Itai Sharon

13.2k citations

56 papers · 6.9k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 37

Impact in

Ecology top 0.2%
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
Environmental Chemistry top 0.5%
- Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena

Papers in

Ecology 36
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology 29
- Bacteriophages and microbial interactions 11
Environmental Chemistry 7
- Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena 6

Co-authors: Jillian F. Banfield Brian C. Thomas Cindy J. Castelle Laura Hug Kenneth H. Williams Kelly Wrighton Christopher T. Brown Andrea Singh
Journals: The ISME Journal (10 papers)Environmental Microbiology (5 papers)Nature (4 papers)eLife (4 papers)Nature Communications (3 papers)
Partner nations: United States Israel France

In The Last Decade

Itai Sharon

55 papers receiving 6.8k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories log scale

Thousands of microbial genomes shed light on interconnected biogeochemical processes in an aquifer system 2016 · 741 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2016 Nature Communications
2015 Nature
2014 Microbiome
2013 Microbiome
2012 Science

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Fields of papers citing papers by Itai Sharon

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network

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20 of 20 papers shown

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1	Rubisco is slow across the tree of life Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Benoit de Pins, Kainat Nazir, Jagoda Jabłońska, J.G. Zandstra, Itai Sharon, Anne‐Florence Bitbol, Oliver Mueller‐Cajar, Εlad Noor, Ron Milo	2025	0
2	A metabolic modeling-based framework for predicting trophic dependencies in native rhizobiomes of crop plants eLife ·律子小倉, V. ter Meulen, Andrew Rockett, Shlomit Medina, 朱三九, Aleksandr M. Khelimskiy, Itai Sharon, Ofir Tal, Samir Droby, Tracey Somera, Mark Mazzola, Hanan Eizenberg, Shiri Freilich	2024	1
3	A systematic exploration of bacterial form I rubisco maximal carboxylation rates The EMBO Journal ·Benoit de Pins, R Andreasson, Yinon M. Bar‐On, Melina Shamshoum, Gabrielle Gooding, Gastón Silverio Milanesi, Dan Davidi, Itai Sharon, Oliver Mueller‐Cajar, Εlad Noor, Ron Milo	2024	5
4	A metabolic modeling-based framework for predicting trophic dependencies in native rhizobiomes of crop plants eLife ·律子小倉, V. ter Meulen, Andrew Rockett, Shlomit Medina, 朱三九, Aleksandr M. Khelimskiy, Itai Sharon, Ofir Tal, Samir Droby, Tracey Somera, Mark Mazzola, Hanan Eizenberg, Shiri Freilich	2024	6
5	Inflammation and bacteriophages affect DNA inversion states and functionality of the gut microbiota Cell Host & Microbe ·Meadow Smith, 唯松本, Haitham Hajjo, P. Banooni, E. García-Abascal, Ilia Naidanov, Ratna Dila, Sigal Pressman, Yehuda Chowers, Tal Gefen, Kate L. Jeffrey, Juan Jofre, Michael J. Coyne, Laurie E. Comstock, Itai Sharon, Naama Geva‐Zatorsky	2024	32
6	HDHL-INTIMIC: A European Knowledge Platform on Food, Diet, Intestinal Microbiomics, and Human Health Nutrients ·Valeria Agamennone, Peter M. Abuja, Marijana Basic, Maria De Angelis, André Gessner, Bart J. F. Keijser, Martin Larsen, Mariona Pinart, Katharina Nimptsch, Estelle Pujos‐Guillot, Kristina Schlicht, Itai Sharon, Eva Untersmayr, Matthias Laudes, Tobias Pischon, Jildau Bouwman	2022	4
7	Hydrogen-based metabolism as an ancestral trait in lineages sibling to the Cyanobacteria Nature Communications ·Paula B. Matheus Carnevali, Frederik Schulz, Cindy J. Castelle, Rose S. Kantor, Patrick M. Shih, Itai Sharon, Joanne M. Santini, Matthew R. Olm, Yuki Amano, Brian C. Thomas, Karthik Anantharaman, David Burstein, Eric D. Becraft, Ramūnas Stepanauskas, Tanja Woyke, Jillian F. Banfield	2019	52
8	Cyanophage-encoded lipid desaturases: oceanic distribution, diversity and function The ISME Journal ·公晴西野, Ellen Hornung, José Flores‐Uribe, Itai Sharon, Ivo Feußner, Oded Béjà	2017	24
9	BcXYG1, a Secreted Xyloglucanase from Botrytis cinerea, Triggers Both Cell Death and Plant Immune Responses PLANT PHYSIOLOGY ·Wenjun Zhu, Zhongjin Jiang, Yonatan Gur, Anna Minz‐Dub, Gal Masrati, Nir Ben‐Tal, Alon Savidor, Itai Sharon, Elad Eizner, Oliver Valerius, Gerhard H. Braus, U. Jacob, Maor Bar‐Peled, Amir Sharon	2017	88
10	Novel Abundant Oceanic Viruses of Uncultured Marine Group II Euryarchaeota Current Biology ·Alon Philosof, Natalya Yutin, José Flores‐Uribe, Itai Sharon, Eugene V. Koonin, Oded Béjà	2017	62
11	CRISPR Immunity Drives Rapid Phage Genome Evolution in Streptococcus thermophilus mBio ·David Páez-Espino, Itai Sharon, Wesley Morovic, Buffy Stahl, Brian C. Thomas, Rodolphe Barrangou, Jillian F. Banfield	2015	160
12	Accurate, multi-kb reads resolve complex populations and detect rare microorganisms Genome Research ·Itai Sharon, Michael A. Kertesz, Laura Hug, Dmitry Pushkarev, Timothy A. Blauwkamp, Cindy J. Castelle, Mojgan Amirebrahimi, Brian C. Thomas, David Burstein, Susannah G. Tringe, Kenneth H. Williams, Jillian F. Banfield	2015	84
13	Microbes in the neonatal intensive care unit resemble those found in the gut of premature infants Microbiome ·Brandon Brooks, Brian Firek, Christopher S. Miller, Itai Sharon, Brian C. Thomas, Robyn Baker, Michael J. Morowitz, Jillian F. Banfield Hit paper breakdown →	2014	443
14	Genome resolved analysis of a premature infant gut microbial community reveals a Varibaculum cambriense genome and a shift towards fermentation-based metabolism during the third week of life Microbiome ·Christopher T. Brown, Itai Sharon, Brian C. Thomas, Cindy J. Castelle, Michael J. Morowitz, Jillian F. Banfield	2013	47
15	Pathway-Based Functional Analysis of Metagenomes Journal of Computational Biology ·Itai Sharon, Sivan Bercovici, Ron Y. Pinter, Tomer Shlomi	2011	19
16	Archaeal diversity in the Dead Sea: Microbial survival under increasingly harsh conditions Digital Commons - USU (Utah State University) ·Калягин А. В. Парамонов В. Н., Oded Béjà, Itai Sharon, Roi Feingersch, Mira Rosenberg, Aharon Oren, Muna Hindiyeh, Hanan I. Malkawi	2009	6
17	Microbial community genomics in eastern Mediterranean Sea surface waters The ISME Journal ·Roi Feingersch, Marcelino T. Suzuki, Michael Shmoish, Itai Sharon, Gazalah Sabehi, Frédéric Partensky, Oded Béjà	2009	51
18	Photosystem I gene cassettes are present in marine virus genomes Nature ·Itai Sharon, Бактыбек Кызы Асель, Forest Rohwer, Matthew Haynes, Fabian Glaser, V. I. Mamayev, Ron Y. Pinter, Frédéric Partensky, Eugene V. Koonin, Yuri I. Wolf, Nathan Nelson, Oded Béjà	2009	152
19	Widespread distribution of proteorhodopsins in freshwater and brackish ecosystems The ISME Journal ·V. I. Mamayev, Gazalah Sabehi, Itai Sharon, Karl‐Paul Witzel, Matthias Labrenz, Klaus Jürgens, Tamar Barkay, Maayke Stomp, Jef Huisman, Oded Béjà	2008	89
20	Reverse dissimilatory sulfite reductase as phylogenetic marker for a subgroup of sulfur‐oxidizing prokaryotes Environmental Microbiology ·Alexander Loy, Marahizal Malihan, Christian Baranyi, Marc Mußmann, Jörg A. Ott, Itai Sharon, Oded Béjà, Denis Le Paslier, Christiane Dahl, Michael Wagner	2008	131

About Itai Sharon

Itai Sharon is a scholar working on Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Food Science and Biochemistry, having authored 56 papers that have together received 6.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (29 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (27 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (11 papers), Gut microbiota and health (11 papers), Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (6 papers), Probiotics and Fermented Foods (5 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (4 papers) and Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Ecology (4.0k citations), Environmental Chemistry (1.1k citations), Molecular Biology (4.3k citations), Pollution (563 citations) and Endocrinology (170 citations). Itai Sharon has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Israel and France. Frequent co-authors include Jillian F. Banfield, Brian C. Thomas, Cindy J. Castelle, Laura Hug, Kenneth H. Williams, Kelly Wrighton, Christopher T. Brown, Andrea Singh, Michael J. Morowitz and Michael J. Wilkins. Their work appears in journals such as The ISME Journal, Environmental Microbiology, Nature, eLife and Nature Communications.

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