Mordhay Avron

10.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
133 papers, 8.0k citations indexed

About

Mordhay Avron is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Mordhay Avron has authored 133 papers receiving a total of 8.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 94 papers in Molecular Biology, 55 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 35 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Mordhay Avron's work include Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (83 papers), Algal biology and biofuel production (52 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (26 papers). Mordhay Avron is often cited by papers focused on Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (83 papers), Algal biology and biofuel production (52 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (26 papers). Mordhay Avron collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United States and India. Mordhay Avron's co-authors include Ami Ben‐Amotz, André T. Jagendorf, Hagai Rottenberg, Shimon Schuldiner, Uri Pick, Adriana Katz, Aviv Shaish, Emanuel Hegesh, David W. Krogmann and Louise E. Anderson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Biochemistry.

In The Last Decade

Mordhay Avron

133 papers receiving 7.3k 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.

Photophosphorylation by swiss-chard chloroplasts

1960 767 citations Mordhay Avron profile →
Determination of DeltapH in Chloroplasts. 2. Fluorescent Amines as a Probe for the Determination of DeltapH in Chloroplasts

1972 549 citations Mordhay Avron et al. European Journal of Biochemistry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mordhay Avron Israel	44	5.5k	2.8k	2.1k	1.3k	881	133	8.0k
Daniel I. Arnon United States	52	6.6k 1.2×	2.9k 1.0×	2.9k 1.4×	1.2k 0.9×	614 0.7×	170	9.3k
Achim Trebst Germany	38	4.8k 0.9×	1.3k 0.5×	2.2k 1.0×	1.3k 1.0×	738 0.8×	146	6.0k
Bessel Kok United States	35	4.9k 0.9×	1.5k 0.6×	2.0k 0.9×	1.8k 1.4×	1.7k 1.9×	74	7.1k
Jan M. Anderson Australia	57	8.8k 1.6×	1.9k 0.7×	6.1k 2.8×	2.3k 1.7×	1.6k 1.9×	145	10.9k
Govind Jee United States	53	7.4k 1.3×	1.8k 0.6×	4.8k 2.3×	2.2k 1.7×	2.4k 2.8×	235	10.8k
J. Philip Thornber United States	45	4.9k 0.9×	1.5k 0.6×	1.8k 0.8×	1.3k 1.0×	1.1k 1.2×	101	5.4k
Wim Vermaas United States	48	5.7k 1.0×	3.0k 1.1×	1.1k 0.5×	1.4k 1.0×	770 0.9×	150	6.7k
Imre Vass Hungary	54	7.1k 1.3×	2.3k 0.8×	3.9k 1.8×	2.0k 1.5×	1.0k 1.2×	208	9.5k
Bertil Andersson Sweden	63	11.0k 2.0×	2.3k 0.8×	4.9k 2.3×	3.1k 2.4×	1.5k 1.7×	174	12.6k
J. Amesz Netherlands	43	5.8k 1.0×	1.5k 0.5×	1.3k 0.6×	2.3k 1.8×	2.5k 2.9×	166	6.6k

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Katz, Adriana, Uri Pick, & Mordhay Avron. (1992). Modulation of Na⁺/H⁺ Antiporter Activity by Extreme pH and Salt in the Halotolerant Alga Dunaliella salina. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 100(3). 1224–1229. 28 indexed citations

Ben‐Amotz, Ami, Aviv Shaish, & Mordhay Avron. (1991). The biotechnology of cultivating Dunaliella for production of β-carotene rich algae. Bioresource Technology. 38(2-3). 233–235. 43 indexed citations

Bental, Michal, Uri Pick, Mordhay Avron, & Hadassa Degani. (1991). Polyphosphate metabolism in the alga Dunaliella salina studied by 31P-NMR. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research. 1092(1). 21–28. 36 indexed citations

Bental, Michal, Uri Pick, Mordhay Avron, & Hadassa Degani. (1990). Metabolic studies with NMR spectroscopy of the alga Dunaliella salina trapped within agarose beads. European Journal of Biochemistry. 188(1). 111–116. 41 indexed citations

Ben‐Amotz, Ami, Shoshana Mokady, Samuel Edelstein, & Mordhay Avron. (1989). Bioavailability of a Natural Isomer Mixture as Compared with Synthetic all-trans-β-Carotene in Rats and Chicks. Journal of Nutrition. 119(7). 1013–1019. 87 indexed citations

Katz, Adriana, Uri Pick, & Mordhay Avron. (1989). Characterization and reconstitution of the Na+/H+ antiporter from the plasma membrane of the halotolerant alga Dunaliella. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 983(1). 9–14. 36 indexed citations

Bental, Michal, et al.. (1988). ³¹P and ¹³C-NMR Studies of the Phosphorus and Carbon Metabolites in the Halotolerant Alga, Dunaliella salina. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 87(2). 320–324. 15 indexed citations

Katz, Adriana & Mordhay Avron. (1985). Determination of Intracellular Osmotic Volume and Sodium Concentration in Dunaliella. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 78(4). 817–820. 46 indexed citations

Admon, Arie, Yosepha Shahak, & Mordhay Avron. (1982). Adenosine triphosphate-generated transmembrane electric potential in chloroplasts. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 681(3). 405–411. 26 indexed citations

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Ben‐Amotz, Ami, Adriana Katz, & Mordhay Avron. (1982). ACCUMULATION OF beta-CAROTENE IN HALOTOLERANT ALGE: PURIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF beta-CAROTENE-RICH GLOBULES FROM DUNALIELLA BARDAWIL (CHLOROPHYCEAE)1. Journal of Phycology. 18(4). 529–537. 5 indexed citations

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Shahak, Yosepha, et al.. (1976). Evidence for a Block between Plastoquinone and Cytochrome f in a Photosynthetic Mutant of Lemna with Abnormal Flowering Behavior. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 57(4). 577–579. 24 indexed citations

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Bamberger, Elchanan S. & Mordhay Avron. (1975). Site of Action of Inhibitors of Carbon Dioxide Assimilation by Whole Lettuce Chloroplasts. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 56(4). 481–485. 43 indexed citations

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Ben‐Amotz, Ami & Mordhay Avron. (1974). Isolation, Characterization, and Partial Purification of a Reduced Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide Phosphate-dependent Dihydroxyacetone Reductase from the Halophilic Alga Dunaliella parva. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 53(4). 628–631. 48 indexed citations

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Avron, Mordhay & Martin Gibbs. (1974). Properties of Phosphoribulokinase of Whole Chloroplasts. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 53(2). 136–139. 49 indexed citations

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Forti, Giorgio, et al.. (1972). Photosynthesis, two centuries after its discovery by Joseph Priestley : Proceedings of the 2nd International Congress on Photosynthesis Research, Stresa, June 24-29, 1971. 8 indexed citations

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Hegesh, Emanuel, et al.. (1968). New method for determining ferrihemoglobin reductase (NADH-methemoglobin reductase) in erythrocytes.. PubMed. 72(2). 339–44. 133 indexed citations

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Hegesh, Emanuel & Mordhay Avron. (1967). The enzymatic reduction of ferrihemoglobin. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Enzymology. 146(2). 397–408. 33 indexed citations

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Gromet‐Elhanan, Zippora & Mordhay Avron. (1965). Effect of Inhibitors and Uncouplers on the Separate Light and Dark Reactions in Photophosphorylation. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 40(6). 1053–1059. 33 indexed citations

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Gromet‐Elhanan, Zippora & Mordhay Avron. (1964). The Role of Indophenol Dyes in Photoreactions of Chloroplasts^*. Biochemistry. 3(3). 365–373. 26 indexed citations

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Avron, Mordhay & J. B. Biale. (1957). Metabolic Processes in Cytoplasmic Particles of the Avocado Fruit. III. The Operation of the Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle.. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 32(2). 100–105. 11 indexed citations

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