Yoav Avni

2.2k total citations
75 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Yoav Avni is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Paleontology and Earth-Surface Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, Yoav Avni has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Atmospheric Science, 24 papers in Paleontology and 21 papers in Earth-Surface Processes. Recurrent topics in Yoav Avni's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (31 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (19 papers) and Soil erosion and sediment transport (18 papers). Yoav Avni is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (31 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (19 papers) and Soil erosion and sediment transport (18 papers). Yoav Avni collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United States and Australia. Yoav Avni's co-authors include Naomi Porat, Gideon Avni, Hanan Ginat, Amit Segev, Ari Matmon, Yehouda Enzel, Yuval Gadot, Uri Davidovich, David Fink and Sagi Filin and has published in prestigious journals such as Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Scientific Reports and Earth and Planetary Science Letters.

In The Last Decade

Yoav Avni

73 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yoav Avni Israel 25 607 481 455 360 316 75 1.6k
Christoph Zielhofer Germany 24 1.3k 2.1× 550 1.1× 478 1.1× 333 0.9× 313 1.0× 67 1.9k
Guangrong Dong China 20 904 1.5× 312 0.6× 513 1.1× 128 0.4× 203 0.6× 52 1.5k
Onn Crouvi Israel 21 1.0k 1.7× 302 0.6× 805 1.8× 169 0.5× 162 0.5× 55 1.7k
Sue McLaren United Kingdom 22 775 1.3× 388 0.8× 711 1.6× 363 1.0× 175 0.6× 57 1.7k
David G. Passmore United Kingdom 22 732 1.2× 217 0.5× 415 0.9× 178 0.5× 140 0.4× 57 1.5k
N. Fédoroff France 15 1.1k 1.9× 475 1.0× 581 1.3× 203 0.6× 296 0.9× 33 2.0k
Martin Kehl Germany 28 1.2k 1.9× 716 1.5× 281 0.6× 314 0.9× 134 0.4× 91 2.0k
Mario Morellón Spain 25 1.9k 3.2× 766 1.6× 596 1.3× 377 1.0× 286 0.9× 57 2.5k
Pedro P. Cunha Portugal 27 980 1.6× 426 0.9× 486 1.1× 250 0.7× 858 2.7× 129 2.1k
Hamid Lahijani Iran 26 880 1.4× 683 1.4× 232 0.5× 283 0.8× 95 0.3× 77 1.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yoav Avni

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yoav Avni

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All Works

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Pardo‐Igúzquiza, Eulogio, Yoav Avni, & Peter A. Dowd. (2025). Description of an emblematic geosite in Central Spain: A large sinkhole associated with paleo-landslide in gypsum karst. International Journal of Geoheritage and Parks. 13(1). 117–132.
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Eliyahu‐Behar, Adi, Yoav Ben Dor, Michael Brauns, et al.. (2023). “A land whose stones are iron...”—Iron ore sources in the Southern Levant. 2. 2 indexed citations
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Barzilai, Omry, Naomi Porat, Dustin White, et al.. (2022). Expansion of eastern Mediterranean Middle Paleolithic into the desert region in early marine isotopic stage 5. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 15 indexed citations
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Ryb, Uri, et al.. (2022). Sources, Timing, Environmental and Tectonic Implications of Epigenetic Mineralization Along the Arabian‐African Plate Boundary. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems. 23(12). 4 indexed citations
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Matmon, Ari, et al.. (2020). Early-to-mid Miocene erosion rates inferred from pre-Dead Sea rift Hazeva River fluvial chert pebbles using cosmogenic 21 Ne. Earth Surface Dynamics. 8(2). 289–301. 6 indexed citations
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Larrasoaña, Juan C., Nicolás Waldmann, Steffen Mischke, Yoav Avni, & Hanan Ginat. (2020). Magnetostratigraphy and Paleoenvironments of the Kuntila Lake Sediments, Southern Israel: Implications for Late Cenozoic Climate Variability at the Northern Fringe of the Saharo-Arabian Desert Belt. Frontiers in Earth Science. 8. 1 indexed citations
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Gadot, Yuval, et al.. (2018). OSL dating of pre-terraced and terraced landscape: Land transformation in Jerusalem's rural hinterland. Journal of Archaeological Science Reports. 21. 575–583. 9 indexed citations
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Chen, Yona, et al.. (2018). Olive tree survival and adaptation to the harsh growing conditions in the arid desert environment of the Negev Highlands, Southern Israel. Israel Journal of Plant Sciences. 65(3-4). 147–152. 4 indexed citations
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Gadot, Yuval, Gideon Avni, Naomi Porat, Uri Davidovich, & Yoav Avni. (2016). The Formation of Terraced Landscapes in the Judean Highlands in Israel, and its Implications for Biblical Agricultural History. 5(4). 437–455. 8 indexed citations
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Avni, Yoav, Nadav G. Lensky‬‏, Elad Dente, et al.. (2015). Self‐accelerated development of salt karst during flash floods along the Dead Sea Coast, Israel. Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface. 121(1). 17–38. 33 indexed citations
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Chen, Yona, et al.. (2014). Fruit trees survival ability in an arid desert environment without irrigation in the Negev Highlands of Southern Israel. Israel Journal of Plant Sciences. 62(1-2). 5–16. 15 indexed citations
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Stavi, Ilan, Avi Perevolotsky, & Yoav Avni. (2009). Effects of gully formation and headcut retreat on primary production in an arid rangeland: Natural desertification in action. Journal of Arid Environments. 74(2). 221–228. 26 indexed citations
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Avni, Yoav. (2008). Glacial-interglacial cycles, soil erosion and natural desertification in the Middle East.. IAHS-AISH publication. 383–390. 3 indexed citations
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Avni, Yoav. (2005). Gully incision as a key factor in desertification in an arid environment, the Negev highlands, Israel. CATENA. 63(2-3). 185–220. 116 indexed citations
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Avni, Yoav, et al.. (2002). The effect of habitat and erosion on the distribution and development of Pistacia atlantica trees in the central Negev highlands of Israel. Israel Journal of Plant Sciences. 50(4). 281–286. 1 indexed citations
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Ginat, Hanan, et al.. (2001). The Arava Formation-A Pliocene sequence in the Arava Valley and its western margin, southern Israel. Israel Journal of Earth Sciences. 50(2-4). 101–120. 4 indexed citations
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Avni, Yoav, et al.. (2001). The effects of loess erosion on soil nutrients, plant diversity and plant quality in Negev desert wadis. Journal of Arid Environments. 48(4). 461–473. 27 indexed citations

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