Asaf Levy

4.6k citations
48 papers · 3.3k · 2 hit papers · h-index 24

Impact in

  • Cancer Research top 2%
    • MicroRNA in disease regulation
    • Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
  • Molecular Biology top 5%
    • Circular RNAs in diseases
    • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
    • RNA modifications and cancer

Papers in

  • Plant Science 18
    • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity 8
    • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis 7
    • Peanut Plant Research Studies 6
    • Plant Genetic and Mutation Studies 5
  • Molecular Biology 26
    • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies 5
    • Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing 5
Co-authors
Tanja Woyke (3 shared papers)Gil Ast (3 shared papers)Ido Yosef (2 shared papers)Rotem Sorek (2 shared papers)Udi Qimron (2 shared papers)Gil Amitai (2 shared papers)Rotem Edgar (2 shared papers)Oren Auster (1 shared paper)
Journals
Nucleic Acids Research (4 papers)PLoS ONE (3 papers)Mutation research. Fundamental and molecular mechanisms of mutagenesis (2 papers)Molecular Systems Biology (2 papers)Nature Microbiology (2 papers)
Partner nations
IsraelUnited StatesItaly

In The Last Decade

Asaf Levy

46 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Asaf Levy's Hit Papers

Genomic features of bacterial adaptation to plants 2017 · 442 citations
4420+6+12Years since publication250500750
What are hit papers?

Paper score: A paper's citations measured against the top-1% bar of its own field and year: the square root of citations ÷ bar, so 1 means right at the bar and 2 means four times its citations. The bar blends the citation counts that enter the top 1% of the paper's subfields in its year (weighted 89.5%), of those subfields over all years (0.5%) and of its year across all fields (10%); a subfield and year with fewer than 400 papers takes its year's bar. Papers from 2026 are not scored yet: in an unfinished year, when a paper appeared matters more than how it is cited.

Hit paper: A paper cited at least 1.5× the top-1% bar of its field and year: a paper score of at least √1.5.

  1. 2017 Nature Genetics
  2. 2008 Nature Biotechnology

Peers

Asaf Levy
Comparison fields: 5 of 123
  • Cancer Research 936
  • Molecular Biology 1.9k
  • Endocrinology 140
  • Plant Science 866
  • Ecology 411
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Countries citing papers authored by Asaf Levy

Since Specialization
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Fields of papers citing papers by Asaf Levy

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authors

The 25 scholars most cited alongside Asaf Levy, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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#Work
1
MicroRNAs accurately identify cancer tissue origin
Nature Biotechnology ·Nitzan Rosenfeld, Ranit Aharonov, Eti Meiri, Shai Rosenwald, Yael Spector, Merav Zepeniuk, Hila Benjamin, Norberto Shabes
Hit paper breakdown →		2008849
2
Genomic features of bacterial adaptation to plants
Nature Genetics ·Asaf Levy, Isaí Salas González, Maximilian Mittelviefhaus, Scott R. Clingenpeel, Sur Herrera Paredes, Jiamin Miao, Kunru Wang, Giulia Devescovi
Hit paper breakdown →		2017442
3
CRISPR adaptation biases explain preference for acquisition of foreign DNA
Nature ·Asaf Levy, Moran G. Goren, Ido Yosef, Oren Auster, Miriam Manor, Gil Amitai, Rotem Edgar, Udi Qimron
2015322
4
High-resolution phylogenetic microbial community profiling
The ISME Journal ·Esther Singer, Brian Bushnell, Devin Coleman‐Derr, Brett N. Bowman, Robert M. Bowers, Asaf Levy, Esther Gies, Jan‐Fang Cheng
2016226
5
Elucidating Bacterial Gene Functions in the Plant Microbiome
Cell Host & Microbe ·Asaf Levy, Jonathan M. Conway, Jeffery L. Dangl, Tanja Woyke
2018135
6
Single nucleotide polymorphisms in miRNA binding sites and miRNA genes as breast/ovarian cancer risk modifiers in Jewish high‐risk women
International Journal of Cancer ·Tair Kontorovich, Asaf Levy, Michael Korostishevsky, Uri Nir, Eitan Friedman
2009109
7
Discovery of microRNAs and other small RNAs in solid tumors
Nucleic Acids Research ·Eti Meiri, Asaf Levy, Hila Benjamin, Miriam Ben-David, Lahav Cohen, Avital Dov, Nir Dromi, Eran Elyakim
2010109
8
Comprehensive Gene and microRNA Expression Profiling Reveals a Role for microRNAs in Human Liver Development
PLoS ONE ·Galit Tzur, Ariel Israel, Asaf Levy, Hila Benjamin, Eti Meiri, Yoel Shufaro, Karen S. Meir, Elina Zorde Khvalevsky
200997
9
MicroRNA Expression Patterns and Function in Endodermal Differentiation of Human Embryonic Stem Cells
PLoS ONE ·Galit Tzur, Asaf Levy, Eti Meiri, Omer Barad, Yael Spector, Zvi Bentwich, Lina Mizrahi, Mark Katzenellenbogen
200896
10
Morphological and physiological characters affecting flower drop and fruit set of tomatoes at high temperatures
Euphytica ·Asaf Levy, Haim D. Rabinowitch, Nachum Kedar
197890
11
Alternative Splicing Regulates Biogenesis of miRNAs Located across Exon-Intron Junctions
Molecular Cell ·Ze’ev Melamed, Asaf Levy, Reut Ashwal-Fluss, Galit Lev-Maor, Keren Mekahel, Nir Atias, Shlomit Gilad, Roded Sharan
201384
12
The Role of Secretion Systems, Effectors, and Secondary Metabolites of Beneficial Rhizobacteria in Interactions With Plants and Microbes
Frontiers in Plant Science ·Miriam Lucke, Mario Gabriel Correa, Asaf Levy
202073
13
TranspoGene and microTranspoGene: transposed elements influence on the transcriptome of seven vertebrates and invertebrates
Nucleic Acids Research ·Asaf Levy, Noa Sela, Gil Ast
200767
14
Synthesis of 2-O-α-l-fucopyranosyl-l-fucopyranose
Carbohydrate Research ·Harold M. Flowers, Asaf Levy, Nathan Sharon
196746
15
Synthesis of benzyl 6-O-benzoyl-3,4-O-isopropylidene-β-D-galactopyranoside and of 2-O-α-L-fucopyranosyl-D-galactose
Carbohydrate Research ·Asaf Levy, Harold M. Flowers, Nathan Sharon
196745
16
Uncultivated thermophiles: current status and spotlight on ‘Aigarchaeota’
Current Opinion in Microbiology ·Brian P. Hedlund, Senthil K. Murugapiran, Timothy W Alba, Asaf Levy, Jeremy A. Dodsworth, Gisele Braga Goertz, Natalia Ivanova, Tanja Woyke
201544
17
In Planta Colonization and Role of T6SS in Two Rice Kosakonia Endophytes
Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions ·Susan Mosquito, Iris Fenner Bertani, Danilo Licastro, Stéphane Compant, Michael P. Myers, Estefanía Hinarejos, Asaf Levy, Vittorio Venturi
201940
18
Deeplasmid: deep learning accurately separates plasmids from bacterial chromosomes
Nucleic Acids Research ·William Andreopoulos, Alexander Martin Geller, Miriam Lucke, J. Balewski, Alicia Clum, Natalia Ivanova, Asaf Levy
202139
19
The extracellular contractile injection system is enriched in environmental microbes and associates with numerous toxins
Nature Communications ·Alexander Martin Geller, Inbal Pollin, David Zlotkin, Aleks Danov, Nimrod Nachmias, William Andreopoulos, Keren Shemesh, Asaf Levy
202139
20
Toxin‐Antitoxin systems eliminate defective cells and preserve symmetry in B acillus subtilis biofilms
Environmental Microbiology ·Zohar Bloom‐Ackermann, Nitai Steinberg, Gili Rosenberg, Yaara Oppenheimer‐Shaanan, Dan Pollack, Shir Ely, Nimrod Storzi, Asaf Levy
201631

About Asaf Levy

Asaf Levy is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Cancer Research and Endocrinology, having authored 48 papers that have together received 3.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (8 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (7 papers), Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (7 papers), Peanut Plant Research Studies (6 papers), MicroRNA in disease regulation (6 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (5 papers), Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (5 papers) and Plant Genetic and Mutation Studies (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Cancer Research (936 citations), Molecular Biology (1.9k citations), Endocrinology (140 citations), Plant Science (866 citations) and Ecology (411 citations). Asaf Levy has collaborated with scholars based in Israel, United States and Italy. Frequent co-authors include Tanja Woyke, Gil Ast, Ido Yosef, Rotem Sorek, Udi Qimron, Gil Amitai, Rotem Edgar, Oren Auster, Moran G. Goren and Jeffery L. Dangl. Their work appears in journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, PLoS ONE, Mutation research. Fundamental and molecular mechanisms of mutagenesis, Molecular Systems Biology and Nature Microbiology.

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