Ünal Şen

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Ünal Şen is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Ünal Şen has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 14 papers in Materials Chemistry and 12 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Ünal Şen's work include Fuel Cells and Related Materials (13 papers), Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (12 papers) and Covalent Organic Framework Applications (8 papers). Ünal Şen is often cited by papers focused on Fuel Cells and Related Materials (13 papers), Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (12 papers) and Covalent Organic Framework Applications (8 papers). Ünal Şen collaborates with scholars based in Türkiye, United States and Iran. Ünal Şen's co-authors include Mustafa Erkartal, Ayhan Bozkurt, Ali Ata, Hakan Usta, Murat Citir, Joseph T. Hupp, Mehmet Özdemir, Omar K. Farha, Ali Reza Oveisi and Chung‐Wei Kung and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Society Reviews, The Journal of Chemical Physics and Advanced Functional Materials.

In The Last Decade

Ünal Şen

32 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

Defect-enabling zirconium-based metal–organic frameworks ... 2024 2026 2025 2024 25 50 75
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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.

  1. Defect-enabling zirconium-based metal–organic frameworks for energy and environmental remediation applications
    2024 87 citations Saba Daliran, Ali Reza Oveisi et al. Chemical Society Reviews profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ünal Şen Türkiye 20 705 419 281 276 273 32 1.2k
Franck Pereira France 10 672 1.0× 403 1.0× 154 0.5× 192 0.7× 281 1.0× 14 1.0k
Azhar Alowasheeir Japan 18 862 1.2× 422 1.0× 185 0.7× 270 1.0× 198 0.7× 30 1.4k
Yi Yao China 17 587 0.8× 531 1.3× 165 0.6× 437 1.6× 159 0.6× 35 1.3k
Qian Hou China 20 845 1.2× 770 1.8× 134 0.5× 378 1.4× 144 0.5× 43 1.6k
Yuying Shan China 12 731 1.0× 523 1.2× 362 1.3× 275 1.0× 106 0.4× 13 1.3k
Xun Wu United States 18 420 0.6× 538 1.3× 104 0.4× 183 0.7× 157 0.6× 31 1.4k
Filip Ambrož United Kingdom 9 587 0.8× 480 1.1× 160 0.6× 138 0.5× 128 0.5× 11 1.0k
Manhua Peng China 14 752 1.1× 722 1.7× 404 1.4× 247 0.9× 151 0.6× 22 1.5k
Suzhen Ren China 22 998 1.4× 350 0.8× 82 0.3× 472 1.7× 284 1.0× 46 1.4k
Neha Thakur India 21 442 0.6× 320 0.8× 154 0.5× 209 0.8× 182 0.7× 70 1.1k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ünal Şen

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All Works

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Ünal, Semra, et al.. (2025). Electrochemical detection of bisphenol A in milk using copper/copper oxide-decorated N-doped carbon derived from copper-triazole/bacterial cellulose hybrids. Materials Science and Engineering B. 314. 118045–118045. 8 indexed citations
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Çağlar, Müjdat, et al.. (2025). Advanced yttria-stabilized zirconia composites through in situ growth zeolitic imidazolate framework-derived nanocarbon. Ceramics International. 51(15). 20283–20289. 1 indexed citations
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Daliran, Saba, Ali Reza Oveisi, Chung‐Wei Kung, et al.. (2024). Defect-enabling zirconium-based metal–organic frameworks for energy and environmental remediation applications. Chemical Society Reviews. 53(12). 6244–6294. 87 indexed citations breakdown →
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Çağlar, Müjdat, et al.. (2023). Enhancing the Properties of Yttria-Stabilized Zirconia Composites with Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework-Derived Nanocarbons. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 15(50). 58931–58939. 5 indexed citations
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Ayas, Erhan, Müjdat Çağlar, Servet Turan, et al.. (2023). Boosting the Ceramics with In Situ MOF-Derived Nanocarbons. ACS Materials Letters. 5(6). 1537–1545. 10 indexed citations
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Erkartal, Mustafa, et al.. (2022). Synthesis of benzotriazole functionalized ZIF-8 by postsynthetic modification for enhanced CH4 and CO2 uptakes. Inorganic Chemistry Communications. 142. 109696–109696. 9 indexed citations
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Şen, Ünal, Mehmet Özdemir, Mustafa Erkartal, et al.. (2021). Mesoscale Morphologies of Nafion-Based Blend Membranes by Dissipative Particle Dynamics. Processes. 9(6). 984–984. 4 indexed citations
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Erkartal, Mustafa, Benjamin Tam, Hakan Usta, et al.. (2017). From 2-methylimidazole to 1,2,3-triazole: a topological transformation of ZIF-8 and ZIF-67 by post-synthetic modification. Chemical Communications. 53(12). 2028–2031. 74 indexed citations
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Özdemir, Resül, Mehmet Özdemir, Guhyun Kwon, et al.. (2017). Ultralow bandgap molecular semiconductors for ambient-stable and solution-processable ambipolar organic field-effect transistors and inverters. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 5(9). 2368–2379. 52 indexed citations
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Yılmaz, Mehmet, Mustafa Erkartal, Mehmet Özdemir, et al.. (2017). Three-Dimensional Au-Coated Electrosprayed Nanostructured BODIPY Films on Aluminum Foil as Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Platforms and Their Catalytic Applications. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 9(21). 18199–18206. 26 indexed citations
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Erkartal, Mustafa & Ünal Şen. (2017). Boronic Acid Moiety as Functional Defect in UiO-66 and Its Effect on Hydrogen Uptake Capacity and Selective CO2 Adsorption: A Comparative Study. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 10(1). 787–795. 41 indexed citations
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Canlier, Ali, Hakan Usta, Changsoon Cho, et al.. (2015). Development of highly transparent Pd-coated Ag nanowire electrode for display and catalysis applications. Applied Surface Science. 350. 79–86. 15 indexed citations
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Özdemir, Mehmet, Resül Özdemir, Yemliha Altıntas, et al.. (2015). Trans–cis isomerization assisted synthesis of solution-processable yellow fluorescent maleic anhydrides for white-light generation. Synthetic Metals. 210. 192–200. 11 indexed citations
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Şen, Ünal, Sevi̇m Ünügür Çeli̇k, Ayhan Bozkurt, et al.. (2013). Proton-conducting blend membranes of Nafion/poly(vinylphosphonic acid) for proton exchange membrane fuel cells. Journal of Polymer Research. 20(9). 24 indexed citations
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Şen, Ünal, Ayhan Bozkurt, & Ali Ata. (2010). Nafion/poly(1-vinyl-1,2,4-triazole) blends as proton conducting membranes for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells. Journal of Power Sources. 195(23). 7720–7726. 58 indexed citations
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Şen, Ünal, et al.. (2009). Proton conducting membranes based on Poly(2,5-benzimidazole) (ABPBI)–Poly(vinylphosphonic acid) blends for fuel cells. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 34(6). 2724–2730. 73 indexed citations
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Aslan, Ayşe, et al.. (2008). Intrinsically proton-conducting poly(1-vinyl-1,2,4-triazole)/triflic acid blends. Electrochimica Acta. 54(11). 2957–2961. 52 indexed citations
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Özen, Alimet Sema, Ünal Şen, & Canan Atılgan. (2006). Complete mapping of the morphologies of some linear and graft fluorinated co-oligomers in an aprotic solvent by dissipative particle dynamics. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 124(6). 64905–64905. 30 indexed citations

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