Zvulun Elazar

17.1k total citations · 7 hit papers
81 papers, 11.7k citations indexed

About

Zvulun Elazar is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Zvulun Elazar has authored 81 papers receiving a total of 11.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Epidemiology, 40 papers in Molecular Biology and 36 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Zvulun Elazar's work include Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (58 papers), Cellular transport and secretion (24 papers) and Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (20 papers). Zvulun Elazar is often cited by papers focused on Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (58 papers), Cellular transport and secretion (24 papers) and Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease (20 papers). Zvulun Elazar collaborates with scholars based in Israel, Germany and United States. Zvulun Elazar's co-authors include Ruth Scherz‐Shouval, Ivan Đikić, Elena Shvets, Hilla Weidberg, Tomer Shpilka, Ephraim Fass, Hagai Shorer, Frida Shimron, Adi Abada and Amir Porat and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Zvulun Elazar

80 papers receiving 11.6k citations

Hit Papers

Mechanism and medical implications ... 2007 2026 2013 2019 2018 2007 2010 2007 2010 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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. Mechanism and medical implications of mammalian autophagy
    2018 2.1k citations Ivan Đikić, Zvulun Elazar Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology profile →
  2. Reactive oxygen species are essential for autophagy and specifically regulate the activity of Atg4
    2007 1.8k citations Ruth Scherz‐Shouval, Hagai Shorer et al. The EMBO Journal profile →
  3. Regulation of autophagy by ROS: physiology and pathology
    2010 1.1k citations Ruth Scherz‐Shouval, Zvulun Elazar Trends in Biochemical Sciences profile →
  4. ROS, mitochondria and the regulation of autophagy
    2007 827 citations Ruth Scherz‐Shouval, Zvulun Elazar Trends in Cell Biology profile →
  5. LC3 and GATE‐16/GABARAP subfamilies are both essential yet act differently in autophagosome biogenesis
    2010 597 citations Tomer Shpilka, Zvulun Elazar et al. The EMBO Journal profile →
  6. Atg8: an autophagy-related ubiquitin-like protein family
    2011 405 citations Tomer Shpilka, Zvulun Elazar et al. profile →
  7. Regulation of PRKN-independent mitophagy
    2021 168 citations Ana Lapão, Patricia Boya et al. Autophagy profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Zvulun Elazar Israel 42 7.0k 5.8k 2.7k 1.2k 1.2k 81 11.7k
Aud Øvervatn Norway 19 8.4k 1.2× 6.2k 1.1× 2.9k 1.1× 1.1k 0.9× 1.2k 1.0× 20 11.8k
Geir Bjørkøy Norway 31 7.7k 1.1× 5.8k 1.0× 2.6k 1.0× 1.0k 0.8× 1.2k 1.0× 55 11.5k
Yoshinobu Ichimura Japan 29 7.3k 1.0× 6.0k 1.0× 2.6k 0.9× 945 0.8× 781 0.6× 43 11.1k
Patricia Boya Spain 50 6.1k 0.9× 6.0k 1.0× 1.8k 0.7× 1.3k 1.0× 1.5k 1.2× 114 12.4k
Anne Simonsen Norway 53 5.5k 0.8× 5.7k 1.0× 4.1k 1.5× 1.2k 1.0× 1.6k 1.3× 128 11.1k
Mondira Kundu United States 25 8.9k 1.3× 7.5k 1.3× 2.1k 0.8× 1.4k 1.1× 1.8k 1.5× 32 13.4k
Eric H. Baehrecke United States 52 7.9k 1.1× 7.7k 1.3× 2.7k 1.0× 1.1k 0.9× 1.1k 0.9× 96 14.7k
Guo-Fan Cao China 11 7.5k 1.1× 7.9k 1.4× 2.1k 0.8× 960 0.8× 1.6k 1.3× 17 14.4k
Maria Chiara Maiuri France 50 7.3k 1.0× 6.8k 1.2× 1.7k 0.6× 1.1k 0.9× 1.2k 1.0× 124 13.6k
Li Yu China 30 5.1k 0.7× 4.5k 0.8× 1.8k 0.7× 1.1k 0.9× 845 0.7× 52 8.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Zvulun Elazar

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zvulun Elazar

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zvulun Elazar

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Zvulun Elazar. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Zvulun Elazar 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 Zvulun Elazar. Zvulun Elazar 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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Fraiberg, Milana, et al.. (2024). Multiplex genomic tagging of mammalian ATG8s to study autophagy. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 300(12). 107908–107908. 1 indexed citations
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Schifferer, Martina, Luis A. Williams, Alexandra Stolz, et al.. (2023). Spatial proteomics reveals secretory pathway disturbances caused by neuropathy-associated TECPR2. Nature Communications. 14(1). 870–870. 8 indexed citations
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Fraiberg, Milana, Eyal Shimoni, Tali Dadosh, et al.. (2022). Phospholipid imbalance impairs autophagosome completion. The EMBO Journal. 41(23). 17 indexed citations
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Reggiori, Fulvio, Patricia Boya, David Da Costa, et al.. (2022). The mechanism of macroautophagy: The movie. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(1). 414–417. 1 indexed citations
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Maček, Boris, et al.. (2021). Regulation of mitochondrial cargo-selective autophagy by posttranslational modifications. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 297(5). 101339–101339. 13 indexed citations
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Lapão, Ana, et al.. (2021). Regulation of PRKN-independent mitophagy. Autophagy. 18(1). 24–39. 168 indexed citations breakdown →
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Elazar, Zvulun, et al.. (2020). De Novo Phospholipid Synthesis Promotes Efficient Autophagy. Biochemistry. 59(9). 1011–1012. 4 indexed citations
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Kraft, Claudine, Patricia Boya, Patrice Codogno, et al.. (2018). Driving next-generation autophagy researchers towards translation (DRIVE), an international PhD training program on autophagy. Autophagy. 15(2). 347–351. 4 indexed citations
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Đikić, Ivan & Zvulun Elazar. (2018). Mechanism and medical implications of mammalian autophagy. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology. 19(6). 349–364. 2121 indexed citations breakdown →
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Stadel, Daniela, Jessica Huber, Masato Akutsu, et al.. (2015). TECPR2 Cooperates with LC3C to Regulate COPII-Dependent ER Export. Molecular Cell. 60(1). 89–104. 91 indexed citations
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Shpilka, Tomer, Evelyn Welter, Nira Amar, et al.. (2015). Lipid droplets and their component triglycerides and steryl esters regulate autophagosome biogenesis. The EMBO Journal. 34(16). 2117–2131. 165 indexed citations
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Scherz‐Shouval, Ruth & Zvulun Elazar. (2010). Regulation of autophagy by ROS: physiology and pathology. Trends in Biochemical Sciences. 36(1). 30–38. 1062 indexed citations breakdown →
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Scherz‐Shouval, Ruth & Zvulun Elazar. (2009). Chapter 8 Monitoring Starvation‐Induced Reactive Oxygen Species Formation. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 452. 119–130. 20 indexed citations
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Scherz‐Shouval, Ruth & Zvulun Elazar. (2007). ROS, mitochondria and the regulation of autophagy. Trends in Cell Biology. 17(9). 422–427. 827 indexed citations breakdown →
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Conticello, Silvestro G., Noga Kowalsman, Christian Jacobsen, et al.. (2003). The Prodomain of a Secreted Hydrophobic Mini-protein Facilitates Its Export from the Endoplasmic Reticulum by Hitchhiking on Sorting Receptors. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278(29). 26311–26314. 32 indexed citations
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Scherz‐Shouval, Ruth, Yuval Sagiv, Hagai Shorer, & Zvulun Elazar. (2003). The COOH Terminus of GATE-16, an Intra-Golgi Transport Modulator, Is Cleaved by the Human Cysteine Protease HsApg4A. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278(16). 14053–14058. 64 indexed citations
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Elazar, Zvulun, et al.. (2000). Structure of GATE-16, Membrane Transport Modulator and Mammalian Ortholog of Autophagocytosis Factor Aut7p. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 275(33). 25445–25450. 125 indexed citations
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Porat, Amir, Yuval Sagiv, & Zvulun Elazar. (2000). A 56-kDa Selenium-binding Protein Participates in Intra-Golgi Protein Transport. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 275(19). 14457–14465. 109 indexed citations
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Legesse-Miller, Aster, Yuval Sagiv, Amir Porat, & Zvulun Elazar. (1998). Isolation and Characterization of a Novel Low Molecular Weight Protein Involved in Intra-Golgi Traffic. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 273(5). 3105–3109. 57 indexed citations
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Kanety, Hannah, et al.. (1988). Antibodies against haloperidol specific to the butyrophenone moiety. Journal of Neuroimmunology. 18(1). 25–36. 5 indexed citations

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