2.5k
Tarnuma Tabassum United States	11	1.7k 0.8×	1.1k 0.9×	996 1.1×	341 0.9×	336 1.4×	13	2.6k
Miranda Bernard United States	5	1.5k 0.8×	1.0k 0.8×	529 0.6×	187 0.5×	145 0.6×	10	2.1k
Kiyotsuna Toyohara Japan	9	1.8k 0.9×	953 0.7×	1.4k 1.5×	406 1.1×	160 0.7×	15	2.5k
Fabienne Lagarde France	22	2.7k 1.4×	1.8k 1.4×	893 1.0×	408 1.1×	445 1.9×	50	3.2k
Emilia Di Pace Italy	20	1.3k 0.7×	1.0k 0.8×	689 0.8×	225 0.6×	154 0.7×	36	2.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Andrej Kržan

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Andrej Kržan

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Petkovšek, Martin, Andrej Kržan, Alenka Šmid, Ema Žagar, & Mojca Zupanc. (2023). Degradation of water soluble poly(vinyl alcohol) with acoustic and hydrodynamic cavitation: laying foundations for microplastics. npj Clean Water. 6(1). 11 indexed citations

Kržan, Andrej, et al.. (2021). Conversion of Marine Litter from Venice Lagoon into Marine Fuels via Thermochemical Route: The Overview of Products, Their Yield, Quality and Environmental Impact. Sustainability. 13(16). 9481–9481. 13 indexed citations

Repinc, Sabina Kolbl, Benjamin Bizjan, Matevž Dular, et al.. (2021). Integral analysis of hydrodynamic cavitation effects on waste activated sludge characteristics, potentially toxic metals, microorganisms and identification of microplastics. The Science of The Total Environment. 806(Pt 4). 151414–151414. 37 indexed citations

Zeri, Christina, Dubravka Bojanić Varezić, Tomaso Fortibuoni, et al.. (2018). Floating plastics in Adriatic waters (Mediterranean Sea): From the macro- to the micro-scale. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 136. 341–350. 103 indexed citations

Kokalj, Anita Jemec, Petra Horvat, Tina Skalar, & Andrej Kržan. (2017). Plastic bag and facial cleanser derived microplastic do not affect feeding behaviour and energy reserves of terrestrial isopods. The Science of The Total Environment. 615. 761–766. 123 indexed citations

Viršek, Manca Kovač, et al.. (2017). Microplastics as a vector for the transport of the bacterial fish pathogen species Aeromonas salmonicida. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 125(1-2). 301–309. 305 indexed citations

Kržan, Andrej, et al.. (2017). Recycling of an acrylate–glass fiber reinforced polyester composite. Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management. 20(2). 1106–1114. 15 indexed citations

Viršek, Manca Kovač, Andreja Palatinus, Špela Koren, et al.. (2016). Protocol for Microplastics Sampling on the Sea Surface and Sample Analysis. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 143 indexed citations

Vidmar, M., et al.. (2016). Emissions of microplastic fibers from microfiber fleece during domestic washing. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 23(21). 22206–22211. 303 indexed citations

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Jemec, Anita, Petra Horvat, Urban Kunej, Marjan Bele, & Andrej Kržan. (2016). Uptake and effects of microplastic textile fibers on freshwater crustacean Daphnia magna. Environmental Pollution. 219. 201–209. 473 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kržan, Andrej, et al.. (2016). Synthesis of Dendronized Poly(l-Glutamate) via Azide-Alkyne Click Chemistry. Materials. 9(4). 242–242. 4 indexed citations

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Palatinus, Andreja, et al.. (2016). Sea surface microplastics in Slovenian part of the Northern Adriatic. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 113(1-2). 392–399. 93 indexed citations

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Koller, Martin, Miguel Dias, Alejandra Rodríguez‐Contreras, et al.. (2015). Liquefied Wood as Inexpensive Precursor-Feedstock for Bio-Mediated Incorporation of (R)-3-Hydroxyvalerate into Polyhydroxyalkanoates. Materials. 8(9). 6543–6557. 32 indexed citations

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Kržan, Andrej & Ema Žagar. (2009). Microwave driven wood liquefaction with glycols. Bioresource Technology. 100(12). 3143–3146. 69 indexed citations

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Rutkowska, Maria, Katarzyna Krasowska, Aleksandra Heimowska, et al.. (2008). Environmental Degradation of Blends of Atactic Poly[(R,S)-3-hydroxybutyrate] with Natural PHBV in Baltic Sea Water and Compost with Activated Sludge. Journal of environmental polymer degradation. 16(3). 183–191. 65 indexed citations

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Zalar, Polona, et al.. (2007). Ability of fungi to degrade synthetic polymer nylon-6. Chemosphere. 67(10). 2089–2095. 68 indexed citations

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Žagar, Ema, Andrej Kržan, Grażyna Adamus, & Marek Kowalczuk. (2006). Sequence Distribution in Microbial Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) Co-polyesters Determined by NMR and MS. Biomacromolecules. 7(7). 2210–2216. 68 indexed citations

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Friedrich, Joz̆ica, et al.. (2002). Polyamide-6 fibre degradation by a lignolytic fungus. Polymer Degradation and Stability. 79(1). 99–104. 65 indexed citations

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Kržan, Andrej, et al.. (2000). An ab initio molecular orbital study of nitrosophenol/quinone monooxime equilibria. Journal of Molecular Structure THEOCHEM. 528(1-3). 237–244. 19 indexed citations

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Kržan, Andrej. (1998). Microwave irradiation as an energy source in poly(ethylene terephthalate) solvolysis. Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 69(6). 1115–1118. 1 indexed citations

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