Ivana Brekalo

884 total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 715 citations indexed

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Ivana Brekalo is a scholar working on Inorganic Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Ivana Brekalo has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 715 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Inorganic Chemistry, 9 papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry and 7 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Ivana Brekalo's work include Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (11 papers), Crystallography and molecular interactions (9 papers) and Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments (4 papers). Ivana Brekalo is often cited by papers focused on Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (11 papers), Crystallography and molecular interactions (9 papers) and Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments (4 papers). Ivana Brekalo collaborates with scholars based in Croatia, Canada and United States. Ivana Brekalo's co-authors include Dominik Cinčić, B. Kaitner, Krunoslav Užarević, Valentina Martinez, Bahar Karadeniz, Tomislav Stolar, Tomislav Friščić, K.T. Holman, Sonja Pezelj‐Ribarić and Ivana Miletić and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Chemical Communications.

In The Last Decade

Ivana Brekalo

20 papers receiving 706 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.

Advancing mechanochemical synthesis by combining milling with different energy sources

2022 189 citations Valentina Martinez, Tomislav Stolar et al. Nature Reviews Chemistry profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ivana Brekalo Croatia	10	274	230	194	155	75	21	715
Marc A. Walters United States	19	257 0.9×	250 1.1×	53 0.3×	161 1.0×	70 0.9×	39	968
Joe D. Oxman United States	17	265 1.0×	43 0.2×	236 1.2×	633 4.1×	59 0.8×	24	918
Mitsuharu Hasegawa Japan	8	295 1.1×	153 0.7×	190 1.0×	585 3.8×	12 0.2×	14	894
D.S. Marlin United States	17	297 1.1×	332 1.4×	60 0.3×	413 2.7×	14 0.2×	21	1.1k
Dongwon Kim South Korea	14	171 0.6×	154 0.7×	42 0.2×	158 1.0×	11 0.1×	72	820
Jasper Adamson Estonia	18	218 0.8×	69 0.3×	77 0.4×	347 2.2×	27 0.4×	58	883
Mathew Savage United Kingdom	17	772 2.8×	910 4.0×	43 0.2×	96 0.6×	8 0.1×	24	1.2k
Gabriele A. Rolla Italy	14	474 1.7×	165 0.7×	4 0.0×	68 0.4×	10 0.1×	21	738
Yi‐Feng Sun China	12	212 0.8×	130 0.6×	70 0.4×	253 1.6×	2 0.0×	52	665

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Brekalo, Ivana, Andreas Puškarić, Srećko Valić, et al.. (2025). Mechanochemical Solid Form Screening of Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks Using Structure-Directing Liquid Additives. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(31). 27413–27430.

Zgrablić, Goran, et al.. (2025). Building a cost-effective mechanochemical Raman system: improved spectral and time resolution for in situ reaction and rheology monitoring. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 27(11). 5909–5920. 5 indexed citations

Martinez, Valentina, Goran Zgrablić, Bahar Karadeniz, et al.. (2024). Green and Scalable Preparation of Highly Conductive Alkali Metal-dhta Coordination Polymers. Inorganic Chemistry. 63(52). 24587–24600. 2 indexed citations

Chodkiewicz, Michał Leszek, M. Woińska, Damian Trzybiński, et al.. (2023). Hirshfeld atom refinement of metal–organic frameworks for accurate positioning of hydrogen atoms and disorder analysis. Chemical Communications. 59(57). 8799–8802. 5 indexed citations

Brekalo, Ivana, Valentina Martinez, Bahar Karadeniz, et al.. (2022). Scale-Up of Agrochemical Urea-Gypsum Cocrystal Synthesis Using Thermally Controlled Mechanochemistry. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 10(20). 6743–6754. 40 indexed citations

Martinez, Valentina, Tomislav Stolar, Bahar Karadeniz, Ivana Brekalo, & Krunoslav Užarević. (2022). Advancing mechanochemical synthesis by combining milling with different energy sources. Nature Reviews Chemistry. 7(1). 51–65. 189 indexed citations breakdown →

Martinez, Valentina, Bahar Karadeniz, Damir Pajić, et al.. (2022). Low-Dimensional Magnetism in Multivariate Copper/Zinc MOF-74 Materials Formed via Different Mechanochemical Methods. Inorganic Chemistry. 61(45). 18181–18192. 12 indexed citations

Brekalo, Ivana, Wenbing Yuan, Cristina Mottillo, et al.. (2020). Manometric real-time studies of the mechanochemical synthesis of zeolitic imidazolate frameworks. Chemical Science. 11(8). 2141–2147. 78 indexed citations

Brekalo, Ivana, et al.. (2020). Exploring the Scope of Macrocyclic “Shoe-last” Templates in the Mechanochemical Synthesis of RHO Topology Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks (ZIFs). Molecules. 25(3). 633–633. 8 indexed citations

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Nemec, Vinko, et al.. (2020). Exploring the Halogen-Bonded Cocrystallization Potential of a Metal-Organic Unit Derived from Copper(ii) Chloride and 4-Aminoacetophenone. Materials. 13(10). 2385–2385. 8 indexed citations

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Brekalo, Ivana, et al.. (2019). Microporosity of a Guanidinium Organodisulfonate Hydrogen‐Bonded Framework. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 59(5). 1997–2002. 57 indexed citations

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Brekalo, Ivana, et al.. (2019). Microporosity of a Guanidinium Organodisulfonate Hydrogen‐Bonded Framework. Angewandte Chemie. 132(5). 2013–2018. 14 indexed citations

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Brekalo, Ivana, et al.. (2018). Use of a “Shoe-Last” Solid-State Template in the Mechanochemical Synthesis of High-Porosity RHO-Zinc Imidazolate. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 140(32). 10104–10108. 33 indexed citations

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Cinčić, Dominik, Ivana Brekalo, & B. Kaitner. (2012). Effect of atmosphere on solid-state amine–aldehyde condensations: gas-phase catalysts for solid-state transformations. Chemical Communications. 48(95). 11683–11683. 65 indexed citations

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Cinčić, Dominik, Ivana Brekalo, & B. Kaitner. (2011). Solvent-Free Polymorphism Control in a Covalent Mechanochemical Reaction. Crystal Growth & Design. 12(1). 44–48. 68 indexed citations

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Brekalo, Ivana, et al.. (2007). Effect of root canal sealers on mouse peritoneal macrophage functions. Folia Microbiologica. 52(1). 95–98. 2 indexed citations

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Brekalo, Ivana, et al.. (2006). Measurement of tooth extraction forces in upper incisors.. PubMed. 30(1). 31–5. 6 indexed citations

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Pezelj‐Ribarić, Sonja, Ivana Brekalo, Maja Abram, et al.. (2002). Influence of calcium hydroxide root-canal sealer on microbial growthin vitro. Folia Microbiologica. 47(4). 458–460. 4 indexed citations

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Pezelj‐Ribarić, Sonja, Ivana Brekalo, Ivana Miletić, et al.. (2001). Antimikrobni učinak Apexita in vitro. Acta Stomatologica Croatica. 35(4). 475–477. 2 indexed citations

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Pezelj‐Ribarić, Sonja, et al.. (2000). Antibacterial Effects of Various Root Filling Materials. Acta Stomatologica Croatica. 34(1). 55–57. 1 indexed citations

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