Sigal Ben‐Yehuda

5.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
54 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Sigal Ben‐Yehuda is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sigal Ben‐Yehuda has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Molecular Biology, 39 papers in Genetics and 31 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Sigal Ben‐Yehuda's work include Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (38 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (30 papers) and Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (10 papers). Sigal Ben‐Yehuda is often cited by papers focused on Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (38 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (30 papers) and Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (10 papers). Sigal Ben‐Yehuda collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United States and United Kingdom. Sigal Ben‐Yehuda's co-authors include Richard Losick, Gyanendra P. Dubey, José Eduardo González‐Pastor, Roberto Kolter, Steven S. Branda, David Z. Rudner, Yaara Oppenheimer‐Shaanan, Gideon Mamou, Elhanan Tzipilevich and Yoav Smith and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Sigal Ben‐Yehuda

52 papers receiving 4.2k citations

Hit Papers

Fruiting body formation by Bacillus subtilis 2001 2026 2009 2017 2001 250 500 750
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.

  1. Fruiting body formation by Bacillus subtilis
    2001 905 citations Steven S. Branda, José Eduardo González‐Pastor et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sigal Ben‐Yehuda Israel 32 3.1k 1.9k 1.6k 435 295 54 4.3k
José Eduardo González‐Pastor Spain 28 3.3k 1.1× 2.0k 1.0× 1.8k 1.1× 475 1.1× 208 0.7× 47 4.7k
Patrick H. Viollier Switzerland 36 2.7k 0.8× 2.0k 1.0× 1.1k 0.7× 442 1.0× 184 0.6× 99 3.6k
Kit Pogliano United States 46 4.1k 1.3× 2.7k 1.4× 2.4k 1.5× 736 1.7× 271 0.9× 93 6.3k
Cecília M. Arraiano Portugal 42 4.5k 1.4× 2.4k 1.2× 1.5k 0.9× 320 0.7× 136 0.5× 161 5.6k
Jonathan Dworkin United States 31 2.6k 0.8× 1.9k 1.0× 1.1k 0.7× 310 0.7× 136 0.5× 66 3.8k
Daniel López Germany 28 2.6k 0.8× 1.2k 0.6× 799 0.5× 416 1.0× 295 1.0× 48 3.8k
Christophe Grangeasse France 39 2.5k 0.8× 1.3k 0.7× 898 0.5× 226 0.5× 272 0.9× 92 3.8k
Petra Anne Levin United States 39 3.4k 1.1× 3.0k 1.6× 1.7k 1.0× 402 0.9× 115 0.4× 66 4.9k
Erkin Kuru United States 26 2.1k 0.7× 1.2k 0.6× 1.0k 0.6× 217 0.5× 377 1.3× 38 3.6k
Dirk‐Jan Scheffers Netherlands 25 1.9k 0.6× 1.2k 0.6× 857 0.5× 414 1.0× 175 0.6× 55 3.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sigal Ben‐Yehuda

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sigal Ben‐Yehuda

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Zhou, Bing, Yuval Nevo, Tamar Kahan, et al.. (2023). Dormant bacterial spores encrypt a long-lasting transcriptional program to be executed during revival. Molecular Cell. 83(22). 4158–4173.e7. 10 indexed citations
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Rao, Lei, et al.. (2022). Glutamate catabolism during sporulation determines the success of the future spore germination. iScience. 25(10). 105242–105242. 18 indexed citations
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Rosenshine, Ilan, et al.. (2020). Donor-delivered cell wall hydrolases facilitate nanotube penetration into recipient bacteria. Nature Communications. 11(1). 1938–1938. 23 indexed citations
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Tzipilevich, Elhanan, et al.. (2019). A mutant bacteriophage evolved to infect resistant bacteria gained a broader host range. Molecular Microbiology. 111(6). 1463–1475. 36 indexed citations
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Zhou, Bing, Saurabh Kumar Bhattacharya, Liron Argaman, et al.. (2019). Arginine dephosphorylation propels spore germination in bacteria. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(28). 14228–14237. 39 indexed citations
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Torres, Rubén, et al.. (2019). Bacillus subtilis DisA regulates RecA-mediated DNA strand exchange. Nucleic Acids Research. 47(10). 5141–5154. 27 indexed citations
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Mamou, Gideon, et al.. (2016). Early Developmental Program Shapes Colony Morphology in Bacteria. Cell Reports. 14(8). 1850–1857. 34 indexed citations
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Ben‐Yehuda, Sigal, et al.. (2015). Following the Fate of Bacterial Cells Experiencing Sudden Chromosome Loss. mBio. 6(3). e00092–15. 9 indexed citations
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Sinai, Lior, Alex Rosenberg, Yoav Smith, Einat Segev, & Sigal Ben‐Yehuda. (2015). The Molecular Timeline of a Reviving Bacterial Spore. Molecular Cell. 57(4). 695–707. 100 indexed citations
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Rosenberg, Alex, Lior Sinai, Yoav Smith, & Sigal Ben‐Yehuda. (2012). Dynamic Expression of the Translational Machinery during Bacillus subtilis Life Cycle at a Single Cell Level. PLoS ONE. 7(7). e41921–e41921. 22 indexed citations
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Nevo‐Dinur, Keren, Anat Nussbaum‐Shochat, Sigal Ben‐Yehuda, & Orna Amster‐Choder. (2011). Translation-Independent Localization of mRNA in E. coli. Science. 331(6020). 1081–1084. 215 indexed citations
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Oppenheimer‐Shaanan, Yaara, Ezequiel Wexselblatt, Jehoshua Katzhendler, Eylon Yavin, & Sigal Ben‐Yehuda. (2011). c‐di‐AMP reports DNA integrity during sporulation in Bacillus subtilis. EMBO Reports. 12(6). 594–601. 173 indexed citations
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Dubey, Gyanendra P. & Sigal Ben‐Yehuda. (2011). Intercellular Nanotubes Mediate Bacterial Communication. Cell. 144(4). 590–600. 401 indexed citations
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Mamou, Gideon, et al.. (2010). Visualizing high error levels during gene expression in living bacterial cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(25). 11543–11548. 73 indexed citations
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Rouvinski, Alex, et al.. (2008). Spatial organization of a replicating bacterial chromosome. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(37). 14136–14140. 68 indexed citations
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Hazan, Ronen, et al.. (2008). The FtsEX ABC transporter directs cellular differentiation in Bacillus subtilis. Molecular Microbiology. 69(4). 1018–1028. 46 indexed citations
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Ben‐Yehuda, Sigal, David Z. Rudner, & Richard Losick. (2003). RacA, a Bacterial Protein That Anchors Chromosomes to the Cell Poles. Science. 299(5606). 532–536. 263 indexed citations
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Ben‐Yehuda, Sigal. (2003). Assembly of the SpoIIIE DNA Translocase Depends on Chromosome Trapping in Bacillus subtilis. Current Biology. 13(24). 2196–2200. 1 indexed citations
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Branda, Steven S., José Eduardo González‐Pastor, Sigal Ben‐Yehuda, Richard Losick, & Roberto Kolter. (2001). Fruiting body formation by Bacillus subtilis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 98(20). 11621–11626. 905 indexed citations breakdown →
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Vaisman, Nora, et al.. (1995). The role ofSaccharomyces cerevisiae Cdc40p in DNA replication and mitotic spindle formation and/or maintenance. Molecular and General Genetics MGG. 247(2). 123–136. 38 indexed citations

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