Michal Hershfinkel

6.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
87 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

Michal Hershfinkel is a scholar working on Nutrition and Dietetics, Molecular Biology and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Michal Hershfinkel has authored 87 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics, 42 papers in Molecular Biology and 25 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Michal Hershfinkel's work include Trace Elements in Health (53 papers), Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity (24 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (20 papers). Michal Hershfinkel is often cited by papers focused on Trace Elements in Health (53 papers), Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity (24 papers) and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (20 papers). Michal Hershfinkel collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United States and Germany. Michal Hershfinkel's co-authors include Israel Sekler, William F. Silverman, Stefano L. Sensi, Elias Aizenman, Arie Moran, Raz Palty, Daniel Fishman, Daniel Khananshvili, Ehud Ohana and Christiané Nolte and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Michal Hershfinkel

87 papers receiving 5.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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. NCLX is an essential component of mitochondrial Na+/Ca2+exchange
    2009 618 citations William F. Silverman, Michal Hershfinkel et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michal Hershfinkel Israel 41 2.5k 2.2k 1.2k 920 664 87 5.2k
Israel Sekler Israel 43 3.4k 1.4× 2.2k 1.0× 1.4k 1.2× 955 1.0× 965 1.5× 113 6.1k
Aaron B. Bowman United States 44 3.1k 1.3× 1.9k 0.9× 1.6k 1.4× 2.1k 2.3× 685 1.0× 150 7.8k
Paul J. Lockhart Australia 34 2.3k 0.9× 1.5k 0.7× 1.2k 1.0× 712 0.8× 585 0.9× 126 5.2k
John H. Weiss United States 52 3.3k 1.3× 2.5k 1.1× 3.5k 3.0× 1.0k 1.1× 1.6k 2.3× 99 8.5k
Byoung Joo Gwag South Korea 41 2.9k 1.2× 1.1k 0.5× 2.2k 1.9× 511 0.6× 1.1k 1.7× 94 6.3k
Candice C. Askwith United States 37 4.1k 1.7× 1.9k 0.9× 1.1k 0.9× 512 0.6× 483 0.7× 56 7.2k
Marco T. Núñez Chile 41 1.6k 0.7× 2.1k 0.9× 492 0.4× 647 0.7× 932 1.4× 127 5.7k
Urs V. Berger United States 42 4.0k 1.6× 3.4k 1.6× 1.7k 1.4× 914 1.0× 706 1.1× 56 9.7k
Oliver Bandmann United Kingdom 41 2.0k 0.8× 881 0.4× 1.5k 1.3× 532 0.6× 923 1.4× 123 6.0k
R D Palmiter United States 29 2.1k 0.8× 1.3k 0.6× 923 0.8× 762 0.8× 701 1.1× 47 5.7k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michal Hershfinkel

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All Works

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Asraf, Hila, et al.. (2025). The zinc receptor, ZnR/GPR39, modulates taste sensitivity by regulating ion secretion in mouse salivary gland. iScience. 28(2). 111912–111912. 1 indexed citations
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Taha, Mahmoud M., Essam A. Assali, Grace E. Stutzmann, et al.. (2024). NCLX controls hepatic mitochondrial Ca2+ extrusion and couples hormone-mediated mitochondrial Ca2+ oscillations with gluconeogenesis. Molecular Metabolism. 87. 101982–101982. 2 indexed citations
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Hershfinkel, Michal. (2023). Cross‐talk between zinc and calcium regulates ion transport: A role for the zinc receptor, ZnR/GPR39. The Journal of Physiology. 602(8). 1579–1594. 10 indexed citations
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Krall, Rebecca, Aubin Moutal, Hila Asraf, et al.. (2020). Synaptic zinc inhibition of NMDA receptors depends on the association of GluN2A with the zinc transporter ZnT1. Science Advances. 6(27). 49 indexed citations
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Levy, Moshe, S. Barber-Zucker, Eitan Hoch, et al.. (2019). Zinc transporter 10 (ZnT10)-dependent extrusion of cellular Mn2+ is driven by an active Ca2+-coupled exchange. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 294(15). 5879–5889. 30 indexed citations
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Asraf, Hila, et al.. (2018). Enhanced ZnR/GPR39 Activity in Breast Cancer, an Alternative Trigger of Signaling Leading to Cell Growth. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 8119–8119. 19 indexed citations
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Tkatch, Tatiana, Elisa Greotti, Gytis Baranauskas, et al.. (2017). Optogenetic control of mitochondrial metabolism and Ca 2+ signaling by mitochondria-targeted opsins. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(26). E5167–E5176. 50 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xuexin, Assaf Elazar, Soumitra Roy, et al.. (2017). Mitochondria control store‐operated Ca 2+ entry through Na + and redox signals. The EMBO Journal. 36(6). 797–815. 84 indexed citations
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Sunuwar, Laxmi, Hila Asraf, Mark Donowitz, Israel Sekler, & Michal Hershfinkel. (2017). The Zn 2+ -sensing receptor, ZnR/GPR39, upregulates colonocytic Cl − absorption, via basolateral KCC1, and reduces fluid loss. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease. 1863(4). 947–960. 27 indexed citations
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Sunuwar, Laxmi, et al.. (2016). The zinc sensing receptor, ZnR/GPR39, triggers metabotropic calcium signalling in colonocytes and regulates occludin recovery in experimental colitis. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 371(1700). 20150420–20150420. 41 indexed citations
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Hershfinkel, Michal, Daniel Fishman, Eyal Ozeri, et al.. (2012). The Mitochondrial Na+/Ca2+ Exchanger Upregulates Glucose Dependent Ca2+ Signalling Linked to Insulin Secretion. PLoS ONE. 7(10). e46649–e46649. 63 indexed citations
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Hershfinkel, Michal, et al.. (2009). Intracellular zinc inhibits KCC2 transporter activity. Nature Neuroscience. 12(6). 725–727. 55 indexed citations
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Barkalifa, Ronit, et al.. (2009). The lipophilic zinc chelator DP-b99 prevents zinc induced neuronal death. European Journal of Pharmacology. 618(1-3). 15–21. 23 indexed citations
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Sekler, Israel, et al.. (2009). Cell death induced by zinc and cadmium is mediated by clusterin in cultured mouse seminiferous tubules. Journal of Cellular Physiology. 220(1). 222–229. 27 indexed citations
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Frederickson, Christopher J., Christopher J. Frederickson, Leonard J. Giblin, et al.. (2006). Synaptic release of zinc from brain slices: Factors governing release, imaging, and accurate calculation of concentration. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 154(1-2). 19–29. 100 indexed citations
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Sekler, Israel, Christopher J. Frederickson, Douglas A. Coulter, et al.. (2003). Clioquinol effects on tissue chelatable zinc in mice. Journal of Molecular Medicine. 81(10). 637–644. 40 indexed citations
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Hershfinkel, Michal, Levi A. Gheber, V. Volterra, et al.. (1994). Nested Polyhedra of MX2 (M = W, Mo; X = S, Se) Probed by High-Resolution Electron Microscopy and Scanning Tunneling Microscopy. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 116(5). 1914–1917. 143 indexed citations

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