Yaara Finkel

1.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
9 papers, 698 citations indexed

About

Yaara Finkel is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yaara Finkel has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 698 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Infectious Diseases and 2 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Yaara Finkel's work include SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (4 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (3 papers) and Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (2 papers). Yaara Finkel is often cited by papers focused on SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (4 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (3 papers) and Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (2 papers). Yaara Finkel collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United States and United Kingdom. Yaara Finkel's co-authors include Noam Stern‐Ginossar, Michal Schwartz, Aharon Nachshon, Nir Paran, Yfat Yahalom-Ronen, Tomer Israely, Hadas Tamir, Orel Mizrahi, Shay Weiss and Ofir Israeli and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and Virology.

In The Last Decade

Yaara Finkel

8 papers receiving 691 citations

Hit Papers

The coding capacity of SARS-CoV-2 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 2021 100 200 300
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. The coding capacity of SARS-CoV-2
    2020 382 citations Yaara Finkel, Orel Mizrahi et al. Nature profile →
  2. SARS-CoV-2 uses a multipronged strategy to impede host protein synthesis
    2021 160 citations Yaara Finkel, Aharon Nachshon et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yaara Finkel Israel 8 450 302 129 99 95 9 698
Orel Mizrahi Israel 9 380 0.8× 516 1.7× 133 1.0× 82 0.8× 72 0.8× 10 844
Raul Y. Sanchez-David France 7 486 1.1× 219 0.7× 182 1.4× 42 0.4× 107 1.1× 8 705
Xiaohui Ju China 15 401 0.9× 331 1.1× 128 1.0× 89 0.9× 83 0.9× 24 721
Muhan Huang China 8 458 1.0× 447 1.5× 128 1.0× 42 0.4× 73 0.8× 14 884
Ahmad Jomaa Switzerland 9 300 0.7× 337 1.1× 90 0.7× 65 0.7× 46 0.5× 9 596
Jennifer M. Hayashi United States 8 389 0.9× 260 0.9× 72 0.6× 36 0.4× 50 0.5× 12 667
Francisco J. Gutierrez-Alvarez Spain 10 599 1.3× 185 0.6× 112 0.9× 37 0.4× 196 2.1× 12 730
Michelle N. Vu United States 8 354 0.8× 142 0.5× 76 0.6× 57 0.6× 93 1.0× 14 471
Ruth Elliott United States 15 598 1.3× 295 1.0× 338 2.6× 152 1.5× 261 2.7× 16 960
Timothy H. P. Tan Singapore 15 633 1.4× 317 1.0× 112 0.9× 40 0.4× 295 3.1× 19 940

Countries citing papers authored by Yaara Finkel

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yaara Finkel

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Yaara Finkel. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Yaara Finkel. The network helps show where Yaara Finkel may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yaara Finkel

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yaara Finkel. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yaara Finkel 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 Yaara Finkel. Yaara Finkel is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

9 of 9 papers shown
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Finkel, Yaara, et al.. (2025). High-throughput mapping of modular regulatory domains in human RNA-binding proteins. Cell Systems. 17(1). 101450–101450.
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Finkel, Yaara, Aharon Nachshon, Tal Fisher, et al.. (2024). A virally encoded high-resolution screen of cytomegalovirus dependencies. Nature. 630(8017). 712–719. 10 indexed citations
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Fisher, Tal, Krishna Narayanan, Makoto Kuroda, et al.. (2022). Parsing the role of NSP1 in SARS-CoV-2 infection. Cell Reports. 39(11). 110954–110954. 43 indexed citations
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Israeli, Ma’ayan, Yaara Finkel, Yfat Yahalom-Ronen, et al.. (2022). Genome-wide CRISPR screens identify GATA6 as a proviral host factor for SARS-CoV-2 via modulation of ACE2. Nature Communications. 13(1). 2237–2237. 29 indexed citations
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Finkel, Yaara, Aharon Nachshon, Roni Winkler, et al.. (2021). SARS-CoV-2 uses a multipronged strategy to impede host protein synthesis. Nature. 594(7862). 240–245. 160 indexed citations breakdown →
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Jungreis, Irwin, Chase W. Nelson, Zachary Ardern, et al.. (2021). Conflicting and ambiguous names of overlapping ORFs in the SARS-CoV-2 genome: A homology-based resolution. Virology. 558. 145–151. 30 indexed citations
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Finkel, Yaara, Orel Mizrahi, Aharon Nachshon, et al.. (2020). The coding capacity of SARS-CoV-2. Nature. 589(7840). 125–130. 382 indexed citations breakdown →
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Finkel, Yaara, Dominik Schmiedel, Julie Tai-Schmiedel, et al.. (2020). Comprehensive annotations of human herpesvirus 6A and 6B genomes reveal novel and conserved genomic features. eLife. 9. 23 indexed citations
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Finkel, Yaara, Noam Stern‐Ginossar, & Michal Schwartz. (2017). Viral Short ORFs and Their Possible Functions. PROTEOMICS. 18(10). e1700255–e1700255. 21 indexed citations

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