Gonen Ashkenasy

4.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
80 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Gonen Ashkenasy is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Astronomy and Astrophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Gonen Ashkenasy has authored 80 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Molecular Biology, 31 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 28 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Recurrent topics in Gonen Ashkenasy's work include Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (31 papers), Origins and Evolution of Life (28 papers) and Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials (18 papers). Gonen Ashkenasy is often cited by papers focused on Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (31 papers), Origins and Evolution of Life (28 papers) and Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials (18 papers). Gonen Ashkenasy collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United States and Germany. Gonen Ashkenasy's co-authors include Nathaniel Wagner, M. Reza Ghadiri, Sijbren Otto, Annette F. Taylor, Thomas M. Hermans, Zehavit Dadon, Abraham Shanzer, Boris Rubinov, David Cahen and Nurit Ashkenasy and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Gonen Ashkenasy

78 papers receiving 3.7k 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.

Systems chemistry

2017 481 citations Gonen Ashkenasy, Thomas M. Hermans et al. Chemical Society Reviews profile →
Prebiotic Peptides: Molecular Hubs in the Origin of Life

2020 251 citations Mousumi Samanta, Gonen Ashkenasy et al. profile →

Peers

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Taro Toyota Japan

Stephen P. Fletcher United Kingdom

Andrés de la Escosura Spain

Joaquim Crusats Spain

Thomas M. Hermans France

Job Boekhoven Germany

Liaohai Chen United States

Fabio Mavelli Italy

Richard A. van Delden Netherlands

Leonard J. Prins Italy

Taro Toyota Japan

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513 ×0.5

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Citations per year, relative to Gonen Ashkenasy Gonen Ashkenasy (= 1×) peers Taro Toyota

Countries citing papers authored by Gonen Ashkenasy

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Fields of papers citing papers by Gonen Ashkenasy

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Gonen Ashkenasy. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Gonen Ashkenasy. The network helps show where Gonen Ashkenasy may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gonen Ashkenasy

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Pavan, Mariela J., et al.. (2025). Polymer–Carbon Black Composites for Humidity-Driven Water Uptake and Photothermally Induced Rapid Desorption. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 17(47). 64438–64450.

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Maity, Indrajit, Nathaniel Wagner, Dharm Dev, & Gonen Ashkenasy. (2025). Bistable Functions and Signaling Motifs in Systems Chemistry: Taking the Next Step Toward Synthetic Cells. Accounts of Chemical Research. 58(3). 428–439. 1 indexed citations

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Samanta, Mousumi, Dinghao Wu, Rivka Cohen‐Luria, et al.. (2024). A Photo‐Switchable Peptide Fibril Esterase. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(1). e202413810–e202413810. 5 indexed citations

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Samanta, Mousumi, Dinghao Wu, Rivka Cohen‐Luria, et al.. (2024). A Photo‐Switchable Peptide Fibril Esterase. Angewandte Chemie. 137(1).

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Maity, Indrajit, Dharm Dev, Rivka Cohen‐Luria, Nathaniel Wagner, & Gonen Ashkenasy. (2023). Engineering reaction networks by sequential signal processing. Chem. 10(4). 1132–1146. 3 indexed citations

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Bandela, Anil Kumar, et al.. (2023). Dynamic exchange controls the assembly structure of nucleic-acid-peptide chimeras. Soft Matter. 19(21). 3940–3945. 3 indexed citations

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Dev, Dharm, Nathaniel Wagner, Bapan Pramanik, et al.. (2023). A Peptide-Based Oscillator. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 145(48). 26279–26286. 10 indexed citations

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Bandela, Anil Kumar, et al.. (2022). The Systems Chemistry of Nucleic‐acid‐Peptide Networks. Israel Journal of Chemistry. 62(9-10). 4 indexed citations

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Bandela, Anil Kumar, Nathaniel Wagner, Agata Chotera‐Ouda, et al.. (2021). Primitive selection of the fittest emerging through functional synergy in nucleopeptide networks. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(9). 37 indexed citations

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Maity, Indrajit, Dharm Dev, Kingshuk Basu, Nathaniel Wagner, & Gonen Ashkenasy. (2020). Signaling in Systems Chemistry: Programing Gold Nanoparticles Formation and Assembly Using a Dynamic Bistable Network. Angewandte Chemie. 133(9). 4562–4567. 5 indexed citations

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Maity, Indrajit, Dharm Dev, Kingshuk Basu, Nathaniel Wagner, & Gonen Ashkenasy. (2020). Signaling in Systems Chemistry: Programing Gold Nanoparticles Formation and Assembly Using a Dynamic Bistable Network. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 60(9). 4512–4517. 20 indexed citations

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Ashkenasy, Gonen. (2019). Emergence of Function in Synthetic Chemical Networks. ChemSystemsChem. 1(4). 2 indexed citations

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Wagner, Nathaniel, et al.. (2019). Programming Multistationarity in Chemical Replication Networks. ChemSystemsChem. 2(2). 8 indexed citations

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Wagner, Nathaniel, David Hochberg, Enrique Peacock-López, Indrajit Maity, & Gonen Ashkenasy. (2019). Open Prebiotic Environments Drive Emergent Phenomena and Complex Behavior. Life. 9(2). 45–45. 21 indexed citations

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Maity, Indrajit, Nathaniel Wagner, Dharm Dev, et al.. (2019). A chemically fueled non-enzymatic bistable network. Nature Communications. 10(1). 4636–4636. 62 indexed citations

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Chotera‐Ouda, Agata, et al.. (2018). Functional Assemblies Emerging in Complex Mixtures of Peptides and Nucleic Acid–Peptide Chimeras. Chemistry - A European Journal. 24(40). 10128–10135. 27 indexed citations

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Bai, Yushi, Agata Chotera‐Ouda, Olga Taran, et al.. (2018). Achieving biopolymer synergy in systems chemistry. Chemical Society Reviews. 47(14). 5444–5456. 52 indexed citations

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Nanda, Jayanta, Boris Rubinov, Yair Motro, et al.. (2017). Emergence of native peptide sequences in prebiotic replication networks. Nature Communications. 8(1). 434–434. 62 indexed citations

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Ashkenasy, Gonen, Thomas M. Hermans, Sijbren Otto, & Annette F. Taylor. (2017). Systems chemistry. Chemical Society Reviews. 46(9). 2543–2554. 481 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cohen‐Luria, Rivka, et al.. (2012). Allosteric effects in coiled-coil proteins folding and lanthanide-ion binding. Chemical Communications. 48(77). 9577–9577. 9 indexed citations

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