Alex Tsafriri

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Alex Tsafriri is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Reproductive Medicine and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alex Tsafriri has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 15 papers in Reproductive Medicine and 8 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Alex Tsafriri's work include Reproductive Biology and Fertility (22 papers), Ovarian function and disorders (14 papers) and Reproductive System and Pregnancy (4 papers). Alex Tsafriri is often cited by papers focused on Reproductive Biology and Fertility (22 papers), Ovarian function and disorders (14 papers) and Reproductive System and Pregnancy (4 papers). Alex Tsafriri collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United States and Canada. Alex Tsafriri's co-authors include Aaron J.W. Hsueh, Håkan Billig, Marco Conti, François J. Richard, Carsten Andersen, Nava Nevo, Tomer Israely, Michal Neeman, Sang‐Young Chun and Malka Popliker and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Endocrine Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Alex Tsafriri

29 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Ovarian Follicle Atresia: A Hormonally Controlled Apoptotic Process*

1994 611 citations Aaron J.W. Hsueh, Håkan Billig et al. Endocrine Reviews profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alex Tsafriri Israel	23	1.6k	1.1k	789	348	346	29	2.4k
Sang‐Young Chun South Korea	22	1.2k 0.8×	769 0.7×	759 1.0×	266 0.8×	298 0.9×	47	2.0k
Sang Y. Chun United States	23	898 0.6×	717 0.7×	912 1.2×	295 0.8×	332 1.0×	32	2.2k
Minnie Hsieh United States	16	1.6k 1.0×	1.0k 0.9×	1.0k 1.3×	419 1.2×	455 1.3×	19	2.3k
Claire Glister United Kingdom	20	1.8k 1.1×	783 0.7×	1.2k 1.6×	273 0.8×	495 1.4×	27	2.6k
Marta Tesone Argentina	28	799 0.5×	1.4k 1.3×	536 0.7×	476 1.4×	363 1.0×	96	2.3k
Dori C. Woods United States	28	1.4k 0.9×	695 0.6×	1.3k 1.7×	231 0.7×	456 1.3×	63	2.4k
Meijia Zhang China	23	1.4k 0.9×	892 0.8×	709 0.9×	300 0.9×	232 0.7×	70	2.0k
Makoto Orisaka Japan	23	815 0.5×	823 0.7×	568 0.7×	211 0.6×	279 0.8×	62	1.8k
Frank L. Pendola United States	15	2.3k 1.4×	1.3k 1.2×	1.3k 1.6×	327 0.9×	415 1.2×	19	2.7k
Anne N. Hirshfield United States	30	2.4k 1.5×	1.5k 1.3×	1.2k 1.5×	412 1.2×	677 2.0×	48	3.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alex Tsafriri

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Cao, Xiumei, et al.. (2008). Involvement of mitogen‐activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway in LH‐ and meiosis‐activating sterol (MAS)‐induced maturation in rat and mouse oocytes. Molecular Reproduction and Development. 75(10). 1533–1541. 10 indexed citations

Tsafriri, Alex, et al.. (2007). Luteinizing Hormone-Induced Caspase Activation in Rat Preovulatory Follicles Is Coupled to Mitochondrial Steroidogenesis. Endocrinology. 148(4). 1717–1726. 35 indexed citations

Tsafriri, Alex, et al.. (2007). Are steroids dispensable for meiotic resumption in mammals?. Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism. 18(8). 321–327. 26 indexed citations

Popliker, Malka, et al.. (2007). Are Steroids Obligatory Mediators of Luteinizing Hormone/Human Chorionic Gonadotropin-Triggered Resumption of Meiosis in Mammals?. Endocrinology. 148(9). 4458–4465. 20 indexed citations

Cao, Xiumei, et al.. (2006). GnRH actions on rat preovulatory follicles are mediated by paracrine EGF‐like factors. Molecular Reproduction and Development. 73(10). 1271–1276. 11 indexed citations

Israely, Tomer, Nava Nevo, Alon Harmelin, Michal Neeman, & Alex Tsafriri. (2006). Reducing ischaemic damage in rodent ovarian xenografts transplanted into granulation tissue. Human Reproduction. 21(6). 1368–1379. 100 indexed citations

Telfer, Evelyn E., Roger G. Gosden, Anne Grete Byskov, et al.. (2005). On Regenerating the Ovary and Generating Controversy. Cell. 122(6). 821–822. 109 indexed citations

Israely, Tomer, Hagit Dafni, Nava Nevo, Alex Tsafriri, & Michal Neeman. (2004). Angiogenesis in ectopic ovarian xenotransplantation: Multiparameter characterization of the neovasculature by dynamic contrast‐enhanced MRI. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 52(4). 741–750. 63 indexed citations

Cao, Xiumei, Seymour H. Pomerantz, Malka Popliker, & Alex Tsafriri. (2004). Meiosis-Activating Sterol Synthesis in Rat Preovulatory Follicle: Is It Involved in Resumption of Meiosis?1. Biology of Reproduction. 71(6). 1807–1812. 13 indexed citations

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Israely, Tomer, Hagit Dafni, Dorit Granot, et al.. (2003). Vascular Remodeling and Angiogenesis in Ectopic Ovarian Transplants: A Crucial Role of Pericytes and Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells in Maintenance of Ovarian Grafts1. Biology of Reproduction. 68(6). 2055–2064. 64 indexed citations

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Tsafriri, Alex, et al.. (2002). Is meiosis activating sterol (MAS) an obligatory mediator of meiotic resumption in mammals. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology. 187(1-2). 197–204. 27 indexed citations

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Lazar, Shlomi, et al.. (2001). Role of Meiosis-Activating Sterols in Rat Oocyte Maturation: Effects of Specific Inhibitors and Changes in the Expression of Lanosterol 14α-Demethylase During the Preovulatory Period1. Biology of Reproduction. 64(1). 299–309. 52 indexed citations

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Richard, François J., Alex Tsafriri, & Marco Conti. (2001). Role of Phosphodiesterase Type 3A in Rat Oocyte Maturation1. Biology of Reproduction. 65(5). 1444–1451. 128 indexed citations

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Solovyeva, Elena V., Masaru Hayashi, Cynthia Klein, et al.. (2000). Growth Differentiation Factor-9 Stimulates Rat Theca-Interstitial Cell Androgen Biosynthesis1. Biology of Reproduction. 63(4). 1214–1218. 74 indexed citations

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Conti, Marco, Carsten Andersen, François J. Richard, K. Shitsukawa, & Alex Tsafriri. (1998). Role of cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases in resumption of meiosis. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology. 145(1-2). 9–14. 76 indexed citations

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Tsafriri, Alex. (1995). Ovulation as a Tissue Remodelling Process. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 377. 121–140. 104 indexed citations

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Hsueh, Aaron J.W., Håkan Billig, & Alex Tsafriri. (1994). Ovarian Follicle Atresia: A Hormonally Controlled Apoptotic Process*. Endocrine Reviews. 15(6). 707–724. 611 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bicsak, Thomas A., Stefan Cajander, Xiaorong Peng, et al.. (1989). Tissue-Type Plasminogen Activator in Rat Oocytes: Expression during the Periovulatory Period, after Fertilization, and during Follicular Atresia*. Endocrinology. 124(1). 187–194. 24 indexed citations

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Braquet, P., et al.. (1989). The Involvement of Platelet Activating Factor in Ovulation. Science. 243(4889). 381–383. 71 indexed citations

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Dierschke, Donald J., R. Braw, & Alex Tsafriri. (1983). Estradiol-17β Reduces Number of Ovulations in Adult Rats: Direct Action on the Ovary?2. Biology of Reproduction. 29(5). 1147–1154. 26 indexed citations

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