Sanja Balen

816 total citations
38 papers, 598 citations indexed

About

Sanja Balen is a scholar working on Immunology, Surgery and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sanja Balen has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 598 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Immunology, 9 papers in Surgery and 8 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Sanja Balen's work include Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms (6 papers), Immune Response and Inflammation (5 papers) and Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments (4 papers). Sanja Balen is often cited by papers focused on Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms (6 papers), Immune Response and Inflammation (5 papers) and Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments (4 papers). Sanja Balen collaborates with scholars based in Croatia, Norway and United States. Sanja Balen's co-authors include Zlatko Dembić, Godfrey E. Etokebe, Ljiljana Bulat-Kardum, Zdravko Jotanović, Jelena Knežević, Branko Šestan, Biserka Mulac‐Jeričević, Radovan Mihelić, Krešimir Pavelić and P Lederer and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Transplantation and Journal of Orthopaedic Research®.

In The Last Decade

Sanja Balen

35 papers receiving 583 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sanja Balen Croatia 15 209 138 121 108 104 38 598
M.L. Sánchez Alegre United States 12 322 1.5× 162 1.2× 75 0.6× 22 0.2× 105 1.0× 28 654
Jaime L. Hook United States 7 394 1.9× 148 1.1× 105 0.9× 52 0.5× 112 1.1× 12 703
Robert Lischke Czechia 15 126 0.6× 346 2.5× 69 0.6× 107 1.0× 134 1.3× 107 979
Nicoletta Gallo Italy 14 258 1.2× 216 1.6× 120 1.0× 56 0.5× 119 1.1× 37 787
M. Oudkerk Pool Netherlands 10 268 1.3× 160 1.2× 171 1.4× 25 0.2× 62 0.6× 18 747
Matthew R. Pipeling United States 14 502 2.4× 279 2.0× 234 1.9× 83 0.8× 158 1.5× 20 1.1k
J. J. Kolkman Netherlands 8 196 0.9× 332 2.4× 171 1.4× 22 0.2× 58 0.6× 17 785
P. J. Morris United Kingdom 14 216 1.0× 193 1.4× 96 0.8× 59 0.5× 49 0.5× 34 692
Adrien Tissot France 9 173 0.8× 219 1.6× 98 0.8× 41 0.4× 119 1.1× 28 603
Guillermo Ortí Spain 12 270 1.3× 26 0.2× 128 1.1× 85 0.8× 113 1.1× 32 849

Countries citing papers authored by Sanja Balen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sanja Balen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sanja Balen

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

All Works

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Trobonjača, Zlatko, et al.. (2025). Development of the Crossmatch Test in Kidney Transplantation Up to the Virtual Level. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 14(4). 1288–1288.
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Jotanović, Zdravko, et al.. (2019). TNFA Genetic Polymorphism is Associated with Risk for Developing Hip but not Knee Osteoarthritis in Croatian Population. Duo Research Archive (University of Oslo). 11(3). 1–11. 1 indexed citations
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Včev, Aleksandar, et al.. (2017). Helicobacter Pylori Infection and Acute Stroke. University of Zagreb University Computing Centre (SRCE). 1 indexed citations
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Etokebe, Godfrey E., Shanbeh Zienolddiny, Morten Enersen, et al.. (2015). Association of the FAM46A Gene VNTRs and BAG6 rs3117582 SNP with Non Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) in Croatian and Norwegian Populations. PLoS ONE. 10(4). e0122651–e0122651. 25 indexed citations
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Boban, Marko, Viktor Peršić, Mate Petričević, et al.. (2015). Connections between nutritional status and proton pump inhibitor therapy in patients scheduled for cardiovascular rehabilitation after treatment for ischaemic and valvular heart disease. Kardiologia Polska. 74(5). 461–468. 3 indexed citations
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Süsal, Caner, Dániel Wettstein, Bernd Döhler, et al.. (2015). Association of Kidney Graft Loss With De Novo Produced Donor-Specific and Non-Donor-Specific HLA Antibodies Detected by Single Antigen Testing. Transplantation. 99(9). 1976–1980. 66 indexed citations
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Etokebe, Godfrey E., Zdravko Jotanović, Radovan Mihelić, et al.. (2014). Susceptibility to large‐joint osteoarthritis (hip and knee) is associated with BAG6 rs3117582 SNP and the VNTR polymorphism in the second exon of the FAM46A gene on chromosome 6. Journal of Orthopaedic Research®. 33(1). 56–62. 20 indexed citations
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Etokebe, Godfrey E., Ljiljana Bulat-Kardum, Ludvig A. Munthe, Sanja Balen, & Zlatko Dembić. (2014). Association of Variable Number of Tandem Repeats in the Coding Region of the FAM46A Gene, FAM46A rs11040 SNP and BAG6 rs3117582 SNP with Susceptibility to Tuberculosis. PLoS ONE. 9(3). e91385–e91385. 15 indexed citations
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Knežević, Jelena, et al.. (2012). Single Nucleotide Polymorphism in the Interleukin 12B Gene is Associated with Risk for Breast Cancer Development. Scandinavian Journal of Immunology. 76(3). 329–335. 26 indexed citations
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Balen, Sanja, et al.. (2011). Laboratory diagnosis of liver disease. Repository of the University of Rijeka, Faculty of Medicine. 47(3). 246–259. 2 indexed citations
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Jotanović, Zdravko, Godfrey E. Etokebe, Radovan Mihelić, et al.. (2011). IL1B -511(G>A) and IL1RN (VNTR) allelic polymorphisms and susceptibility to knee osteoarthritis in Croatian population. Rheumatology International. 32(7). 2135–2141. 18 indexed citations
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Balen, Sanja, et al.. (2009). Evaluation of fresh frozen plasma usage at the University Hospital Center Rijeka.. PubMed. 33(4). 1375–81.
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Đorđević, Gordana, et al.. (2007). Urothelial Cancer in Patients with Endemic Balkan Nephropathy (EN) after Renal Transplantation. Renal Failure. 29(7). 861–865. 11 indexed citations
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Peršić, Viktor, et al.. (2007). Left ventricle diastolic dysfunction in obese patients with newly diagnosed arterial hypertension. Wiener klinische Wochenschrift. 119(13-14). 423–427. 5 indexed citations
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Bulat-Kardum, Ljiljana, Godfrey E. Etokebe, Jelena Knežević, et al.. (2006). Interferon‐γ Receptor‐1 Gene Promoter Polymorphisms (G‐611A; T‐56C) and Susceptibility to Tuberculosis. Scandinavian Journal of Immunology. 63(2). 142–150. 52 indexed citations
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Etokebe, Godfrey E., Ljiljana Bulat-Kardum, Morten Johansen, et al.. (2006). Interferon‐γ Gene (T874A and G2109A) Polymorphisms Are Associated With Microscopy‐positive Tuberculosis. Scandinavian Journal of Immunology. 63(2). 136–141. 57 indexed citations
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Knežević, Jelena, et al.. (2005). Prevalence of the 35delG Mutation in the GJB2 Gene of Patients with Nonsyndromic Hearing Loss from Croatia. Genetic Testing. 9(4). 297–300. 9 indexed citations
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Domanović, Dragoslav, et al.. (2005). Matrix metalloproteinase-9 and cell kinetics during the collection of peripheral blood stem cells by leukapheresis. Transfusion and Apheresis Science. 33(1). 37–45. 3 indexed citations
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Rukavina, Daniel, et al.. (1996). PERFORIN EXPRESSION IN PERIPHERAL BLOOD LYMPHOCYTES IN REJECTING AND TOLERANT KIDNEY TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS1. Transplantation. 61(2). 285–291. 29 indexed citations

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