Ben-Zion Levi

4.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
56 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Ben-Zion Levi is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ben-Zion Levi has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Molecular Biology, 25 papers in Immunology and 14 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Ben-Zion Levi's work include interferon and immune responses (18 papers), Angiogenesis and VEGF in Cancer (13 papers) and Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions (11 papers). Ben-Zion Levi is often cited by papers focused on interferon and immune responses (18 papers), Angiogenesis and VEGF in Cancer (13 papers) and Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions (11 papers). Ben-Zion Levi collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United States and Germany. Ben-Zion Levi's co-authors include Gera Neufeld, Tzafra Cohen, Dorit Nahari, Keiko Ozato, Hela Gitay-Goren, Aviva Azriel, Ettore Appella, H. Häuser, Rakefet Sharf and Patricia Rockwell and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and The Journal of Experimental Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Ben-Zion Levi

55 papers receiving 4.1k citations

Hit Papers

Interleukin 6 Induces the Expression of Vascular Endothel... 1996 2026 2006 2016 1996 250 500 750
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.

  1. Interleukin 6 Induces the Expression of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor
    1996 888 citations Tzafra Cohen, Gera Neufeld et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ben-Zion Levi Israel 32 2.3k 1.3k 1.1k 718 409 56 4.2k
Sonia B. Jakowlew United States 32 3.2k 1.4× 1.1k 0.9× 1.4k 1.2× 570 0.8× 631 1.5× 82 5.6k
T Sudo Japan 33 2.9k 1.3× 2.1k 1.6× 1.1k 1.0× 517 0.7× 432 1.1× 80 5.6k
Marina Schorpp‐Kistner Germany 28 2.3k 1.0× 701 0.5× 822 0.7× 911 1.3× 325 0.8× 37 4.1k
Tessa Crompton United Kingdom 35 4.2k 1.8× 1.7k 1.3× 1.6k 1.4× 531 0.7× 675 1.7× 85 6.4k
Linda Rangell United States 30 3.3k 1.4× 674 0.5× 1.1k 1.0× 597 0.8× 804 2.0× 40 5.6k
Ana M. Zubiaga Spain 29 2.4k 1.0× 927 0.7× 1.1k 0.9× 624 0.9× 401 1.0× 63 3.9k
Deborah L. Galson United States 35 2.3k 1.0× 1.0k 0.8× 1.4k 1.3× 802 1.1× 268 0.7× 83 3.9k
Kei Tashiro Japan 36 2.6k 1.1× 2.2k 1.7× 1.7k 1.5× 730 1.0× 795 1.9× 105 6.4k
Motoo Kitagawa Japan 28 2.3k 1.0× 2.1k 1.6× 2.1k 1.9× 682 0.9× 454 1.1× 43 4.7k
Per Anderson Spain 31 1.4k 0.6× 1.3k 1.0× 658 0.6× 401 0.6× 222 0.5× 69 4.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Ben-Zion Levi

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ben-Zion Levi

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Ben-Zion Levi. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Ben-Zion Levi. The network helps show where Ben-Zion Levi may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ben-Zion Levi

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ben-Zion Levi. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ben-Zion Levi based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Ben-Zion Levi. Ben-Zion Levi is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Azriel, Aviva, et al.. (2018). The Third Intron of IRF8 Is a Cell-Type-Specific Chromatin Priming Element during Mouse Embryonal Stem Cell Differentiation. Journal of Molecular Biology. 431(2). 210–222. 3 indexed citations
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Levi, Ben-Zion, et al.. (2015). My Child Doesn’t Need to be Vaccinated Because we Lead a Healthy Lifestyle: Compensatory Health Beliefs Predicting Intentions and Reported Child Vaccination. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 1(1). 22–25. 2 indexed citations
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Rave-Harel, Naama, Andreas Burchert, Aviva Azriel, et al.. (2006). Interferon Regulatory Factor-8 Is Indispensable for the Expression of Promyelocytic Leukemia and the Formation of Nuclear Bodies in Myeloid Cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 282(8). 5633–5640. 40 indexed citations
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Atar, Orna & Ben-Zion Levi. (2005). PU.1 silencing leads to terminal differentiation of erythroleukemia cells. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 329(4). 1288–1292. 11 indexed citations
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Yakirevich, Evgeny, et al.. (2005). Nuclear localization of long-VEGF is associated with hypoxia and tumor angiogenesis. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 332(1). 271–278. 30 indexed citations
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Ehrlich, Sharon, Aviva Azriel, Martin Eilers, et al.. (2003). Nramp1-mediated Innate Resistance to Intraphagosomal Pathogens Is Regulated by IRF-8, PU.1, and Miz-1. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278(45). 44025–44032. 34 indexed citations
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Levi, Ben-Zion, et al.. (2002). Review: ICSBP/IRF-8 Transactivation: A Tale of Protein-Protein Interaction. Journal of Interferon & Cytokine Research. 22(1). 153–160. 68 indexed citations
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Cohen, Helit, Aviva Azriel, Sharon Hashmueli, et al.. (2000). Interaction between Interferon Consensus Sequence-binding Protein and COP9/Signalosome Subunit CSN2 (Trip15). Journal of Biological Chemistry. 275(50). 39081–39089. 36 indexed citations
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Yehuda, Hila, Martin Goldway, B. Gutter, et al.. (2000). Transfer of antibodies elicited by baculovirus-derived VP2 of a very virulent bursal disease virus strain to progeny of commercial breeder chickens. Avian Pathology. 29(1). 13–19. 11 indexed citations
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Faktor, Ouriel, et al.. (1999). The use of bi-cistronic transfer vectors for the baculovirus expression system. Journal of Biotechnology. 75(1). 33–44. 31 indexed citations
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Sharf, Rakefet, et al.. (1995). Functional Domain Analysis of Interferon Consensus Sequence Binding Protein (ICSBP) and Its Association with Interferon Regulatory Factors. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 270(22). 13063–13069. 91 indexed citations
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Söker, Shay, et al.. (1994). Variations in the Size and Sulfation of Heparin Modulate the Effect of Heparin on the Binding of VEGF165 to Its Receptors. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 203(2). 1339–1347. 97 indexed citations
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Levi, Ben-Zion, et al.. (1994). Spodoptera frugiperda Sf-9 cells nuclear factor binds to a specific sequence on the baculovirus polyhedrin promoter. Virus Research. 31(3). 343–356. 6 indexed citations
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Rockwell, Patricia, Dan Hicklin, Tzafra Cohen, et al.. (1994). Heparin modulates the interaction of VEGF165 with soluble and cell associated flk-1 receptors.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 269(17). 12456–12461. 167 indexed citations
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Levi, Ben-Zion, et al.. (1992). Optimization of protein-production by the baculovirus expression vector system in shake flasks. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 37(1). 74–8. 38 indexed citations
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Massa, Paul T., Elliot P. Cowan, Ben-Zion Levi, Keiko Ozato, & Dale E. McFarlin. (1989). Genetic regulation of class I major histocompatibility complex (MHC) antigen induction on astrocytes. Journal of Neuroimmunology. 24(1-2). 125–132. 16 indexed citations
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Lazarovici, Philip, Ben-Zion Levi, Peter I. Lelkes, et al.. (1989). K‐252a inhibits the increase in c‐fos transcription and the increase in intracellular calcium produced by nerve growth factor in PC12 cells. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 23(1). 1–8. 61 indexed citations
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Kaufmann, Yael, et al.. (1987). Induction of c-ets and c-fos gene expression upon antigenic stimulation of a T cell hybridoma with inducible cytolytic capacity.. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 166(3). 810–815. 9 indexed citations

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