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D-Index
53
Citations
10337
World Ranking
13054
National Ranking
15

Etelka Tombácz publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Etelka Tombácz sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 137 publications — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Etelka Tombácz D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Etelka Tombácz sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 28th percentile

28% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Overview

Etelka Tombácz is affiliated with the University of Szeged in Hungary. Their research spans Environmental Science and Engineering, with a focus on Biomedical Engineering, Biomaterials, Water Science and Technology, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering.

The primary research themes of Tombácz include Characterization and Applications of Magnetic Nanoparticles, Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery, Adsorption and Biosorption for Pollutant Removal, Iron Oxide Chemistry and Applications, Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies, Minerals Flotation and Separation Techniques, and Phosphorus and Nutrient Management.

Tombácz has contributed to various publication venues, frequently publishing in:

  • Nanomaterials
  • Journal of Molecular Liquids
  • Molecules
  • Materials
  • Nanoscale

Notable recent papers include:

  • "Whither Magnetic Hyperthermia? A Tentative Roadmap", 2021, Materials
  • "Ferrofluids and bio-ferrofluids: looking back and stepping forward", 2022, Nanoscale
  • "Magnetic Nanoparticle Systems for Nanomedicine-A Materials Science Perspective", 2020, Magnetochemistry
  • "Pomegranate peel as a new low-cost adsorbent for ammonium removal", 2020, International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology
  • "Effects of Modified Magnetite Nanoparticles on Bacterial Cells and Enzyme Reactions", 2020, Nanomaterials

Tombácz has collaborated frequently with a group of co-authors including Rodica Turcu, L. Vékás, Erzsébet Illés, Ildikó Galambos, and Attila Csicsor.

In addition to journal publications, Tombácz has published books through Akadémiai Kiadó, with a title named "Mit is iszunk?" published in 2022.

Best Publications

  • Colloidal behavior of aqueous montmorillonite suspensions: The specific role of pH in the presence of indifferent electrolytes

    Etelka Tombácz;Márta Szekeres

  • The effect of humic acid adsorption on pH-dependent surface charging and aggregation of magnetite nanoparticles

    E. Illés;E. Tombácz

  • Surface charge heterogeneity of kaolinite in aqueous suspension in comparison with montmorillonite

    Etelka Tombácz;Márta Szekeres

  • Enhanced acidity and pH-dependent surface charge characterization of successively oxidized graphite oxides

    Tamás Szabó;Etelka Tombácz;Erzsébet Illés;Imre Dékány;Imre Dékány

  • The role of reactive surface sites and complexation by humic acids in the interaction of clay mineral and iron oxide particles

    Etelka Tombácz;Zsuzsanna Libor;Erzsébet Illés;Andrea Majzik

  • The role of variable surface charge and surface complexation in the adsorption of humic acid on magnetite

    Erzsébet Illés;Etelka Tombácz

  • Effect of activation on the surface chemistry of carbons from polymer precursors

    Krisztina László;Etelka Tombácz;Katalin Josepovits

  • In-situ formation of light-absorbing organic matter in cloud water

    A. Gelencsér;A. Hoffer;G. Kiss;E. Tombácz

  • Surface tension effects of humic-like substances in the aqueous extract of tropospheric fine aerosol

    Gyula Kiss;Gyula Kiss;Etelka Tombácz;Hans Christen Hansson

  • Estimation of the average molecular weight of humic-like substances isolated from fine atmospheric aerosol

    Gyula Kiss;Gyula Kiss;Etelka Tombácz;Bálint Varga;Tomas Alsberg

  • Magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles: Recent trends in design and synthesis of magnetoresponsive nanosystems.

    Etelka Tombácz;Rodica Turcu;Vlad Socoliuc;Ladislau Vékás

  • COLLOIDAL PROPERTIES OF HUMIC ACIDS AND SPONTANEOUS CHANGES OF THEIR COLLOIDAL STATE UNDER VARIABLE SOLUTION CONDITIONS

    Etelka Tombácz

  • Surface coatings shape the protein corona of SPIONs with relevance to their application in vivo.

    Angéla Jedlovszky-Hajdú;Francesca Baldelli Bombelli;Marco P. Monopoli;Etelka Tombácz

  • Adsorption of organic acids on magnetite nanoparticles, pH-dependent colloidal stability and salt tolerance

    E. Tombácz;I.Y. Tóth;D. Nesztor;E. Illés

  • Surface chemistry of soil minerals.

    Cliff T. Johnston;Etelka Tombácz

  • Driving forces of conformational changes in single-layer graphene oxide

    Raymond L. D. Whitby;Vladimir M. Gun’ko;Alina Korobeinyk;Rosa Busquets

  • Surface charge characterization of metal oxides by potentiometric acid–base titration, revisited theory and experiment

    Márta Szekeres;Etelka Tombácz

  • Surface charging, polyanionic coating and colloid stability of magnetite nanoparticles

    A. Hajdú;E. Illés;E. Tombácz;I. Borbáth

  • Polydisperse fractal aggregate formation in clay mineral and iron oxide suspensions, pH and ionic strength dependence

    E. Tombácz;C. Csanaky;E. Illés

  • Effect of pH and ionic strength on the interaction of humic acid with aluminium oxide

    E. Tombácz;Á. Dobos;M. Szekeres;H. D. Narres

  • Particle aggregation in complex aquatic systems

    E Tombácz;G Filipcsei;M Szekeres;Z Gingl

  • Whither Magnetic Hyperthermia? A Tentative Roadmap

    Irene Rubia-Rodríguez;Antonio Santana-Otero;Simo Spassov;Etelka Tombácz

Frequent Co-Authors

Imre Dékány
Imre Dékány University of Szeged
Erwin Klumpp
Erwin Klumpp Forschungszentrum Jülich
Béla Iván
Béla Iván Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Sergey V. Mikhalovsky
Sergey V. Mikhalovsky University of Brighton
James A. Rice
James A. Rice North Carolina State University
Andrew B. Cundy
Andrew B. Cundy National Oceanography Centre
Cliff T. Johnston
Cliff T. Johnston Purdue University West Lafayette
Vladimir M. Gun’ko
Vladimir M. Gun’ko National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Roman Leboda
Roman Leboda Maria Curie-Skłodowska University
Nicholas A. Kotov
Nicholas A. Kotov University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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