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Slovenia
2026

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
76
Citations
20624
World Ranking
1202
National Ranking
1

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Slovenia Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Slovenia Leader Award

Overview

Milena Horvat is affiliated with the Jožef Stefan Institute in Slovenia and specializes in Environmental Science. Their research portfolio encompasses a substantial volume of 231 publications primarily focused on environmental issues.

The main subfields of their study include Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pollution, Ecology, Nutrition and Dietetics, and Analytical Chemistry. This range reflects a multidisciplinary approach to understanding environmental health risks and the impact of pollutants.

The primary topics Milena Horvat has worked on involve:

  • Mercury impact and mitigation studies
  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
  • Heavy metals in environment
  • Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging

Their publication record includes articles published in several frequent venues, notably:

  • International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health
  • Environmental Research
  • Chemosphere
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Environmental Science & Technology

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Milena Horvat are:

  • Harmonized human biomonitoring in European children, teenagers and adults: EU-wide exposure data of 11 chemical substance groups from the HBM4EU Aligned Studies (2014-2021), 2023, International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health
  • Our evolved understanding of the human health risks of mercury, 2023, AMBIO
  • Magnetic Nanoparticles-A Multifunctional Potential Agent for Diagnosis and Therapy, 2021, Cancers
  • Mediterranean Mercury Assessment 2022: An Updated Budget, Health Consequences, and Research Perspectives, 2022, Environmental Science & Technology
  • A Recent Update on Advanced Molecular Diagnostic Techniques for COVID-19 Pandemic: An Overview, 2021, Frontiers in Immunology

Milena Horvat frequently collaborates with a group of coauthors, which includes:

  • Janja Snoj Tratnik
  • Darja Mazej
  • Igor Živković
  • Jože Kotnik
  • Ingrid Falnoga

Best Publications

  • Comparison of distillation with other current isolation methods for the determination of methyl mercury compounds in low level environmental samples: Part 1. Sediments

    Milena Horvat;Lian Liang;Nicolas S. Bloom

  • Evidence on the human health effects of low-level methylmercury exposure.

    Margaret R. Karagas;Anna Lai Choi;Emily Oken;Milena Horvat

  • Total mercury, methylmercury and selenium in mercury polluted areas in the province Guizhou, China

    Milena Horvat;Natasa Nolde;Vesna Fajon;Vesna Jereb

  • Mercury in environmental samples: Speciation, artifacts and validation

    Martine Leermakers;Willy Baeyens;Philippe Quevauviller;Milena Horvat

  • An improved speciation method for mercury by GC/CVAFS after aqueous phase ethylation and room temperature precollection.

    L. Liang;M. Horvat;N.S. Bloom

  • Recovery of Mercury-Contaminated Fisheries

    John Munthe;R. A (Drew) Bodaly;Brian A. Branfireun;Charles T. Driscoll

  • Simple solvent extraction technique for elimination of matrix interferences in the determination of methylmercury in environmental and biological samples by ethylation-gas chromatography-cold vapor atomic fluorescence spectrometry

    Lian Liang;Lian Liang;Milena Horvat;Elsa Cernichiari;Bob Gelein

  • Mercury contamination of coastal sediments as the result of long-term cinnabar mining activity (Gulf of Trieste, northern Adriatic sea)

    Stefano Covelli;Jadran Faganeli;Milena Horvat;Antonio Brambati

  • Global biogeochemical implications of mercury discharges from rivers and sediment burial.

    Helen Marie Amos;Daniel James Jacob;David Kocman;Hannah Marie Horowitz

  • Mercury in contaminated coastal environments; a case study: the Gulf of Trieste.

    Milena Horvat;Stefano Covelli;Jadran Faganeli;Martina Logar

  • Mercury biogeochemistry in the Idrija River, Slovenia, from above the Mine into the Gulf of Trieste

    M. E. Hines;M. Horvat;J. Faganeli;J.-C. J. Bonzongo

  • Atmospheric mercury concentrations observed at ground-based monitoring sites globally distributed in the framework of the GMOS network

    Francesca Sprovieri;Nicola Pirrone;Mariantonia Bencardino;Francesco D'Amore

  • Porewater Distribution and Benthic Flux Measurements of Mercury and Methylmercury in the Gulf of Trieste (Northern Adriatic Sea)

    Stefano Covelli;J. Faganeli;M. Horvat;Antonio Brambati

  • Speciation of mercury in surface and deep-sea waters in the Mediterranean Sea

    Milena Horvat;Jože Kotnik;Martina Logar;Vesna Fajon

  • The impact of long-term past exposure to elemental mercury on antioxidative capacity and lipid peroxidation in mercury miners

    Alfred B. Kobal;Milena Horvat;Marija Prezelj;Alenka Sešek Briški

  • Contamination of Mediterranean (Cote d'Azur) coastal waters by organotins and Irgarol 1051 used in antifouling paints

    I. Tolosa;J.W. Readman;A. Blaevoet;S. Ghilini

  • A State-of-the-Science Review of Mercury Biomarkers in Human Populations Worldwide between 2000 and 2018.

    Niladri Basu;Milena Horvat;David C. Evers;Irina Zastenskaya

  • Mercury in the soil-plant-deer-predator food chain of a temperate forest in Slovenia.

    Aleš Gnamuš;and Anthony R. Byrne;Milena Horvat

  • First steps toward harmonized human biomonitoring in Europe: Demonstration project to perform human biomonitoring on a European scale

    Elly Den Hond;Eva Govarts;Hanny Willems;Roel Smolders

  • Simultaneous determination of mercury speciation in biological materials by GC/CVAFS after ethylation and room-temperature precollection.

    Lian Liang;Nicolas S. Bloom;Milena Horvat

Frequent Co-Authors

Jadran Faganeli
Jadran Faganeli University of Ljubljana
Stefano Covelli
Stefano Covelli University of Trieste
Greet Schoeters
Greet Schoeters University of Antwerp
Marike Kolossa-Gehring
Marike Kolossa-Gehring German Environment Agency
Nives Ogrinc
Nives Ogrinc Jožef Stefan Institute
Holger M. Koch
Holger M. Koch Ruhr University Bochum
Nicola Pirrone
Nicola Pirrone National Research Council (CNR)
Mark E. Hines
Mark E. Hines University of Massachusetts Lowell
Francesca Sprovieri
Francesca Sprovieri University of Calabria
Peter Rudnai
Peter Rudnai National Institutes of Health

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