Sami Virolainen

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
40 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Sami Virolainen is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Sami Virolainen has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 21 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and 14 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Sami Virolainen's work include Extraction and Separation Processes (39 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (15 papers) and Advancements in Battery Materials (12 papers). Sami Virolainen is often cited by papers focused on Extraction and Separation Processes (39 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (15 papers) and Advancements in Battery Materials (12 papers). Sami Virolainen collaborates with scholars based in Finland, Morocco and Sweden. Sami Virolainen's co-authors include Tuomo Sainio, Erkki Paatero, Don Ibana, Eveliina Repo, Markku Laatikainen, Antero Laitinen, Mika Haapalainen, Youssef El Ouardi, Emile Salomon Massima Mouele and Katri Laatikainen and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Cleaner Production, Chemical Engineering Journal and Chemical Engineering Science.

In The Last Decade

Sami Virolainen

40 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

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  1. The recent progress of ion exchange for the separation of rare earths from secondary resources – A review
    2023 110 citations Youssef El Ouardi, Sami Virolainen et al. Hydrometallurgy profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sami Virolainen Finland 19 965 576 376 300 218 40 1.2k
Danilo Fontana Italy 14 845 0.9× 586 1.0× 357 0.9× 243 0.8× 87 0.4× 22 1.1k
Kyeong Woo Chung South Korea 13 730 0.8× 290 0.5× 165 0.4× 351 1.2× 224 1.0× 44 1000
Rekha Panda India 18 1.4k 1.4× 726 1.3× 341 0.9× 374 1.2× 211 1.0× 31 1.6k
Kerstin Forsberg Sweden 22 919 1.0× 431 0.7× 351 0.9× 243 0.8× 353 1.6× 65 1.4k
Cristian Tunsu Sweden 12 689 0.7× 420 0.7× 185 0.5× 172 0.6× 96 0.4× 18 893
Pankaj Kumar Choubey South Korea 12 967 1.0× 607 1.1× 462 1.2× 343 1.1× 159 0.7× 14 1.1k
Yoko Pranolo Australia 21 1.5k 1.5× 538 0.9× 263 0.7× 539 1.8× 298 1.4× 25 1.8k
Xiaowu Peng China 18 1.0k 1.1× 421 0.7× 626 1.7× 231 0.8× 96 0.4× 30 1.2k
Chenna Rao Borra Belgium 16 1.6k 1.7× 354 0.6× 240 0.6× 262 0.9× 171 0.8× 37 1.8k
Shaohua Yin China 21 703 0.7× 221 0.4× 151 0.4× 609 2.0× 253 1.2× 47 1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Sami Virolainen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sami Virolainen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sami Virolainen

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

All Works

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Ouardi, Youssef El, et al.. (2024). Synergistic performance of magnetic ion-imprinted nanocomposite for selective separation of gadolinium. Minerals Engineering. 214. 108794–108794. 2 indexed citations
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Butylina, Svetlana, et al.. (2024). Lithium recovery from battery waste leachate by nanofiltration: Impact of types of leaching acid and alkaline on permeability of lithium ions. Separation and Purification Technology. 360. 130821–130821. 6 indexed citations
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Ouardi, Youssef El, et al.. (2024). Dynamic simulation-driven analysis of cadmium, nickel, cobalt, and iron adsorption mechanisms in zeolite LTA synthesized from bentonite. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials. 384. 113433–113433. 2 indexed citations
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Virolainen, Sami, et al.. (2024). Recovery of oxalic acid from hydrochloric acid and cobalt containing hydrometallurgical side-stream by solvent extraction. Minerals Engineering. 209. 108617–108617. 2 indexed citations
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Virolainen, Sami, et al.. (2024). Continuous multicolumn ion exchange process for spent lithium-ion battery leachate: Recovery and purification of a Li+Ni+Co mixture. Separation and Purification Technology. 353. 128351–128351. 12 indexed citations
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Virolainen, Sami, et al.. (2023). Chromatographic Separation of Rare Earth Elements as MGDA Complexes on Anion Exchange Resins. Metals. 13(3). 600–600. 2 indexed citations
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Virolainen, Sami, et al.. (2021). Recovery of rare earth elements from phosphogypsum waste in resin-in-leach process by eluting with biodegradable complexing agents. Hydrometallurgy. 201. 105569–105569. 26 indexed citations
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Virolainen, Sami, Eveliina Repo, & Tuomo Sainio. (2019). Recovering rare earth elements from phosphogypsum using a resin-in-leach process: Selection of resin, leaching agent, and eluent. Hydrometallurgy. 189. 105125–105125. 58 indexed citations
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Virolainen, Sami, et al.. (2019). Removal and recovery of arsenic from concentrated sulfuric acid by solvent extraction. Hydrometallurgy. 187. 101–112. 21 indexed citations
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Virolainen, Sami, et al.. (2018). Ion exchange purification of a silver nitrate electrolyte. Minerals Engineering. 132. 175–182. 5 indexed citations
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Virolainen, Sami, et al.. (2017). Solvent extraction fractionation of Li-ion battery leachate containing Li, Ni, and Co. Separation and Purification Technology. 179. 274–282. 112 indexed citations
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Virolainen, Sami, et al.. (2016). Liquid–liquid synthesis of oximes from carbonyl compounds: formation under neutral conditions and degradation at acidic hydrometallurgical process conditions. Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology. 92(6). 1446–1453. 4 indexed citations
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Virolainen, Sami, Markku Laatikainen, & Tuomo Sainio. (2015). Ion exchange recovery of rhenium from industrially relevant sulfate solutions: Single column separations and modeling. Hydrometallurgy. 158. 74–82. 46 indexed citations
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Virolainen, Sami. (2013). Hydrometallurgical recovery of valuable metals from secondary raw materials. Doria (University of Helsinki). 21 indexed citations
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Virolainen, Sami, Jari Heinonen, & Erkki Paatero. (2012). Selective recovery of germanium with N-methylglucamine functional resin from sulfate solutions. Separation and Purification Technology. 104. 193–199. 47 indexed citations
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Virolainen, Sami, Don Ibana, & Erkki Paatero. (2011). Recovery of indium from indium tin oxide by solvent extraction. Hydrometallurgy. 107(1-2). 56–61. 191 indexed citations

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