PhD Irena Prodan Žitnik
no.: 22657

researcher – active in research organisation

irena.prodan.zitnik at sign

kclj.si

Research activity

Code	Science	Field	Subfield
3.07.00	Medical sciences	Metabolic and hormonal disorders
1.05.00	Natural sciences and mathematics	Biochemistry and molecular biology

Keywords

Clinical biochemistry, galactosemia, etiopatogenesis, development of new diagnostic methods

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Evaluation (metodology)

Points

58.11

A''

21.24

A1/2

31.66

CI10

161

CImax

h10

0.18

0.04

Data for the last 5 years (citations for the last 10 years) on October 15, 2025; Data for score A3 calculation refer to period 2020-2024 (2019, 2020)

Data for ARIS tenders ( 23.05.2022 – Target research programmes, archive )

Database	Linked records	Citations	Pure citations	Average pure citations
WoS	11	172	167	15.18
Scopus	12	193	188	15.67

Education

Level of education	Professional title	Study subject	Faculty	Year
	B. Sc.		University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Pharmacy	2000
Doctoral degree	Ph. D.		University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Pharmacy	2009

Doctoral dissertations and other final papers Show

Employments

Type of employment	Research org.	Research group	Date of employment	Position	Role	Title
Full time employment (100%, RD:20%)	University Medical Centre Ljubljana	University Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Biochemistry	11/11/2023		Researcher	Teaching Assistant with Doctorate

Research projects Legend

no.	Code	Title	Period	Head	No. of publications
1.	J3-4527	Muscle cell secretom and bone cells interplay in osteosarcopenia (MiKOSA)	10/1/2022 - 9/30/2025	PhD Janja Marc	3,858
2.	J3-1749	Mesenchymal stem cells-the keepers of tissue endogenous regenerative capacity facing up to aging of the musculoskeletal system	7/1/2019 - 6/30/2023	PhD Janja Zupan	2,551
3.	J3-1759	Comprehensive characterization of GWAS hits – pipeline to novel drug targets for anabolic treatment of osteoporosis (GWASforAna)	7/1/2019 - 6/30/2022	PhD Janja Marc	5,178
4.	J3-7245	Identification of new expression regulators of RANKL, a key molecule not only in bone remodelling	1/1/2016 - 12/31/2018	PhD Janja Marc	2,846
5.	J3-5511	Mikro RNA - nove diagnostične in terapevtske tarče pri osteoporozi (Slovene)	8/1/2013 - 7/31/2016	PhD Janez Preželj	1,806
6.	J4-4123	Inhibitorji cisteinskih karboksipeptidaz kot regulatorji avtoimunskih in nevrodegenerativnih procesov (Slovene)	7/1/2011 - 6/30/2014	PhD Janko Kos	6,858
7.	J3-4313	Vpliv aktivnega transporta imatiniba in različnih genotipov pacientov na uspešnost terapije kronične mieloične levkemije (Slovene)	7/1/2011 - 6/30/2014	PhD Albin Kristl	3,298
8.	L3-0129	IZVENCELIČNE NUKLEINSKE KISLINE V DIAGNOSTIKI KORONARNE ATEROSKLEROZE (Slovene)	2/1/2008 - 1/31/2011	PhD Darko Černe	2,114

ARIS research and infrastructure programmes Legend

no.	Code	Title	Period	Head	No. of publications
1.	P3-0298	Genes, hormones and personality changes in metabolic disorders	1/1/2019 - 12/31/2027	PhD Andrej Janež	3,855
2.	P3-0298	Genes, hormones and personality changes in metabolic disorders	1/1/2015 - 12/31/2018	PhD Andrej Janež	5,159
3.	P4-0127	Pharmaceutical biotechnology: Science for Health	1/1/2015 - 12/31/2018	PhD Janko Kos	5,367
4.	P4-0127	Pharmaceutical biotechnology: Knowledge for Health	1/1/2009 - 12/31/2014	PhD Janko Kos	5,883
5.	P4-0127	Pharmaceutical biotechnology: Knowledge for Health	1/1/2004 - 12/31/2008	PhD Janko Kos	5,665