Ravid Shechter

4.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
21 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Ravid Shechter is a scholar working on Neurology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ravid Shechter has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Neurology, 7 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine and 7 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Ravid Shechter's work include Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (13 papers), Spinal Cord Injury Research (6 papers) and Nerve injury and regeneration (6 papers). Ravid Shechter is often cited by papers focused on Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (13 papers), Spinal Cord Injury Research (6 papers) and Nerve injury and regeneration (6 papers). Ravid Shechter collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United States and Bulgaria. Ravid Shechter's co-authors include Michal Schwartz, Asya Rolls, Anat London, Yaniv Ziv, Steffen Jung, Ayal Ronen, Catarina Rapôso, Chen Varol, Stefano Pluchino and Melania Cusimano and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Experimental Medicine, The Journal of Cell Biology and Immunity.

In The Last Decade

Ravid Shechter

21 papers receiving 3.6k 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.

Infiltrating Blood-Derived Macrophages Are Vital Cells Playing an Anti-inflammatory Role in Recovery from Spinal Cord Injury in Mice

2009 608 citations Ravid Shechter, Anat London et al. PLoS Medicine profile →
The bright side of the glial scar in CNS repair

2009 526 citations Asya Rolls, Ravid Shechter et al. Nature reviews. Neuroscience profile →
Recruitment of Beneficial M2 Macrophages to Injured Spinal Cord Is Orchestrated by Remote Brain Choroid Plexus

2013 505 citations Ravid Shechter, Omer Miller et al. Immunity profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ravid Shechter Israel	17	1.7k	1.1k	967	769	766	21	3.6k
Anat London Israel	16	1.6k 1.0×	1.1k 1.1×	715 0.7×	615 0.8×	523 0.7×	21	4.0k
Gareth John United States	27	1.9k 1.1×	790 0.7×	729 0.8×	705 0.9×	874 1.1×	53	4.4k
Luca Muzio Italy	32	1.4k 0.8×	664 0.6×	1.0k 1.1×	679 0.9×	1.1k 1.5×	60	4.1k
Ehud Hauben Israel	29	1.0k 0.6×	1.2k 1.2×	714 0.7×	788 1.0×	441 0.6×	51	3.7k
Alessandra Bergami Italy	27	1.3k 0.8×	885 0.8×	857 0.9×	912 1.2×	1.2k 1.6×	46	4.0k
Marc J. Ruitenberg Australia	40	1.2k 0.7×	874 0.8×	1.8k 1.8×	888 1.2×	1.1k 1.4×	83	4.7k
Daniel P. Ankeny United States	16	1.2k 0.8×	739 0.7×	987 1.0×	1.4k 1.8×	577 0.8×	17	3.2k
Antje Kroner Germany	29	1.2k 0.7×	1.1k 1.1×	775 0.8×	1.3k 1.7×	418 0.5×	55	3.8k
Nieske Brouwer Netherlands	37	2.7k 1.7×	1.5k 1.4×	902 0.9×	209 0.3×	630 0.8×	64	4.4k
Tracy J. Yuen United States	18	1.2k 0.7×	649 0.6×	413 0.4×	414 0.5×	966 1.3×	24	3.0k

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Haramati, Sharon, et al.. (2025). A handheld milk conductivity sensing device (Mylee) for measuring secretory activation progress in lactating women: a device validation study. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 25(1). 60–60. 1 indexed citations

Haramati, Sharon, et al.. (2023). Novel At-Home Mother’s Milk Conductivity Sensing Technology as an Identification System of Delay in Milk Secretory Activation Progress and Early Breastfeeding Problems: Feasibility Assessment. JMIR Pediatrics and Parenting. 6. e43837–e43837. 1 indexed citations

Cohen, Merav, Amir Giladi, Catarina Rapôso, et al.. (2020). Meningeal lymphoid structures are activated under acute and chronic spinal cord pathologies. Life Science Alliance. 4(1). e202000907–e202000907. 23 indexed citations

Shechter, Ravid, Omer Miller, Neta Rosenzweig, et al.. (2013). Recruitment of Beneficial M2 Macrophages to Injured Spinal Cord Is Orchestrated by Remote Brain Choroid Plexus. Immunity. 38(3). 555–569. 505 indexed citations breakdown →

Shechter, Ravid, Anat London, Yael Kuperman, et al.. (2013). Hypothalamic neuronal toll-like receptor 2 protects against age-induced obesity. Scientific Reports. 3(1). 1254–1254. 38 indexed citations

Shechter, Ravid, Anat London, & Michal Schwartz. (2013). Orchestrated leukocyte recruitment to immune-privileged sites: absolute barriers versus educational gates. Nature reviews. Immunology. 13(3). 206–218. 292 indexed citations

Shechter, Ravid & Michal Schwartz. (2012). CNS sterile injury: just another wound healing?. Trends in Molecular Medicine. 19(3). 135–143. 108 indexed citations

Shechter, Ravid & Michal Schwartz. (2012). Harnessing monocyte‐derived macrophages to control central nervous system pathologies: no longer ‘if’ but ‘how’. The Journal of Pathology. 229(2). 332–346. 178 indexed citations

Shechter, Ravid, Catarina Rapôso, Anat London, Irit Sagi, & Michal Schwartz. (2011). The Glial Scar-Monocyte Interplay: A Pivotal Resolution Phase in Spinal Cord Repair. PLoS ONE. 6(12). e27969–e27969. 91 indexed citations

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Schwartz, Michal & Ravid Shechter. (2010). Protective autoimmunity functions by intracranial immunosurveillance to support the mind: The missing link between health and disease. Molecular Psychiatry. 15(4). 342–354. 96 indexed citations

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Shechter, Ravid, Kuti Baruch, Michal Schwartz, & Asya Rolls. (2010). Touch gives new life: mechanosensation modulates spinal cord adult neurogenesis. Molecular Psychiatry. 16(3). 342–352. 23 indexed citations

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Schwartz, Michal & Ravid Shechter. (2010). Systemic inflammatory cells fight off neurodegenerative disease. Nature Reviews Neurology. 6(7). 405–410. 195 indexed citations

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Rolls, Asya, Ravid Shechter, & Michal Schwartz. (2009). The bright side of the glial scar in CNS repair. Nature reviews. Neuroscience. 10(3). 235–241. 526 indexed citations breakdown →

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Shechter, Ravid, Anat London, Chen Varol, et al.. (2009). Infiltrating Blood-Derived Macrophages Are Vital Cells Playing an Anti-inflammatory Role in Recovery from Spinal Cord Injury in Mice. PLoS Medicine. 6(7). e1000113–e1000113. 608 indexed citations breakdown →

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Rolls, Asya, Ravid Shechter, Anat London, et al.. (2008). Two Faces of Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycan in Spinal Cord Repair: A Role in Microglia/Macrophage Activation. PLoS Medicine. 5(8). e171–e171. 219 indexed citations

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Schwartz, Michal, Anat London, & Ravid Shechter. (2008). Boosting T-cell immunity as a therapeutic approach for neurodegenerative conditions: The role of innate immunity. Neuroscience. 158(3). 1133–1142. 72 indexed citations

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Shechter, Ravid, Ayal Ronen, Asya Rolls, et al.. (2008). Toll-like receptor 4 restricts retinal progenitor cell proliferation. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 205(12). i26–i26. 3 indexed citations

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Schori, Hadas, Ravid Shechter, Idit Shachar, & Michal Schwartz. (2007). Genetic Manipulation of CD74 in Mouse Strains of Different Backgrounds Can Result in Opposite Responses to Central Nervous System Injury. The Journal of Immunology. 178(1). 163–171. 12 indexed citations

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Rolls, Asya, Ravid Shechter, Anat London, et al.. (2007). Toll-like receptors modulate adult hippocampal neurogenesis. Nature Cell Biology. 9(9). 1081–1088. 485 indexed citations

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Shechter, Ravid, Yaniv Ziv, & Michal Schwartz. (2007). New GABAergic Interneurons Supported by Myelin-Specific T Cells Are Formed in Intact Adult Spinal Cord. Stem Cells. 25(9). 2277–2282. 67 indexed citations

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