Mirja Illikainen

10.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
223 papers, 8.7k citations indexed

About

Mirja Illikainen is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Building and Construction and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Mirja Illikainen has authored 223 papers receiving a total of 8.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 170 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 122 papers in Building and Construction and 85 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Mirja Illikainen's work include Concrete and Cement Materials Research (164 papers), Recycling and utilization of industrial and municipal waste in materials production (98 papers) and Magnesium Oxide Properties and Applications (73 papers). Mirja Illikainen is often cited by papers focused on Concrete and Cement Materials Research (164 papers), Recycling and utilization of industrial and municipal waste in materials production (98 papers) and Magnesium Oxide Properties and Applications (73 papers). Mirja Illikainen collaborates with scholars based in Finland, United Kingdom and Italy. Mirja Illikainen's co-authors include Päivö Kinnunen, Juho Yliniemi, Terο Luukkοnen, Z. Abdollahnejad, Katja Ohenoja, M. Mastali, Elijah Adesanya, Priyadharshini Perumal, Harisankar Sreenivasan and Ahmad Dalvand and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Mirja Illikainen

218 papers receiving 8.4k 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.

One-part alkali-activated materials: A review

2017 1.0k citations Terο Luukkοnen, Z. Abdollahnejad et al. profile →
Drying shrinkage in alkali-activated binders – A critical review

2018 361 citations M. Mastali, Päivö Kinnunen et al. Construction and Building Materials profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mirja Illikainen Finland	51	6.6k	4.3k	3.0k	795	722	223	8.7k
Ruben Snellings Belgium	43	8.3k 1.3×	3.9k 0.9×	3.8k 1.3×	696 0.9×	262 0.4×	115	9.7k
Baoguo Ma China	45	4.6k 0.7×	2.1k 0.5×	2.1k 0.7×	584 0.7×	577 0.8×	179	6.1k
Tung‐Chai Ling China	67	9.9k 1.5×	6.9k 1.6×	2.7k 0.9×	1.7k 2.1×	408 0.6×	201	13.1k
Qingliang Yu Netherlands	57	6.2k 0.9×	3.3k 0.8×	3.2k 1.1×	457 0.6×	408 0.6×	238	9.1k
Yiannis Pontikes Belgium	49	3.4k 0.5×	3.0k 0.7×	2.5k 0.8×	3.0k 3.7×	1.0k 1.4×	222	7.8k
Prabir Kumar Sarker Australia	48	9.4k 1.4×	5.4k 1.3×	3.6k 1.2×	959 1.2×	315 0.4×	157	11.9k
Frank Winnefeld Switzerland	61	14.7k 2.2×	5.3k 1.2×	7.7k 2.6×	773 1.0×	526 0.7×	152	16.7k
Hongbo Tan China	48	6.0k 0.9×	2.9k 0.7×	2.8k 0.9×	583 0.7×	403 0.6×	197	7.2k
Narayanan Neithalath United States	59	8.9k 1.3×	4.4k 1.0×	2.8k 0.9×	1.2k 1.5×	484 0.7×	218	11.4k
Alaa M. Rashad Egypt	50	7.4k 1.1×	3.5k 0.8×	3.2k 1.1×	369 0.5×	181 0.3×	160	8.5k

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Perumal, Priyadharshini, Chen Liu, Yun Chen, et al.. (2025). Municipal solid waste incineration (MSWI) bottom ash-blended cementitious materials: Performance, challenges, and potential solutions. Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology. 55(19). 1506–1533. 2 indexed citations

Lemougna, Patrick N., Arnold Ismailov, Erkki Levänen, et al.. (2024). Upcycling spodumene tailings in the preparation of high alumina porcelain composition sintered at 1200–1400 ˚C. Minerals Engineering. 217. 108937–108937. 6 indexed citations

Chen, Boyu, et al.. (2024). Advances in using municipal solid waste incineration (MSWI) bottom ash as precursor for alkali-activated materials: A critical review. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 204. 107516–107516. 30 indexed citations

Nguyen, Hoang, et al.. (2024). Ladle slag–based binder for the solidification/stabilization of heavy-metal-rich industrial waste. Journal of Environmental Management. 367. 121956–121956. 2 indexed citations

Chen, Boyu, Priyadharshini Perumal, Mirja Illikainen, & Guang Ye. (2023). A review on the utilization of municipal solid waste incineration (MSWI) bottom ash as a mineral resource for construction materials. Journal of Building Engineering. 71. 106386–106386. 81 indexed citations

Srivastava, Sumit, M. Cristina Cerutti, Hoang Nguyen, et al.. (2023). Carbonated steel slags as supplementary cementitious materials: Reaction kinetics and phase evolution. Cement and Concrete Composites. 142. 105213–105213. 62 indexed citations

Isteri, Visa, et al.. (2023). Hazardous industrial filter sludge immobilization with mayenite and gypsum. Journal of Cleaner Production. 387. 135873–135873. 5 indexed citations

Perumal, Priyadharshini, et al.. (2023). Combined granulation–alkali activation–direct foaming process: A novel route to porous geopolymer granules with enhanced adsorption properties. Materials & Design. 227. 111781–111781. 20 indexed citations

Luukkοnen, Terο, Juho Yliniemi, Brant Walkley, et al.. (2022). Characterization of an aged alkali-activated slag roof tile after 30 years of exposure to Northern Scandinavian weather. RSC Advances. 12(40). 25822–25832. 5 indexed citations

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Lancellotti, Isabella, Hoang Nguyen, M. Mastali, et al.. (2021). The Effect of Fibrous Reinforcement on the Polycondensation Degree of Slag-Based Alkali Activated Composites. Polymers. 13(16). 2664–2664. 6 indexed citations

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Yliniemi, Juho, et al.. (2021). Characterization of mineral wool waste chemical composition, organic resin content and fiber dimensions: Aspects for valorization. Waste Management. 131. 323–330. 37 indexed citations

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Perumal, Priyadharshini, Hoang Nguyen, Valter Carvelli, Päivö Kinnunen, & Mirja Illikainen. (2021). High strength fiber reinforced one-part alkali activated slag composites from industrial side streams. Construction and Building Materials. 319. 126124–126124. 13 indexed citations

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Adesanya, Elijah, Priyadharshini Perumal, Terο Luukkοnen, et al.. (2020). Opportunities to improve sustainability of alkali-activated materials: A review of side-stream based activators. Journal of Cleaner Production. 286. 125558–125558. 111 indexed citations

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Mastali, M., Päivö Kinnunen, Lidija Korat, et al.. (2019). Production of Lightweight Alkali Activated Mortars Using Mineral Wools. Materials. 12(10). 1695–1695. 25 indexed citations

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Abdollahnejad, Z., M. Mastali, Mahroo Falah, et al.. (2019). Construction and Demolition Waste as Recycled Aggregates in Alkali-Activated Concretes. Materials. 12(23). 4016–4016. 46 indexed citations

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Mastali, M., et al.. (2019). Using Carbonated BOF Slag Aggregates in Alkali-Activated Concretes. Materials. 12(8). 1288–1288. 36 indexed citations

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Nguyen, Hoang, Valter Carvelli, Elijah Adesanya, Päivö Kinnunen, & Mirja Illikainen. (2018). High performance cementitious composite from alkali-activated ladle slag reinforced with polypropylene fibers. Cement and Concrete Composites. 90. 150–160. 90 indexed citations

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Kiventerä, Jenni, Harisankar Sreenivasan, Christopher Cheeseman, Päivö Kinnunen, & Mirja Illikainen. (2018). Immobilization of sulfates and heavy metals in gold mine tailings by sodium silicate and hydrated lime. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 6(5). 6530–6536. 66 indexed citations

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Visanko, Miikka, et al.. (2017). Mechanical fabrication of high-strength and redispersible wood nanofibers from unbleached groundwood pulp. Cellulose. 24(10). 4173–4187. 61 indexed citations

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Visanko, Miikka, et al.. (2017). Castor oil-based biopolyurethane reinforced with wood microfibers derived from mechanical pulp. Cellulose. 24(6). 2531–2543. 8 indexed citations

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