Liel Sapir

1.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
29 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Liel Sapir is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Liel Sapir has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Molecular Biology, 13 papers in Materials Chemistry and 7 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Liel Sapir's work include Protein Structure and Dynamics (10 papers), Material Dynamics and Properties (7 papers) and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (5 papers). Liel Sapir is often cited by papers focused on Protein Structure and Dynamics (10 papers), Material Dynamics and Properties (7 papers) and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (5 papers). Liel Sapir collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United States and Japan. Liel Sapir's co-authors include Daniel Harries, Shelly Tzlil, Michael Rubinstein, Regina Politi, Stephen L. Craig, Yixin Hu, Shu Wang, Jeremiah A. Johnson, Shahar Sukenik and Gary J. Pielak and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Chemical Reviews and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Liel Sapir

27 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

Molecular Characterization of Polymer Networks 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 2023 50 100 150 200
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. Molecular Characterization of Polymer Networks
    2021 231 citations Scott P. O. Danielsen, Haley K. Beech et al. Chemical Reviews profile →
  2. Facile mechanochemical cycloreversion of polymer cross-linkers enhances tear resistance
    2023 107 citations Shu Wang, Yixin Hu et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Liel Sapir Israel 18 453 386 248 208 203 29 1.3k
Younhee Cho United States 10 492 1.1× 276 0.7× 258 1.0× 380 1.8× 352 1.7× 14 1.7k
Qin Zou China 17 623 1.4× 620 1.6× 100 0.4× 101 0.5× 130 0.6× 30 1.5k
Elizabeth G. Kelley United States 23 595 1.3× 289 0.7× 352 1.4× 453 2.2× 176 0.9× 51 1.5k
Sungsool Wi United States 22 397 0.9× 548 1.4× 238 1.0× 167 0.8× 112 0.6× 61 1.5k
Onofrio Annunziata United States 22 503 1.1× 391 1.0× 381 1.5× 353 1.7× 82 0.4× 66 1.5k
Kathleen Wood Australia 29 1.1k 2.4× 1.2k 3.0× 349 1.4× 286 1.4× 437 2.2× 71 2.9k
Sudip Chakraborty India 17 409 0.9× 310 0.8× 210 0.8× 121 0.6× 319 1.6× 47 1.1k
Nathaniel V. Nucci United States 18 658 1.5× 335 0.9× 153 0.6× 174 0.8× 398 2.0× 31 1.4k
Daisuke Sato Japan 24 325 0.7× 609 1.6× 162 0.7× 438 2.1× 95 0.5× 109 2.0k
Mitsuhiro Hirai Japan 25 967 2.1× 468 1.2× 318 1.3× 378 1.8× 157 0.8× 106 1.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Liel Sapir

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Fields of papers citing papers by Liel Sapir

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Liel Sapir

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Zheng, Xujun, Tatiana B. Kouznetsova, Yixin Hu, et al.. (2025). Tuning the Ultimate Strain of Single and Double Network Gels Through Reactive Strand Extension. ACS Central Science. 11(10). 1882–1891. 2 indexed citations
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Hofmann, Lukas, et al.. (2025). Tracking Copper sensing operon Repressor (CsoR) oligomerization in solution using Electron Paramagnetic Resonance spectroscopy. Protein Science. 34(10). e70303–e70303. 1 indexed citations
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Matzov, Donna, Liel Sapir, Harald Hübner, et al.. (2024). A bitter anti-inflammatory drug binds at two distinct sites of a human bitter taste GPCR. Nature Communications. 15(1). 9991–9991. 10 indexed citations
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Wang, Shu, Yixin Hu, Tatiana B. Kouznetsova, et al.. (2023). Facile mechanochemical cycloreversion of polymer cross-linkers enhances tear resistance. Science. 380(6651). 1248–1252. 107 indexed citations breakdown →
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Panyukov, Sergey, et al.. (2023). Elasticity of Slide-Ring Gels. ACS Macro Letters. 12(3). 362–368. 10 indexed citations
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Danielsen, Scott P. O., Haley K. Beech, Shu Wang, et al.. (2021). Molecular Characterization of Polymer Networks. Chemical Reviews. 121(8). 5042–5092. 231 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sapir, Liel, et al.. (2019). Mechanical Communication Acts as a Noise Filter. iScience. 14. 58–68. 6 indexed citations
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Sapir, Liel, et al.. (2019). A Change in ECM Composition Affects Sensory Organ Mechanics and Function. Cell Reports. 27(8). 2272–2280.e4. 17 indexed citations
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Sapir, Liel & Daniel Harries. (2019). Wisdom of the crowd.
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Sapir, Liel & Daniel Harries. (2017). How do Cosolutes Stabilize Macromolecules? From Bridging to Depletion Attraction. Biophysical Journal. 112(3). 195a–195a.
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Sapir, Liel & Shelly Tzlil. (2017). Talking over the extracellular matrix: How do cells communicate mechanically?. Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology. 71. 99–105. 66 indexed citations
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Sapir, Liel & Daniel Harries. (2016). Thermodynamic Mechanism of Protein Stabilization: Crowders vs. Osmolytes. Biophysical Journal. 110(3). 212a–213a. 1 indexed citations
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Sapir, Liel, Christopher B. Stanley, & Daniel Harries. (2016). Properties of Polyvinylpyrrolidone in a Deep Eutectic Solvent. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 120(19). 3253–3259. 52 indexed citations
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Sukenik, Shahar, Liel Sapir, & Daniel Harries. (2015). Osmolyte Induced Changes in Peptide Conformational Ensemble Correlate with Slower Amyloid Aggregation: A Coarse-Grained Simulation Study. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. 11(12). 5918–5928. 16 indexed citations
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Sapir, Liel & Daniel Harries. (2015). Macromolecular Stabilization by Excluded Cosolutes: Mean Field Theory of Crowded Solutions. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. 11(7). 3478–3490. 34 indexed citations
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Sapir, Liel & Daniel Harries. (2014). Origin of Enthalpic Depletion Forces. Biophysical Journal. 106(2). 671a–671a. 34 indexed citations
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Sapir, Liel & Daniel Harries. (2014). Is the depletion force entropic? Molecular crowding beyond steric interactions. Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science. 20(1). 3–10. 111 indexed citations
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Sukenik, Shahar, et al.. (2012). Diversity in the mechanisms of cosolute action on biomolecular processes. Faraday Discussions. 160. 225–237. 64 indexed citations
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Sapir, Liel, Deborah E. Shalev, & Daniel Harries. (2011). Osmolytes Induce Changes in the Conformational Landscape of a Model Peptide. Biophysical Journal. 100(3). 396a–397a. 1 indexed citations
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Politi, Regina, Liel Sapir, & Daniel Harries. (2009). The Impact of Polyols on Water Structure in Solution: A Computational Study. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 113(26). 7548–7555. 77 indexed citations

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