Petr Klán

10.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
162 papers, 7.6k citations indexed

About

Petr Klán is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Petr Klán has authored 162 papers receiving a total of 7.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Organic Chemistry, 54 papers in Materials Chemistry and 30 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Petr Klán's work include Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry (33 papers), Radical Photochemical Reactions (28 papers) and Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (26 papers). Petr Klán is often cited by papers focused on Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry (33 papers), Radical Photochemical Reactions (28 papers) and Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (26 papers). Petr Klán collaborates with scholars based in Czechia, United States and Switzerland. Petr Klán's co-authors include Jakob Wirz, Tomáš Šolomek, Dominik Heger, Tomáš Slanina, Jana Klánová, Richard S. Givens, Marina Rubina, Vladimir V. Popik, Aurélien Blanc and Christian G. Bochet and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Petr Klán

158 papers receiving 7.5k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Photoremovable Protecting Groups in Chemistry and Biology: Reaction Mechanisms and Efficacy

2012 1.5k citations Petr Klán, Jakob Wirz et al. profile →
Visible-to-NIR-Light Activated Release: From Small Molecules to Nanomaterials

2020 444 citations Tomáš Slanina, Petr Klán et al. profile →
Photochemistry of Organic Compounds

2009 438 citations Petr Klán, Jakob Wirz profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Petr Klán Czechia	41	3.4k	2.4k	1.5k	1.5k	901	162	7.6k
Jakob Wirz Switzerland	48	4.0k 1.2×	4.9k 2.0×	1.1k 0.7×	1.5k 1.1×	1.0k 1.1×	214	9.6k
Silvia E. Braslavsky Germany	48	3.2k 0.9×	1.5k 0.6×	1.3k 0.9×	2.7k 1.9×	1.4k 1.5×	224	8.9k
Peter R. Ogilby Denmark	56	5.2k 1.5×	1.5k 0.6×	4.6k 3.1×	2.1k 1.4×	498 0.6×	201	10.9k
Kun Liu China	49	3.7k 1.1×	1.7k 0.7×	2.1k 1.4×	1.2k 0.8×	207 0.2×	319	8.7k
Marie Pierre Krafft France	43	1.5k 0.4×	1.6k 0.7×	1.4k 1.0×	1.3k 0.9×	64 0.1×	188	6.4k
G. Zerbi Italy	63	4.5k 1.3×	2.9k 1.2×	1.7k 1.2×	652 0.4×	483 0.5×	461	15.1k
Heather C. Allen United States	47	1.1k 0.3×	484 0.2×	649 0.4×	1.5k 1.0×	256 0.3×	166	8.1k
Raffaele Saladino Italy	44	1.1k 0.3×	1.9k 0.8×	1.3k 0.9×	2.1k 1.4×	550 0.6×	242	6.9k
Gábor Merényi Sweden	44	1.0k 0.3×	1.6k 0.7×	518 0.4×	1.4k 1.0×	128 0.1×	120	5.9k
Michael A. J. Rodgers United States	50	4.2k 1.2×	2.2k 0.9×	1.9k 1.3×	1.9k 1.3×	333 0.4×	261	9.3k

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All Works

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Glotz, Gabriel, et al.. (2025). The first microseconds of the life of excited heptamethine cyanine revealed by femtosecond stimulated Raman spectroscopy. Communications Chemistry. 9(1). 43–43.

Nasrabadi, Hossein Beygi, Eduard Madirov, Radian Popescu, et al.. (2021). Coordination mechanism of cyanine dyes on the surface of core@active shell β-NaGdF₄:Yb³⁺,Er³⁺ nanocrystals and its role in enhancing upconversion luminescence. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 9(45). 16313–16323. 14 indexed citations

Jašprová, Jana, Aleš Dvořák, Marek Vecka, et al.. (2020). A novel accurate LC-MS/MS method for quantitative determination of Z-lumirubin. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 4411–4411. 13 indexed citations

Leresche, Frank, Lucie Ludvíková, Dominik Heger, et al.. (2018). Laser flash photolysis study of the photoinduced oxidation of 4-(dimethylamino)benzonitrile (DMABN). Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences. 18(2). 534–545. 15 indexed citations

Anshori, Jamaludin Al, Tomáš Slanina, Eduardo Palao, & Petr Klán. (2016). The internal heavy-atom effect on 3-phenylselanyl and 3-phenyltellanyl BODIPY derivatives studied by transient absorption spectroscopy. Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences. 15(2). 250–259. 32 indexed citations

Šebej, Peter, et al.. (2014). Near-Infrared Fluorescent 9-Phenylethynylpyronin Analogues for Bioimaging. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 79(8). 3374–3382. 55 indexed citations

Grannas, Amanda M., Christian Bogdal, Kimberly J. Hageman, et al.. (2013). The role of the global cryosphere in the fate of organic contaminants. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 13(6). 3271–3305. 122 indexed citations

McNeill, V. Faye, Amanda M. Grannas, Jonathan P. D. Abbatt, et al.. (2012). Organics in environmental ices: sources, chemistry, and impacts. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 12(20). 9653–9678. 103 indexed citations

Švec, Ján, Michal Dušek, Peter Štacko, et al.. (2011). Anion‐Free Bambus[6]uril and Its Supramolecular Properties. Chemistry - A European Journal. 17(20). 5605–5612. 75 indexed citations

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Šebej, Peter, et al.. (2011). Photoremovable chiral auxiliary. Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences. 11(3). 500–507. 3 indexed citations

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Walsh, Zarah, Pavel A. Levkin, Silvia Scarmagnani, et al.. (2011). Polymerisation and surface modification of methacrylate monoliths in polyimide channels and polyimide coated capillaries using 660 nm light emitting diodes. Journal of Chromatography A. 1218(20). 2954–2962. 21 indexed citations

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Klánová, Jana, et al.. (2008). Persistent organic pollutants in soils and sediments from JamesRoss Island. Environmental Pollution. 152(2). 47 indexed citations

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Walsh, Zarah, Dominik Heger, Petr Klán, et al.. (2008). Photoinitiated polymerisation of monolithic stationary phases in polyimide coated capillaries using visible region LEDs. Chemical Communications. 6504–6504. 35 indexed citations

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Wirz, Jakob, et al.. (2006). 2,5-Dimethylphenacyl carbamate: a photoremovable protecting group for amines and amino acids. Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences. 6(1). 50–56. 32 indexed citations

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Klánová, Jana, et al.. (2004). Photodegradation of organic pollutants on the spruce needle wax surface under laboratory conditions. Chemosphere. 57(10). 1399–1407. 21 indexed citations

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Wirz, Jakob, et al.. (2004). 2,5-Dimethylphenacyl carbonates: A photoremovable protecting group for alcohols and phenols. Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences. 4(1). 43–46. 31 indexed citations

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Klánová, Jana, Petr Klán, Dominik Heger, & Ivan Holoubek. (2003). Comparison of the effects of UV, H2O2/UV and γ-irradiation processes on frozen and liquid water solutions of monochlorophenols. Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences. 2(10). 1023–1031. 51 indexed citations

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Heger, Dominik, et al.. (2003). N-(1-Naphthylacetyl)glycine phenacyl ester and phenacyl (1-naphthylacetoxy)acetate. Acta Crystallographica Section C Crystal Structure Communications. 59(2). o77–o79. 1 indexed citations

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Klán, Petr, et al.. (2002). Temperature-sensitive photochemical aromatic substitution on 4-nitroanisole. Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences. 1(12). 1012–1016. 18 indexed citations

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Klán, Petr, Anna Paola Pelliccioli, Tomáš Pospíšil, & Jakob Wirz. (2002). 2,5-Dimethylphenacyl esters: A photoremovable protecting group for phosphates and sulfonic acids. Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences. 1(11). 920–923. 36 indexed citations

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