Vambola Kisand

5.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
177 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Vambola Kisand is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Vambola Kisand has authored 177 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 99 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 98 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 51 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Vambola Kisand's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (82 papers), Fuel Cells and Related Materials (65 papers) and Advanced battery technologies research (49 papers). Vambola Kisand is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (82 papers), Fuel Cells and Related Materials (65 papers) and Advanced battery technologies research (49 papers). Vambola Kisand collaborates with scholars based in Estonia, Latvia and Canada. Vambola Kisand's co-authors include Kaido Tammeveski, Arvo Kikas, Jaan Leis, Maike Käärik, Meeri Visnapuu, Angela Ivask, Rainer Pärna, Alexey Treshchalov, Jaan Aruväli and Anne Kahru and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Journal of Power Sources.

In The Last Decade

Vambola Kisand

170 papers receiving 4.1k 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.

Size-Dependent Toxicity of Silver Nanoparticles to Bacteria, Yeast, Algae, Crustaceans and Mammalian Cells In Vitro

2014 455 citations Angela Ivask, Meeri Visnapuu et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Vambola Kisand Estonia	37	2.3k	2.2k	1.6k	592	450	177	4.2k
Can Li China	42	3.5k 1.5×	2.6k 1.2×	3.1k 1.9×	1.1k 1.8×	272 0.6×	156	5.7k
Wei Luo China	41	2.1k 0.9×	2.1k 1.0×	2.8k 1.7×	609 1.0×	1.4k 3.0×	208	5.6k
Weimin Huang China	32	1.4k 0.6×	1.2k 0.6×	1.2k 0.7×	587 1.0×	644 1.4×	98	3.6k
Chiaki Terashima Japan	50	3.8k 1.7×	2.6k 1.2×	3.5k 2.1×	578 1.0×	1.0k 2.3×	176	7.4k
Ondřej Tomanec Czechia	37	2.1k 0.9×	1.6k 0.7×	3.0k 1.8×	783 1.3×	800 1.8×	89	5.0k
D.C. Kothari India	34	1.6k 0.7×	1.5k 0.7×	2.2k 1.3×	440 0.7×	491 1.1×	140	4.2k
Wojciech Lisowski Poland	40	2.8k 1.2×	1.5k 0.7×	3.4k 2.1×	420 0.7×	716 1.6×	214	5.5k
Ming Jiang China	37	1.5k 0.7×	3.1k 1.4×	1.5k 0.9×	607 1.0×	438 1.0×	166	5.1k
Susanta Sinha Roy India	35	726 0.3×	1.6k 0.7×	2.2k 1.4×	864 1.5×	1.2k 2.7×	171	4.2k

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Ahmed, Zubair, Jekaterina Kozlova, Arvo Kikas, et al.. (2025). Iron phthalocyanine assisted bifunctional oxygen electrocatalyst for high-performance and long-life rechargeable zinc–air batteries. Materials Chemistry Frontiers. 9(21). 3149–3160.

Rohit, K., Marek Mooste, Ivar Zekker, et al.. (2025). Mn-N-C material with high-density and accessible Mn-Nx sites emerging as an efficient oxygen reduction reaction electrocatalyst for AEMFCs. Journal of Power Sources. 667. 239191–239191.

Sarapuu, Ave, Maike Käärik, Arvo Kikas, et al.. (2025). Templated Rapeseed-Press-Cake-Based Materials as Efficient Oxygen Reduction Reaction Electrocatalysts. ACS Sustainable Resource Management. 2(3). 446–454. 2 indexed citations

Douglin, John C., Jaan Aruväli, Arvo Kikas, et al.. (2025). Pyrolytic Transformation of Zn-TAL Metal–Organic Framework into Hollow Zn–N–C Spheres for Improved Oxygen Reduction Reaction Catalysis. ACS Omega. 10(15). 15280–15291.

Akula, Srinu, Jekaterina Kozlova, Arvo Kikas, et al.. (2024). Zinc-assisted synthesis of polymer framework-based atomically dispersed bimetal catalysts for efficient oxygen electrocatalysis in rechargeable zinc-air batteries. Journal of Energy Storage. 86. 111164–111164. 15 indexed citations

Käärik, Maike, Jaan Leis, Jaan Aruväli, et al.. (2024). Optimizing post-treatment strategies for enhanced oxygen reduction/evolution activity in Co–N–C electrocatalyst. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 82. 398–406. 5 indexed citations

Sarapuu, Ave, John C. Douglin, Arvo Kikas, et al.. (2024). Lignin-Derived Precious Metal-Free Electrocatalysts for Anion-Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell Application. ACS Catalysis. 14(12). 9224–9234. 18 indexed citations

Erikson, Heiki, Maike Käärik, Helle‐Mai Piirsoo, et al.. (2024). One-Pot Synthesis of Pd Nanoparticles Supported on Carbide-Derived Carbon for Oxygen Reduction Reaction. Nanomaterials. 14(12). 994–994. 2 indexed citations

Ahmed, Zubair, Srinu Akula, Jekaterina Kozlova, et al.. (2024). Hybrid high-performance oxygen reduction reaction Fe–N–C electrocatalyst for anion exchange membrane fuel cells. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 62. 849–858. 26 indexed citations

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Rausalu, Kai, Eva Žusinaite, Vambola Kisand, et al.. (2023). Antiviral efficacy of nanomaterial-treated textiles in real-life like exposure conditions. Heliyon. 9(9). e20067–e20067. 4 indexed citations

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Kumar, Yogesh, Srinu Akula, Elo Kibena‐Põldsepp, et al.. (2023). Cobalt Phthalocyanine-Doped Polymer-Based Electrocatalyst for Rechargeable Zinc-Air Batteries. Materials. 16(14). 5105–5105. 8 indexed citations

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Mooste, Marek, Jaana Lilloja, Maike Käärik, et al.. (2023). Iron and cobalt phthalocyanine embedded electrospun carbon nanofiber-based catalysts for anion exchange membrane fuel cell cathode. Journal of Catalysis. 422. 117–130. 28 indexed citations

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Lilloja, Jaana, Elo Kibena‐Põldsepp, Ave Sarapuu, et al.. (2023). Transition-Metal and Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Nanotube/Graphene Composites as Cathode Catalysts for Anion-Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells. ACS Applied Energy Materials. 6(10). 5519–5529. 19 indexed citations

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Kisand, Vambola, Meeri Visnapuu, Merilin Rosenberg, et al.. (2022). Antimicrobial Activity of Commercial Photocatalytic SaniTise™ Window Glass. Catalysts. 12(2). 197–197. 7 indexed citations

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Akula, Srinu, Marek Mooste, Barr Zulevi, et al.. (2021). Mesoporous textured Fe-N-C electrocatalysts as highly efficient cathodes for proton exchange membrane fuel cells. Journal of Power Sources. 520. 230819–230819. 70 indexed citations

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Laidmäe, Ivo, Nataša Škalko‐Basnet, Kalle Kirsimäe, et al.. (2021). Electrospun Amphiphilic Nanofibers as Templates for In Situ Preparation of Chloramphenicol-Loaded Liposomes. Pharmaceutics. 13(11). 1742–1742. 11 indexed citations

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Kibena‐Põldsepp, Elo, Jekaterina Kozlova, Mihkel Rähn, et al.. (2021). Bifunctional Oxygen Electrocatalysis on Mixed Metal Phthalocyanine-Modified Carbon Nanotubes Prepared via Pyrolysis. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 13(35). 41507–41516. 84 indexed citations

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Ratso, Sander, Moulay Tahar Sougrati, Maike Käärik, et al.. (2019). Effect of Ball-Milling on the Oxygen Reduction Reaction Activity of Iron and Nitrogen Co-doped Carbide-Derived Carbon Catalysts in Acid Media. ACS Applied Energy Materials. 2(11). 7952–7962. 49 indexed citations

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Šutka, Andris, N. Döbelin, Rainer Pärna, et al.. (2015). Photocatalytic activity of anatase–nickel ferrite heterostructures. physica status solidi (a). 212(4). 796–803. 18 indexed citations

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Šutka, Andris, et al.. (2014). Fabrication of Lead Titanate P b T i O ₃ Nanofiber Mats Via Electrospinning. International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology. 12(S1). 2 indexed citations

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