Dorit Farfara

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Dorit Farfara is a scholar working on Physiology, Neurology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Dorit Farfara has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Physiology, 7 papers in Neurology and 5 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Dorit Farfara's work include Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (8 papers), Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (7 papers) and Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases (3 papers). Dorit Farfara is often cited by papers focused on Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (8 papers), Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (7 papers) and Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases (3 papers). Dorit Farfara collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United States and Poland. Dorit Farfara's co-authors include Dan Frenkel, Veronica Lifshitz, Robert Vassar, Dorit Trudler, Hagit Eldar-Finkelman, Limor Avrahami, Howard L. Weiner, Roni Scherzer‐Attali, Ehud Gazit and Suzanne E. Hickman and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Dorit Farfara

15 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

Insular cortex neurons encode and retrieve specific immun... 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 50 100 150
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. Insular cortex neurons encode and retrieve specific immune responses
    2021 198 citations Tamar Koren, Maria Krot et al. Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Dorit Farfara Israel 14 540 403 378 194 167 15 1.3k
Siddhita D. Mhatre United States 12 394 0.7× 242 0.6× 291 0.8× 138 0.7× 187 1.1× 20 1.0k
Aaron Y. Lai Canada 20 613 1.1× 643 1.6× 342 0.9× 385 2.0× 187 1.1× 37 1.6k
Carmen Noelker Germany 20 416 0.8× 339 0.8× 349 0.9× 256 1.3× 177 1.1× 30 1.4k
Dahong Long China 21 517 1.0× 314 0.8× 689 1.8× 347 1.8× 89 0.5× 35 1.7k
W. Sue T. Griffin United States 19 516 1.0× 346 0.9× 555 1.5× 216 1.1× 123 0.7× 32 1.2k
Xiangdong Sun China 24 428 0.8× 204 0.5× 830 2.2× 234 1.2× 137 0.8× 72 1.9k
Dong Young Choi South Korea 17 489 0.9× 605 1.5× 536 1.4× 216 1.1× 183 1.1× 21 1.5k
Sudarshana Purkayastha United States 15 512 0.9× 263 0.7× 560 1.5× 190 1.0× 176 1.1× 20 1.7k
Dirk A. Ridder Germany 18 419 0.8× 568 1.4× 749 2.0× 176 0.9× 309 1.9× 34 2.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Dorit Farfara

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Fields of papers citing papers by Dorit Farfara

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dorit Farfara

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Dorit Farfara. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Dorit Farfara 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 Dorit Farfara. Dorit Farfara is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

15 of 15 papers shown
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Farfara, Dorit, Limor Avrahami, Dorit Trudler, et al.. (2023). Physiological expression of mutated TAU impaired astrocyte activity and exacerbates β-amyloid pathology in 5xFAD mice. Journal of Neuroinflammation. 20(1). 174–174. 7 indexed citations
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Koren, Tamar, Maria Krot, Nadia Boshnak, et al.. (2021). Insular cortex neurons encode and retrieve specific immune responses. Cell. 184(24). 5902–5915.e17. 198 indexed citations breakdown →
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Korin, Ben, et al.. (2019). Short-term sleep deprivation in mice induces B cell migration to the brain compartment. SLEEP. 43(2). 23 indexed citations
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Li, Hongda, Stephanie Bielas, Maha S. Zaki, et al.. (2016). Biallelic Mutations in Citron Kinase Link Mitotic Cytokinesis to Human Primary Microcephaly. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 99(2). 501–510. 59 indexed citations
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Farfara, Dorit, Hana Tuby, Dorit Trudler, et al.. (2014). Low-Level Laser Therapy Ameliorates Disease Progression in a Mouse Model of Alzheimer’s Disease. Journal of Molecular Neuroscience. 55(2). 430–436. 85 indexed citations
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Frenkel, Dan, Kim Wilkinson, Lingzhi Zhao, et al.. (2013). Scara1 deficiency impairs clearance of soluble amyloid-β by mononuclear phagocytes and accelerates Alzheimer’s-like disease progression. Nature Communications. 4(1). 2030–2030. 167 indexed citations
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Scherzer‐Attali, Roni, Dorit Farfara, Itzik Cooper, et al.. (2012). Naphthoquinone-tyrptophan reduces neurotoxic Aβ*56 levels and improves cognition in Alzheimer's disease animal model. Neurobiology of Disease. 46(3). 663–672. 33 indexed citations
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Frydman‐Marom, Anat, Aviad Levin, Dorit Farfara, et al.. (2011). Orally Administrated Cinnamon Extract Reduces β-Amyloid Oligomerization and Corrects Cognitive Impairment in Alzheimer's Disease Animal Models. PLoS ONE. 6(1). e16564–e16564. 158 indexed citations
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Farfara, Dorit, et al.. (2010). γ‐Secretase component presenilin is important for microglia β‐amyloid clearance. Annals of Neurology. 69(1). 170–180. 46 indexed citations
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Trudler, Dorit, Dorit Farfara, & Dan Frenkel. (2010). Toll-Like Receptors Expression and Signaling in Glia Cells in Neuro-Amyloidogenic Diseases: Towards Future Therapeutic Application. Mediators of Inflammation. 2010. 1–12. 98 indexed citations
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Frenkel, Dan, Alok S. Pachori, Lisheng Zhang, et al.. (2009). Nasal vaccination with troponin reduces troponin specific T-cell responses and improves heart function in myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury. International Immunology. 21(7). 817–829. 28 indexed citations
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Farfara, Dorit, Veronica Lifshitz, & Dan Frenkel. (2008). Neuroprotective and neurotoxic properties of glial cells in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease. Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine. 12(3). 762–780. 181 indexed citations

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