Gal Ofir

4.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
10 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Gal Ofir is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Gal Ofir has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Ecology and 4 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Gal Ofir's work include Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (6 papers), interferon and immune responses (3 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (3 papers). Gal Ofir is often cited by papers focused on Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (6 papers), interferon and immune responses (3 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (3 papers). Gal Ofir collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United States and Germany. Gal Ofir's co-authors include Rotem Sorek, Shany Doron, Sarah Melamed, Gil Amitai, Azita Leavitt, Anna Lopatina, Hila Sberro, Adi Millman, Tamara Goldfarb and Ofir Cohen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Gal Ofir

10 papers receiving 2.2k 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.

Systematic discovery of antiphage defense systems in the microbial pangenome

2018 780 citations Shany Doron, Sarah Melamed et al. Science profile →
BREX is a novel phage resistance system widespread in microbial genomes

2014 360 citations Tamara Goldfarb, Hila Sberro et al. The EMBO Journal profile →
Antiviral activity of bacterial TIR domains via immune signalling molecules

2021 206 citations Gal Ofir, Ehud Herbst et al. Nature profile →

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Countries citing papers authored by Gal Ofir

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Fields of papers citing papers by Gal Ofir

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gal Ofir

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

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10 of 10 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Conservation of antiviral systems across domains of life reveals immune genes in humans 2024 ·Cell Host & Microbe ·(unknown), Matthieu Haudiquet, (unknown), Ernest Mordret, (unknown), Maxime Rotival, Florian Tesson, Delphine Bonhomme, Gal Ofir, Lluís Quintana‐Murci, Philippe Benaroch, Enzo Z. Poirier, Aude Bernheim	9
2	The SARM1 TIR domain produces glycocyclic ADPR molecules as minor products 2024 ·PLoS ONE ·Jeremy Garb, Gil Amitai, Allen Lu, Gal Ofir, Alexander Brandis, Tevie Mehlman, Philip J. Kranzusch, Rotem Sorek	8
3	Activation of Thoeris antiviral system via SIR2 effector filament assembly 2024 ·Nature ·Giedrė Tamulaitienė, (unknown), Giedrius Sasnauskas, (unknown), Arūnas Šilanskas, Carmel Avraham, Gal Ofir, Rotem Sorek, Mindaugas Zaremba, Virginijus Šikšnys	32
4	Antiviral activity of bacterial TIR domains via immune signalling molecules breakdown → 2021 ·Nature ·Gal Ofir, Ehud Herbst, (unknown), Daniel Cohen, Adi Millman, Shany Doron, Nitzan Tal, (unknown), Sergey Malitsky, Gil Amitai, Rotem Sorek	206
5	STING cyclic dinucleotide sensing originated in bacteria 2020 ·Nature ·Benjamin R. Morehouse, Apurva A. Govande, Adi Millman, Alexander F. A. Keszei, B. Lowey, Gal Ofir, Sichen Shao, Rotem Sorek, Philip J. Kranzusch	272
6	Prokaryotic viperins produce diverse antiviral molecules 2020 ·Nature ·Aude Bernheim, Adi Millman, Gal Ofir, (unknown), Carmel Avraham, Helena Shomar, Masha M. Rosenberg, Tal Nir, Sarah Melamed, Gil Amitai, Rotem Sorek	157
7	Systematic discovery of antiphage defense systems in the microbial pangenome breakdown → 2018 ·Science ·Shany Doron, Sarah Melamed, Gal Ofir, Azita Leavitt, Anna Lopatina, (unknown), Gil Amitai, Rotem Sorek	780
8	Contemporary Phage Biology: From Classic Models to New Insights 2018 ·Cell ·Gal Ofir, Rotem Sorek	182
9	DISARM is a widespread bacterial defence system with broad anti-phage activities 2017 ·Nature Microbiology ·Gal Ofir, Sarah Melamed, Hila Sberro, Zohar Mukamel, (unknown), Gilad Yaakov, Shany Doron, Rotem Sorek	232
10	BREX is a novel phage resistance system widespread in microbial genomes breakdown → 2014 ·The EMBO Journal ·Tamara Goldfarb, Hila Sberro, Eyal Weinstock, Ofir Cohen, Shany Doron, Yoav Charpak‐Amikam, Shaked Afik, Gal Ofir, Rotem Sorek	360

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