Ofer Gon

1.4k citations

57 papers · 1.1k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 13

Impact in

Nature and Landscape Conservation top 2%
- Ichthyology and Marine Biology
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
Aquatic Science top 2%
- Fish Biology and Ecology Studies

Papers in ⓘ

Nature and Landscape Conservation 39
- Ichthyology and Marine Biology 32
- Fish biology, ecology, and behavior 9
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies 9
Aquatic Science 38
- Fish Biology and Ecology Studies 36

Co-authors: Phillip C. Heemstra (2 shared papers)Lev Fishelson (9 shared papers)A. Ben‐Tuvia (1 shared paper)John E. Randall (2 shared papers)Daniel Golani (4 shared papers)Gerald R. Allen (2 shared papers)Menachem Goren (3 shared papers)Vered Holdengreber (2 shared papers)
Journals: Zootaxa (19 papers)Journal of Fish Biology (2 papers)Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa (2 papers)African Journal of Marine Science (2 papers)Antarctic Science (2 papers)
Partner nations: South Africa Israel United States

In The Last Decade

Ofer Gon

54 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

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Fishes of the southern ocean 1990 · 597 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

1990 Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution)

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1	Fishes of the southern ocean Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution) ·Ofer Gon, Phillip C. Heemstra Hit paper breakdown →	1990	597
2	Conserving pattern and process in the Southern Ocean: designing a Marine Protected Area for the Prince Edward Islands Antarctic Science ·Amanda T. Lombard, Belinda Reyers, L.Y. Schonegevel, John Cooper, Lindie Smith-Adao, D. Nel, P. William Froneman, Isabelle Ansorge, Marthán N Bester, Cheryl Ann Tosh, Timothy Strauss, T. R. Akkers, Ofer Gon, R. W. Leslie, Steven L. Chown	2007	90
3	The biology of Boyer's sand smelt, Atherina boyeri Risso in the Bardawil Lagoon on the Mediterranean coast of Sinai Journal of Fish Biology ·Ofer Gon, A. Ben‐Tuvia	1983	41
4	Testis structure, spermatogenesis, spermatocytogenesis, and sperm structure in cardinal fish (Apogonidae, Perciformes) Anatomy and Embryology ·Lev Fishelson, Yacob Delarea, Ofer Gon	2005	25
5	A Review of the Cardinalfishes (Perciformes: Apogonidae) of the Rea Sea Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution) ·Ofer Gon, John E. Randall	2003	23
6	Apogon smithi (Kotthaus, 1970) (Teleostei: Apogonidae), a Red Sea cardinalfish colonizing the Mediterranean Sea Journal of Fish Biology ·Daniel Golani, Brenda Appelbaum-Golani, Ofer Gon	2008	23
7	Comparative spermatogenesis, spermatocytogenesis, and spermatozeugmata formation in males of viviparous species of clinid fishes (Teleostei: Clinidae, Blennioidei) The Anatomical Record ·Lev Fishelson, Ofer Gon, Vered Holdengreber, Yakob Delarea	2007	22
8	REVISION OF THE CARDINALFISH SUBGENUSJAYDIA(PERCIFORMES, APOGONIDAE,APOGON) Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa ·Ofer Gon	1996	20
9	Descriptions of three new species of Marcusenius Gill, 1862 <br />(Teleostei: Mormyridae) from South Africa and Mozambique Zootaxa ·Pholoshi Abram Maake, Ofer Gon, Ernst R. Swartz	2014	17
10	Revision of the Indo-Pacific cardinalfish genus Siphamia (Perciformes: Apogonidae) Zootaxa ·Ofer Gon, Gerald R. Allen	2012	16
11	Black gut phenomenon in cardinal fishes (Apogonidae, Teleostei) Marine Ecology Progress Series ·Lev Fishelson, Menachem Goren, Ofer Gon	1997	15
12	Comparative morphology and cytology of the male sperm‐transmission organs in viviparous species of clinid fishes (Clinidae: Teleostei, Perciformes) Journal of Morphology ·Lev Fishelson, Ofer Gon, Vered Holdengreber, Yakob Delarea	2006	13
13	Comparative oogenesis in cardinal fishes (Apogonidae, Perciformes), with special focus on the adaptive structures of the egg envelopes Environmental Biology of Fishes ·Lev Fishelson, Ofer Gon	2007	13
14	Two New Species of the Deep-Sea Cardinalfish Genus Epigonus (Perciformes, Apogonidae) from the Hawaiian Islands, with a Key to the Hawaiian Species Pacific Science ·Ofer Gon	1985	12
15	Molecular systematics and taxonomic status of three latitudinally widespread nototheniid (Perciformes: Notothenioidei) fishes from the Southern Ocean Zootaxa ·Tshoanelo Miya, Ofer Gon, Monica Mwale, Élie Poulin	2016	11
16	The oral cavity and bioluminescent organs of the cardinal fish species Siphamia permutata and S. cephalotes (Perciformes, Apogonidae) Marine Biology ·Lev Fishelson, Ofer Gon, Menachem Goren, R. Ben-David-Zaslow	2005	11
17	A new species of the cardinalfish genus Gymnapogon (Perciformes, Apogonidae) from the Red Sea Ichthyological Research ·Ofer Gon, Daniel Golani	2002	10
18	Revision of the sixgill sawsharks, genus Pliotrema (Chondrichthyes, Pristiophoriformes), with descriptions of two new species and a redescription of P. warreni Regan PLoS ONE ·Simon Weigmann, Ofer Gon, Ruth H. Leeney, Ellen Barrowclift, Per Berggren, Narriman Jiddawi, Andrew J. Temple	2020	8
19	Rhinobatos austini n. sp., a new species of guitarfish (Rhinopristiformes: Rhinobatidae) from the Southwestern Indian Ocean Zootaxa ·David A. Ebert, Ofer Gon	2017	8
20	REVIEW OF THE SOLES OF THE GENUS ASERAGGODES OF THE WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN, WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF THREE NEW SPECIES Israel Journal of Zoology ·John E. Randall, Ofer Gon	2005	8

About Ofer Gon

Ofer Gon is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Aquatic Science, Molecular Biology, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology, having authored 57 papers that have together received 1.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Fish Biology and Ecology Studies (36 papers), Ichthyology and Marine Biology (32 papers), Identification and Quantification in Food (22 papers), Marine and fisheries research (10 papers), Fish biology, ecology, and behavior (9 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (9 papers), Reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species (6 papers) and Marine Ecology and Invasive Species (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Nature and Landscape Conservation (531 citations), Aquatic Science (271 citations), Ecology (588 citations), Global and Planetary Change (467 citations) and Physiology (76 citations). Ofer Gon has collaborated with scholars based in South Africa, Israel and United States. Frequent co-authors include Phillip C. Heemstra, Lev Fishelson, A. Ben‐Tuvia, John E. Randall, Daniel Golani, Gerald R. Allen, Menachem Goren, Vered Holdengreber, Monica Mwale and R. W. Leslie. Their work appears in journals such as Zootaxa, Journal of Fish Biology, Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, African Journal of Marine Science and Antarctic Science.

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