Tibor Kovács

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
51 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Tibor Kovács is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Tibor Kovács has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 17 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 12 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Tibor Kovács's work include Fish Ecology and Management Studies (20 papers), Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology (15 papers) and Reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species (12 papers). Tibor Kovács is often cited by papers focused on Fish Ecology and Management Studies (20 papers), Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology (15 papers) and Reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species (12 papers). Tibor Kovács collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Hungary and Germany. Tibor Kovács's co-authors include P. Martel, Brian O’Connor, L. Mark Hewitt, Deborah L. MacLatchy, Vance L. Trudeau, Joanne L. Parrott, C. Blaise, François Gagné, Joachim Widder and Verena Pichler and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, Journal of the American College of Cardiology and The Journal of Physical Chemistry B.

In The Last Decade

Tibor Kovács

49 papers receiving 971 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.

Micro- and Nanoplastics Breach the Blood–Brain Barrier (BBB): Biomolecular Corona’s Role Revealed

2023 205 citations Verena Kopatz, Kevin Wen et al. Nanomaterials profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tibor Kovács Canada	16	291	282	222	200	184	51	1.0k
P. Martel Canada	18	127 0.4×	308 1.1×	233 1.0×	169 0.8×	207 1.1×	42	834
Tien‐Chieh Hung United States	23	331 1.1×	341 1.2×	318 1.4×	80 0.4×	88 0.5×	86	1.7k
Brian O’Connor Canada	13	103 0.4×	208 0.7×	137 0.6×	201 1.0×	121 0.7×	22	589
Alvine C. Mehinto United States	15	612 2.1×	502 1.8×	86 0.4×	40 0.2×	91 0.5×	28	1.1k
Xuchun Qiu China	24	597 2.1×	740 2.6×	87 0.4×	69 0.3×	40 0.2×	97	1.6k
Jordan Crago United States	19	991 3.4×	783 2.8×	76 0.3×	50 0.3×	122 0.7×	31	1.6k
Ștefan-Adrian Strungaru Romania	19	592 2.0×	401 1.4×	57 0.3×	95 0.5×	25 0.1×	45	1.2k
Yao Dang China	20	543 1.9×	492 1.7×	33 0.1×	86 0.4×	72 0.4×	47	1.3k
Anne Bado‐Nilles France	23	366 1.3×	622 2.2×	78 0.4×	30 0.1×	46 0.3×	61	1.3k
Qing–Ling Zhu China	26	259 0.9×	579 2.1×	34 0.2×	119 0.6×	99 0.5×	67	1.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Tibor Kovács

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tibor Kovács

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Minofar, Babak, et al.. (2025). Adsorption Mechanism of a Perfluorinated Carboxylic Acid on Charged Polystyrene Surfaces in Aquatic Environment: A Combined Experimental and Computer Simulation Investigation. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 129(32). 8244–8253.

Tóth, László, Tibor Kovács, Attila Bényei, et al.. (2023). Multifaceted Domino Knoevenagel‐Cyclization Reactions; Four Movements for 2H‐Chromenes and Chromans. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis. 365(19). 3301–3319. 2 indexed citations

Kovács, Tibor, Norbert Kúsz, Zsuzsanna Schelz, et al.. (2023). Isolation and NMR Scaling Factors for the Structure Determination of Lobatolide H, a Flexible Sesquiterpene from Neurolaena lobata . International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(6). 5841–5841. 3 indexed citations

Kopatz, Verena, Kevin Wen, Tibor Kovács, et al.. (2023). Micro- and Nanoplastics Breach the Blood–Brain Barrier (BBB): Biomolecular Corona’s Role Revealed. Nanomaterials. 13(8). 1404–1404. 205 indexed citations breakdown →

Paczal, Attila, et al.. (2022). Synthesis and Vibrational Circular Dichroism Analysis of N-Heterocyclic Carbene Precursors Containing Remote Chirality Centers. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23(7). 3471–3471. 3 indexed citations

Kovács, Tibor, P. Martel, Brian O’Connor, et al.. (2013). A survey of Canadian mechanical pulp and paper mill effluents: Insights concerning the potential to affect fish reproduction. Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part A. 48(10). 1178–1189. 12 indexed citations

Kovács, Tibor, P. Martel, Brian O’Connor, et al.. (2011). Kraft mill effluent survey: Progress toward best management practices for reducing effects on fish reproduction. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 30(6). 1421–1429. 25 indexed citations

Parrott, Joanne L., L. Mark Hewitt, Tibor Kovács, et al.. (2010). Responses in a Fathead Minnow (Pimephales promelas) Lifecycle Test and in Wild White Sucker (Catostomus commersoni) Exposed to a Canadian Bleached Kraft Mill Effluent. Water Quality Research Journal. 45(2). 187–200. 11 indexed citations

Popesku, Jason T., P. Martel, Tibor Kovács, et al.. (2010). Gene expression profiling of the fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas) neuroendocrine brain in response to pulp and paper mill effluents. Aquatic Toxicology. 99(3). 379–388. 15 indexed citations

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Kovács, Tibor, et al.. (2010). 1995-2009: What Have We Learned About Effluent Biotreatment in Relation to Environmental Protection?. Water Quality Research Journal. 45(2). 251–262. 1 indexed citations

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Mahmood, Talat, et al.. (2010). Implications of Aerated Stabilization Basin Dredging on Potential Effluent Toxicity to Fish. Water Environment Research. 82(5). 440–446. 1 indexed citations

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Kovács, Tibor, et al.. (2007). A Shortened Adult Fathead Minnow Reproduction Test Developed for Investigation of Cause and Investigation of Solution Work Involving Pulp and Paper Mill Effluents. Water Quality Research Journal. 42(2). 91–100. 24 indexed citations

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Rickwood, Carrie J., Monique G. Dubé, L. Mark Hewitt, et al.. (2006). Use of paired fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas) reproductive test. Part 1: Assessing biological effects of final bleached kraft pulp mill effluent using a mobile bioassay trailer system. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 25(7). 1836–1846. 25 indexed citations

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Kovács, Tibor, et al.. (2005). Further Insights Into The Potential Of Pulp And Paper Mill Effluents To Affect Fish Reproduction. Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health. 68(19). 1621–1641. 25 indexed citations

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Martel, P., et al.. (2003). Evaluation of caged freshwater mussels as an alternative method for environmental effects monitoring (EEM) studies. Environmental Pollution. 124(3). 471–483. 22 indexed citations

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Kovács, Tibor & Johann Sonnenbichler. (1997). Secondary Fungal Metabolites and Their Biological Activity, VIII. – Partial Synthesis of Oosponol, an Antifungal Isocoumarin. Liebigs Annalen. 1997(1). 211–212. 6 indexed citations

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Martel, P., Tibor Kovács, Brian O’Connor, & R.H. Voss. (1997). Source and identity of compounds in a thermomechanical pulp mill effluent inducing hepatic mixed-function oxygenase activity in fish. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 16(11). 2375–2383. 37 indexed citations

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Antus, Sándor, et al.. (1993). Lipase-catalyzed kinetic resolution of (±)-2-hydroxymethyl-1,4-benzodioxane. Tetrahedron Asymmetry. 4(3). 339–344. 21 indexed citations

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Csoŕtos, Csilla, et al.. (1990). Phosphorylase phosphatase activities of rat liver in streptozotocin-diabetes. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research. 1052(1). 235–241. 2 indexed citations

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Kovács, Tibor, et al.. (1982). Acute Toxicity of Cyanide to Rainbow Trout (Salmo gairdneri) Acclimated at Different Temperatures. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 39(10). 1426–1429. 14 indexed citations

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