Moran Frenkel‐Pinter

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
36 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Moran Frenkel‐Pinter is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Moran Frenkel‐Pinter has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Molecular Biology, 15 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 11 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Moran Frenkel‐Pinter's work include Protein Structure and Dynamics (15 papers), Origins and Evolution of Life (15 papers) and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (11 papers). Moran Frenkel‐Pinter is often cited by papers focused on Protein Structure and Dynamics (15 papers), Origins and Evolution of Life (15 papers) and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (11 papers). Moran Frenkel‐Pinter collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United States and Spain. Moran Frenkel‐Pinter's co-authors include Luke J. Leman, Ehud Gazit, Daniel Segal, Loren Dean Williams, Gonen Ashkenasy, Mousumi Samanta, Anton S. Petrov, Nicholas V. Hud, Ronit Shaltiel‐Karyo and Jessica C. Bowman and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Moran Frenkel‐Pinter

35 papers receiving 1.3k 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. Prebiotic Peptides: Molecular Hubs in the Origin of Life
    2020 251 citations Moran Frenkel‐Pinter, Luke J. Leman et al. Chemical Reviews profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Moran Frenkel‐Pinter Israel 20 833 365 281 211 167 36 1.4k
Sudha Rajamani India 15 763 0.9× 647 1.8× 320 1.1× 286 1.4× 88 0.5× 39 1.4k
Jan Stöhr United States 22 1.8k 2.1× 58 0.2× 1.1k 4.0× 174 0.8× 482 2.9× 32 2.5k
Christian R. Noe Austria 27 1.2k 1.4× 65 0.2× 117 0.4× 228 1.1× 114 0.7× 178 2.3k
Kilian W. Conde‐Frieboes Denmark 18 960 1.2× 41 0.1× 189 0.7× 140 0.7× 21 0.1× 33 1.4k
Nobuhito Sone Japan 40 3.7k 4.4× 124 0.3× 153 0.5× 971 4.6× 41 0.2× 125 4.5k
Rivka Cohen‐Luria Israel 16 369 0.4× 160 0.4× 54 0.2× 125 0.6× 149 0.9× 47 676
Yoko Nagata Japan 25 941 1.1× 18 0.0× 128 0.5× 258 1.2× 99 0.6× 89 1.9k
Shinji Kamiya Japan 16 475 0.6× 33 0.1× 147 0.5× 64 0.3× 45 0.3× 60 853
Narutoshi Kamiya Japan 27 1.6k 1.9× 23 0.1× 132 0.5× 268 1.3× 136 0.8× 84 2.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Moran Frenkel‐Pinter

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Fields of papers citing papers by Moran Frenkel‐Pinter

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Moran Frenkel‐Pinter

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Frenkel‐Pinter, Moran, et al.. (2025). A building blocks perspective on protein emergence and evolution. Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 91. 102996–102996. 2 indexed citations
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Frenkel‐Pinter, Moran, et al.. (2025). From Polymerization-Enabled Folding and Assembly to Chemical Evolution: Key Processes for Emergence of Functional Polymers in the Origin of Life. Astrobiology. 1172430391–1172430391. 1 indexed citations
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Fisher, Sarah B., et al.. (2023). Assembly‐driven protection from hydrolysis as key selective force during chemical evolution. FEBS Letters. 597(23). 2879–2896. 8 indexed citations
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Guth-Metzler, Rebecca, Chieri Ito, Moran Frenkel‐Pinter, et al.. (2023). Goldilocks and RNA: where Mg2+ concentration is just right. Nucleic Acids Research. 51(8). 3529–3539. 18 indexed citations
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Frenkel‐Pinter, Moran, et al.. (2022). Differential Oligomerization of Alpha versus Beta Amino Acids and Hydroxy Acids in Abiotic Proto-Peptide Synthesis Reactions. Life. 12(2). 265–265. 10 indexed citations
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Llop, Esther, Ana Ardá, Elsa Zacco, et al.. (2022). Proceedings of workshop: “Neuroglycoproteins in health and disease”, INNOGLY cost action. Glycoconjugate Journal. 39(5). 579–586. 2 indexed citations
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Martin, C, Moran Frenkel‐Pinter, Loren Dean Williams, et al.. (2022). Water-Based Dynamic Depsipeptide Chemistry: Building Block Recycling and Oligomer Distribution Control Using Hydration–Dehydration Cycles. JACS Au. 2(6). 1395–1404. 11 indexed citations
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Guth-Metzler, Rebecca, Moran Frenkel‐Pinter, Suttipong Suttapitugsakul, et al.. (2020). Cutting in-line with iron: ribosomal function and non-oxidative RNA cleavage. Nucleic Acids Research. 48(15). 8663–8674. 16 indexed citations
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Frenkel‐Pinter, Moran, C Martin, Anton S. Petrov, et al.. (2020). Mutually stabilizing interactions between proto-peptides and RNA. Nature Communications. 11(1). 3137–3137. 74 indexed citations
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Bowman, Jessica C., Anton S. Petrov, Moran Frenkel‐Pinter, Petar I. Penev, & Loren Dean Williams. (2020). Root of the Tree: The Significance, Evolution, and Origins of the Ribosome. Chemical Reviews. 120(11). 4848–4878. 122 indexed citations
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Paul, Ashim, et al.. (2020). Tryptophan-galactosylamine conjugates inhibit and disaggregate amyloid fibrils of Aβ42 and hIAPP peptides while reducing their toxicity. Communications Biology. 3(1). 484–484. 33 indexed citations
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Frenkel‐Pinter, Moran, et al.. (2019). The pH dependent mechanisms of non-enzymatic peptide bond cleavage reactions. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 22(1). 107–113. 24 indexed citations
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Paul, Ashim, et al.. (2019). Novel model of secreted human tau protein reveals the impact of the abnormal N-glycosylation of tau on its aggregation propensity. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 2254–2254. 38 indexed citations
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Frenkel‐Pinter, Moran, et al.. (2017). Interplay between protein glycosylation pathways in Alzheimer’s disease. Science Advances. 3(9). e1601576–e1601576. 87 indexed citations
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Frenkel‐Pinter, Moran, et al.. (2017). Inhibition of the Aggregation and Toxicity of the Minimal Amyloidogenic Fragment of Tau by Its Pro‐Substituted Analogues. Chemistry - A European Journal. 23(40). 9618–9624. 25 indexed citations
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Frenkel‐Pinter, Moran, et al.. (2017). Altered protein glycosylation predicts Alzheimer's disease and modulates its pathology in disease model Drosophila. Neurobiology of Aging. 56. 159–171. 19 indexed citations
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Shaltiel‐Karyo, Ronit, Moran Frenkel‐Pinter, Edward Rockenstein, et al.. (2013). A Blood-Brain Barrier (BBB) Disrupter Is Also a Potent α-Synuclein (α-syn) Aggregation Inhibitor. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 288(24). 17579–17588. 75 indexed citations
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Shaltiel‐Karyo, Ronit, Dan Davidi, Yotam Menuchin-Lasowski, et al.. (2012). A Novel, Sensitive Assay for Behavioral Defects in Parkinson's Disease ModelDrosophila. Parkinson s Disease. 2012. 1–6. 21 indexed citations
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Shaltiel‐Karyo, Ronit, Moran Frenkel‐Pinter, Anat Frydman‐Marom, et al.. (2010). Inhibiting α-Synuclein Oligomerization by Stable Cell-Penetrating β-Synuclein Fragments Recovers Phenotype of Parkinson's Disease Model Flies. PLoS ONE. 5(11). e13863–e13863. 98 indexed citations

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