Jan Čechal

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
76 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Jan Čechal is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Jan Čechal has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Materials Chemistry, 39 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 30 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Jan Čechal's work include Surface Chemistry and Catalysis (18 papers), Surface and Thin Film Phenomena (13 papers) and Graphene research and applications (13 papers). Jan Čechal is often cited by papers focused on Surface Chemistry and Catalysis (18 papers), Surface and Thin Film Phenomena (13 papers) and Graphene research and applications (13 papers). Jan Čechal collaborates with scholars based in Czechia, Germany and Spain. Jan Čechal's co-authors include Tomáš Šikola, Miroslav Kolı́bal, Anton Manakhov, Christopher S. Kley, Sebastian Stepanow, Josef Polčák, Marek Eliáš, David Nečas, Lenka Zajı́čková and Mario Ruben and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Nature Communications and Nano Letters.

In The Last Decade

Jan Čechal

72 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

Avoiding common errors in X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy data collection and analysis, and properly reporting instrument parameters

2024 101 citations George H. Major, Donald R. Baer et al. Applied Surface Science Advances profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jan Čechal Czechia	19	596	495	412	201	141	76	1.1k
Nicholas Blanchard France	17	571 1.0×	413 0.8×	303 0.7×	147 0.7×	149 1.1×	62	1.1k
Damien Aureau France	19	760 1.3×	699 1.4×	267 0.6×	175 0.9×	72 0.5×	74	1.3k
Juan R. Sánchez‐Valencia Spain	22	1.3k 2.2×	980 2.0×	560 1.4×	339 1.7×	191 1.4×	68	2.1k
Lorenzo S. Caputi Italy	22	1.0k 1.7×	453 0.9×	415 1.0×	349 1.7×	182 1.3×	89	1.5k
Kateřina Veltruská Czechia	23	1.2k 2.1×	605 1.2×	216 0.5×	137 0.7×	67 0.5×	99	1.7k
Enrico Bovero Italy	17	1.1k 1.9×	647 1.3×	349 0.8×	261 1.3×	163 1.2×	30	1.4k
A. Atrei Italy	24	710 1.2×	402 0.8×	256 0.6×	482 2.4×	162 1.1×	63	1.3k
Łukasz Skowroński Poland	21	618 1.0×	430 0.9×	237 0.6×	156 0.8×	69 0.5×	82	1.2k
N.L. Yakovlev Singapore	20	745 1.3×	769 1.6×	233 0.6×	246 1.2×	125 0.9×	88	1.5k
Yee Loy Lam Singapore	24	971 1.6×	960 1.9×	299 0.7×	519 2.6×	89 0.6×	118	1.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jan Čechal

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All Works

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Jakub, Zdeněk, et al.. (2025). Atomically-defined on-surface synthesis of multilayer metal-organic frameworks. Communications Chemistry. 8(1). 357–357.

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Škála, Tomáš, et al.. (2025). Structure of epitaxial heteromolecular bilayers probed by low-energy electron microscopy. Surfaces and Interfaces. 62. 106251–106251. 1 indexed citations

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Škála, Tomáš, et al.. (2024). Robust Dipolar Layers between Organic Semiconductors and Silver for Energy-Level Alignment. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 16(14). 18099–18111. 2 indexed citations

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Major, George H., Donald R. Baer, Jeff Terry, et al.. (2024). Avoiding common errors in X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy data collection and analysis, and properly reporting instrument parameters. Applied Surface Science Advances. 19. 100534–100534. 101 indexed citations breakdown →

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Jakub, Zdeněk, et al.. (2024). How the Support Defines Properties of 2D Metal–Organic Frameworks: Fe-TCNQ on Graphene versus Au(111). Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(5). 3471–3482. 14 indexed citations

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Michalička, Jan, Florian Kraushofer, Giada Franceschi, et al.. (2023). Hematite α‐Fe₂O₃(0001) in Top and Side View: Resolving Long‐Standing Controversies about Its Surface Structure. Advanced Materials Interfaces. 10(32). 10 indexed citations

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Major, George H., Christopher D. Easton, Jan Čechal, et al.. (2023). Insufficient reporting of x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy instrumental and peak fitting parameters (metadata) in the scientific literature. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A Vacuum Surfaces and Films. 41(4). 15 indexed citations

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Čechal, Jan, et al.. (2023). Visualization of molecular stacking using low-energy electron microscopy. Ultramicroscopy. 253. 113799–113799. 4 indexed citations

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Avval, Tahereh G., Sarah Fearn, Seong H. Kim, et al.. (2022). A tag-and-count approach for quantifying surface silanol densities on fused silica based on atomic layer deposition and high-sensitivity low-energy ion scattering. Applied Surface Science. 607. 154551–154551. 10 indexed citations

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Chen, Hao, Igor Sokolović, Francesca Mirabella, et al.. (2022). Water Structures Reveal Local Hydrophobicity on the In₂O₃(111) Surface. ACS Nano. 16(12). 21163–21173. 20 indexed citations

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Čechal, Jan, et al.. (2020). Complex k-uniform tilings by a simple bitopic precursor self-assembled on Ag(001) surface. Nature Communications. 11(1). 1856–1856. 18 indexed citations

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Lazar, Petr, Benjamín Mallada, Břetislav Šmíd, et al.. (2019). Identification of Two-Dimensional FeO₂ Termination of Bulk Hematite α-Fe₂O₃(0001) Surface. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 123(23). 14312–14318. 9 indexed citations

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Konečný, Martin, et al.. (2019). Temperature effect on Al predose and AlN nucleation affecting the buffer layer performance for the GaN-on-Si based high-voltage devices. Japanese Journal of Applied Physics. 58(SC). SC1018–SC1018. 7 indexed citations

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Vallejos, Stella, Naděžda Pizúrová, Jan Čechal, I. Gràcia, & C. Cané. (2017). Aerosol-assisted Chemical Vapor Deposition of Metal Oxide Structures: Zinc Oxide Rods. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 6 indexed citations

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Vallejos, Stella, Naděžda Pizúrová, Jan Čechal, I. Gràcia, & C. Cané. (2017). Aerosol-assisted Chemical Vapor Deposition of Metal Oxide Structures: Zinc Oxide Rods. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 13 indexed citations

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Vallejos, Stella, Naděžda Pizúrová, I. Gràcia, et al.. (2016). ZnO Rods with Exposed {100} Facets Grown via a Self-Catalyzed Vapor–Solid Mechanism and Their Photocatalytic and Gas Sensing Properties. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 8(48). 33335–33342. 52 indexed citations

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Čechal, Jan, Christopher S. Kley, Takashi Kumagai, et al.. (2014). Convergent and divergent two-dimensional coordination networks formed through substrate-activated or quenched alkynyl ligation. Chemical Communications. 50(69). 9973–9976. 25 indexed citations

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Čechal, Jan, Ondřej Tomanec, David Škoda, et al.. (2009). Selective growth of Co islands on ion beam induced nucleation centers in a native SiO2 film. Journal of Applied Physics. 105(8). 13 indexed citations

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Čechal, Jan, et al.. (2008). Morphology of cobalt layers on native SiO2 surfaces at elevated temperatures: Formation of Co islands. Surface Science. 602(15). 2693–2698. 14 indexed citations

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Čechal, Jan, et al.. (2007). Si(111)-(7×7)表面上のガリウム構造:Ga被覆および温度の影響. Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 19(1). 1–15. 21 indexed citations

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