2026 Shimshon Belkin: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	67	8381	7735	73	69	227	12658

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Biology and Biochemistry

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12658

Biology and Biochemistry

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12658

World Ranking

8381

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Overview

Shimshon Belkin is affiliated with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel. Their research primarily focuses on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a significant number of publications in related subfields such as molecular biology, biomedical engineering, genetics, health, toxicology and mutagenesis, and pollution.

The scientific work of Shimshon Belkin covers a wide range of topics. Key research areas include:

Bioluminescence and chemiluminescence research
Bacterial genetics and biotechnology
Gene regulatory network analysis
Molecular communication and nanonetworks
Pharmaceutical and antibiotic environmental impacts
Cell image analysis techniques
Bacillus and Francisella bacterial research

Belkin has contributed to the scientific community through various recent published papers. Some of these include:

Detection of buried explosives with immobilized bacterial bioreporters, 2020, Microbial Biotechnology
Estrogenicity of chemical mixtures revealed by a panel of bioassays, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
An optical detection module-based biosensor using fortified bacterial beads for soil toxicity assessment, 2020, Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry
Genome-wide gene-deletion screening identifies mutations that significantly enhance explosives vapor detection by a microbial sensor, 2020, New Biotechnology
The Escherichia coli azoR gene promoter: A new sensing element for microbial biodetection of trace explosives, 2021, Current Research in Biotechnology

Frequent co-authors in Belkin's research include Etai Shpigel, Benjamin Shemer, Liat Moscovici, Yossef Kabessa, and Aharon J. Agranat.

Belkin's work appears regularly in several publication venues, notably:

New Biotechnology
Biosensors
Microbial Biotechnology
Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry
Sensors and Actuators B Chemical

In addition to journal articles, Shimshon Belkin has published a book titled Biosurfactants for the Biobased Economy in 2022 with Springer Science+Business Media.

Best Publications

Microbial whole-cell sensing systems of environmental pollutants

Shimshon Belkin

637
Citations
Where microbiology meets microengineering: design and applications of reporter bacteria

Jan Roelof van der Meer;Shimshon Belkin

580
Citations
Survival of enteric bacteria in seawater

Yael Rozen;Shimshon Belkin

447
Citations
Detection of DNA damage by use of Escherichia coli carrying recA'::lux, uvrA'::lux, or alkA'::lux reporter plasmids.

Amy Cheng Vollmer;S. Belkin;D. R. Smulski;T. K. Van Dyk

351
Citations
Biological denitrification of drinking water using newspaper

Michal Volokita;Shimshon Belkin;Aharon Abeliovich;M.Inês M. Soares

311
Citations
Oxidative stress detection with Escherichia coli harboring a katG'::lux fusion

S. Belkin;D. R. Smulski;Amy Cheng Vollmer;T. K. Van Dyk

300
Citations
Thermococcus litoralis sp. nov.: A new species of extremely thermophilic marine archaebacteria

Annemarie Neuner;Holger W. Jannasch;Shimshon Belkin;Karl. O. Stetter

259
Citations
Reporter gene bioassays in environmental analysis.

S Köhler;S Belkin;R D Schmid

234
Citations
Thermotoga neapolitana sp. nov. of the extremely thermophilic, eubacterial genus Thermotoga

Holger W. Jannasch;Robert Huber;Shimshon Belkin;Karl O. Stetter

223
Citations
Geographical Location Determines the Population Structure in Phyllosphere Microbial Communities of a Salt-Excreting Desert Tree

Omri M. Finkel;Adrien Y. Burch;Steven E. Lindow;Anton F. Post

209
Citations
A panel of stress-responsive luminous bacteria for the detection of selected classes of toxicants

Shimshon Belkin;Shimshon Belkin;Shimshon Belkin;Dana R. Smulski;Sara Dadon;Amy C. Vollmer

200
Citations
Advances in preservation methods: keeping biosensor microorganisms alive and active.

Joakim Bjerketorp;Sebastian Håkansson;Shimshon Belkin;Janet K Jansson

191
Citations
Improved Bacterial SOS Promoter: Lux Fusions For Genotoxicity Detection

Yaakov Davidov;Rachel Rozen;Dana R Smulski;Tina K Van Dyk

185
Citations
Reduction and destruction rates of nitroxide spin probes

Shimshon Belkin;Rolf J. Mehlhorn;Kalman Hideg;Olga Hankovsky

169
Citations
A new sulfur-reducing, extremely thermophilic eubacterium from a submarine thermal vent.

Shimshon Belkin;Carl O. Wirsen;Holger W. Jannasch

167
Citations
Bioluminescent whole cell optical fiber sensor to genotoxicants: system optimization

Boris Polyak;Efim Bassis;Alex Novodvorets;Shimshon Belkin

160
Citations
Oceans and health : pathogens in the marine environment

Shimshon Belkin;Rita R. Colwell

152
Citations
Recombinant microorganisms as environmental biosensors: pollutants detection by Escherichia coli bearing fabA'::lux fusions.

Ofra Bechor;Dana R Smulski;Tina K Van Dyk;Robert A LaRossa

151
Citations
Comparative community genomics in the Dead Sea: an increasingly extreme environment

Idan Bodaker;Itai Sharon;Marcelino T Suzuki;Roi Feingersch

148
Citations
A panel of stress-responsive luminous bacteria for the detection of selected classes of toxicants

S. Belkin;D.R. Smulski;S. Dadon

1
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