Urban Kunej

906 total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 686 citations indexed

About

Urban Kunej is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Food Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Urban Kunej has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 686 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Plant Science, 7 papers in Molecular Biology and 3 papers in Food Science. Recurrent topics in Urban Kunej's work include Plant Virus Research Studies (7 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (5 papers) and Plant Gene Expression Analysis (3 papers). Urban Kunej is often cited by papers focused on Plant Virus Research Studies (7 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (5 papers) and Plant Gene Expression Analysis (3 papers). Urban Kunej collaborates with scholars based in Slovenia, Austria and Albania. Urban Kunej's co-authors include Marjan Bele, Anita Jemec, Andrej Kržan, Petra Horvat, Tina Skalar, Anita Jemec Kokalj, Nataša Štajner, Sebastjan Radišek, Jernej Jakše and Anja Klančnik and has published in prestigious journals such as Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Environmental Pollution and Chemosphere.

In The Last Decade

Urban Kunej

13 papers receiving 676 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.

Uptake and effects of microplastic textile fibers on freshwater crustacean Daphnia magna

2016 473 citations Anita Jemec, Petra Horvat et al. Environmental Pollution profile →

Peers

Urban Kunej

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K. Jayasena Sri Lanka

Trideep Saikia India

Kumar Harshvardhan India

Anudurga Gajendiran India

Monsur Ahmad Bangladesh

K. Sujitha India

Keiko Yamada‐Onodera Japan

Manisha K. Sangale India

Neha Pradhan India

Chunli Lei China

K. Jayasena Sri Lanka

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Countries citing papers authored by Urban Kunej

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Fields of papers citing papers by Urban Kunej

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Urban Kunej

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16 of 16 papers shown

Kunej, Urban, et al.. (2025). Genome-wide DNA methylation analysis of CBCVd-infected hop plants ( Humulus lupulus var. “Celeia”) provides novel insights into viroid pathogenesis. Microbiology Spectrum. 13(6). e0039424–e0039424.

Jakopič, Jerneja, et al.. (2024). Changes in the anthocyanin pathway related to phenolic compounds and gene expression in skin and pulp of cv. 'Istrska belica' (Olea europaea L.) during ripening. Journal of Plant Physiology. 303. 154364–154364.

Jakopič, Jerneja, et al.. (2024). Interplay of phenolic compounds and gene expression in phenylpropanoid and flavonoid pathways during olive (Olea europaea L.) ripening of ‘Leccino’ cultivar. Scientia Horticulturae. 338. 113640–113640. 4 indexed citations

Kunej, Urban, et al.. (2024). The effect of phytosulfokine alpha on haploid embryogenesis and gene expression of Brassica napus microspore cultures. Frontiers in Plant Science. 15. 1336519–1336519. 8 indexed citations

Kunej, Urban, et al.. (2023). Optimization of cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata L.) protoplast transformation for genome editing using CRISPR/Cas9. Frontiers in Plant Science. 14. 1245433–1245433. 6 indexed citations

Šimunović, Katarina, Magda Tušek Žnidarič, Urban Kunej, et al.. (2023). The Role of luxS in Campylobacter jejuni Beyond Intercellular Signaling. Microbiology Spectrum. 11(2). e0257222–e0257222. 8 indexed citations

Jakše, Jernej, et al.. (2022). Virome Status of Preclonal Candidates of Grapevine Varieties (Vitis vinifera L.) From the Slovenian Wine-Growing Region Primorska as Determined by High-Throughput Sequencing. Frontiers in Microbiology. 13. 830866–830866. 6 indexed citations

Štajner, Nataša, et al.. (2022). Cytosine Methylation in Genomic DNA and Characterization of DNA Methylases and Demethylases and Their Expression Profiles in Viroid-Infected Hop Plants (Humulus lupulus Var. ‘Celeia’). Cells. 11(16). 2592–2592. 5 indexed citations

Štajner, Nataša, Sebastjan Radišek, Ajay Kumar Mishra, et al.. (2022). Discovery of microRNA-like Small RNAs in Pathogenic Plant Fungus Verticillium nonalfalfae Using High-Throughput Sequencing and qPCR and RLM-RACE Validation. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23(2). 900–900. 8 indexed citations

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Kunej, Urban, Jernej Jakše, Sebastjan Radišek, & Nataša Štajner. (2021). Core RNA Interference Genes Involved in miRNA and Ta-siRNA Biogenesis in Hops and Their Expression Analysis after Challenging with Verticillium nonalfalfae. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(8). 4224–4224. 5 indexed citations

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Bučar, Franz, et al.. (2021). Antibiofilm Potential of Lavandula Preparations against Campylobacter jejuni. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 87(19). e0109921–e0109921. 18 indexed citations

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Kunej, Urban, Jernej Jakše, Sebastjan Radišek, & Nataša Štajner. (2021). Identification and Characterization of Verticillium nonalfalfae-Responsive MicroRNAs in the Roots of Resistant and Susceptible Hop Cultivars. Plants. 10(9). 1883–1883. 1 indexed citations

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Kunej, Urban, et al.. (2020). The Potential of HTS Approaches for Accurate Genotyping in Grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.). Genes. 11(8). 917–917. 4 indexed citations

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Kunej, Urban, Maja Mikulič-Petkovšek, Sebastjan Radišek, & Nataša Štajner. (2020). Changes in the Phenolic Compounds of Hop (Humulus lupulus L.) Induced by Infection with Verticillium nonalfalfae, the Causal Agent of Hop Verticillium Wilt. Plants. 9(7). 841–841. 15 indexed citations

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Kokalj, Anita Jemec, Urban Kunej, & Tina Skalar. (2018). Screening study of four environmentally relevant microplastic pollutants: Uptake and effects on Daphnia magna and Artemia franciscana. Chemosphere. 208. 522–529. 125 indexed citations

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Jemec, Anita, Petra Horvat, Urban Kunej, Marjan Bele, & Andrej Kržan. (2016). Uptake and effects of microplastic textile fibers on freshwater crustacean Daphnia magna. Environmental Pollution. 219. 201–209. 473 indexed citations breakdown →

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