Moshe Shachak

17.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
107 papers, 10.1k citations indexed

About

Moshe Shachak is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Moshe Shachak has authored 107 papers receiving a total of 10.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 39 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 35 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Moshe Shachak's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (47 papers), Ecosystem dynamics and resilience (21 papers) and Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology (20 papers). Moshe Shachak is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (47 papers), Ecosystem dynamics and resilience (21 papers) and Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology (20 papers). Moshe Shachak collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United States and Italy. Moshe Shachak's co-authors include Clive G. Jones, John H. Lawton, E. Meroni, Eli Zaady, Jost von Hardenberg, Erez Gilad, Bertrand Boeken, Yair Zarmi, Peter M. Groffman and David J. Eldridge and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Moshe Shachak

104 papers receiving 9.6k citations

Hit Papers

Organisms as Ecosystem Engineers 1994 2026 2004 2015 1994 1997 2001 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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. Organisms as Ecosystem Engineers
    1994 3.5k citations Clive G. Jones, Moshe Shachak et al. profile →
  2. POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF ORGANISMS AS PHYSICAL ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERS
    1997 1.8k citations Clive G. Jones, Moshe Shachak et al. profile →
  3. Diversity of Vegetation Patterns and Desertification
    2001 513 citations Jost von Hardenberg, E. Meroni et al. Physical Review Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Moshe Shachak Israel 40 4.5k 3.5k 3.5k 2.7k 1.8k 107 10.1k
Eric L. Berlow United States 24 5.7k 1.3× 3.1k 0.9× 4.8k 1.4× 3.3k 1.2× 1.2k 0.7× 40 11.6k
Pablo Inchausti France 29 6.0k 1.3× 3.9k 1.1× 6.0k 1.7× 3.3k 1.2× 1.4k 0.8× 61 12.6k
Joshua Elliott United States 51 5.0k 1.1× 3.8k 1.1× 4.7k 1.4× 3.4k 1.3× 665 0.4× 126 13.3k
Craig W. Osenberg United States 42 3.7k 0.8× 2.2k 0.6× 3.0k 0.9× 1.6k 0.6× 776 0.4× 111 7.1k
Stuart H. Hurlbert United States 33 7.5k 1.7× 3.4k 1.0× 5.6k 1.6× 3.3k 1.2× 2.4k 1.4× 82 15.5k
Michael R. Willig United States 59 7.8k 1.7× 2.8k 0.8× 6.0k 1.7× 5.8k 2.1× 920 0.5× 222 16.7k
Han Olff Netherlands 67 8.1k 1.8× 3.3k 0.9× 7.1k 2.1× 3.4k 1.2× 1.6k 0.9× 256 14.8k
Kevin S. McCann Canada 49 6.9k 1.5× 3.3k 0.9× 4.5k 1.3× 3.6k 1.3× 1.4k 0.8× 157 12.8k
Michael A. Huston United States 36 6.3k 1.4× 4.5k 1.3× 8.7k 2.5× 4.2k 1.6× 1.6k 0.9× 53 14.7k
Mark E. Ritchie United States 43 5.5k 1.2× 2.6k 0.7× 6.0k 1.7× 3.2k 1.2× 589 0.3× 103 11.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Moshe Shachak

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Fields of papers citing papers by Moshe Shachak

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Moshe Shachak

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
1.
Groner, Elli, et al.. (2023). Toward an extreme world: The hyper‐arid ecosystem as a natural model. Ecosphere. 14(6). 6 indexed citations
2.
Zelnik, Yuval R., Yair Mau, Moshe Shachak, & E. Meroni. (2021). High-integrity human intervention in ecosystems: Tracking self-organization modes. PLoS Computational Biology. 17(9). e1009427–e1009427. 6 indexed citations
3.
Yizhaq, Hezi, Moshe Shachak, & E. Meroni. (2020). A model study of terraced riverbeds as novel ecosystems. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 3782–3782. 3 indexed citations
4.
Baker, Mitchell B., et al.. (2013). SETTLING BEHAVIOR OF THE DESERT ISOPOD HEMILEPISTUS REAUMURI IN RESPONSE TO VARIATION IN SOIL MOISTURE AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL CUES. Israel Journal of Zoology. 44. 345–354. 2 indexed citations
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Shachak, Moshe, et al.. (2013). COMPARATIVE SPATIAL PATTERNS OF THE TERRESTRIAL ISOPOD HEMILEPISTUS REAUMURI AT MULTIPLE SCALES. Israel Journal of Zoology. 44. 355–368.
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Shachak, Moshe, et al.. (2013). POPULATION RESPONSE OF HEMILEPISTUS REAUMURI TO SOIL MOISTURE PATCHINESS. Israel Journal of Zoology.
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Shachak, Moshe, et al.. (2010). The Role of Plants as Ecosystem Engineers in Resilience to Climate Change. EGUGA. 1695. 2 indexed citations
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Sheffer, Efrat, Hezi Yizhaq, Moshe Shachak, & E. Meroni. (2010). Mechanisms of vegetation-ring formation in water-limited systems. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 273(1). 138–146. 57 indexed citations
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Zaady, Eli, Michal Segoli, D. J. Eldridge, et al.. (2009). Relationship among soil surface properties, hydrology and nitrogen cycling along a climatological gradient in drylands. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 921. 1 indexed citations
10.
Gilad, Erez, Moshe Shachak, & E. Meroni. (2007). Dynamics and spatial organization of plant communities in water-limited systems. Theoretical Population Biology. 72(2). 214–230. 79 indexed citations
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Gilad, Erez, Jost von Hardenberg, Antonello Provenzale, Moshe Shachak, & E. Meroni. (2006). A mathematical model of plants as ecosystem engineers. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 244(4). 680–691. 192 indexed citations
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Tsoar, Haim, Moshe Shachak, & Dan G. Blumberg. (2005). Ecological aspects of vegetation removal from the coastal sand dunes of Israel. VLIZ Special Publication. 3 indexed citations
13.
Hardenberg, Jost von, E. Meroni, Moshe Shachak, & Yair Zarmi. (2001). Diversity of Vegetation Patterns and Desertification. Physical Review Letters. 87(19). 198101–198101. 513 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wilby, Andrew & Moshe Shachak. (2000). Harvester ant response to spatial and temporal heterogeneity in seed availability: pattern in the process of granivory. Oecologia. 125(4). 495–503. 92 indexed citations
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Jones, Clive G., et al.. (1994). Desert Snails´Daily Grind. Natural history. 103(8). 56–61. 11 indexed citations
16.
Yair, Aaron & Moshe Shachak. (1982). A case study of energy, water and soil flow chains in an arid ecosystem. Oecologia. 54(3). 389–397. 48 indexed citations
17.
Shachak, Moshe & Yosef Steinberger. (1980). An algae — Desert snail food chain: Energy flow and soil turnover. Oecologia. 46(3). 402–411. 23 indexed citations
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Shachak, Moshe, et al.. (1979). Phenology, activity and regulation of radiation load in the desert isopod, Hemilepistus reaumuri. Oecologia. 40(2). 133–140. 19 indexed citations
19.
Shachak, Moshe, et al.. (1976). Feeding, energy flow and soil turnover in the desert isopod, Hemilepistus reaumuri. Oecologia. 24(1). 57–69. 51 indexed citations
20.
Bedrak, E., et al.. (1973). ANDROGEN BIOSYNTHESIS BY TESTICULAR TISSUE OF THE DESERT RODENTS, ACOMYS CAHIRINUS AND GERBILLUS DASYURUS. Reproduction. 34(1). 93–104. 1 indexed citations

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