Ran Lifshitz

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Ran Lifshitz is a scholar working on Plant Science, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ran Lifshitz has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Plant Science, 4 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 4 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Ran Lifshitz's work include Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (9 papers), Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (8 papers) and Plant Pathogens and Resistance (7 papers). Ran Lifshitz is often cited by papers focused on Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (9 papers), Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (8 papers) and Plant Pathogens and Resistance (7 papers). Ran Lifshitz collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Slovakia. Ran Lifshitz's co-authors include Joseph W. Kloepper, Robert M. Zablotowicz, Yoav Bashan, Gina Holguín, Maya Kozlowski, John E. Carlson, Yigal Elad, F. M. Scher, Ralph Baker and J. Katan and has published in prestigious journals such as Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Chemosphere and Trends in biotechnology.

In The Last Decade

Ran Lifshitz

25 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

Free-living bacterial inocula for enhancing crop productivity

1989 637 citations Joseph W. Kloepper, Ran Lifshitz et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ran Lifshitz Canada	15	1.3k	281	221	123	74	26	1.5k
A. W. Bakker Netherlands	5	1.4k 1.1×	286 1.0×	222 1.0×	84 0.7×	65 0.9×	5	1.5k
Eric Glickmann France	8	1.2k 0.9×	444 1.6×	177 0.8×	47 0.4×	107 1.4×	8	1.5k
Tatsuhiro Ezawa Japan	30	1.8k 1.4×	201 0.7×	152 0.7×	245 2.0×	66 0.9×	59	2.1k
Z. A. Patrick Canada	16	853 0.7×	106 0.4×	152 0.7×	107 0.9×	100 1.4×	33	977
Ebrahim Mohammadi Goltapeh Iran	18	961 0.7×	177 0.6×	447 2.0×	76 0.6×	91 1.2×	75	1.2k
Ludmila Lisá Czechia	15	585 0.5×	104 0.4×	82 0.4×	81 0.7×	43 0.6×	41	777
Guido Lingua Italy	17	976 0.8×	203 0.7×	92 0.4×	48 0.4×	54 0.7×	27	1.1k
Jin Duan Canada	11	1.5k 1.2×	419 1.5×	75 0.3×	93 0.8×	80 1.1×	13	1.7k
А. И. Шапошников Russia	16	1.2k 0.9×	299 1.1×	115 0.5×	73 0.6×	73 1.0×	59	1.4k
V. Gianinazzi-Pearson France	20	1.4k 1.1×	170 0.6×	126 0.6×	86 0.7×	107 1.4×	23	1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Ran Lifshitz

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ran Lifshitz

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Lifshitz, Ran, et al.. (1998). Comparison of a novel ColiPlateTM kit and the standard membrane filter technique for enumerating total coliforms andEscherichia coli bacteria in water. Environmental Toxicology and Water Quality. 13(2). 157–164. 10 indexed citations

Dutka, B. J., et al.. (1995). A modified SOS-Chromotest procedure to test for genotoxicity and cytotoxicity in sediments directly without extraction. Chemosphere. 31(5). 3273–3289. 15 indexed citations

Lifshitz, Ran, et al.. (1995). The muta‐chromoplate method for measuring mutagenicity of environmental samples and pure chemicals. Environmental Toxicology and Water Quality. 10(4). 307–313. 21 indexed citations

Wood, Janet M., et al.. (1993). Mutant derivatives of Pseudomonas putida GR12-2R3 defective in nutrient utilization or cell surface structures show reduced ability to promote canola root elongation. Canadian Journal of Microbiology. 39(12). 1111–1119. 9 indexed citations

Bashan, Yoav, Gina Holguín, & Ran Lifshitz. (1993). Isolation and Characterization of Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria. 110 indexed citations

Beauchamp, Chantal J., Joseph W. Kloepper, Ran Lifshitz, Patrice Dion, & Hani Antoun. (1991). Frequent occurrence of the ability to utilize octopine in rhizobacteria. Canadian Journal of Microbiology. 37(2). 158–164. 14 indexed citations

Lifshitz, Ran, et al.. (1990). Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria: strain identification by restriction fragment length polymorphisms. Canadian Journal of Microbiology. 36(4). 242–248. 5 indexed citations

Kloepper, Joseph W., Ran Lifshitz, & Anton Novacký. (1988). PSEUDOMONAS INOCULATION TO BENEFIT PLANT PRODUCTION. 60. 23–23. 5 indexed citations

Lifshitz, Ran, et al.. (1987). Growth promotion of canola (rapeseed) seedlings by a strain of Pseudomonas putida under gnotobiotic conditions. Canadian Journal of Microbiology. 33(5). 390–395. 216 indexed citations

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Lifshitz, Ran. (1986). Mechanism of Biological Control of Preemergence Damping-off of Pea by Seed Treatment withTrichodermaspp.. Phytopathology. 76(7). 720–720. 96 indexed citations

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Lifshitz, Ran, et al.. (1986). Nitrogen-Fixing Pseudomonads Isolated from Roots of Plants Grown in the Canadian High Arctic. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 51(2). 251–255. 66 indexed citations

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Lifshitz, Ran, et al.. (1986). Effect of Rhizobacteria on the Severity of Phytophthora Root Rot of Soybean. Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology. 8(1). 102–106. 17 indexed citations

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Lifshitz, Ran. (1985). Decrease in Incidence of Rhizoctonia Preemergence Damping-Off by Use of Integrated Chemical and Biological Controls. Plant Disease. 69(5). 431–431. 23 indexed citations

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Lifshitz, Ran. (1984). Soil Suppressiveness to a Plant PathogenicPythiumspecies. Phytopathology. 74(9). 1054–1054. 33 indexed citations

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Bashan, Yoav & Ran Lifshitz. (1984). Foxing in Stamps: Long-term Effects of Sterilization and Treatment with NaCl. Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 5(4). 564–569. 1 indexed citations

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Lifshitz, Ran, et al.. (1984). A new species of Pythium isolated from soil in Colorado. Mycotaxon. 20(2). 373–379. 24 indexed citations

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Lifshitz, Ran, M. E. Stanghellini, & Ralph Baker. (1984). A new species of Pythium isolated from soil in Colorado [Pythium nunn, Fungi, description]. 1 indexed citations

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Lifshitz, Ran. (1984). Environmental Influences on the Passive Survival ofPythium ultimumin Soil. Phytopathology. 74(2). 128–128. 7 indexed citations

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Lifshitz, Ran. (1983). Saprophytic Development ofPythium ultimumin Soil as a Function of Water Matric Potential and Temperature. Phytopathology. 73(2). 257–257. 13 indexed citations

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Lifshitz, Ran, et al.. (1983). The effect of sublethal heating on sclerotia of Selerotium rolfsii. Canadian Journal of Microbiology. 29(12). 1607–1610. 52 indexed citations

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