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D-Index
52
Citations
8635
World Ranking
16795
National Ranking
165

Itai Benhar publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Itai Benhar sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 176 publications — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Itai Benhar D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Itai Benhar sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 72 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 52 D-Index — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Itai Benhar is affiliated with Tel Aviv University in Israel and has contributed extensively to research in Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans multiple subfields, including Molecular Biology, Immunology, Rheumatology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Surgery.

The research topics addressed by Benhar cover a broad range of subjects, notably:

  • Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research
  • IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • HIV Research and Treatment
  • Dermatology and Skin Diseases
  • Eosinophilic Esophagitis
  • Eosinophilic Disorders and Syndromes

Benhar has published in several scientific venues, frequently appearing in:

  • Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
  • Nature Communications
  • Science Immunology
  • Nature Cancer
  • Allergy

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Benhar include:

  • Engineered B cells expressing an anti-HIV antibody enable memory retention, isotype switching and clonal expansion, 2020, Nature Communications
  • A key role for IL-13 signaling via the type 2 IL-4 receptor in experimental atopic dermatitis, 2020, Science Immunology
  • Reciprocal interactions between innate immune cells and astrocytes facilitate neuroinflammation and brain metastasis via lipocalin-2, 2023, Nature Cancer
  • Epithelial cell-expressed type II IL-4 receptor mediates eosinophilic esophagitis, 2022, Allergy
  • Using Combination therapy to overcome diverse challenges of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors treatment, 2024, International Journal of Biological Sciences

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Benhar include:

  • Limor Nahary
  • Almog Bitton
  • Michal Itan
  • Yael Diesendruck
  • Marc E. Rothenberg

Best Publications

  • Selective Targeting of Melanoma and APCs Using a Recombinant Antibody with TCR-Like Specificity Directed Toward a Melanoma Differentiation Antigen

    Galit Denkberg;Avital Lev;Lea Eisenbach;Itai Benhar

  • Biotechnological applications of phage and cell display

    Itai Benhar

  • A modular platform for targeted RNAi therapeutics

    Ranit Kedmi;Nuphar Veiga;Srinivas Ramishetti;Meir Goldsmith

  • Escherichia coli maltose-binding protein as a molecular chaperone for recombinant intracellular cytoplasmic single-chain antibodies.

    Horacio Bach;Yariv Mazor;Shelly Shaky;Atar Shoham-Lev

  • Behavioral, pharmacological, and immunological abnormalities after streptococcal exposure: a novel rat model of Sydenham chorea and related neuropsychiatric disorders.

    Lior Brimberg;Itai Benhar;Adita Mascaro-Blanco;Kathy Alvarez

  • Identification and characterization of a novel molecular-recognition and self-assembly domain within the islet amyloid polypeptide.

    Yariv Mazor;Sharon Gilead;Itai Benhar;Ehud Gazit

  • Cross-immunogenicity: antibodies to infliximab in Remicade-treated patients with IBD similarly recognise the biosimilar Remsima

    Shomron Ben-Horin;Miri Yavzori;Itai Benhar;Ella Fudim

  • Suppression of hepatitis C virus by the flavonoid quercetin is mediated by inhibition of NS3 protease activity

    L. Bachmetov;M. Gal-Tanamy;A. Shapira;M. Vorobeychik

  • Killing cancer cells by targeted drug-carrying phage nanomedicines

    Hagit Bar;Hagit Bar;Iftach Yacoby;Itai Benhar

  • Targeting Antibacterial Agents by Using Drug-Carrying Filamentous Bacteriophages

    Iftach Yacoby;Marina Shamis;Hagit Bar;Doron Shabat

  • Targeted drug-carrying bacteriophages as antibacterial nanomedicines.

    Iftach Yacoby;Hagit Bar;Itai Benhar

  • Insights into the bovine rumen plasmidome

    Aya Brown Kav;Goor Sasson;Elie Jami;Adi Doron-Faigenboim

  • Pseudomonas exotoxin A mutants. Replacement of surface exposed residues in domain II with cysteine residues that can be modified with polyethylene glycol in a site-specific manner.

    Itai Benhar;Qing-Cheng Wang;D. Fitzgerald;I. Pastan

  • Modulation of Alzheimer’s β-amyloid neurotoxicity by site-directed single-chain antibody

    Dan Frenkel;Beka Solomon;Itai Benhar

  • Toxin-based therapeutic approaches.

    Assaf Shapira;Itai Benhar

  • Antibody-targeted drugs and drug resistance--challenges and solutions.

    LeeRon Shefet-Carasso;Itai Benhar

  • Synthetic Cells Synthesize Therapeutic Proteins inside Tumors.

    Nitzan Krinsky;Maya Kaduri;Assaf Zinger;Janna Shainsky-Roitman

  • Crystal structure of the catalytic domain of Pseudomonas exotoxin A complexed with a nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide analog: implications for the activation process and for ADP ribosylation

    Mi Li;Fred Dyda;Itai Benhar;Ira Pastan

  • Antibody internalization studied using a novel IgG binding toxin fusion

    Yariv Mazor;Itay Barnea;Iafa Keydar;Itai Benhar

  • Recombinant immunotoxin for cancer treatment with low immunogenicity by identification and silencing of human T-cell epitopes

    Ronit Mazor;Jaime A. Eberle;Xiaobo Hu;Aaron N. Vassall

Frequent Co-Authors

Ira Pastan
Ira Pastan Center for Cancer Research
Yoram Reiter
Yoram Reiter Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Noam Eliaz
Noam Eliaz Tel Aviv University
Byungkook Lee
Byungkook Lee National Institutes of Health
Stanley M. Lemon
Stanley M. Lemon University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Winfried S. Wels
Winfried S. Wels Goethe University Frankfurt
Raphael Lamed
Raphael Lamed Tel Aviv University
Eduardo A. Padlan
Eduardo A. Padlan National Institutes of Health
Joab Chapman
Joab Chapman Tel Aviv University
Ehud Gazit
Ehud Gazit Tel Aviv University

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