J. Leja

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
36 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

J. Leja is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Biomedical Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, J. Leja has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Water Science and Technology, 7 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 7 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in J. Leja's work include Minerals Flotation and Separation Techniques (11 papers), Surfactants and Colloidal Systems (6 papers) and Chemical and Physical Properties in Aqueous Solutions (4 papers). J. Leja is often cited by papers focused on Minerals Flotation and Separation Techniques (11 papers), Surfactants and Colloidal Systems (6 papers) and Chemical and Physical Properties in Aqueous Solutions (4 papers). J. Leja collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Australia. J. Leja's co-authors include J. H. Schulman, G. W. Poling, A. Pomianowski, R. N. O’Brien, L. H. Little, Egon Matijević, Nadeem S. Sheikh, Graham J. Sparrow, Khay Chuan Teo and Kentaro Kinoshita and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of The Electrochemical Society and The Journal of Physical Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

J. Leja

35 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

Surface Chemistry of Froth Flotation 1981 2026 1996 2011 1981 200 400 600
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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.

  1. Surface Chemistry of Froth Flotation
    1981 740 citations J. Leja profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
J. Leja Canada 17 863 547 494 449 330 36 1.7k
Jan Drzymała Poland 24 1.1k 1.3× 615 1.1× 784 1.6× 202 0.4× 77 0.2× 110 1.7k
Adam W. Marczewski Poland 23 870 1.0× 265 0.5× 187 0.4× 479 1.1× 344 1.0× 57 1.8k
Nobuyuki Fujii Japan 25 518 0.6× 695 1.3× 253 0.5× 635 1.4× 169 0.5× 107 2.3k
Stoyan I. Karakashev Bulgaria 25 566 0.7× 440 0.8× 289 0.6× 665 1.5× 474 1.4× 85 1.8k
K. Małysa Poland 33 1.4k 1.7× 1.5k 2.7× 537 1.1× 837 1.9× 430 1.3× 90 2.8k
Dabir S. Viswanath United States 24 284 0.3× 776 1.4× 361 0.7× 593 1.3× 472 1.4× 94 2.2k
Helena Wachowska Poland 26 505 0.6× 673 1.2× 524 1.1× 604 1.3× 119 0.4× 62 2.3k
Joy T. Kunjappu United States 12 191 0.2× 310 0.6× 190 0.4× 535 1.2× 1.2k 3.7× 28 2.4k
David W. DePaoli United States 26 626 0.7× 1.1k 2.0× 617 1.2× 353 0.8× 147 0.4× 76 2.6k
Chi M. Phan Australia 27 681 0.8× 620 1.1× 384 0.8× 644 1.4× 699 2.1× 141 2.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by J. Leja

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of J. Leja

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of J. Leja. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of J. Leja based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with J. Leja. J. Leja is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Teo, Khay Chuan, et al.. (1982). Oxidation states in surface and buried coal from the Fording River Deposit. Fuel. 61(1). 71–76. 14 indexed citations
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Leja, J.. (1981). Surface Chemistry of Froth Flotation. 740 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sheikh, Nadeem S. & J. Leja. (1977). Mössbauer Spectroscopy of Fe Xanthates. Separation Science. 12(5). 529–540. 14 indexed citations
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O’Brien, R. N., et al.. (1976). Spreading of monolayers at the air—water interface. II. Spreading speeds for alcohols, acids, esters, sulphonates, amines, quaternary ammonium ions, and some binary mixtures. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 56(3). 474–482. 24 indexed citations
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Sheikh, Nadeem S. & J. Leja. (1974). Precipitation and stability of copper ethyl xanthate in hot acid and alkaline solutions. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 47(2). 300–308. 12 indexed citations
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O’Brien, R. N., et al.. (1974). Interferometric Study of the Zn∕ZnSO[sub 4]∕Zn System. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 121(3). 370–370. 4 indexed citations
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Leja, J.. (1974). Zeta-Potentiale und Flotierbarkeit von Mineralen. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 48(1). 180–180.
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Leja, J., et al.. (1969). Optical measurements of adsorption in a froth-flotation system. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 29(2). 305–313. 3 indexed citations
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Leja, J., et al.. (1967). Spectrophotometric studies on surfactants. II. Infrared study of adsorption from solutions of single and mixed surfactants, on copper substrates. Canadian Journal of Chemistry. 45(22). 2829–2835. 2 indexed citations
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Leja, J. & R. N. O’Brien. (1966). Laser Interferometry of a Dropping Mercury Electrode. Nature. 210(5042). 1217–1219. 7 indexed citations
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Leja, J., et al.. (1966). Surface Chemical Factors in the Stress-Corrosion Cracking of Alpha Brass. CORROSION. 22(6). 178–179. 44 indexed citations
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Matijević, Egon, et al.. (1966). Precipitation phenomena of heavy metal soaps in aqueous solutions. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 22(5). 419–429. 42 indexed citations
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Leja, J., et al.. (1965). On the Potential/pH Diagrams of the Cu-NH[sub 3]-H[sub 2]O and Zn-NH[sub 3]-H[sub 2]O Systems. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 112(6). 638–638. 61 indexed citations
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Poling, G. W. & J. Leja. (1963). INFRARED STUDY OF XANTHATE ADSORPTION ON VACUUM DEPOSITED FILMS OF LEAD SULFIDE AND METALLIC COPPER UNDER CONDITIONS OF CONTROLLED OXIDATION. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 67(10). 2121–2126. 85 indexed citations
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Pomianowski, A. & J. Leja. (1963). SPECTROPHOTOMETRIC STUDY OF XANTHATE AND DIXANTHOGEN SOLUTIONS. Canadian Journal of Chemistry. 41(9). 2219–2230. 69 indexed citations
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Little, L. H., G. W. Poling, & J. Leja. (1961). INFRARED SPECTRA OF XANTHATE COMPOUNDS: II. ASSIGNMENT OF VIBRATIONAL FREQUENCIES. Canadian Journal of Chemistry. 39(4). 745–754. 74 indexed citations
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Little, L. H., G. W. Poling, & J. Leja. (1961). INFRARED SPECTRA OF XANTHATE COMPOUNDS: III. ORGANIC SOLVENT EFFECT ON THE C=S FREQUENCY. Canadian Journal of Chemistry. 39(9). 1783–1786. 14 indexed citations
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Schulman, J. H. & J. Leja. (1954). Molecular interactions at the solid liquid interface with special reference to flotation and solid particle stabilized emulsions. Colloid & Polymer Science. 136(2-3). 107–120. 22 indexed citations
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Schulman, J. H. & J. Leja. (1954). Control of contact angles at the oil-water-solid interfaces. Emulsions stabilized by solid particles (BaSO4). Transactions of the Faraday Society. 50. 598–598. 254 indexed citations

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