Steve Weiner

39.8k total citations · 11 hit papers
277 papers, 31.3k citations indexed

About

Steve Weiner is a scholar working on Biomaterials, Paleontology and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Steve Weiner has authored 277 papers receiving a total of 31.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 124 papers in Biomaterials, 75 papers in Paleontology and 65 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Steve Weiner's work include Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and Inhibition (112 papers), Bone Tissue Engineering Materials (54 papers) and Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (39 papers). Steve Weiner is often cited by papers focused on Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and Inhibition (112 papers), Bone Tissue Engineering Materials (54 papers) and Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (39 papers). Steve Weiner collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United States and Germany. Steve Weiner's co-authors include Lia Addadi, Sefi Raz, W. Traub, Ron Shahar, Shira Albeck, Giuseppe Falini, H. Daniel Wagner, Fabio Nudelman, Yael Politi and Ruth Shahack‐Gross and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Steve Weiner

271 papers receiving 30.6k citations

Hit Papers

Persistence of soil organic matte... 1988 2026 2000 2013 2011 2003 1996 2005 2004 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k
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. Persistence of soil organic matter as an ecosystem property
    2011 4.4k citations Steve Weiner et al. profile →
  2. Taking Advantage of Disorder: Amorphous Calcium Carbonate and Its Roles in Biomineralization
    2003 1.3k citations Steve Weiner et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  3. Control of Aragonite or Calcite Polymorphism by Mollusk Shell Macromolecules
    1996 1.2k citations Steve Weiner, Lia Addadi et al. Science profile →
  4. Mollusk Shell Formation: A Source of New Concepts for Understanding Biomineralization Processes
    2005 898 citations Lia Addadi, Steve Weiner et al. profile →
  5. Sea Urchin Spine Calcite Forms via a Transient Amorphous Calcium Carbonate Phase
    2004 829 citations Yael Politi, Steve Weiner et al. Science profile →
  6. An Overview of Biomineralization Processes and the Problem of the Vital Effect
    2003 764 citations Steve Weiner profile →
  7. Mollusc larval shell formation: amorphous calcium carbonate is a precursor phase for aragonite
    2002 565 citations Lia Addadi, Steve Weiner et al. profile →
  8. Bone hierarchical structure in three dimensions
    2014 519 citations Steve Weiner et al. Acta Biomaterialia profile →
  9. Crystallization Pathways in Biomineralization
    2011 458 citations Steve Weiner, Lia Addadi profile →
  10. Interactions of sea-urchin skeleton macromolecules with growing calcite crystals— a study of intracrystalline proteins
    1988 419 citations Lia Addadi, Steve Weiner et al. profile →
  11. Mineralogical and compositional changes in bones exposed on soil surfaces in Amboseli National Park, Kenya: diagenetic mechanisms and the role of sediment pore fluids
    2004 347 citations Steve Weiner et al. Journal of Archaeological Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Steve Weiner Israel 86 14.7k 8.8k 7.5k 3.8k 3.1k 277 31.3k
Jillian F. Banfield United States 131 4.3k 0.3× 9.2k 1.0× 1.5k 0.2× 17.5k 4.6× 956 0.3× 524 63.3k
Wayne Rasband United States 9 1.8k 0.1× 4.8k 0.5× 832 0.1× 3.8k 1.0× 229 0.1× 15 48.5k
U. Schwertmann Germany 74 7.0k 0.5× 3.5k 0.4× 759 0.1× 723 0.2× 1.9k 0.6× 211 26.9k
Robert A. Berner United States 103 2.6k 0.2× 993 0.1× 12.2k 1.6× 5.6k 1.5× 450 0.1× 223 40.3k
Liane G. Benning United Kingdom 63 2.9k 0.2× 1.7k 0.2× 1.4k 0.2× 2.2k 0.6× 204 0.1× 257 13.3k
Michael I. Bird Australia 74 981 0.1× 719 0.1× 2.6k 0.3× 4.3k 1.1× 4.1k 1.3× 352 18.4k
Carlos M. Duarte Spain 145 1.7k 0.1× 1.3k 0.1× 1.4k 0.2× 58.0k 15.4× 1.0k 0.3× 1.1k 99.1k
Hailiang Dong China 70 2.0k 0.1× 2.1k 0.2× 803 0.1× 4.8k 1.3× 440 0.1× 402 17.4k
David A.C. Manning United Kingdom 50 1.4k 0.1× 588 0.1× 1.1k 0.2× 2.4k 0.6× 3.9k 1.3× 171 13.1k
Markus Kleber United States 52 3.0k 0.2× 2.0k 0.2× 196 0.0× 6.9k 1.8× 12.6k 4.1× 122 24.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Steve Weiner

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Steve Weiner. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Steve Weiner based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Steve Weiner. Steve Weiner is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Sorrentino, Andrea, Neta Varsano, Yoseph Addadi, et al.. (2025). Guanine crystal formation by the unicellular organism Phacotus lenticularis is part of a cellular stress response. PLoS ONE. 20(2). e0316193–e0316193. 3 indexed citations
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Kozell, Anna, XiaoMeng Sui, Neta Varsano, Steve Weiner, & Lia Addadi. (2025). Precursor Mineral Phases of Forming Mollusk Shell Nacre: A Study of Hydrated Samples. Advanced Functional Materials. 36(17).
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Mintz, Eugenia, et al.. (2024). FIB-SEM Study of Archaeological Human Petrous Bones: 3D Structures and Diagenesis. Minerals. 14(7). 729–729.
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Addadi, Lia, Leeor Kronik, Leslie Leiserowitz, Dan Oron, & Steve Weiner. (2024). Organic Crystals and Optical Functions in Biology: Knowns and Unknowns. Advanced Materials. 36(38). e2408060–e2408060. 7 indexed citations
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Addadi, Yoseph, et al.. (2023). Intra- to extracellular crystallization of calcite in the freshwater green algae Phacotus lenticularis. Acta Biomaterialia. 167. 583–592. 2 indexed citations
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Brumfeld, Vlad, et al.. (2022). The petrous bone contains high concentrations of osteocytes: One possible reason why ancient DNA is better preserved in this bone. PLoS ONE. 17(10). e0269348–e0269348. 13 indexed citations
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Boaretto, Elisabetta, Marion Hernandez, Mae Goder‐Goldberger, et al.. (2021). The absolute chronology of Boker Tachtit (Israel) and implications for the Middle to Upper Paleolithic transition in the Levant. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(25). 36 indexed citations
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Kahil, Keren, Steve Weiner, Lia Addadi, & Assaf Gal. (2021). Ion Pathways in Biomineralization: Perspectives on Uptake, Transport, and Deposition of Calcium, Carbonate, and Phosphate. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 143(50). 21100–21112. 72 indexed citations
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Kahil, Keren, Neta Varsano, Andrea Sorrentino, et al.. (2020). Cellular pathways of calcium transport and concentration toward mineral formation in sea urchin larvae. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(49). 30957–30965. 36 indexed citations
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Zou, Zhaoyong, Wouter J. E. M. Habraken, Galina Matveeva, et al.. (2019). A hydrated crystalline calcium carbonate phase: Calcium carbonate hemihydrate. Science. 363(6425). 396–400. 189 indexed citations
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Palmer, Benjamin A., Anna K. H. Hirsch, Vlad Brumfeld, et al.. (2018). Optically functional isoxanthopterin crystals in the mirrored eyes of decapod crustaceans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(10). 2299–2304. 47 indexed citations
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Taylor, Gavin J., Vlad Brumfeld, Dvir Gur, et al.. (2017). The image-forming mirror in the eye of the scallop. Science. 358(6367). 1172–1175. 92 indexed citations
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Pierantoni, Maria, Ron Tenne, Vlad Brumfeld, et al.. (2017). Mineral Deposits in Ficus Leaves: Morphologies and Locations in Relation to Function. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 176(2). 1751–1763. 29 indexed citations
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Asscher, Yotam, Steve Weiner, & Elisabetta Boaretto. (2016). A new method for extracting the insoluble occluded carbon in archaeological and modern phytoliths: Detection of 14C depleted carbon fraction and implications for radiocarbon dating. Journal of Archaeological Science. 78. 57–65. 13 indexed citations
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Namdar, Dvory, Ayelet Gilboa, Ronny Neumann, Israel Finkelstein, & Steve Weiner. (2013). Cinnamaldehyde in early iron age phoenician flasks raises the possibility of levantine trade with South East Asia. 13(2). 1–19. 61 indexed citations
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Politi, Yael, Rebecca A. Metzler, Mike Abrecht, et al.. (2008). Transformation mechanism of amorphous calcium carbonate into calcite in the sea urchin larval spicule. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(45). 17362–17366. 369 indexed citations
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Sone, Eli D., Steve Weiner, & Lia Addadi. (2007). Biomineralization of limpet teeth: A cryo-TEM study of the organic matrix and the onset of mineral deposition. Journal of Structural Biology. 158(3). 428–444. 55 indexed citations
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Zaslansky, Paul, John D. Currey, Asher A. Friesem, & Steve Weiner. (2005). Phase shifting speckle interferometry for determination of strain and Young’s modulus of mineralized biological materials: a study of tooth dentin compression in water. Journal of Biomedical Optics. 10(2). 24020–24020. 32 indexed citations
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Reis, Rui L. & Steve Weiner. (2005). Learning from Nature How to Design New Implantable Biomaterialsis: From Biomineralization Fundamentals to Biomimetic Materials and Processing Routes. Digital Access to Libraries (Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), l'Université de Namur (UNamur) and the Université Saint-Louis (USL-B)). 40 indexed citations
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Weiner, Steve, W. Traub, & H. Daniel Wagner. (1999). Lamellar Bone: Structure–Function Relations. Journal of Structural Biology. 126(3). 241–255. 498 indexed citations

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