2026 Benjamin A. Horwitz: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	49	17922	16449	182	168	154	11128

Overview

Benjamin A. Horwitz is affiliated with the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology in Israel. Their research primarily spans Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a significant focus on Plant Science, and extends to Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.

Their work concentrates on several key topics, including:

Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
Fungal and yeast genetics research
Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics
Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
Bioluminescence and chemiluminescence research

Among their recent papers are:

"Mycoparasitism as a mechanism of Trichoderma-mediated suppression of plant diseases" (2021), published in Fungal Biology Reviews
"Synthetic cells with self-activating optogenetic proteins communicate with natural cells" (2022), published in Nature Communications
"Gliotoxin, an Immunosuppressive Fungal Metabolite, Primes Plant Immunity: Evidence from Trichoderma virens-Tomato Interaction" (2022), published in mBio
"Secretome Analysis of Arabidopsis-Trichoderma atroviride Interaction Unveils New Roles for the Plant Glutamate:Glyoxylate Aminotransferase GGAT1 in Plant Growth Induced by the Fungus and Resistance against Botrytis cinerea" (2021), published in International Journal of Molecular Sciences
"GqPCR-stimulated dephosphorylation of AKT is induced by an IGBP1-mediated PP2A switch" (2022), published in Cell Communication and Signaling

Benjamin A. Horwitz has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

Prasun K. Mukherjee
Charles M. Kenerley
Roni Koren
James T. Taylor
Rina Zuchman

The scientist has published articles in multiple venues with notable frequency, such as:

Frontiers in Fungal Biology
mBio
Journal of Fungi
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Fungal Biology Reviews

Benjamin A. Horwitz has also contributed to book literature, including a publication by Springer Nature titled Microbial Cross-talk in the Rhizosphere (2022).

Best Publications

Trichoderma : the genomics of opportunistic success

Irina S. Druzhinina;Verena Seidl-Seiboth;Alfredo Herrera-Estrella;Benjamin A. Horwitz

1205
Citations
Comparative genome sequence analysis underscores mycoparasitism as the ancestral life style of Trichoderma

Christian P Kubicek;Alfredo Herrera-Estrella;Verena Seidl-Seiboth;Diego A Martinez

784
Citations
Diverse Lifestyles and Strategies of Plant Pathogenesis Encoded in the Genomes of Eighteen Dothideomycetes Fungi

Robin A. Ohm;Nicolas Feau;Bernard Henrissat;Conrad L Schoch

651
Citations
pH-Sensitive Liposomes: Possible Clinical Implications

MB Yatvin;W Kreutz;BA Horwitz;M Shinitzky

575
Citations
Trichoderma Research in the Genome Era

Prasun K. Mukherjee;Benjamin A. Horwitz;Alfredo Herrera-Estrella;Monika Schmoll

517
Citations
Secondary metabolism in Trichoderma--a genomic perspective.

Prasun K. Mukherjee;Benjamin A. Horwitz;Charles M. Kenerley

401
Citations
A mitogen-activated protein kinase of the corn leaf pathogen Cochliobolus heterostrophus is involved in conidiation, appressorium formation, and pathogenicity: Diverse roles for mitogen-activated protein kinase homologs in foliar pathogens

Sophie Lev;Amir Sharon;Ruthi Hadar;Hong Ma

282
Citations
Trichoderma-plant-pathogen interactions: advances in genetics of biological control.

Mala Mukherjee;Prasun K. Mukherjee;Benjamin A. Horwitz;Christin Zachow

279
Citations
Photoacoustic measurements of photosynthetic activities in whole leaves. Photochemistry and gas exchange

Gerard Bults;Benjamin A. Horwitz;Shmuel Malkin;David Cahen

241
Citations
A G PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNIT FROM COCHLIOBOLUS HETEROSTROPHUS INVOLVED IN MATING AND APPRESSORIUM FORMATION

Benjamin A. Horwitz;Amir Sharon;Shun-Wen Lu;Vladimir Ritter

219
Citations
Molecular dialogues between Trichoderma and roots: Role of the fungal secretome

Artemio Mendoza-Mendoza;Rinat Zaid;Robert Lawry;Rosa Hermosa

190
Citations
Expansion of Signal Transduction Pathways in Fungi by Extensive Genome Duplication.

Luis M. Corrochano;Alan Kuo;Marina Marcet-Houben;Silvia Polaino

185
Citations
Looking through the eyes of fungi: molecular genetics of photoreception.

Alfredo Herrera-Estrella;Benjamin A. Horwitz

181
Citations
Use of green fluorescent protein (GFP) for studying development and fungal-plant interaction in Cochliobolus heterostrophus

R. Maor;M. Puyesky;B.A. Horwitz;A. Sharon

178
Citations
Trichoderma atroviride G-Protein α-Subunit Gene tga1 Is Involved in Mycoparasitic Coiling and Conidiation

Víctor Rocha-Ramírez;Carmi Omero;Ilan Chet;Benjamin A. Horwitz

169
Citations
TmkA, a Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase of Trichoderma virens, Is Involved in Biocontrol Properties and Repression of Conidiation in the Dark

Prasun K. Mukherjee;Jagannathan Latha;Ruthi Hadar;Benjamin A. Horwitz

157
Citations
Plant phenolic compounds and oxidative stress: integrated signals in fungal-plant interactions.

Samer Shalaby;Benjamin A. Horwitz

156
Citations
Special issue: Trichoderma--from basic Biology to Biotechnology.

Gary E. Harman;Alfredo H. Herrera-Estrella;Benjamin A. Horwitz;Matteo Lorito

152
Citations
Trichoderma Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Signaling Is Involved in Induction of Plant Systemic Resistance

Ada Viterbo;Michal Harel;Benjamin A. Horwitz;Ilan Chet

146
Citations
Diverse Lifestyles and Strategies of Plant Pathogenesis Encoded in the Genomes of Eighteen Dothideomycetes Fungi

R.A. Ohm;N. Feau;B. Henrissat;C.L. Schoch

25
Citations