David Kaftan

1.5k total citations
38 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

David Kaftan is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, David Kaftan has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 11 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in David Kaftan's work include Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (23 papers), Algal biology and biofuel production (12 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (10 papers). David Kaftan is often cited by papers focused on Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (23 papers), Algal biology and biofuel production (12 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (10 papers). David Kaftan collaborates with scholars based in Czechia, United States and Israel. David Kaftan's co-authors include Ladislav Nedbal, Michal Koblížek, Martin Trtílek, John Whitmarsh, Julie Soukupová, Vlad Brumfeld, Ziv Reich, Avigdor Scherz, Reinat Nevo and David Bína and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The EMBO Journal.

In The Last Decade

David Kaftan

37 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David Kaftan Czechia 19 611 271 265 213 173 38 1.1k
Dennis J. Nürnberg Germany 19 747 1.2× 224 0.8× 141 0.5× 327 1.5× 133 0.8× 42 1.0k
Stephen K. Herbert United States 19 566 0.9× 103 0.4× 319 1.2× 272 1.3× 127 0.7× 31 932
Radek Kaňa Czechia 21 1.0k 1.7× 180 0.7× 389 1.5× 494 2.3× 176 1.0× 52 1.3k
Martin Schliep Australia 16 549 0.9× 192 0.7× 213 0.8× 311 1.5× 45 0.3× 21 897
Daniel P. Canniffe United Kingdom 21 1.1k 1.8× 257 0.9× 218 0.8× 483 2.3× 143 0.8× 36 1.4k
Hisato Ikemoto Japan 13 640 1.0× 306 1.1× 188 0.7× 506 2.4× 70 0.4× 20 1.1k
Milán Szabó Australia 21 450 0.7× 444 1.6× 209 0.8× 311 1.5× 72 0.4× 45 1.1k
Gábor Bernát Hungary 19 630 1.0× 123 0.5× 220 0.8× 328 1.5× 95 0.5× 40 896
Michelle Liberton United States 21 1.4k 2.2× 409 1.5× 220 0.8× 890 4.2× 92 0.5× 36 1.7k
Aline Gómez Maqueo Chew United States 12 1.0k 1.7× 390 1.4× 92 0.3× 290 1.4× 296 1.7× 17 1.4k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Kaftan

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kaftan, David, et al.. (2026). Planar arrangement of bacteriochlorophyll c aggregates in chlorosomes of Chloroflexus aurantiacus. Biophysical Journal. 125(6). 1494–1505.
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Kaftan, David, et al.. (2023). High-defined and size-selective deposition of nanoparticles by their manipulation in an electrostatic field. Applied Surface Science. 640. 158307–158307. 2 indexed citations
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Kumar, Sanjay, Jiří Kratochvíl, David Kahoun, et al.. (2022). Surface anchored Ag nanoparticles prepared by gas aggregation source: Antibacterial effect and the role of surface free energy. Surfaces and Interfaces. 30. 101818–101818. 15 indexed citations
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Bína, David, et al.. (2021). Naturally zinc-containing bacteriochlorophyll a ([Zn]-BChl a) protects the photosynthetic apparatus of Acidiphilium rubrum from copper toxicity damage. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1862(10). 148472–148472. 2 indexed citations
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Prysiazhnyi, Vadym, Jiří Kratochvíl, David Kaftan, Radim Čtvrtlík, & Vítězslav Straňák. (2021). Growth of hard nanostructured ZrN surface induced by copper nanoparticles. Applied Surface Science. 562. 150230–150230. 6 indexed citations
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Koblížek, Michal, et al.. (2020). Utilization of light energy in phototrophic Gemmatimonadetes. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B Biology. 213. 112085–112085. 36 indexed citations
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Kaftan, David, David Bína, & Michal Koblížek. (2019). Temperature dependence of photosynthetic reaction centre activity in Rhodospirillum rubrum. Photosynthesis Research. 142(2). 181–193. 11 indexed citations
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Kaftan, David, et al.. (2019). Mechanisms of sublethal copper toxicity damage to the photosynthetic apparatus of Rhodospirillum rubrum. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 1860(8). 640–650. 21 indexed citations
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Kaftan, David, et al.. (2019). Targeting mutations to the plastidial psbA gene of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii without direct positive selection. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 7367–7367. 2 indexed citations
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Strunecký, Otakar, Franz Goecke, Jürgen Tomasch, et al.. (2018). High diversity of thermophilic cyanobacteria in Rupite hot spring identified by microscopy, cultivation, single-cell PCR and amplicon sequencing. Extremophiles. 23(1). 35–48. 34 indexed citations
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Samish, Ilan, et al.. (2017). A single residue controls electron transfer gating in photosynthetic reaction centers. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 44580–44580. 11 indexed citations
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Bína, David, Roman Sobotka, Lenka Moravcová, et al.. (2017). Unique double concentric ring organization of light harvesting complexes in Gemmatimonas phototrophica. PLoS Biology. 15(12). e2003943–e2003943. 16 indexed citations
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Ettrich, Rüdiger, et al.. (2012). A Computational Study of the Oligosaccharide Binding Sites in the Lectin-Like Domain of Tumor Necrosis Factor and the TNF-derived TIP Peptide. Current Pharmaceutical Design. 18(27). 4236–4243. 6 indexed citations
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Kopecký, Vladimı́r, M. Lapkouski, Kateřina Hofbauerová, et al.. (2012). Raman Spectroscopy Adds Complementary Detail to the High-Resolution X-Ray Crystal Structure of Photosynthetic PsbP from Spinacia oleracea. PLoS ONE. 7(10). e46694–e46694. 19 indexed citations
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Preiner, Johannes, Ferry Kienberger, Gerald Kada, et al.. (2009). Second harmonic atomic force microscopy imaging of live and fixed mammalian cells. Ultramicroscopy. 109(8). 1056–1060. 22 indexed citations
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Samish, Ilan, et al.. (2006). Protein flexibility acclimatizes photosynthetic energy conversion to the ambient temperature. Nature. 442(7104). 827–830. 47 indexed citations
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Vácha, František, Ladislav Bumba, David Kaftan, & Martin Vácha. (2005). Microscopy and single molecule detection in photosynthesis. Micron. 36(6). 483–502. 14 indexed citations
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Nevo, Reinat, Cordula M. Stroh, Ferry Kienberger, et al.. (2003). A molecular switch between alternative conformational states in the complex of Ran and importin β1. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 10(7). 553–557. 81 indexed citations
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Nedbal, Ladislav, Julie Soukupová, David Kaftan, John Whitmarsh, & Martin Trtílek. (2000). Kinetic imaging of chlorophyll fluorescence using modulated light. Photosynthesis Research. 66(1-2). 3–12. 156 indexed citations

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