Or A. Shemesh

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 709 citations indexed

About

Or A. Shemesh is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Physiology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Or A. Shemesh has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 709 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 4 papers in Physiology and 3 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Or A. Shemesh's work include Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (4 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (3 papers) and Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (3 papers). Or A. Shemesh is often cited by papers focused on Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (4 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (3 papers) and Neuroscience and Neural Engineering (3 papers). Or A. Shemesh collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and China. Or A. Shemesh's co-authors include Micha E. Spira, Edward S. Boyden, Kiryl D. Piatkevich, Changyang Linghu, Valeria Zampini, Dimitrii Tanese, Valentina Emiliani, Hadas Erez, Eirini Papagiakoumou and Emiliano Ronzitti and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Or A. Shemesh

12 papers receiving 697 citations

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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.

Anti-herpetic tau preserves neurons via the cGAS-STING-TBK1 pathway in Alzheimer’s disease

2025 20 citations Chaoming Zhou, P. A. Ramakrishna et al. Cell Reports profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Or A. Shemesh United States	10	343	181	167	111	89	12	709
Matthew Barrett Switzerland	12	248 0.7×	161 0.9×	134 0.8×	37 0.3×	38 0.4×	21	684
Jason Miller United States	22	505 1.5×	718 4.0×	156 0.9×	125 1.1×	23 0.3×	57	1.7k
И.В. Мухина Russia	17	527 1.5×	223 1.2×	225 1.3×	102 0.9×	27 0.3×	106	1.0k
Savitha Sridharan United States	12	335 1.0×	398 2.2×	233 1.4×	63 0.6×	79 0.9×	15	977
Vamsi Mangena United States	4	263 0.8×	349 1.9×	246 1.5×	55 0.5×	238 2.7×	6	1.1k
Roberto Araya Canada	11	568 1.7×	297 1.6×	292 1.7×	30 0.3×	60 0.7×	14	813
Philip M. Borden United States	8	269 0.8×	379 2.1×	56 0.3×	104 0.9×	104 1.2×	9	726
Bernd Kühn Japan	22	641 1.9×	275 1.5×	424 2.5×	19 0.2×	143 1.6×	63	1.4k
Kevin Takasaki United States	8	204 0.6×	202 1.1×	81 0.5×	35 0.3×	246 2.8×	14	713
Géraldine Gouzer France	9	339 1.0×	569 3.1×	61 0.4×	145 1.3×	70 0.8×	10	828

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12 of 12 papers shown

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D’Aiuto, Leonardo, Terri G. Edwards, Chaoming Zhou, et al.. (2025). Phosphorylated-tau associates with HSV-1 chromatin and correlates with nuclear speckles decondensation in low-density host chromatin regions. Neurobiology of Disease. 206. 106804–106804. 3 indexed citations

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Zhou, Chaoming, P. A. Ramakrishna, Amanda Lin, et al.. (2025). Anti-herpetic tau preserves neurons via the cGAS-STING-TBK1 pathway in Alzheimer’s disease. Cell Reports. 44(1). 115109–115109. 20 indexed citations breakdown →

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Shemesh, Or A., et al.. (2023). Herpes Simplex Virus‐1 Proteins as Drivers for Alzheimer’s Disease Pathologies. Alzheimer s & Dementia. 19(S1). 1 indexed citations

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Linghu, Changyang, Pablo A. Valdés, Or A. Shemesh, et al.. (2020). Spatial Multiplexing of Fluorescent Reporters for Imaging Signaling Network Dynamics. Cell. 183(6). 1682–1698.e24. 45 indexed citations

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Piatkevich, Kiryl D., Seth Bensussen, Hua-an Tseng, et al.. (2019). Population imaging of neural activity in awake behaving mice. Nature. 574(7778). 413–417. 153 indexed citations

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Shemesh, Or A., Dimitrii Tanese, Valeria Zampini, et al.. (2017). Temporally precise single-cell-resolution optogenetics. Nature Neuroscience. 20(12). 1796–1806. 178 indexed citations

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Karaveli, Sinan, Ophir Gaathon, Abraham Wolcott, et al.. (2016). Modulation of nitrogen vacancy charge state and fluorescence in nanodiamonds using electrochemical potential. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(15). 3938–3943. 78 indexed citations

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Erez, Hadas, Or A. Shemesh, & Micha E. Spira. (2014). Rescue of tau-induced synaptic transmission pathology by paclitaxel. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 8. 34–34. 16 indexed citations

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Shemesh, Or A. & Micha E. Spira. (2011). Rescue of neurons from undergoing hallmark tau-induced Alzheimer's disease cell pathologies by the antimitotic drug paclitaxel. Neurobiology of Disease. 43(1). 163–175. 46 indexed citations

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Shemesh, Or A. & Micha E. Spira. (2010). Hallmark cellular pathology of Alzheimer’s disease induced by mutant human tau expression in cultured Aplysia neurons. Acta Neuropathologica. 120(2). 209–222. 17 indexed citations

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Shemesh, Or A. & Micha E. Spira. (2009). Paclitaxel induces axonal microtubules polar reconfiguration and impaired organelle transport: implications for the pathogenesis of paclitaxel-induced polyneuropathy. Acta Neuropathologica. 119(2). 235–248. 93 indexed citations

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Shemesh, Or A., Hadas Erez, Irith Ginzburg, & Micha E. Spira. (2007). Tau‐Induced Traffic Jams Reflect Organelles Accumulation at Points of Microtubule Polar Mismatching. Traffic. 9(4). 458–471. 59 indexed citations

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