David Avnir

6.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
39 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

David Avnir is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, David Avnir has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 9 papers in Materials Chemistry and 7 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in David Avnir's work include Electrochemical sensors and biosensors (9 papers), Theoretical and Computational Physics (7 papers) and Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (7 papers). David Avnir is often cited by papers focused on Electrochemical sensors and biosensors (9 papers), Theoretical and Computational Physics (7 papers) and Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures (7 papers). David Avnir collaborates with scholars based in Israel, Russia and Germany. David Avnir's co-authors include Klaus K. Unger, N. Pernicone, J.D.F. Ramsay, D. H. Everett, C. W. Fairbridge, J. M. Haynes, K. S. W. Sing, J. Rouquérol, Dina Farin and Peter Pfeifer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

David Avnir

39 papers receiving 5.1k citations

Hit Papers

Recommendations for the characterization of porous solids... 1984 2026 1998 2012 1994 1984 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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. Recommendations for the characterization of porous solids (Technical Report)
    1994 3.2k citations David Avnir et al. profile →
  2. Molecular fractal surfaces
    1984 560 citations David Avnir, Dina Farin et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David Avnir Israel 19 1.8k 938 862 673 654 39 5.3k
Pierre Levitz France 55 3.2k 1.8× 798 0.9× 1.3k 1.5× 588 0.9× 481 0.7× 192 8.9k
Neal T. Skipper United Kingdom 44 2.7k 1.6× 685 0.7× 896 1.0× 998 1.5× 412 0.6× 119 7.6k
Peter Pfeifer Germany 44 3.1k 1.7× 827 0.9× 1.5k 1.8× 765 1.1× 1.4k 2.1× 193 7.7k
Paolo Raiteri Australia 41 2.5k 1.4× 378 0.4× 986 1.1× 564 0.8× 253 0.4× 121 7.4k
J. M. Haynes United Kingdom 12 1.5k 0.8× 1.0k 1.1× 825 1.0× 656 1.0× 726 1.1× 27 4.6k
A. K. Stubos Greece 37 2.4k 1.3× 734 0.8× 1.2k 1.4× 927 1.4× 1.0k 1.6× 172 5.8k
Nigel A. Seaton United Kingdom 40 2.3k 1.3× 569 0.6× 1.8k 2.1× 260 0.4× 1.3k 1.9× 88 4.7k
D.D. Do Australia 41 3.1k 1.8× 799 0.9× 2.6k 3.0× 782 1.2× 2.2k 3.4× 243 7.8k
Yingying Li China 33 1.8k 1.0× 761 0.8× 867 1.0× 584 0.9× 934 1.4× 212 4.5k
Hongyan Wang China 38 2.7k 1.5× 643 0.7× 741 0.9× 2.7k 4.1× 800 1.2× 452 6.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Avnir

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Avnir

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of David Avnir. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of David Avnir 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 David Avnir. David Avnir 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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Avnir, David, et al.. (2022). Glucose oxidase converted into a general sugar-oxidase. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 10716–10716. 9 indexed citations
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Avnir, David, et al.. (2021). Entrapment of glucose oxidase within gold converts it to a general monosaccharide-oxidase. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 10737–10737. 7 indexed citations
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He, Jin, David Avnir, & Long Zhang. (2019). Sol-gel derived alumina glass: Mechanistic study of its structural evolution. Acta Materialia. 174. 418–426. 17 indexed citations
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Avnir, David, et al.. (2017). Alumina nanoparticle-assisted enzyme refolding: A versatile methodology for proteins renaturation. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 1458–1458. 7 indexed citations
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Lévy, David, et al.. (2016). Protection of enzymes from photodegradation by entrapment within alumina. Colloids and Surfaces B Biointerfaces. 146. 731–736. 14 indexed citations
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Etgar, Lioz, et al.. (2016). Conductive molecularly doped gold films. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 4(48). 11548–11556. 3 indexed citations
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Vinogradov, Vladimir V. & David Avnir. (2015). Enzyme renaturation to higher activity driven by the sol-gel transition: Carbonic anhydrase. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 14411–14411. 9 indexed citations
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Vinogradov, Vladimir V., А. В. Агафонов, & David Avnir. (2014). Conductive sol–gel films. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 2(20). 3914–3914. 13 indexed citations
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Vinogradov, Vladimir V. & David Avnir. (2014). Exceptional thermal stability of therapeutical enzymes entrapped in alumina sol–gel matrices. Journal of Materials Chemistry B. 2(19). 2868–2868. 40 indexed citations
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Avnir, David, et al.. (2014). Electroless methods for molecular doping of gold thin films. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 2(37). 7768–7768. 12 indexed citations
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Avnir, David. (2013). Molecularly Doped Metals. Accounts of Chemical Research. 47(2). 579–592. 51 indexed citations
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Avnir, David, et al.. (2013). Preserving the activity of enzymes under harsh oxidizing conditions: sol–gel entrapped alkaline phosphatase exposed to bromine. Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology. 69(2). 453–456. 9 indexed citations
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Shacham, Ronen, Daniel Mandler, & David Avnir. (2009). Pattern recognition in oxides thin-film electrodeposition: Printed circuits. Comptes Rendus Chimie. 13(1-2). 237–241. 19 indexed citations
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Avnir, David, et al.. (2002). Entrapment of Organic Molecules within Metals:  Dyes in Silver. Chemistry of Materials. 14(4). 1736–1741. 54 indexed citations
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Biham, Ofer, Ofer Malcai, Daniel A. Lidar, & David Avnir. (1999). Pattern formation and a clustering transition in power-law sequential adsorption. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 59(5). R4713–R4716. 5 indexed citations
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Braun, Sergei & David Avnir. (1996). To our readers. Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology. 7(1-2). 5–5. 3 indexed citations
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Avnir, David & Michael L. Kagan. (1995). The evolution of chemical patterns in reactive liquids, driven by hydrodynamic instabilities. Chaos An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science. 5(3). 589–601. 32 indexed citations
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Samara, Emil, et al.. (1995). Pharmacokinetic analysis of diethylcarbonate prodrugs of ibuprofen and naproxen. Biopharmaceutics & Drug Disposition. 16(3). 201–210. 8 indexed citations
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Avnir, David, S. Braun, Ovadia Lev, & Michael Ottolenghi. (1992). Chemically active organically doped sol-gel materials: enzymatic sensors, chemical sensors, and photoactive materials. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 1758. 456–456. 17 indexed citations
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Avnir, David, Dina Farin, & Peter Pfeifer. (1984). Molecular fractal surfaces. Nature. 308(5956). 261–263. 560 indexed citations breakdown →

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