Avraham Oplatka

1.5k total citations
67 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Avraham Oplatka is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Avraham Oplatka has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Molecular Biology, 21 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 18 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Avraham Oplatka's work include Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies (21 papers), Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (10 papers) and Muscle Physiology and Disorders (9 papers). Avraham Oplatka is often cited by papers focused on Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies (21 papers), Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (10 papers) and Muscle Physiology and Disorders (9 papers). Avraham Oplatka collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United States and France. Avraham Oplatka's co-authors include Raphael Lamed, A. Katchalsky, Izchak Z. Steinberg, András Mühlrád, Itzhak Yuli, Julian Borejdo, Peter I. Lelkes, Reuven Tirosh, Kurt Rosenheck and Jonathan E. Friedman and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Avraham Oplatka

67 papers receiving 976 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Avraham Oplatka Israel 18 511 299 290 172 95 67 1.1k
D.R. Kominz United States 16 487 1.0× 257 0.9× 408 1.4× 82 0.5× 54 0.6× 28 986
Sylvia Himmelfarb United States 11 584 1.1× 254 0.8× 492 1.7× 96 0.6× 66 0.7× 13 999
Morris Burke United States 19 700 1.4× 259 0.9× 549 1.9× 73 0.4× 71 0.7× 33 1.1k
Arthur Elliott United Kingdom 10 393 0.8× 121 0.4× 389 1.3× 71 0.4× 140 1.5× 13 717
J.C. Seidel United States 26 1.0k 2.0× 482 1.6× 1.1k 3.7× 126 0.7× 137 1.4× 54 1.9k
Stefan Highsmith United States 23 885 1.7× 300 1.0× 677 2.3× 84 0.5× 154 1.6× 57 1.3k
Jamie E. Godfrey United States 16 572 1.1× 188 0.6× 198 0.7× 57 0.3× 57 0.6× 24 961
Roger Starr United Kingdom 11 1.0k 2.0× 455 1.5× 1.1k 3.7× 86 0.5× 85 0.9× 14 1.7k
Alan D. Magid United States 13 658 1.3× 87 0.3× 168 0.6× 254 1.5× 221 2.3× 15 960
Volker Döring Germany 24 1.4k 2.8× 205 0.7× 418 1.4× 156 0.9× 13 0.1× 53 1.9k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Oplatka, Avraham. (2000). A new outlook on the energetics of muscle contraction. Biophysical Chemistry. 86(1). 49–57. 2 indexed citations
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Oplatka, Avraham. (1998). Are Rotors at the Heart ofAllBiological Motors?. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 246(2). 301–306. 10 indexed citations
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Oplatka, Avraham. (1998). Do the Bacterial Flagellar Motor and ATP Synthase Operate as Water Turbines?. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 249(3). 573–578. 3 indexed citations
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Oplatka, Avraham. (1997). Critical Review of the Swinging Crossbridge Theory and of the Cardinal Active Role of Water in Muscle Contraction. Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 32(4). 307–360. 11 indexed citations
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Tirosh, Reuven, W. Löw, & Avraham Oplatka. (1990). Translational motion of actin filaments in the presence of heavy meromyosin and MgATP as measured by Doppler broadening of laser light scattering. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Protein Structure and Molecular Enzymology. 1037(3). 274–280. 12 indexed citations
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Ben‐Ze'ev, Avri, Julian Borejdo, & Avraham Oplatka. (1981). A rapid technique for the visualization of cytoskeletal elements using cationized ferritin. Cell Biology International Reports. 5(12). 1127–1135. 1 indexed citations
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Zor, U., Berta Strulovici, Sergio A. Lamprecht, et al.. (1979). Effect of modulators of cytoskeletal function on desensitization and recovery of PGE2-responsive ovarian adenylate cyclase. Prostaglandins. 18(6). 869–882. 8 indexed citations
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Mühlrád, András & Avraham Oplatka. (1977). Phosphorylation of fibroblast myosin. FEBS Letters. 77(1). 37–40. 27 indexed citations
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Cohen, Isaac, et al.. (1975). Fibrin‐Blood Platelet Interaction in a Contracting Clot. British Journal of Haematology. 31(1). 45–50. 16 indexed citations
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Oplatka, Avraham, et al.. (1975). Superprecipitation induced by soluble myosin fragments. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 66(4). 1323–1328. 8 indexed citations
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Mühlrád, András, Raphael Lamed, & Avraham Oplatka. (1975). Identical behavior of the two active sites of myosin with respect to trinitrophenylation.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 250(1). 175–181. 29 indexed citations
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Oplatka, Avraham, et al.. (1974). Possible uncoupling of the mechanochemical process in the actomyosin system by covalent crosslinking of F-actin. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 333(1). 161–168. 9 indexed citations
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Lamed, Raphael, Yehuda Levin, & Avraham Oplatka. (1973). Enzymatic mechanochemistry. I. The interaction of heavy meromyosin with “immobilized adenosine triphosphate”. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 305(1). 163–171. 65 indexed citations
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Oplatka, Avraham. (1972). On the mechanochemistry of muscular contraction. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 34(2). 379–403. 29 indexed citations
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Oplatka, Avraham, et al.. (1967). Casting of transparent polyacrylonitrile. Journal of Polymer Science Part C Polymer Symposia. 16(5). 2795–2804. 4 indexed citations
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Oplatka, Avraham, et al.. (1966). Study of the mechanism of formation of transparent polyacrylonitrile. Journal of Polymer Science Part A-1 Polymer Chemistry. 4(9). 2041–2049. 8 indexed citations
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Oplatka, Avraham & A. Katchalsky. (1966). On the thermoelastic inversion point of swollen rubber. Die Makromolekulare Chemie. 92(1). 251–259. 1 indexed citations
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Steinberg, Izchak Z., Avraham Oplatka, & A. Katchalsky. (1966). Mechanochemical Engines. Nature. 210(5036). 568–571. 128 indexed citations

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