Marko Polajnar

726 total citations
16 papers, 574 citations indexed

About

Marko Polajnar is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Marko Polajnar has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 574 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 11 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 5 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Marko Polajnar's work include Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions (7 papers), Lubricants and Their Additives (7 papers) and Tribology and Wear Analysis (5 papers). Marko Polajnar is often cited by papers focused on Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions (7 papers), Lubricants and Their Additives (7 papers) and Tribology and Wear Analysis (5 papers). Marko Polajnar collaborates with scholars based in Slovenia, United States and France. Marko Polajnar's co-authors include Mitjan Kalin, Franc Majdič, Nathalie Valle, Wei Jin, Feng Guo, Benoît Thiébaut, Tomaž Požar, Brane Širok, Benjamin Bizjan and Irina Hussainova and has published in prestigious journals such as Applied Surface Science, Wear and Materials.

In The Last Decade

Marko Polajnar

14 papers receiving 552 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Marko Polajnar Slovenia 8 338 334 197 82 61 16 574
Sang T. Pham Australia 14 252 0.7× 283 0.8× 172 0.9× 92 1.1× 60 1.0× 42 500
Wenpeng Jia China 15 199 0.6× 417 1.2× 151 0.8× 25 0.3× 89 1.5× 40 621
Shaowei Li China 17 195 0.6× 503 1.5× 139 0.7× 24 0.3× 56 0.9× 49 701
Jiawei Yao China 16 282 0.8× 305 0.9× 219 1.1× 39 0.5× 42 0.7× 41 562
L. Bélec France 15 349 1.0× 240 0.7× 246 1.2× 31 0.4× 52 0.9× 35 728
R. G. Dillingham United States 11 193 0.6× 123 0.4× 144 0.7× 125 1.5× 42 0.7× 17 404
Hongfei Shang China 15 300 0.9× 265 0.8× 174 0.9× 16 0.2× 51 0.8× 37 514
Benoît Ter-Ovanessian France 17 133 0.4× 360 1.1× 466 2.4× 20 0.2× 91 1.5× 52 764
Qiuying Chang China 16 462 1.4× 574 1.7× 363 1.8× 10 0.1× 50 0.8× 46 764

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Fields of papers citing papers by Marko Polajnar

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Marko Polajnar

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Marko Polajnar. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Marko Polajnar 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 Marko Polajnar. Marko Polajnar is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

16 of 16 papers shown
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Polajnar, Marko, et al.. (2025). Tribological properties of steel sheet with epoxy-based enamel coating under dry and lubricated conditions for stamping applications. Journal of Materials Research and Technology. 36. 7666–7675. 1 indexed citations
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Polajnar, Marko, Tomaž Požar, & Mitjan Kalin. (2025). Perfluorocarboxylic acids as additives for friction reduction in full-film EHD contacts: Influence of additive chain length. Tribology International. 211. 110892–110892. 1 indexed citations
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Tomala, Agnieszka, Marko Polajnar, Rahul Kumar, et al.. (2025). Effect of Laser Surface Texturing and Fabrication Methods on Tribological Properties of Ti6Al4V/HAp Biocomposites. Materials. 18(11). 2468–2468.
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Polajnar, Marko, et al.. (2023). Base lubricants for green stamping: The effects of their structure and viscosity on tribological performance. Friction. 11(9). 1741–1754. 4 indexed citations
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Polajnar, Marko, et al.. (2023). Wear of hydraulic pump with real particles and medium test dust. Wear. 532-533. 205101–205101. 11 indexed citations
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Guo, Feng, et al.. (2022). Study on the influence of interfacial slip on the lubrication performance of a step slider bearing. Tribology International. 176. 107822–107822. 8 indexed citations
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Polajnar, Marko, et al.. (2021). Elasto-hydrodynamic friction changes on steel surfaces arising from the modified surface energy of the steel due to additive boundary films. Tribology International. 164. 107203–107203. 3 indexed citations
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Kalin, Mitjan, et al.. (2019). Green Tribology for the Sustainable Engineering of the Future. Strojniški vestnik – Journal of Mechanical Engineering. 65(11-12). 709–727. 23 indexed citations
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Polajnar, Marko, et al.. (2017). Friction and wear performance of functionally graded ductile iron for brake pads. Wear. 382-383. 85–94. 40 indexed citations
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Polajnar, Marko, Benjamin Bizjan, Brane Širok, & Mitjan Kalin. (2017). High‐speed optical imaging of liquid film flow and liquid macro‐slip over free surfaces with different surface energies. Lubrication Science. 29(8). 557–566. 2 indexed citations
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Kalin, Mitjan & Marko Polajnar. (2013). The Effect of Wetting and Surface Energy on the Friction and Slip in Oil-Lubricated Contacts. Tribology Letters. 52(2). 185–194. 110 indexed citations
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