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Researcher · Weizmann Institute of Science · Israel

Ofer Yizhar

Ofer Yizhar publishes mostly in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience and Molecular Biology, on topics such as Photoreceptor and optogenetics research, Neural dynamics and brain function and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research.

ORCID 0000-0003-4228-1448 OpenAlex
World rank
#39,814
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Israel
#371
of 38,292
Works
129
Citations
22k
Citations per work
170.9
h-index
50
i10-index 76Top 4.9% in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
Ofer Yizhar

What does Ofer Yizhar research?

Ofer Yizhar's work is mostly in Neuroscience (54%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (14%), Engineering (5%).

Life Sciences: 88 works · 68.0% of their workNeuroscience: 70 works · 54.1% of their workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 48 works · 37.1% of their workCognitive Neuroscience: 22 works · 17.0% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 18 works · 13.9% of their workMolecular Biology: 14 works · 10.6% of their workCell Biology: 4 works · 3.3% of their workEverything else: 29 works · 22.8% of their workPhysical Sciences: 6 works · 4.6% of their workEngineering: 6 works · 4.6% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 6 works · 4.6% of their workSocial Sciences: 6 works · 4.6% of their workPsychology: 6 works · 4.6% of their workSocial Psychology: 6 works · 4.6% of their workTHEIR WORKOfer Yizhar129works
Life Sciences68%Physical Sciences5%Social Sciences5%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Neuroscience7054.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1813.9%
  2. Everything else2922.8%
    1. Engineering64.6%
    1. Psychology64.6%
  1. 1Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience37% of their works
  2. 2Cognitive Neuroscience17% of their works
  3. 3Molecular Biology11% of their works
  4. 4Biomedical Engineering5% of their works
  5. 5Social Psychology5% of their works
  6. 6Cell Biology3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Ofer Yizhar's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Channelrhodopsin, Optogenetics, Cortical Networks, Neuronal Oscillations, Neurobiology, Neurotransmission, Synaptic Plasticity and Electrode Arrays.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Channelrhodopsin671 topic
  2. Optogenetics671 topic
  3. Cortical Networks391 topic
  4. Neuronal Oscillations391 topic
  5. Neurobiology282 topics
  6. Neurotransmission251 topic
  7. Synaptic Plasticity251 topic
  8. Electrode Arrays241 topic
  9. Neural Stimulation241 topic
  10. Oxytocin151 topic
  11. Social Behavior151 topic
  12. Hippocampus131 topic
  13. Memory131 topic
  14. Molecular Communication131 topic
  15. Nanonetworks131 topic
  16. Endocytosis91 topic
  17. Membrane Fusion91 topic

Where does Ofer Yizhar work?

Ofer Yizhar's main affiliation in the publication record is Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel.

How many publications and citations does Ofer Yizhar have?

OpenAlex counts 129 works and 22,048 citations for Ofer Yizhar, an h-index of 50, ranking #39,814 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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