Stefan Willför

13.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
228 papers, 10.6k citations indexed

About

Stefan Willför is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Biomaterials and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Stefan Willför has authored 228 papers receiving a total of 10.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 106 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 71 papers in Biomaterials and 67 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Stefan Willför's work include Lignin and Wood Chemistry (87 papers), Advanced Cellulose Research Studies (63 papers) and Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls (35 papers). Stefan Willför is often cited by papers focused on Lignin and Wood Chemistry (87 papers), Advanced Cellulose Research Studies (63 papers) and Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls (35 papers). Stefan Willför collaborates with scholars based in Finland, China and Sweden. Stefan Willför's co-authors include Bjarne Holmbom, Chunlin Xu, Jarl Hemming, Jun Liu, Patrik Eklund, Rainer Sjöholm, Andrey Pranovich, Annika Smeds, Wenyang Xu and Tapio Salmi and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and ACS Nano.

In The Last Decade

Stefan Willför

227 papers receiving 10.3k citations

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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.

A review of bioactive plant polysaccharides: Biological activities, functionalization, and biomedical applications

2014 458 citations Jun Liu, Stefan Willför et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Stefan Willför Finland	54	4.8k	3.3k	2.5k	2.0k	1.4k	228	10.6k
Carlos Pascoal Neto Portugal	63	4.2k 0.9×	4.7k 1.4×	2.9k 1.2×	1.4k 0.7×	1.3k 1.0×	210	11.3k
Bjarne Holmbom Finland	51	4.0k 0.8×	1.8k 0.6×	1.9k 0.8×	1.7k 0.9×	942 0.7×	198	8.7k
Thomas Rosenau Austria	59	5.4k 1.1×	6.6k 2.0×	2.2k 0.9×	1.2k 0.6×	782 0.6×	519	12.9k
Jalel Labidi Spain	68	9.2k 1.9×	6.0k 1.8×	3.1k 1.2×	1.2k 0.6×	2.0k 1.4×	369	16.6k
Dimitris S. Argyropoulos United States	56	8.8k 1.8×	3.5k 1.1×	2.9k 1.1×	1.2k 0.6×	1.7k 1.2×	202	11.6k
Dmitry V. Evtuguin Portugal	47	4.0k 0.8×	1.6k 0.5×	2.1k 0.8×	910 0.4×	1.0k 0.7×	236	7.2k
Carmen S. R. Freire Portugal	71	4.4k 0.9×	7.0k 2.1×	2.0k 0.8×	1.5k 0.7×	1.2k 0.9×	279	15.0k
Feng Xu China	63	8.5k 1.8×	4.2k 1.3×	3.6k 1.4×	1.8k 0.9×	999 0.7×	220	14.0k
Nicolas Brosse France	44	4.7k 1.0×	2.5k 0.7×	1.3k 0.5×	747 0.4×	629 0.5×	205	7.8k
Juan Carlos Parajó Spain	61	9.5k 2.0×	2.4k 0.7×	2.7k 1.1×	4.4k 2.1×	2.9k 2.1×	283	15.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Stefan Willför

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stefan Willför

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Zhang, Weihua, Chunlin Xu, Xinpeng Che, et al.. (2022). Encapsulating Amidoximated Nanofibrous Aerogels within Wood Cell Tracheids for Efficient Cascading Adsorption of Uranium Ions. ACS Nano. 16(8). 13144–13151. 62 indexed citations

Zhang, Weihua, Xiao Han, Jun You, et al.. (2022). Rapid and manual-shaking exfoliation of amidoximated cellulose nanofibrils for a large-capacity filtration capture of uranium. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 10(14). 7920–7927. 19 indexed citations

Willför, Stefan, Peter Capek, Oded Shoseyov, et al.. (2020). Intake of Radionuclides in the Trees of Fukushima Forests 4. Binding of Radioiodine to Xyloglucan. Forests. 11(9). 957–957. 2 indexed citations

Wang, Luyao, Lucas Lagerquist, Yongchao Zhang, et al.. (2020). Tailored Thermosetting Wood Adhesive Based on Well-Defined Hardwood Lignin Fractions. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 8(35). 13517–13526. 58 indexed citations

Pranovich, Andrey, et al.. (2020). Optimization of the extraction of galactoglucomannans from Pinus halepensis. Holzforschung. 75(6). 563–573. 5 indexed citations

Zhang, Yongchao, Wenyang Xu, Xiaoju Wang, et al.. (2019). From Biomass to Nanomaterials: A Green Procedure for Preparation of Holistic Bamboo Multifunctional Nanocomposites Based On Formic Acid Rapid Fractionation. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 7(7). 6592–6600. 37 indexed citations

Parikka, Kirsti, Paavo A. Penttilä, M. Teresa Cuberes, et al.. (2016). Softwood-based sponge gels. Cellulose. 23(5). 3221–3238. 19 indexed citations

Xu, Chunlin, Roger Bollström, Jonas Hartman, et al.. (2014). O-acetyl galactoglucomannan esters for barrier coatings. Cellulose. 21(6). 4497–4509. 27 indexed citations

Vartiainen, Jari, et al.. (2014). Modification of nanofibrillated cellulose using amphiphilic block-structured galactoglucomannans. Carbohydrate Polymers. 110. 163–172. 32 indexed citations

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Kilpeläinen, Petri, Risto Korpinen, Andrey Pranovich, et al.. (2014). Pressurized hot water flow-through extraction system scale up from the laboratory to the pilot scale. Green Chemistry. 16(6). 3186–3194. 102 indexed citations

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Pranovich, Andrey, et al.. (2014). Non-cellulosic heteropolysaccharides from sugarcane bagasse – Sequential extraction with pressurized hot water and alkaline peroxide at different temperatures. Bioresource Technology. 155. 446–450. 12 indexed citations

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Xu, Chunlin, et al.. (2013). Anionic Polysaccharides as Templates for the Synthesis of Conducting Polyaniline and as Structural Matrix for Conducting Biocomposites. Macromolecular Rapid Communications. 34(13). 1056–1061. 20 indexed citations

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Norgren, Magnus, et al.. (2012). Selective froth flotation of pitch components from spruce TMP process water. Appita journal. 65(4). 337–346. 2 indexed citations

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Eklund, Patrik, Rainer Sjöholm, Andrey Pranovich, et al.. (2012). Hydrophobication and characterisation of O-acetyl-galactoglucomannan for papermaking and barrier applications. Carbohydrate Research. 352. 151–158. 23 indexed citations

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Kusema, Bright T., Chunlin Xu, Päivi Mäki‐Arvela, et al.. (2010). Kinetics of Acid Hydrolysis of Arabinogalactans. International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering. 8(1). 25 indexed citations

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Laine, Pia, Anna‐Maija Lampi, Marko Peura, et al.. (2009). Comparison of Microencapsulation Properties of Spruce Galactoglucomannans and Arabic Gum Using a Model Hydrophobic Core Compound. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 58(2). 981–989. 13 indexed citations

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Mikkonen, Kirsi S., Madhav P. Yadav, Peter Cooke, et al.. (2008). Films from spruce galactoglucomannan blended with Poly(Vinyl Alcohol), corn arabinoxylan and konjac glucomannan. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 256–258. 41 indexed citations

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Mikkonen, Kirsi S., Madhav P. Yadav, Peter Cooke, et al.. (2008). Films from spruce galactogluccomannan blended with poly(vinyl alcohol), corn arabonoxylan, and konjac glucomannan. BioResources. 3(1). 178–191. 39 indexed citations

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Pietarinen, Suvi, Stefan Willför, & Bjarne Holmbom. (2004). Wood Resin 8 in Acacia mangium and Acacia crassicarpa Wood and Knots. Appita journal. 57(2). 146–150. 17 indexed citations

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Willför, Stefan, et al.. (2000). Interactions between fillers and dissolved and colloidal substances from TMP. Åbo Akademi University Research Portal. 8 indexed citations

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