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Shimshon Belkin 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 Shimshon Belkin sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 227 publications — 60th percentile

60% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Shimshon Belkin 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 Shimshon Belkin sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 67 D-Index — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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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

  • Where microbiology meets microengineering: design and applications of reporter bacteria

    Jan Roelof van der Meer;Shimshon Belkin

  • Survival of enteric bacteria in seawater

    Yael Rozen;Shimshon Belkin

  • 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

  • Biological denitrification of drinking water using newspaper

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

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

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

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

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

  • Reporter gene bioassays in environmental analysis.

    S Köhler;S Belkin;R D Schmid

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

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

  • 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

  • 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

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

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

  • Improved Bacterial SOS Promoter: Lux Fusions For Genotoxicity Detection

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

  • Reduction and destruction rates of nitroxide spin probes

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

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

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

  • Bioluminescent whole cell optical fiber sensor to genotoxicants: system optimization

    Boris Polyak;Efim Bassis;Alex Novodvorets;Shimshon Belkin

  • Oceans and health : pathogens in the marine environment

    Shimshon Belkin;Rita R. Colwell

  • 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

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

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

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

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Yosi Shacham-Diamand
Yosi Shacham-Diamand Tel Aviv University
Anton F. Post
Anton F. Post University of Rhode Island
Etana Padan
Etana Padan Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Ovadia Lev
Ovadia Lev Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Holger W. Jannasch
Holger W. Jannasch Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Lester Packer
Lester Packer University of Southern California
Man Bock Gu
Man Bock Gu Korea University
Oded Béjà
Oded Béjà Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Henner Hollert
Henner Hollert Goethe University Frankfurt
Steven E. Lindow
Steven E. Lindow University of California, Berkeley

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