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Yair Achituv publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Yair Achituv sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 154 publications — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Yair Achituv D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Yair Achituv sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 31 D-Index — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Yair Achituv is affiliated with Bar-Ilan University in Israel and has contributed extensively to the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their research focuses primarily on marine biology, ecology, and related subfields such as oceanography, genetics, and paleontology.

The main topics covered in their work include marine biology and ecology research, crustacean biology and ecology, marine and coastal plant biology, parasite biology and host interactions, marine ecology and invasive species, coral and marine ecosystems studies, and genetic diversity and population structure.

Among their recent publications are:

  • "A stranger among us: the occurrence of Cantellius (Balnoidea: Pyrgomatidae) an epibiont of scleractinias in stylasterids (Hydrozoa)," 2020, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
  • "Molecular analysis reveals a cryptic species of Chthamalus (Crustacea: Cirripedia) in the Cape Verde Islands," 2020, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
  • "Flatfoot in Africa, the cirripede Chthamalus in the west Indian Ocean," 2021, PeerJ
  • "Brewed in the African pot: the phylogeography of the toothed barnacle Chthamalus dentatus (Chthamaloidea: Chthamalidae)," 2023, Marine Biology Research
  • "A star is torn-molecular analysis divides the Mediterranean population of Poli's stellate barnacle, Chthamalus stellatus (Cirripedia, Chtamalidae)," 2021, PeerJ

Frequent publication venues for Yair Achituv include:

  • PeerJ
  • Marine Biology Research
  • Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
  • Journal of Natural History
  • Zoologica Scripta

Collaborations have been an important part of their work. Frequent co-authors include Noa Simon-Blecher, Uzi Motro, Yaron Tikochinski, Omri Bronstein, and Itzchak Brickner.

Best Publications

  • Ammonium metabolism in the zooxanthellate coral, Stylophora pistillata

    O. Rahav;Z. Dubinsky;Y. Achituv;P. G. Falkowski

  • The tempo and mode of barnacle evolution.

    Marcos Pérez-Losada;Margaret Harp;Jens T. Høeg;Yair Achituv

  • Photobehavior of stony corals: responses to light spectra and intensity

    O Levy;Z Dubinsky;Y Achituv

  • Evolution and zoogeography of coral reefs

    Y Achituv;Z Dubinsky

  • Diurnal hysteresis in coral photosynthesis

    Oren Levy;Zvy Dubinsky;Kenneth Schneider;Yair Achituv

  • The impact of spectral composition and light periodicity on the activity of two antioxidant enzymes (SOD and CAT) in the coral Favia favus

    O. Levy;Y. Achituv;Y.Z. Yacobi;N. Stambler

  • Diel `tuning' of coral metabolism: physiological responses to light cues

    O. Levy;Y. Achituv;Y. Z. Yacobi;Z. Dubinsky

  • Behavioral patterns of Aplysia fasciata along the Mediterranean Coast of Israel

    Abraham J. Susswein;S. Gev;Y. Achituv;S. Markovich

  • Autotrophy versus heterotrophy: The origin of carbon determines its fate in a symbiotic sea anemone

    Ami Bachar;Yair Achituv;Zohar Pasternak;Zvy Dubinsky

  • Do clades of symbiotic dinoflagellates in scleractinian corals of the Gulf of Eilat (Red Sea) differ from those of other coral reefs

    S. Karako-Lampert;D.J. Katcoff;Y. Achituv;Z. Dubinsky

  • Effects of prey escape ability, flow speed, and predator feeding mode on zooplankton capture by barnacles

    G. Trager;Y. Achituv;A. Genin;A. Genin

  • Tidal and diel orchestration of behaviour and gene expression in an intertidal mollusc

    Y. Schnytzer;Y. Schnytzer;N. Simon-Blecher;J. Li;H. Waldman Ben-Asher

  • Speciation versus phenotypic plasticity in coral inhabiting barnacles: Darwin's observations in an ecological context.

    O. Mokady;Y. Loya;Y. Achituv;E. Geffen

  • The ecology of Donax trunculus Linnaeus and Donax semistriatus Poli from the Mediterranean coast of Israel

    L. Neuberger-Cywiak;Y. Achituv;L. Mizrahi

  • Phylogeny of coral-inhabiting barnacles (Cirripedia; Thoracica; Pyrgomatidae) based on 12S, 16S and 18S rDNA analysis.

    N. Simon-Blecher;D. Huchon;Y. Achituv

  • Zoogeography of intertidal communities in the West Indian Ocean as determined by ocean circulation systems: patterns from the Tetraclita barnacles.

    Ling Ming Tsang;Yair Achituv;Ka Hou Chu;Benny Kwok Kan Chan

  • A "shallow phylogeny" of shallow barnacles (chthamalus).

    John P. Wares;M. Sabrina Pankey;M. Sabrina Pankey;Fabio Pitombo;Liza Gómez Daglio

  • Factors Controlling the Expansion Behavior of Favia favus (Cnidaria: Scleractinia): Effects of Light, Flow, and Planktonic Prey

    O. Levy;L. Mizrahi;N. E. Chadwick-Furman;Y. Achituv

  • Molecular phylogeny, systematics and morphological evolution of the acorn barnacles (Thoracica: Sessilia: Balanomorpha)

    Marcos Pérez-Losada;Marcos Pérez-Losada;Marcos Pérez-Losada;Jens T. Høeg;Noa Simon-Blecher;Yair Achituv

  • Diurnal polyp expansion behavior in stony corals may enhance carbon availability for symbionts photosynthesis

    O. Levy;Z. Dubinsky;Y. Achituv;J. Erez

  • Phylogenetic position and evolutionary history of the turtle and whale barnacles (Cirripedia: Balanomorpha: Coronuloidea).

    Ryota Hayashi;Benny K.K. Chan;Noa Simon-Blecher;Hiromi Watanabe

Frequent Co-Authors

Zvy Dubinsky
Zvy Dubinsky Bar-Ilan University
Benny K. K. Chan
Benny K. K. Chan Academia Sinica
Abraham J. Susswein
Abraham J. Susswein Bar-Ilan University
Oren Levy
Oren Levy Bar-Ilan University
Marcos Pérez-Losada
Marcos Pérez-Losada George Washington University
Yehuda Benayahu
Yehuda Benayahu Tel Aviv University
Avigdor Abelson
Avigdor Abelson Tel Aviv University
Jens T. Høeg
Jens T. Høeg University of Copenhagen
Keith A. Crandall
Keith A. Crandall George Washington University
Amatzia Genin
Amatzia Genin Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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