Ran Kafri

4.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Ran Kafri is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ran Kafri has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Oncology and 5 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Ran Kafri's work include Cancer-related Molecular Pathways (4 papers), Gene Regulatory Network Analysis (3 papers) and Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (3 papers). Ran Kafri is often cited by papers focused on Cancer-related Molecular Pathways (4 papers), Gene Regulatory Network Analysis (3 papers) and Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (3 papers). Ran Kafri collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Israel. Ran Kafri's co-authors include Marc W. Kirschner, Galit Lahav, Yitzhak Pilpel, Miriam B. Ginzberg, Toshimori Kitami, Clary B. Clish, Vamsi K. Mootha, Roland Nilsson, Mohit Jain and Amanda L. Souza and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Ran Kafri

23 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Metabolite Profiling Identifies a Key Role for Glycine in Rapid Cancer Cell Proliferation

2012 1.1k citations Mohit Jain, Roland Nilsson et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ran Kafri United States	17	2.2k	631	378	368	250	26	3.0k
Mingyang Lu United States	31	2.2k 1.0×	655 1.0×	370 1.0×	775 2.1×	156 0.6×	77	3.4k
John G. Albeck United States	29	3.7k 1.6×	612 1.0×	559 1.5×	661 1.8×	241 1.0×	55	4.8k
Antonio del Sol Luxembourg	31	3.4k 1.5×	421 0.7×	289 0.8×	540 1.5×	232 0.9×	96	4.2k
Violaine Sée United Kingdom	26	1.8k 0.8×	745 1.2×	172 0.5×	349 0.9×	192 0.8×	46	3.1k
Prakash Kulkarni United States	28	2.9k 1.3×	885 1.4×	347 0.9×	832 2.3×	231 0.9×	76	3.9k
Lynn Young United States	23	2.7k 1.2×	223 0.4×	466 1.2×	509 1.4×	182 0.7×	31	3.4k
Sabrina L. Spencer United States	25	2.6k 1.2×	442 0.7×	607 1.6×	855 2.3×	214 0.9×	45	3.7k
John I. Murray United States	30	3.6k 1.6×	478 0.8×	480 1.3×	254 0.7×	354 1.4×	57	5.0k
György Vereb Hungary	36	2.3k 1.0×	271 0.4×	594 1.6×	1.0k 2.8×	190 0.8×	158	4.5k
Javier De Las Rivas Spain	45	4.4k 1.9×	999 1.6×	246 0.7×	766 2.1×	268 1.1×	170	6.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Ran Kafri

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ran Kafri

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ran Kafri. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ran Kafri based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Ran Kafri. Ran Kafri is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Liu, Shixuan, Miriam B. Ginzberg, Nish Patel, et al.. (2025). Oversized cells activate global proteasome-mediated protein degradation to maintain cell size homeostasis. eLife. 14.

Fischer, Nicholas W., Noa Alon, Emilie Montellier, et al.. (2025). TP53 variant clusters stratify phenotypic diversity in germline carriers and reveal an osteosarcoma-prone subgroup. Nature Communications. 16(1). 8546–8546.

Nitzan, Erez, Miriam B. Ginzberg, Nish Patel, et al.. (2022). Visual barcodes for clonal-multiplexing of live microscopy-based assays. Nature Communications. 13(1). 2725–2725. 10 indexed citations

Tong, Jiefei, Paul Taylor, Wen Zhang, et al.. (2022). Proteomic Characterization of a Candidate Polygenic Driver of Metabolism in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer. Journal of Molecular Biology. 434(13). 167636–167636. 4 indexed citations

Liu, Shixuan, et al.. (2022). What programs the size of animal cells?. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 10. 949382–949382. 12 indexed citations

Hunter, Miranda V., et al.. (2021). p38-mediated cell growth and survival drive rapid embryonic wound repair. Cell Reports. 37(3). 109874–109874. 14 indexed citations

Ginzberg, Miriam B., Shixuan Liu, David Papadopoli, et al.. (2021). Cell size homeostasis is maintained by CDK4-dependent activation of p38 MAPK. Developmental Cell. 56(12). 1756–1769.e7. 33 indexed citations

Patel, Nish, et al.. (2021). Abstract 2591: Characterizing the metabolic landscape of dermal fibroblasts in Li-Fraumeni Syndrome for the prediction of cancer risk and drug response. Cancer Research. 81(13_Supplement). 2591–2591.

Persaud, Avinash K., Chong Jiang, Étienne Coyaud, et al.. (2019). The Ion Transporter NKCC1 Links Cell Volume to Cell Mass Regulation by Suppressing mTORC1. Cell Reports. 27(6). 1886–1896.e6. 33 indexed citations

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Liu, Shixuan, Miriam B. Ginzberg, Nish Patel, et al.. (2018). Size uniformity of animal cells is actively maintained by a p38 MAPK-dependent regulation of G1-length. eLife. 7. 56 indexed citations

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Ginzberg, Miriam B., Ran Kafri, & Marc W. Kirschner. (2015). On being the right (cell) size. Science. 348(6236). 1245075–1245075. 305 indexed citations

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Kafri, Ran, Jason Levy, Miriam B. Ginzberg, et al.. (2013). Dynamics extracted from fixed cells reveal feedback linking cell growth to cell cycle. Nature. 494(7438). 480–483. 165 indexed citations

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Jain, Mohit, Roland Nilsson, Sonia Sharma, et al.. (2012). Metabolite Profiling Identifies a Key Role for Glycine in Rapid Cancer Cell Proliferation. Science. 336(6084). 1040–1044. 1101 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kafri, Ran, et al.. (2012). Quantitative Live Cell Imaging Reveals a Gradual Shift between DNA Repair Mechanisms and a Maximal Use of HR in Mid S Phase. Molecular Cell. 47(2). 320–329. 295 indexed citations

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Kafri, Ran, Omer Markovitch, & Doron Lancet. (2010). Spontaneous chiral symmetry breaking in early molecular networks. Biology Direct. 5(1). 38–38. 24 indexed citations

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Tzur, Amit, Ran Kafri, Valerie S. LeBleu, Galit Lahav, & Marc W. Kirschner. (2009). Cell Growth and Size Homeostasis in Proliferating Animal Cells. Science. 325(5937). 167–171. 314 indexed citations

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Kafri, Ran, Arren Bar‐Even, & Yitzhak Pilpel. (2005). Transcription control reprogramming in genetic backup circuits. Nature Genetics. 37(3). 295–299. 148 indexed citations

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Bar‐Even, Arren, et al.. (2005). Polymer Gard: Computer Simulation of Covalent Bond Formation in Reproducing Molecular Assemblies. Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres. 35(2). 111–133. 17 indexed citations

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Kafri, Ran & Doron Lancet. (2004). Probability rule for chiral recognition. Chirality. 16(6). 369–378. 29 indexed citations

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Rosenwald, Shai, Ran Kafri, & Doron Lancet. (2002). Test of a Statistical Model for Molecular Recognition in Biological Repertoires. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 216(3). 327–336. 30 indexed citations

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