Ronit Avitsur

3.7k total citations
57 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Ronit Avitsur is a scholar working on Behavioral Neuroscience, Social Psychology and Biological Psychiatry. According to data from OpenAlex, Ronit Avitsur has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 31 papers in Social Psychology and 20 papers in Biological Psychiatry. Recurrent topics in Ronit Avitsur's work include Stress Responses and Cortisol (34 papers), Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (28 papers) and Tryptophan and brain disorders (20 papers). Ronit Avitsur is often cited by papers focused on Stress Responses and Cortisol (34 papers), Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (28 papers) and Tryptophan and brain disorders (20 papers). Ronit Avitsur collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United States and Netherlands. Ronit Avitsur's co-authors include John F. Sheridan, Jennifer Stark, David A. Padgett, Raz Yirmiya, Yehuda Pollak, Firdaus S. Dhabhar, Joseph Weidenfeld, John Hunzeker, Michael T. Bailey and Haim Ovadia and has published in prestigious journals such as Brain Research, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences and International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

In The Last Decade

Ronit Avitsur

56 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ronit Avitsur Israel 31 1.8k 1.2k 898 446 278 57 2.9k
H. Anisman Canada 33 1.7k 1.0× 1.2k 1.0× 810 0.9× 464 1.0× 127 0.5× 60 3.4k
Gretchen N. Neigh United States 34 1.4k 0.8× 853 0.7× 760 0.8× 460 1.0× 141 0.5× 116 3.4k
Deborah M. Hodgson Australia 30 818 0.5× 606 0.5× 614 0.7× 280 0.6× 394 1.4× 102 2.7k
Leonardo H. Tonelli United States 29 776 0.4× 787 0.7× 362 0.4× 431 1.0× 500 1.8× 59 3.1k
Nicole Powell United States 21 1.4k 0.8× 1.3k 1.1× 280 0.3× 979 2.2× 498 1.8× 28 2.8k
Stephen Kent Australia 30 1.1k 0.6× 730 0.6× 678 0.8× 678 1.5× 498 1.8× 89 3.7k
Nola Shanks United Kingdom 35 2.7k 1.5× 773 0.6× 2.1k 2.3× 228 0.5× 295 1.1× 52 4.5k
Roel H. DeRijk Netherlands 39 2.9k 1.7× 966 0.8× 1.0k 1.1× 178 0.4× 304 1.1× 57 5.2k
Andrea Engler Germany 19 658 0.4× 781 0.6× 437 0.5× 420 0.9× 354 1.3× 33 2.0k
Jan A. Moynihan United States 40 1.0k 0.6× 558 0.5× 562 0.6× 283 0.6× 514 1.8× 108 4.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ronit Avitsur

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ronit Avitsur

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Levy, Sigal & Ronit Avitsur. (2022). Gender Differences in the Development of Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms Following Pregnancy Loss: Social Support and Causal Attributes. Psychological Studies. 67(4). 524–536. 2 indexed citations
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Shiloh, Shoshana, et al.. (2020). Health-related quality of life after injury: examining the roles of perceived daily-life stress and injury perceptions. Quality of Life Research. 29(11). 3053–3063. 1 indexed citations
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Levy, Sigal, et al.. (2019). Physical injury, stress, and health: Protective role of dispositional optimism. Stress and Health. 35(3). 267–276. 7 indexed citations
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Levy, Sigal, et al.. (2018). Physical injury, health, and well-being: Role of stress perception. Injury. 49(8). 1546–1551. 11 indexed citations
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Avitsur, Ronit, et al.. (2017). Escitalopram or novel herbal treatments differentially alter cytokine and behavioral responses to immune challenge. Journal of Neuroimmunology. 309. 111–118. 10 indexed citations
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Avitsur, Ronit. (2016). Increased symptoms of illness following prenatal stress: Can it be prevented by fluoxetine?. Behavioural Brain Research. 317. 62–70. 8 indexed citations
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Ulmer-Yaniv, Adi, Ronit Avitsur, Yaniv Kanat‐Maymon, et al.. (2016). Affiliation, reward, and immune biomarkers coalesce to support social synchrony during periods of bond formation in humans. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 56. 130–139. 42 indexed citations
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Avitsur, Ronit, Rachel Maayan, & Abraham Weizman. (2013). Neonatal stress modulates sickness behavior: Role for proinflammatory cytokines. Journal of Neuroimmunology. 257(1-2). 59–66. 25 indexed citations
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Avitsur, Ronit, Nicole Powell, David A. Padgett, & John F. Sheridan. (2009). Social Interactions, Stress, and Immunity. Immunology and Allergy Clinics of North America. 29(2). 285–293. 62 indexed citations
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Avitsur, Ronit, et al.. (2007). Subordinate social status modulates the vulnerability to the immunological effects of social stress. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 32(8-10). 1097–1105. 22 indexed citations
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Kinsey, Steven G., Michael T. Bailey, John F. Sheridan, David A. Padgett, & Ronit Avitsur. (2006). Repeated social defeat causes increased anxiety-like behavior and alters splenocyte function in C57BL/6 and CD-1 mice. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 21(4). 458–466. 155 indexed citations
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Avitsur, Ronit, Jennifer Stark, Firdaus S. Dhabhar, & John F. Sheridan. (2002). Social stress alters splenocyte phenotype and function. Journal of Neuroimmunology. 132(1-2). 66–71. 72 indexed citations
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Avitsur, Ronit, Jennifer Stark, & John F. Sheridan. (2001). Social Stress Induces Glucocorticoid Resistance in Subordinate Animals. Hormones and Behavior. 39(4). 247–257. 244 indexed citations
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Quan, Ning, Ronit Avitsur, Jennifer Stark, et al.. (2001). Social stress increases the susceptibility to endotoxic shock. Journal of Neuroimmunology. 115(1-2). 36–45. 136 indexed citations
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Yirmiya, Raz, Yehuda Pollak, Michal Morag, et al.. (2000). Illness, Cytokines, and Depression. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 917(1). 478–487. 216 indexed citations
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Avitsur, Ronit & Raz Yirmiya. (1999). Cytokines Inhibit Sexual Behavior in Female Rats: I. Synergistic Effects of Tumor Necrosis Factor α and Interleukin-1. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 13(1). 14–32. 33 indexed citations
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Avitsur, Ronit & Raz Yirmiya. (1999). The partner preference paradigm: a method to study sexual motivation and performance of female rats. Brain Research Protocols. 3(3). 320–325. 28 indexed citations
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Yirmiya, Raz, Joseph Weidenfeld, Yehuda Pollak, et al.. (1999). Cytokines, “Depression Due to A General Medical Condition,” and Antidepressant Drugs. Advances in experimental medicine and biology. 461. 283–316. 157 indexed citations
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Shavit, Yehuda, Eran Cohen, Roni Gagin, et al.. (1998). Effects of Prenatal Morphine Exposure on NK Cytotoxicity and Responsiveness to LPS in Rats. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior. 59(4). 835–841. 15 indexed citations
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Avitsur, Ronit, Edna Cohen, & Raz Yirmiya. (1997). Effects of Interleukin-1 on Sexual Attractivity in a Model of Sickness Behavior. Physiology & Behavior. 63(1). 25–30. 48 indexed citations

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