Ruth Shemer

6.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
57 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Ruth Shemer is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Ruth Shemer has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Molecular Biology, 30 papers in Genetics and 15 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Ruth Shemer's work include Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (30 papers), Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting (18 papers) and Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (12 papers). Ruth Shemer is often cited by papers focused on Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (30 papers), Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting (18 papers) and Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (12 papers). Ruth Shemer collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United States and Canada. Ruth Shemer's co-authors include Aharon Razin, Howard Cedar, Tal Kafri, Yehudit Birger, M. Silber Ariel, Michael Brandeis, John R. McCarrey, Yotam Kaufman, Kirill Makedonski and Yuval Dor and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Ruth Shemer

57 papers receiving 2.8k 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.

Developmental pattern of gene-specific DNA methylation in the mouse embryo and germ line.

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ruth Shemer Israel	26	2.2k	1.5k	613	370	274	57	2.9k
Laura K. Conlin United States	27	1.2k 0.5×	1.6k 1.1×	561 0.9×	161 0.4×	160 0.6×	73	2.5k
Howard R. Slater Australia	32	1.3k 0.6×	1.8k 1.2×	795 1.3×	206 0.6×	390 1.4×	99	3.0k
Ana Cristina Victorino Krepischi Brazil	27	1.4k 0.6×	1.4k 1.0×	295 0.5×	438 1.2×	141 0.5×	146	2.7k
Helen Stewart United Kingdom	26	1.3k 0.6×	1.4k 1.0×	257 0.4×	118 0.3×	232 0.8×	57	2.5k
Swaroop Aradhya United States	26	1.2k 0.5×	1.9k 1.3×	590 1.0×	278 0.8×	126 0.5×	85	2.8k
Sarina G. Kant Netherlands	26	1.4k 0.6×	1.3k 0.9×	325 0.5×	131 0.4×	193 0.7×	70	2.7k
Tibor A. Rauch United States	28	2.7k 1.2×	887 0.6×	182 0.3×	492 1.3×	184 0.7×	50	3.6k
Jürgen Horst Germany	27	1.7k 0.8×	1.1k 0.8×	330 0.5×	94 0.3×	146 0.5×	74	2.9k
Sylvie Langlois Canada	32	1.1k 0.5×	1.6k 1.1×	1.5k 2.4×	122 0.3×	310 1.1×	107	2.8k
Melissa A. Parisi United States	29	2.6k 1.2×	1.7k 1.2×	1.1k 1.8×	104 0.3×	374 1.4×	71	3.8k

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Fox-Fisher, Ilana, Sheina Piyanzin, Daniel Neiman, et al.. (2025). Circulating eosinophil cell-free DNA as a noninvasive biomarker for perforated appendicitis in pediatric patients-a proof-of-concept study. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 13980–13980. 1 indexed citations

Drawshy, Zeina, Daniel Neiman, Ayelet Peretz, et al.. (2024). DNA Methylation–Based Assessment of Cell Composition in Human Pancreas and Islets. Diabetes. 73(4). 554–564. 4 indexed citations

Summers, Angela, James O’Sullivan, Catherine Fullwood, et al.. (2023). Beta‐cell death and dysfunction drives hyperglycaemia in organ donors. Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism. 25(12). 3529–3537. 4 indexed citations

Makranz, Chen, Hai Zemmour, Ruth Shemer, et al.. (2023). Short report: Plasma based biomarkers detect radiation induced brain injury in cancer patients treated for brain metastasis: A pilot study. PLoS ONE. 18(11). e0285646–e0285646. 5 indexed citations

Fox-Fisher, Ilana, Ruth Shemer, & Yuval Dor. (2023). Epigenetic liquid biopsies: a novel putative biomarker in immunology and inflammation. Trends in Immunology. 44(5). 356–364. 10 indexed citations

Moss, Joshua, Roni Ben‐Ami, Ela Shai, et al.. (2023). Megakaryocyte- and erythroblast-specific cell-free DNA patterns in plasma and platelets reflect thrombopoiesis and erythropoiesis levels. Nature Communications. 14(1). 7542–7542. 17 indexed citations

Harari, Gil, et al.. (2023). Accurate age prediction from blood using a small set of DNA methylation sites and a cohort-based machine learning algorithm. Cell Reports Methods. 3(9). 100567–100567. 12 indexed citations

Orlanski, Shari, Filippo Martignano, Ilana Fox-Fisher, et al.. (2022). Detecting cell-of-origin and cancer-specific methylation features of cell-free DNA from Nanopore sequencing. Genome biology. 23(1). 158–158. 69 indexed citations

Pollak, Uri, Hai Zemmour, Judith Magenheim, et al.. (2022). Novel cfDNA Methylation Biomarkers Reveal Delayed Cardiac Cell Death after Open-heart Surgery. Journal of Cardiovascular Translational Research. 16(1). 199–208. 5 indexed citations

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Neiman, Daniel, Hai Zemmour, Sheina Piyanzin, et al.. (2022). Elevated brain-derived cell-free DNA among patients with first psychotic episode – a proof-of-concept study. eLife. 11. 17 indexed citations

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Zemmour, Hai, David Planer, Judith Magenheim, et al.. (2018). Non-invasive detection of human cardiomyocyte death using methylation patterns of circulating DNA. Nature Communications. 9(1). 1443–1443. 132 indexed citations

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Neiman, Daniel, Joshua Moss, Merav Hecht, et al.. (2017). Islet cells share promoter hypomethylation independently of expression, but exhibit cell-type–specific methylation in enhancers. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(51). 13525–13530. 35 indexed citations

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Abuhatzira, Liron, Kirill Makedonski, Eva Gak, et al.. (2005). Splicing mutation associated with Rett syndrome and an experimental approach for genetic diagnosis. Human Genetics. 118(1). 91–98. 12 indexed citations

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Makedonski, Kirill, Liron Abuhatzira, Yotam Kaufman, Aharon Razin, & Ruth Shemer. (2005). MeCP2 deficiency in Rett syndrome causes epigenetic aberrations at the PWS/AS imprinting center that affects UBE3A expression. Human Molecular Genetics. 14(8). 1049–1058. 100 indexed citations

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Kantor, Boris, Yotam Kaufman, Kirill Makedonski, Aharon Razin, & Ruth Shemer. (2004). Establishing the epigenetic status of the Prader–Willi/Angelman imprinting center in the gametes and embryo. Human Molecular Genetics. 13(22). 2767–2779. 39 indexed citations

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Kantor, Boris, Kirill Makedonski, Ruth Shemer, & Aharon Razin. (2003). Expression and localization of components of the histone deacetylases multiprotein repressory complexes in the mouse preimplantation embryo. Gene Expression Patterns. 3(6). 697–702. 29 indexed citations

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Hershko, Alon Y., et al.. (2001). The mouse Snrpn minimal promoter and its human orthologue: activity and imprinting. Genes to Cells. 6(11). 967–975. 6 indexed citations

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Hershko, Alon Y., Aharon Razin, & Ruth Shemer. (1999). Imprinted methylation and its effect on expression of the mouse Zfp127 gene. Gene. 234(2). 323–327. 22 indexed citations

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Razin, Aharon & Ruth Shemer. (1999). Epigenetic Control of Gene Expression. Results and problems in cell differentiation. 25. 189–204. 28 indexed citations

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Shemer, Ruth & Aharon Razin. (1996). Establishment of Imprinted Methylation Patterns during Development. Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Archive. 32. 215–229. 11 indexed citations

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