Iris Keren

3.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
11 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Iris Keren is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Molecular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Iris Keren has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Genetics, 6 papers in Molecular Biology and 6 papers in Molecular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Iris Keren's work include Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (7 papers), Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (6 papers) and Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (4 papers). Iris Keren is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (7 papers), Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (6 papers) and Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (4 papers). Iris Keren collaborates with scholars based in United States, Estonia and Israel. Iris Keren's co-authors include Kim Lewis, Amy L. Spoering, Niilo Kaldalu, Kim Lewis, Yanxia Wu, Lawrence Mulcahy, Julio Inocencio, Shoko Minami, Eric J. Rubin and Marin Vulić and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, PLoS ONE and Journal of Bacteriology.

In The Last Decade

Iris Keren

11 papers receiving 2.8k 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.

Persister cells and tolerance to antimicrobials

2003 825 citations Iris Keren, Niilo Kaldalu et al. FEMS Microbiology Letters profile →
Specialized Persister Cells and the Mechanism of Multidrug Tolerance in Escherichia coli

2004 672 citations Iris Keren, Amy L. Spoering et al. Journal of Bacteriology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Iris Keren United States	11	1.5k	1.0k	937	746	482	11	2.8k
Hwei‐Ling Peng Taiwan	29	1.4k 1.0×	692 0.7×	1.2k 1.3×	657 0.9×	641 1.3×	78	3.1k
Orit Gefen Israel	12	1.5k 1.1×	1.0k 1.0×	1.1k 1.1×	551 0.7×	400 0.8×	16	3.1k
Niilo Kaldalu Estonia	18	1.7k 1.2×	1.6k 1.5×	981 1.0×	442 0.6×	712 1.5×	25	3.1k
Amy L. Spoering United States	15	2.1k 1.4×	1.0k 1.0×	869 0.9×	479 0.6×	518 1.1×	17	3.3k
Brian P. Conlon United States	21	1.7k 1.2×	732 0.7×	791 0.8×	929 1.2×	362 0.8×	39	2.8k
Alessandra Polissi Italy	32	1.6k 1.1×	1.4k 1.4×	979 1.0×	225 0.3×	535 1.1×	86	3.5k
Indranil Biswas United States	31	1.6k 1.1×	487 0.5×	508 0.5×	482 0.6×	336 0.7×	91	3.2k
Irine Ronin Israel	12	1.3k 0.9×	1.1k 1.1×	874 0.9×	375 0.5×	430 0.9×	14	2.6k
Marin Vulić United States	16	1.6k 1.1×	1.4k 1.4×	918 1.0×	457 0.6×	595 1.2×	22	2.8k
Chloë E. James United Kingdom	25	1.0k 0.7×	461 0.5×	691 0.7×	522 0.7×	538 1.1×	34	2.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Iris Keren

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Fields of papers citing papers by Iris Keren

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Iris Keren

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

All Works

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11 of 11 papers shown

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Keren, Iris, et al.. (2016). High Persister Mutants in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. PLoS ONE. 11(5). e0155127–e0155127. 109 indexed citations

2.

Rowe, Sarah E., Brian P. Conlon, Iris Keren, & Kim Lewis. (2015). Persisters: Methods for Isolation and Identifying Contributing Factors—A Review. Methods in molecular biology. 1333. 17–28. 22 indexed citations

3.

Aldridge, Bree B., Iris Keren, & Sarah M. Fortune. (2014). The Spectrum of Drug Susceptibility in Mycobacteria. Microbiology Spectrum. 2(5). 19 indexed citations

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Keren, Iris, Yanxia Wu, Julio Inocencio, Lawrence Mulcahy, & Kim Lewis. (2013). Killing by Bactericidal Antibiotics Does Not Depend on Reactive Oxygen Species. Science. 339(6124). 1213–1216. 409 indexed citations

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Keren, Iris, Lawrence Mulcahy, & Kim Lewis. (2012). Persister Eradication: Lessons from the World of Natural Products. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 517. 387–406. 23 indexed citations

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Martin, Constance J., Matthew G. Booty, Tracy R. Rosebrock, et al.. (2012). Efferocytosis Is an Innate Antibacterial Mechanism. Cell Host & Microbe. 12(3). 289–300. 216 indexed citations

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Wu, Yanxia, Marin Vulić, Iris Keren, & Kim Lewis. (2012). Role of Oxidative Stress in Persister Tolerance. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 56(9). 4922–4926. 209 indexed citations

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Keren, Iris, Shoko Minami, Eric J. Rubin, & Kim Lewis. (2011). Characterization and Transcriptome Analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Persisters. mBio. 2(3). e00100–11. 292 indexed citations

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Keren, Iris, et al.. (2004). Specialized Persister Cells and the Mechanism of Multidrug Tolerance in Escherichia coli. Journal of Bacteriology. 186(24). 8172–8180. 672 indexed citations breakdown →

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Keren, Iris, et al.. (2003). Persister cells and tolerance to antimicrobials. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 230(1). 13–18. 825 indexed citations breakdown →

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Keren, Iris & Moshe Sheintuch. (2000). Modeling and analysis of spatiotemporal oscillatory patterns during CO oxidation in the catalytic converter. Chemical Engineering Science. 55(8). 1461–1475. 25 indexed citations

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