Yoav Peleg

5.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
105 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Yoav Peleg is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Yoav Peleg has authored 105 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 67 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Cell Biology and 12 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Yoav Peleg's work include Fungal and yeast genetics research (14 papers), Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (10 papers) and Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (10 papers). Yoav Peleg is often cited by papers focused on Fungal and yeast genetics research (14 papers), Cosmology and Gravitation Theories (10 papers) and Black Holes and Theoretical Physics (10 papers). Yoav Peleg collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United States and Germany. Yoav Peleg's co-authors include Tamar Unger, Israel Goldberg, Shira Albeck, Ada Dantes, J. Stefan Rokem, Robert L. Metzenberg, Azita Leavitt, Rotem Sorek, Ophry Pines and E. Battat and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Yoav Peleg

101 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Communication between viruses guides lysis–lysogeny decisions
    2017 408 citations Yoav Peleg, Azita Leavitt et al. profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Yoav Peleg 2.2k 511 497 406 378 105 3.5k
Andrew J. Fisher 2.5k 1.1× 338 0.7× 167 0.3× 544 1.3× 177 0.5× 120 4.8k
David J. Timson 2.6k 1.2× 433 0.8× 228 0.5× 411 1.0× 238 0.6× 176 4.6k
Frank Bernhard 4.1k 1.9× 422 0.8× 310 0.6× 407 1.0× 891 2.4× 138 5.4k
W N Konings 3.8k 1.8× 272 0.5× 292 0.6× 336 0.8× 1.1k 2.8× 82 5.9k
Philip N. Borer 4.3k 2.0× 783 1.5× 293 0.6× 337 0.8× 1.1k 2.8× 68 5.3k
Sanjay K. Singh 4.9k 2.3× 282 0.6× 283 0.6× 897 2.2× 263 0.7× 211 7.4k
Raymond F. Gesteland 5.8k 2.7× 1.1k 2.2× 421 0.8× 838 2.1× 1.4k 3.7× 98 7.5k
M. V. Gorenstein 2.0k 0.9× 90 0.2× 162 0.3× 215 0.5× 213 0.6× 33 4.1k
Victor Norris 2.3k 1.1× 508 1.0× 144 0.3× 351 0.9× 1.2k 3.1× 136 3.3k
Keith Ashman 3.0k 1.4× 319 0.6× 70 0.1× 179 0.4× 635 1.7× 92 6.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Yoav Peleg

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yoav Peleg

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yoav Peleg

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

All Works

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McBride, J. Michael, Marta Siek, Jacques Rougemont, et al.. (2025). Enzymes as viscoelastic catalytic machines. Nature Physics. 21(5). 787–798. 4 indexed citations
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Dym, Orly, Nadav Elad, Shira Albeck, et al.. (2025). A cryo-electron microscopy structure of yeast Pex5 in complex with a cargo uncovers a novel binding interface. Journal of Cell Science. 138(12).
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Wachtel, Ellen, et al.. (2025). Fluorescent supramolecular fibers and sheets built from doubly hexa-His tagged mCherry proteins conjugated by divalent metal cations. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 327(Pt 2). 147384–147384.
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Matzov, Donna, Liel Sapir, Harald Hübner, et al.. (2024). A bitter anti-inflammatory drug binds at two distinct sites of a human bitter taste GPCR. Nature Communications. 15(1). 9991–9991. 10 indexed citations
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Kesselman, Ellina, Ellen Wachtel, Olga Kleinerman, et al.. (2024). His-tag based supramolecular biopolymerization. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 28332–28332. 2 indexed citations
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Schütz, Anja, Frank Bernhard, Nicholas S. Berrow, et al.. (2023). A concise guide to choosing suitable gene expression systems for recombinant protein production. STAR Protocols. 4(4). 102572–102572. 36 indexed citations
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Pokorná, Šárka, Olga Khersonsky, Rosalie Lipsh‐Sokolik, et al.. (2023). Design of a stable human acid‐β‐glucosidase: towards improved Gaucher disease therapy and mutation classification. FEBS Journal. 290(13). 3383–3399. 8 indexed citations
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Yifrach, Eden, Luis Daniel Cruz‐Zaragoza, Yoav Peleg, et al.. (2022). Determining the targeting specificity of the selective peroxisomal targeting factor Pex9. Biological Chemistry. 404(2-3). 121–133. 4 indexed citations
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Zahradník, Jiří, et al.. (2021). De novo developed protein binders mimicking Interferon lambda signaling. FEBS Journal. 289(9). 2672–2684. 5 indexed citations
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Israeli, Hadar, Joaquín Botta, Vadivel Prabahar, et al.. (2021). Structure reveals the activation mechanism of the MC4 receptor to initiate satiation signaling. Science. 372(6544). 808–814. 62 indexed citations
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Singh, Anamika, Ariel Erijman, Ashish Noronha, et al.. (2021). Engineered variants of the Ras effector protein RASSF5 (NORE1A) promote anticancer activities in lung adenocarcinoma. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 297(6). 101353–101353. 2 indexed citations
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Metzl-Raz, Eyal, Jérôme Bürgi, Eden Yifrach, et al.. (2020). Uncovering targeting priority to yeast peroxisomes using an in-cell competition assay. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(35). 21432–21440. 15 indexed citations
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Sun, Liping, Anat Bashan, Ella Zimmerman, et al.. (2015). A Recombinant Collagen–mRNA Platform for Controllable Protein Synthesis. ChemBioChem. 16(10). 1415–1419. 2 indexed citations
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Vazana, Yael, Yoav Barak, Tamar Unger, et al.. (2013). A synthetic biology approach for evaluating the functional contribution of designer cellulosome components to deconstruction of cellulosic substrates. Biotechnology for Biofuels. 6(1). 182–182. 72 indexed citations
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Sberro, Hila, Azita Leavitt, Ruth Kiro, et al.. (2013). Discovery of Functional Toxin/Antitoxin Systems in Bacteria by Shotgun Cloning. Molecular Cell. 50(1). 136–148. 112 indexed citations
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Peleg, Yoav. (2010). Quantum mechanics : Schaum's outlines. McGraw-Hill eBooks.
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Zeev‐Ben‐Mordehai, Tzviya, Efstratios Mylonas, Aviv Paz, et al.. (2009). The Quaternary Structure of Amalgam, a Drosophila Neuronal Adhesion Protein, Explains Its Dual Adhesion Properties. Biophysical Journal. 97(8). 2316–2326. 10 indexed citations
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Peleg, Yoav, et al.. (1998). Schaum's outline of theory and problems of quantum mechanics. McGraw-Hill eBooks. 4 indexed citations
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Peleg, Yoav, et al.. (1979). Method for Evaluating the Filterability of Wine and Similar Fluids. American Journal of Enology and Viticulture. 30(3). 174–178. 2 indexed citations

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