Branislav Vrana

7.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
119 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

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Branislav Vrana is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pollution and Analytical Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Branislav Vrana has authored 119 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 75 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 44 papers in Pollution and 42 papers in Analytical Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Branislav Vrana's work include Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (61 papers), Analytical chemistry methods development (42 papers) and Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (30 papers). Branislav Vrana is often cited by papers focused on Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (61 papers), Analytical chemistry methods development (42 papers) and Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (30 papers). Branislav Vrana collaborates with scholars based in Czechia, Slovakia and United Kingdom. Branislav Vrana's co-authors include Graham A. Mills, R. C. Greenwood, Ian Allan, Ewa Dominiak, Albrecht Paschke, Jesper Knutsson, Gerrit Schüürmann, Gregory M. Morrison, Peter Popp and Kees Booij and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, Analytical Chemistry and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Branislav Vrana

116 papers receiving 3.7k citations

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Passive sampling techniques for monitoring pollutants in water

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Biomarker responses in wild brown trout from a headwater stream and their causal link to water pollution assessed through chemical analysis and in vitro reporter gene bioassays 2025 ·Journal of Hazardous Materials ·(unknown), Zuzana Toušová, Pavel Šauer, (unknown), Branislav Vrana, Marie Smutná, Hana Kocour Kroupová, Kateřina Grabicová, Heike Schmidt‐Posthaus, Tomáš Randák, Roman Grabic, Klára Hilscherová, Vladimír Žlábek	1
2	Examining the applicability of polar organic chemical integrative sampler for long-term monitoring of groundwater contamination caused by currently used pesticides 2023 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·(unknown), Branislav Vrana, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Peter Bystrický, (unknown), (unknown)	6
3	Comparing total and accessible concentrations of hydrophobic organic contaminants in sediments and suspended particulate matter in the Danube River 2022 ·Environmental Science and Pollution Research ·(unknown), Ian Allan, Branislav Vrana	5
4	Effects of biochar on the fate of conazole fungicides in soils and their bioavailability to earthworms and plants 2021 ·Environmental Science and Pollution Research ·Nikola Bošković, Zuzana Bílková, Marek Šudoma, Lucie Bielská, Lucia Škulcová, Doris Ribitsch, Gerhard Soja, Branislav Vrana, Jakub Hofman	3
5	Time-Integrative Passive Sampling of Very Hydrophilic Chemicals in Wastewater Influent 2020 ·Environmental Science & Technology Letters ·Rory Verhagen, Sarit Kaserzon, Benjamin J. Tscharke, Pradeep Shukla, (unknown), Branislav Vrana, Kevin V. Thomas, Jochen F. Mueller	7
6	In situ calibration of polar organic chemical integrative sampler (POCIS) for monitoring of pharmaceuticals in surface waters 2020 ·Environmental Pollution ·Branislav Vrana, (unknown), Ganna Fedorová, Helena Švecová, Kateřina Grabicová, Oksana Golovko, Tomáš Randák, Roman Grabic	30
7	Diffusion coefficients of polar organic compounds in agarose hydrogel and water and their use for estimating uptake in passive samplers 2020 ·Chemosphere ·(unknown), Albrecht Paschke, Branislav Vrana	21
8	Application of equilibrium passive sampling to profile pore water and accessible concentrations of hydrophobic organic contaminants in Danube sediments 2020 ·Environmental Pollution ·(unknown), Foppe Smedes, Tatsiana P. Rusina, Branislav Vrana	12
9	Effect-based monitoring of the Danube River using mobile passive sampling 2018 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·Jiří Novák, Branislav Vrana, Tatsiana P. Rusina, (unknown), Roman Grabic, Peta A. Neale, Beate I. Escher, M. Macova, Sélim Aı̈t-Aı̈ssa, Nicolas Creusot, Ian Allan, Klára Hilscherová	28
10	Bidirectional air–sea exchange and accumulation of POPs (PAHs, PCBs, OCPs and PBDEs) in the nocturnal marine boundary layer 2016 ·Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·Gerhard Lammel, F. X. Meixner, Branislav Vrana, C. Efstathiou, Jiří Kohoutek, Petr Kukučka, Marie D. Mulder, Petra Příbylová, Roman Prokeš, Tatsiana P. Rusina, (unknown), Manolis Tsapakis	25
11	Annual dynamics of perfluorinated compounds in sediment: A case study in the Morava River in Zlín district, Czech Republic 2016 ·Chemosphere ·Jitka Bečanová, Klára Komprdová, Branislav Vrana, Jana Klánová	17
12	Calibration of a passive sampler based on stir bar sorptive extraction for the monitoring of hydrophobic organic pollutants in water 2016 ·Talanta ·Branislav Vrana, (unknown), (unknown)	12
13	Assessment of bioavailable fraction of POPS in surface water bodies in Johannesburg City, South Africa, using passive samplers: an initial assessment 2014 ·Environmental Monitoring and Assessment ·(unknown), Luke Chimuka, Ewa Cukrowska, Petr Kukučka, Jiří Kohoutek, Peter Tölgyessy, Branislav Vrana	20
14	Development of a screening method for the analysis of organic pollutants in water using dual stir bar sorptive extraction-thermal desorption-gas chromatography–mass spectrometry 2011 ·Talanta ·Peter Tölgyessy, Branislav Vrana, (unknown)	26
15	Calibration of passive samplers of hydrophobic organiccompounds in water: assessment of critical issues inexperimental design, data interpretation and field application 2010 ·Fresenius environmental bulletin ·Roman Prokeš, Branislav Vrana, Jana Klánová, (unknown)	4
16	Performance of the Chemcatcher® passive sampler when used to monitor 10 polar and semi-polar pesticides in 16 Central European streams, and comparison with two other sampling methods 2008 ·Water Research ·Ralf B. Schäfer, Albrecht Paschke, Branislav Vrana, Ralf Müeller, Matthias Liess	59
17	Potential applications of passive sampling for monitoring non-polar industrial pollutants in the aqueous environment in support of REACH 2008 ·Journal of Chromatography A ·R. C. Greenwood, Graham A. Mills, Branislav Vrana	26
18	The European Union's water framework directive - a new challenge in monitoring water quality 2005 ·Chemia i Inżynieria Ekologiczna ·Ian Allan, Branislav Vrana, (unknown), Ewa Dominiak, Graham A. Mills	1
19	Performance optimisation of a passive sampler for monitoring hydrophobic organic pollutants in water 2005 ·Journal of Environmental Monitoring ·Branislav Vrana, Graham A. Mills, R. C. Greenwood, Jesper Knutsson, (unknown), Gregory M. Morrison	57
20	Biosorption of Hydrophobic Organic Pollutants 1998 ·Chemické listy ·Branislav Vrana, Štefan Baláž, Katarı́na Dercová, Roman Tandlich	1

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