Dafna Amir

1.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
8 papers, 951 citations indexed

About

Dafna Amir is a scholar working on Pharmaceutical Science, Organic Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Dafna Amir has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 951 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Pharmaceutical Science, 5 papers in Organic Chemistry and 3 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Dafna Amir's work include Fluorine in Organic Chemistry (6 papers), Inorganic Fluorides and Related Compounds (3 papers) and Synthesis and Reactions of Organic Compounds (3 papers). Dafna Amir is often cited by papers focused on Fluorine in Organic Chemistry (6 papers), Inorganic Fluorides and Related Compounds (3 papers) and Synthesis and Reactions of Organic Compounds (3 papers). Dafna Amir collaborates with scholars based in Israel. Dafna Amir's co-authors include Eytan Gershonov, Yossi Zafrani, Sigal Saphier, Daniele Marciano, Dina Yeffet, Gali Sod‐Moriah, Shlomi Elias, Moran Madmon, Shahaf Katalan and Nissan Ashkenazi and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, The Journal of Organic Chemistry and Synthesis.

In The Last Decade

Dafna Amir

8 papers receiving 936 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.

Difluoromethyl Bioisostere: Examining the “Lipophilic Hydrogen Bond Donor” Concept

2017 529 citations Yossi Zafrani, Dina Yeffet et al. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry profile →
CF ₂ H, a Functional Group-Dependent Hydrogen-Bond Donor: Is It a More or Less Lipophilic Bioisostere of OH, SH, and CH ₃ ?

2019 270 citations Yossi Zafrani, Gali Sod‐Moriah et al. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Dafna Amir Israel	6	791	648	313	117	46	8	951
Dina Yeffet Israel	4	670 0.8×	565 0.9×	258 0.8×	100 0.9×	32 0.7×	7	844
Cédric Schneider France	16	635 0.8×	917 1.4×	284 0.9×	83 0.7×	14 0.3×	33	1.1k
Atsushi Tarui Japan	18	514 0.6×	737 1.1×	272 0.9×	187 1.6×	19 0.4×	72	910
Teerawut Bootwicha Germany	14	439 0.6×	946 1.5×	306 1.0×	115 1.0×	20 0.4×	15	1.1k
Jean‐Denys Hamel Canada	12	1.1k 1.4×	1.1k 1.7×	431 1.4×	155 1.3×	23 0.5×	18	1.4k
Ginjiro Tomizawa Japan	13	543 0.7×	549 0.8×	198 0.6×	91 0.8×	39 0.8×	17	726
Bart Herlé Spain	8	495 0.6×	923 1.4×	269 0.9×	81 0.7×	12 0.3×	9	1.1k
Danfeng Huang China	20	499 0.6×	1.2k 1.9×	141 0.5×	160 1.4×	15 0.3×	123	1.3k
Graham Pattison United Kingdom	14	243 0.3×	663 1.0×	267 0.9×	98 0.8×	22 0.5×	27	759
Jim I. McLoughlin United States	8	472 0.6×	493 0.8×	234 0.7×	99 0.8×	45 1.0×	9	688

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dafna Amir

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8 of 8 papers shown

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Yeffet, Dina, Ishay Columbus, Galit Parvari, et al.. (2024). Addressing the Opioids Lipophilicity Challenge via a Straightforward and Simultaneous ¹H NMR-Based logP/D Determination, Both Separately and in Mixtures. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 67(14). 12399–12409. 1 indexed citations

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Columbus, Ishay, G. Fridkin, Dafna Amir, et al.. (2022). Studying Lipophilicity Trends of Phosphorus Compounds by ³¹P-NMR Spectroscopy: A Powerful Tool for the Design of P-Containing Drugs. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 65(12). 8511–8524. 11 indexed citations

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Zafrani, Yossi, Galit Parvari, Dafna Amir, et al.. (2021). Modulation of the H-Bond Basicity of Functional Groups by α-Fluorine-Containing Functions and its Implications for Lipophilicity and Bioisosterism. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 64(8). 4516–4531. 42 indexed citations

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Gershonov, Eytan, et al.. (2021). Regio- and chemoselectivity in S- and O- difluoromethylation reactions using diethyl (bromodifluoromethyl)phosphonate. Journal of Fluorine Chemistry. 250. 109867–109867. 4 indexed citations

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Zafrani, Yossi, Gali Sod‐Moriah, Dina Yeffet, et al.. (2019). CF ₂ H, a Functional Group-Dependent Hydrogen-Bond Donor: Is It a More or Less Lipophilic Bioisostere of OH, SH, and CH ₃ ?. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 62(11). 5628–5637. 270 indexed citations breakdown →

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Amir, Dafna, et al.. (2019). Recent Progress on the Synthesis of CF2H-Containing Derivatives. Synthesis. 51(24). 4549–4567. 68 indexed citations

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Zafrani, Yossi, Dina Yeffet, Gali Sod‐Moriah, et al.. (2017). Difluoromethyl Bioisostere: Examining the “Lipophilic Hydrogen Bond Donor” Concept. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 60(2). 797–804. 529 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zafrani, Yossi, Dafna Amir, Moran Madmon, et al.. (2016). Chemoselective N-Difluoromethylation of Functionalized Tertiary Amines. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 81(19). 9180–9187. 26 indexed citations

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