Ran Zalk

3.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
42 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Ran Zalk is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Ran Zalk has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Cell Biology and 7 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Ran Zalk's work include Ion channel regulation and function (9 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (8 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (5 papers). Ran Zalk is often cited by papers focused on Ion channel regulation and function (9 papers), Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (8 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (5 papers). Ran Zalk collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United States and France. Ran Zalk's co-authors include Andrew R. Marks, Stephan E. Lehnart, Varda Shoshan‐Barmatz, Steven Reiken, Oliver B. Clarke, Wayne A. Hendrickson, Amédée des Georges, Joachim Frank, Robert A. Grassucci and Qi Yuan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Ran Zalk

40 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Structure of a mammalian ryanodine receptor

2014 329 citations Ran Zalk, Oliver B. Clarke et al. Nature profile →
Structural Basis for Gating and Activation of RyR1

2016 286 citations Amédée des Georges, Oliver B. Clarke et al. Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ran Zalk Israel	17	1.6k	557	451	355	222	42	2.2k
Nagomi Kurebayashi Japan	26	1.7k 1.1×	899 1.6×	668 1.5×	300 0.8×	192 0.9×	99	2.3k
George G. Rodney United States	28	1.8k 1.2×	611 1.1×	458 1.0×	444 1.3×	393 1.8×	62	2.4k
Nicole A. Beard Australia	26	1.4k 0.9×	897 1.6×	417 0.9×	195 0.5×	185 0.8×	58	1.9k
Jonathan D. Lippiat United Kingdom	25	1.1k 0.7×	239 0.4×	329 0.7×	303 0.9×	119 0.5×	49	1.8k
Rémy Sauvé Canada	27	1.7k 1.1×	644 1.2×	711 1.6×	316 0.9×	230 1.0×	94	2.3k
Alessio Accardi United States	31	2.9k 1.9×	585 1.1×	1.1k 2.3×	341 1.0×	360 1.6×	58	3.4k
Geert Callewaert Belgium	23	1.7k 1.1×	794 1.4×	1.1k 2.4×	533 1.5×	206 0.9×	46	2.5k
Manjunatha B. Bhat United States	24	1.5k 0.9×	417 0.7×	463 1.0×	201 0.6×	148 0.7×	42	2.1k
Katalin Török United Kingdom	29	1.4k 0.9×	206 0.4×	564 1.3×	354 1.0×	305 1.4×	100	2.5k
István Jóna Hungary	21	1.4k 0.9×	584 1.0×	491 1.1×	195 0.5×	149 0.7×	55	1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Ran Zalk

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ran Zalk

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20 of 20 papers shown

Nativ‐Roth, Einat, et al.. (2025). Aqueous Self‐Assembly of Cylindrical and Tapered Bottlebrush Block Copolymers. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(23). e202500771–e202500771. 4 indexed citations

Moraïs, Sarah, Omar E. Tovar-Herrera, Meltem Tatlı, et al.. (2025). Spatial constraints drive amylosome-mediated resistant starch degradation by Ruminococcus bromii in the human colon. Nature Communications. 16(1). 10763–10763.

Arad, Elad, Ran Zalk, Itamar Kass, et al.. (2025). Allosteric amyloid catalysis by coiled coil fibrils. Nature Communications. 16(1). 5071–5071. 2 indexed citations

Zalk, Ran, Truc T. Huynh, Michael R. Zalutsky, et al.. (2025). Structural analysis of nanobody interactions with their prostate-specific membrane antigen binding epitopes. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 320(Pt 1). 145693–145693. 2 indexed citations

Nachmias, Dikla, Alexander Upcher, Ran Zalk, et al.. (2025). The Asgard archaeal ESCRT-III system forms helical filaments and remodels eukaryotic-like membranes. The EMBO Journal. 44(3). 665–681. 3 indexed citations

Reddy, Samala Murali Mohan, Ran Zalk, Daniel G. Trabada, et al.. (2024). Long‐Range Proton Channels Constructed via Hierarchical Peptide Self‐Assembly. Advanced Materials. 36(50). e2409248–e2409248. 7 indexed citations

Pandey, Himanshu, Raz Zarivach, Gabriel A. Frank, et al.. (2024). Noncanonical interaction with microtubules via the N-terminal nonmotor domain is critical for the functions of a bidirectional kinesin. Science Advances. 10(6). eadi1367–eadi1367. 2 indexed citations

Zalk, Ran, et al.. (2024). Perturbed N-glycosylation of Halobacterium salinarum archaellum filaments leads to filament bundling and compromised cell motility. Nature Communications. 15(1). 5841–5841. 6 indexed citations

Sigal, Nadejda, Ilya Borovok, Nadav Elad, et al.. (2024). Specialized Listeria monocytogenes produce tailocins to provide a population-level competitive growth advantage. Nature Microbiology. 9(10). 2727–2737. 2 indexed citations

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Nguyen, Thuy T. P., Ayush Srivastava, Ran Zalk, et al.. (2024). Structural basis for the intracellular regulation of ferritin degradation. Nature Communications. 15(1). 3802–3802. 30 indexed citations

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Guez-Haddad, Julia, Michal Weitman, Ran Zalk, et al.. (2023). Structure-function analysis of ceTIR-1/hSARM1 explains the lack of Wallerian axonal degeneration in C. elegans. Cell Reports. 42(9). 113026–113026. 5 indexed citations

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Moraïs, Sarah, et al.. (2023). Phylogenetic diversity of core rumen microbiota as described by cryo-ET. PubMed. 4. uqad010–uqad010. 2 indexed citations

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Guez-Haddad, Julia, Michal Weitman, A.N. Plotnikov, et al.. (2022). A duplex structure of SARM1 octamers stabilized by a new inhibitor. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 80(1). 16–16. 10 indexed citations

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Zarivach, Raz, et al.. (2021). SAMase of Bacteriophage T3 Inactivates Escherichia coli’s Methionine S -Adenosyltransferase by Forming Heteropolymers. mBio. 12(4). e0124221–e0124221. 8 indexed citations

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Dridi, Haikel, Alexander Kushnir, Ran Zalk, et al.. (2020). Reply to ‘Mechanisms of ryanodine receptor 2 dysfunction in heart failure’. Nature Reviews Cardiology. 17(11). 749–750. 6 indexed citations

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Dridi, Haikel, Alexander Kushnir, Ran Zalk, et al.. (2020). Intracellular calcium leak in heart failure and atrial fibrillation: a unifying mechanism and therapeutic target. Nature Reviews Cardiology. 17(11). 732–747. 137 indexed citations

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Yogev, Yuval, Lior Zeller, Raz Zarivach, et al.. (2019). Hyperuricemia and gout caused by missense mutation in d-lactate dehydrogenase. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 129(12). 5163–5168. 29 indexed citations

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Zalk, Ran & Andrew R. Marks. (2017). Ca 2+ Release Channels Join the ‘Resolution Revolution’. Trends in Biochemical Sciences. 42(7). 543–555. 31 indexed citations

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Georges, Amédée des, Oliver B. Clarke, Ran Zalk, et al.. (2016). Structural Basis for Gating and Activation of RyR1. Cell. 167(1). 145–157.e17. 286 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zalk, Ran, Oliver B. Clarke, Amédée des Georges, et al.. (2014). Structure of a mammalian ryanodine receptor. Nature. 517(7532). 44–49. 329 indexed citations breakdown →

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