Vera Bălan

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
35 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Vera Bălan is a scholar working on Biomaterials, Biomedical Engineering and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Vera Bălan has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Biomaterials, 15 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 5 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Vera Bălan's work include Bone Tissue Engineering Materials (11 papers), Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery (8 papers) and Polymer Surface Interaction Studies (5 papers). Vera Bălan is often cited by papers focused on Bone Tissue Engineering Materials (11 papers), Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery (8 papers) and Polymer Surface Interaction Studies (5 papers). Vera Bălan collaborates with scholars based in Romania, Switzerland and France. Vera Bălan's co-authors include Liliana Vereștiuc, Florina-Daniela Cojocaru, Gianina Dodi, Ioannis Gardikiotis, Cosmin Mihai, Cristina Mariana Urîtu, Marcel Popa, Maria Butnaru, Niță Tudorachi and Aurica P. Chiriac and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Chemical Engineering Journal and International Journal of Molecular Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Vera Bălan

34 papers receiving 991 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.

Vibrational Spectroscopy Fingerprinting in Medicine: from Molecular to Clinical Practice

2019 264 citations Vera Bălan, Cosmin Mihai et al. Materials profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Vera Bălan Romania	16	422	350	143	142	99	35	1.0k
Sabrina Semeraro Italy	14	596 1.4×	441 1.3×	324 2.3×	422 3.0×	236 2.4×	27	1.4k
Shwu Jen Chang Taiwan	20	346 0.8×	514 1.5×	78 0.5×	187 1.3×	27 0.3×	61	1.2k
Stefanía Baldursdóttir Denmark	22	297 0.7×	295 0.8×	207 1.4×	206 1.5×	137 1.4×	49	1.4k
Florina-Daniela Cojocaru Romania	11	177 0.4×	274 0.8×	84 0.6×	119 0.8×	45 0.5×	28	724
Elvira Rozhina Russia	22	638 1.5×	289 0.8×	379 2.7×	245 1.7×	115 1.2×	40	1.4k
Catherine Dartiguenave Canada	8	347 0.8×	402 1.1×	155 1.1×	794 5.6×	105 1.1×	13	1.6k
Wen‐Ching Lin Taiwan	17	485 1.1×	345 1.0×	135 0.9×	135 1.0×	164 1.7×	24	1.2k
Wen Fan China	10	408 1.0×	289 0.8×	172 1.2×	165 1.2×	121 1.2×	21	1.2k
Giorgio Tosi Italy	17	213 0.5×	115 0.3×	43 0.3×	142 1.0×	227 2.3×	62	996
Vsevolod S. Atkin Russia	15	266 0.6×	357 1.0×	154 1.1×	103 0.7×	37 0.4×	35	738

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Cojocaru, Florina-Daniela, et al.. (2025). Effect of chitosan on 3D printed scaffolds with gelatin–hyaluronic acid, hydroxyapatite and magnetic nanoparticles for bone tissues defects repair. Reactive and Functional Polymers. 216. 106422–106422. 1 indexed citations

Istrate, Bogdan, Florina-Daniela Cojocaru, Vera Bălan, et al.. (2024). In Vitro and In Vivo Analysis of the Mg-Ca-Zn Biodegradable Alloys. Journal of Functional Biomaterials. 15(6). 166–166. 6 indexed citations

Dodi, Gianina, Ioannis Gardikiotis, Vera Bălan, et al.. (2023). Bioactive Composite Cryogels Based on Poly (Vinyl Alcohol) and a Polymacrolactone as Tissue Engineering Scaffolds: In Vitro and In Vivo Studies. Pharmaceutics. 15(12). 2730–2730. 5 indexed citations

Cojocaru, Florina-Daniela, Ioannis Gardikiotis, Gianina Dodi, et al.. (2023). Polysaccharides-Calcium Phosphates Composite Beads as Bone Substitutes for Fractures Repair and Regeneration. Polymers. 15(6). 1509–1509. 6 indexed citations

Bălan, Vera, et al.. (2023). Upper limb active orthosis for post-stroke rehabilitation at home. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 583–583. 2 indexed citations

Serbezeanu, Diana, Tăchiță Vlad‐Bubulac, Ana‐Maria Macsim, & Vera Bălan. (2023). Design and Synthesis of Amphiphilic Graft Polyphosphazene Micelles for Docetaxel Delivery. Pharmaceutics. 15(5). 1564–1564. 1 indexed citations

Vereștiuc, Liliana, et al.. (2022). Synthesis and evaluation of novel Docetaxel-loaded magnetic composites based on chitosan biotinylated derivative. Materials Letters. 333. 133592–133592.

Gardikiotis, Ioannis, Florina-Daniela Cojocaru, Cosmin Mihai, Vera Bălan, & Gianina Dodi. (2022). Borrowing the Features of Biopolymers for Emerging Wound Healing Dressings: A Review. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23(15). 8778–8778. 54 indexed citations

Bălțatu, Mădălina Simona, Mihaela Claudia Spataru, Liliana Vereștiuc, et al.. (2021). Design, Synthesis, and Preliminary Evaluation for Ti-Mo-Zr-Ta-Si Alloys for Potential Implant Applications. Materials. 14(22). 6806–6806. 23 indexed citations

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Bălan, Vera, et al.. (2021). Biotinylated chitosan macromolecule based nanosystems: A review from chemical design to biological targets. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 188. 82–93. 15 indexed citations

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Dodi, Gianina, et al.. (2021). Imaging Constructs: The Rise of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles. Molecules. 26(11). 3437–3437. 43 indexed citations

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Cojocaru, Florina-Daniela, Vera Bălan, Marcel Popa, et al.. (2018). Biopolymers – Calcium phosphates composites with inclusions of magnetic nanoparticles for bone tissue engineering. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 125. 612–620. 63 indexed citations

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Bălan, Vera, et al.. (2016). Biomimetic magnetic scaffolds based on biopolymers and calcium phosphates for bone regeneration and repair. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. 4. 1 indexed citations

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Chiriac, Aurica P., Loredana E. Niţă, Niță Tudorachi, et al.. (2015). Upon synthesis of a polymeric matrix with pH and temperature responsiveness and antioxidant bioactivity based on poly(maleic anhydride-co-3,9-divinyl-2,4,8,10-tetraoxaspiro [5.5] undecane) derivatives. Materials Science and Engineering C. 50. 348–357. 10 indexed citations

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Cojocaru, Florina-Daniela, et al.. (2015). Bio-inspired calcium phosphates-biopolymer scaffolds with inclusions of SPIONs for bone tissue regeneration. 226. 1–4. 1 indexed citations

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Neamţu, Iordana, et al.. (2014). Current Concepts on Cardiovascular Stent Devices. Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry. 14(6). 505–536. 25 indexed citations

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Diaconu, Alina, Vera Bălan, & Aurica P. Chiriac. (2013). Upon the Developments of Drug-Eluting Stents in the Treatment of Coronary Lesions. Recent Patents on Materials Science. 6(3). 229–237. 1 indexed citations

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Bălan, Vera, Marcel Popa, Maria Butnaru, et al.. (2012). Biotinylated chitosan-based SPIONs with potential in blood-contacting applications. Journal of Nanoparticle Research. 14(2). 35 indexed citations

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Bălan, Vera, Marcel Popa, Liliana Vereștiuc, et al.. (2011). Functionalized magnetic composites based on block copolymers poly(succinimide)-b-poly(ethylene glycol) with potential applications in blood detoxification. Composites Part B Engineering. 43(3). 926–932. 6 indexed citations

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Hritcu, Doina, et al.. (2009). Preparation and characterization of magnetic chitosan nanospheres. TURKISH JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY. 53 indexed citations

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