Ofer Ovadia

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
100 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Ofer Ovadia is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Ofer Ovadia has authored 100 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 47 papers in Ecology and 34 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Ofer Ovadia's work include Animal Behavior and Reproduction (36 papers), Plant and animal studies (33 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (29 papers). Ofer Ovadia is often cited by papers focused on Animal Behavior and Reproduction (36 papers), Plant and animal studies (33 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (29 papers). Ofer Ovadia collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United States and Germany. Ofer Ovadia's co-authors include Oswald J. Schmitz, Inon Scharf, Vlastimil Křivan, Zvika Abramsky, Aziz Subach, Yael Lubin, Dan Mishmar, Hagai Shemesh, Mordechai Gersani and Amos Bouskila and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Ofer Ovadia

98 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

Trophic cascades: the primacy of trait‐mediated indirect ... 2004 2026 2011 2018 2004 250 500 750
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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. Trophic cascades: the primacy of trait‐mediated indirect interactions
    2004 807 citations Oswald J. Schmitz, Ofer Ovadia et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ofer Ovadia Israel 29 1.4k 1.1k 802 789 459 100 3.0k
Josh R. Auld United States 21 1.8k 1.3× 997 0.9× 988 1.2× 783 1.0× 491 1.1× 35 3.1k
Gina M. Wimp United States 25 1.7k 1.2× 1.1k 1.0× 770 1.0× 1.3k 1.7× 391 0.9× 52 3.2k
Gustavo Q. Romero Brazil 32 1.7k 1.3× 1.0k 0.9× 666 0.8× 1.0k 1.3× 345 0.8× 136 3.0k
Alfredo Valido Spain 27 1.9k 1.4× 1.0k 0.9× 511 0.6× 1.3k 1.7× 521 1.1× 56 3.1k
Allan E. Strand United States 25 960 0.7× 1.1k 1.0× 811 1.0× 1.2k 1.5× 574 1.3× 57 3.3k
V. A. Drake Australia 26 879 0.6× 1.3k 1.2× 611 0.8× 560 0.7× 499 1.1× 52 2.8k
Maren Wellenreuther New Zealand 32 849 0.6× 968 0.9× 1.7k 2.1× 585 0.7× 482 1.1× 108 3.2k
Luc De Bruyn Belgium 32 1.4k 1.1× 1.0k 0.9× 593 0.7× 699 0.9× 328 0.7× 127 3.2k
David Pinaud France 28 887 0.6× 2.3k 2.1× 979 1.2× 694 0.9× 798 1.7× 60 3.5k
Nora Underwood United States 25 1.7k 1.2× 1.1k 1.0× 704 0.9× 1.3k 1.7× 356 0.8× 64 3.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Ofer Ovadia

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ofer Ovadia

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ofer Ovadia

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Shochat, Eyal, et al.. (2024). Fuel stores and time of day account for variation in serum metabolomes of passerine migrants stopping over. Journal of Avian Biology. 2025(2). 1 indexed citations
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Levy, Tom, et al.. (2023). All-female crayfish populations for biocontrol and sustainable aquaculture. Aquaculture. 580. 740377–740377. 3 indexed citations
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Shochat, Eyal, et al.. (2023). Competition is a major limiting factor of refueling in migratory passerines during stopover. Journal of Avian Biology. 2023(11-12). 5 indexed citations
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Charter, Motti, et al.. (2023). The interplay among breeding timing, brood size, food quantity, and nestling growth rate in the Eurasian eagle owl (Bubo bubo). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 141(2). 255–263. 1 indexed citations
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Ovadia, Ofer, et al.. (2023). Temporal force governs the microbial assembly associated with Ulva fasciata (Chlorophyta) from an integrated multi-trophic aquaculture system. Frontiers in Microbiology. 14. 1223204–1223204. 5 indexed citations
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Shemesh, Hagai, et al.. (2021). Seasonal fires shape the germinable soil seed bank community in eastern Mediterranean woodlands. Journal of Plant Ecology. 15(1). 13–25. 3 indexed citations
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Kokou, Fotini, Goor Sasson, Jonathan Friedman, et al.. (2019). Core gut microbial communities are maintained by beneficial interactions and strain variability in fish. Nature Microbiology. 4(12). 2456–2465. 136 indexed citations
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Ovadia, Ofer, et al.. (2018). Smoke interacts with fire history to stimulate soil seed bank germination in Mediterranean woodlands. Journal of Plant Ecology. 12(3). 419–427. 10 indexed citations
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Shemesh, Hagai, et al.. (2015). The effects of temporal variation in soil carbon inputs on resource allocation in an annual plant. Journal of Plant Ecology. rtv033–rtv033. 4 indexed citations
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Shemesh, Hagai, et al.. (2015). The effect of temporal variation in soil carbon inputs on interspecific plant competition. Journal of Plant Ecology. 9(5). 564–575. 3 indexed citations
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Friedler, Eran, et al.. (2015). Epidemiological study for the assessment of health risks associated with graywater reuse for irrigation in arid regions. The Science of The Total Environment. 538. 230–239. 31 indexed citations
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Silberbush, Alon, et al.. (2014). Species-Specific Non-Physical Interference Competition among Mosquito Larvae. PLoS ONE. 9(2). e88650–e88650. 12 indexed citations
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Ovadia, Ofer, et al.. (2013). Consequences of the instar stage for behavior in a pit-building antlion. Behavioural Processes. 103. 105–111. 18 indexed citations
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Scharf, Inon, et al.. (2008). Phenotypic plasticity and variation in morphological and life-history traits of antlion adults across a climatic gradient. Zoology. 112(2). 139–150. 32 indexed citations
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Amar, Shirly, Alon Shamir, Ofer Ovadia, et al.. (2007). Mitochondrial DNA HV lineage increases the susceptibility to schizophrenia among Israeli Arabs. Schizophrenia Research. 94(1-3). 354–358. 37 indexed citations
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Ovadia, Ofer, et al.. (2007). Ashkenazi Jewish mtDNA haplogroup distribution varies among distinct subpopulations: lessons of population substructure in a closed group. European Journal of Human Genetics. 15(4). 498–500. 25 indexed citations
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Scharf, Inon, et al.. (2007). A comparison between desert and Mediterranean antlion populations: differences in life history and morphology. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 21(1). 162–172. 31 indexed citations
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Ovadia, Ofer & Oswald J. Schmitz. (2004). Weather variation and trophic interaction strength: sorting the signal from the noise. Oecologia. 140(3). 398–406. 43 indexed citations

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