Imbi Kurvet

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Imbi Kurvet is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Imbi Kurvet has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Materials Chemistry, 9 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 7 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Imbi Kurvet's work include Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications (10 papers), Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology (6 papers) and Heavy metals in environment (3 papers). Imbi Kurvet is often cited by papers focused on Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications (10 papers), Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology (6 papers) and Heavy metals in environment (3 papers). Imbi Kurvet collaborates with scholars based in Estonia, France and Croatia. Imbi Kurvet's co-authors include Anne Kahru, Angela Ivask, Kaja Kasemets, Olesja Bondarenko, Aleksandr Käkinen, Margit Heinlaan, Villem Aruoja, Heiki Vija, Mariliis Sihtmäe and Irina Blinova and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, The Science of The Total Environment and Journal of Hazardous Materials.

In The Last Decade

Imbi Kurvet

21 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Size-Dependent Toxicity of Silver Nanoparticles to Bacteria, Yeast, Algae, Crustaceans and Mammalian Cells In Vitro

2014 455 citations Angela Ivask, Imbi Kurvet et al. PLoS ONE profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Imbi Kurvet Estonia	16	968	430	392	234	202	22	1.6k
Katre Juganson Estonia	13	1.4k 1.4×	476 1.1×	320 0.8×	339 1.4×	141 0.7×	15	1.9k
Alexander Gogos Switzerland	17	1.2k 1.2×	754 1.8×	498 1.3×	144 0.6×	154 0.8×	51	2.2k
A. K. M. Atique Ullah Bangladesh	16	1.0k 1.1×	478 1.1×	528 1.3×	528 2.3×	137 0.7×	39	2.2k
Wim De Windt Belgium	11	572 0.6×	523 1.2×	275 0.7×	183 0.8×	268 1.3×	18	1.7k
Heiki Vija Estonia	26	903 0.9×	417 1.0×	369 0.9×	198 0.8×	673 3.3×	60	2.4k
Lingyu Tai China	19	690 0.7×	327 0.8×	244 0.6×	98 0.4×	282 1.4×	42	1.8k
Julia Fabrega United Kingdom	7	1.7k 1.8×	616 1.4×	508 1.3×	415 1.8×	131 0.6×	13	2.0k
Meifang Zhou Australia	27	707 0.7×	458 1.1×	215 0.5×	93 0.4×	170 0.8×	64	2.2k
Anna K. Undas Netherlands	19	888 0.9×	287 0.7×	484 1.2×	351 1.5×	118 0.6×	27	1.7k
Xuesong Cao China	33	1.7k 1.8×	855 2.0×	578 1.5×	229 1.0×	271 1.3×	111	3.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Imbi Kurvet

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Sihtmäe, Mariliis, Heiki Vija, Imbi Kurvet, et al.. (2025). Particle-Driven Synergistic Antibacterial Effect of Silver–Chitosan Nanocomposites Against Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Staphylococcus aureus. ACS Omega. 10(26). 27904–27919. 2 indexed citations

Sihtmäe, Mariliis, et al.. (2024). Synthesis and synergistic antibacterial efficiency of chitosan-copper oxide nanocomposites. Heliyon. 10(15). e35588–e35588. 6 indexed citations

Mortimer, Monika, Raivo Jaaniso, Anne Kahru, et al.. (2023). Comparison of Toxicity and Cellular Uptake of CdSe/ZnS and Carbon Quantum Dots for Molecular Tracking Using Saccharomyces cerevisiae as a Fungal Model. Nanomaterials. 14(1). 10–10. 4 indexed citations

Selmani, Atiđa, Kaja Kasemets, Imbi Kurvet, et al.. (2020). Stability and toxicity of differently coated selenium nanoparticles under model environmental exposure settings. Chemosphere. 250. 126265–126265. 38 indexed citations

Tetyczka, Carolin, Kaja Kasemets, Imbi Kurvet, et al.. (2020). Impact of surface functionalization on the toxicity and antimicrobial effects of selenium nanoparticles considering different routes of entry. Food and Chemical Toxicology. 144. 111621–111621. 36 indexed citations

Heinlaan, Margit, Kaja Kasemets, Villem Aruoja, et al.. (2019). Hazard evaluation of polystyrene nanoplastic with nine bioassays did not show particle-specific acute toxicity. The Science of The Total Environment. 707. 136073–136073. 112 indexed citations

Kubo, Anna‐Liisa, Ivana Vinković Vrček, Olesja Bondarenko, et al.. (2018). Antimicrobial potency of differently coated 10 and 50 nm silver nanoparticles against clinically relevant bacteria Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus. Colloids and Surfaces B Biointerfaces. 170. 401–410. 77 indexed citations

Kurvet, Imbi, Katre Juganson, Heiki Vija, et al.. (2017). Toxicity of Nine (Doped) Rare Earth Metal Oxides and Respective Individual Metals to Aquatic Microorganisms Vibrio fischeri and Tetrahymena thermophila. Materials. 10(7). 754–754. 63 indexed citations

Bondarenko, Olesja, Margit Heinlaan, Mariliis Sihtmäe, et al.. (2016). Multilaboratory evaluation of 15 bioassays for (eco)toxicity screening and hazard ranking of engineered nanomaterials: FP7 project NANOVALID. Nanotoxicology. 10(9). 1229–1242. 75 indexed citations

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Kasemets, Kaja, Angela Ivask, Kai Künnis-Beres, et al.. (2014). A novel method for comparison of biocidal properties of nanomaterials to bacteria, yeasts and algae. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 286. 75–84. 102 indexed citations

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Ivask, Angela, Imbi Kurvet, Kaja Kasemets, et al.. (2014). Size-Dependent Toxicity of Silver Nanoparticles to Bacteria, Yeast, Algae, Crustaceans and Mammalian Cells In Vitro. PLoS ONE. 9(7). e102108–e102108. 455 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bondarenko, Olesja, Angela Ivask, Aleksandr Käkinen, Imbi Kurvet, & Anne Kahru. (2013). Particle-Cell Contact Enhances Antibacterial Activity of Silver Nanoparticles. PLoS ONE. 8(5). e64060–e64060. 209 indexed citations

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Bondarenko, Olesja, Angela Ivask, Aleksandr Käkinen, et al.. (2013). Biological effects of nanoparticles of silver, gold, TiO2 and nanoporous silica to selected invertebrate species and bacteria: FP7 project NanoValid. Toxicology Letters. 221. S100–S100.

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Samel, Mari, Heiki Vija, Imbi Kurvet, et al.. (2013). Interactions of PLA2-s from Vipera lebetina, Vipera berus berus and Naja naja oxiana Venom with Platelets, Bacterial and Cancer Cells. Toxins. 5(2). 203–223. 38 indexed citations

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Blinova, Irina, L. Bityukova, Kaja Kasemets, et al.. (2012). Environmental hazard of oil shale combustion fly ash. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 229-230. 192–200. 47 indexed citations

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Kurvet, Imbi, Angela Ivask, Olesja Bondarenko, Mariliis Sihtmäe, & Anne Kahru. (2011). LuxCDABE—Transformed Constitutively Bioluminescent Escherichia coli for Toxicity Screening: Comparison with Naturally Luminous Vibrio fischeri. Sensors. 11(8). 7865–7878. 56 indexed citations

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Mortimer, Monika, Kaja Kasemets, Margit Heinlaan, Imbi Kurvet, & Anne Kahru. (2008). High throughput kinetic Vibrio fischeri bioluminescence inhibition assay for study of toxic effects of nanoparticles. Toxicology in Vitro. 22(5). 1412–1417. 132 indexed citations

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Heinlaan, Margit, Anne Kahru, Kaja Kasemets, et al.. (2007). Rapid Screening for Soil Ecotoxicity with a Battery of Luminescent Bacteria Tests. Alternatives to Laboratory Animals. 35(1). 101–110. 10 indexed citations

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Aruoja, Villem, Imbi Kurvet, Henri‐Charles Dubourguier, & Anne Kahru. (2004). Toxicity testing of heavy‐metal‐polluted soils with algae Selenastrum capricornutum: A soil suspension assay. Environmental Toxicology. 19(4). 396–402. 37 indexed citations

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Kahru, Anne, et al.. (1997). STUDY OF THE TOXICOLOGICAL IMPACT OF DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF ASH-HEAP WATER (SULPHUR RICH PHENOLIC LEACHATE) USING LUMINESCENT BACTERIA AS TEST ORGANISMS. Oil Shale. 14(4S). 469–469. 7 indexed citations

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