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Yehuda Benayahu

Yehuda Benayahu

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Ecology and Evolution
Israel
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
56
Citations
9336
World Ranking
2877
National Ranking
13

Yehuda Benayahu 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 Yehuda Benayahu sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 236 publications — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Yehuda Benayahu 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 Yehuda Benayahu sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 56 D-Index — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Israel Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Israel Leader Award

Overview

Yehuda Benayahu is affiliated with Tel Aviv University in Israel, contributing to research primarily within the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research portfolio spans various subfields including Ecology, Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

The scientist's work focuses on several key topics related to marine environments and ecosystems. These include Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Marine and Coastal Plant Biology, Marine and Fisheries Research, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Cephalopods and Marine Biology, Marine Ecology and Invasive Species, and Ichthyology and Marine Biology.

Yehuda Benayahu has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, reflecting ongoing partnerships in marine and environmental research. Frequent collaborators include Catherine S. McFadden, Ronen Liberman, Merrick Ekins, Géraldine Le Goff, and Jamal Ouazzani.

The scientist's publications are regularly featured in a range of academic venues. Their frequent publication outlets include:

  • Zootaxa
  • Marine Drugs
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Marine Environmental Research
  • Frontiers in Marine Science

Recent papers by Yehuda Benayahu cover diverse aspects of marine biology and environmental science. Selected publications include:

  • Highly Effective Functionalized Coatings with Antibacterial and Antifouling Properties, 2020, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
  • Biocompatibility of a Marine Collagen-Based Scaffold In Vitro and In Vivo, 2020, Marine Drugs
  • The invasive octocoral Unomia stolonifera (Alcyonacea, Xeniidae) is dominating the benthos in the Southeastern Caribbean Sea., 2021, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Simulated climate change scenarios impact the reproduction and early life stages of a soft coral, 2020, Marine Environmental Research
  • Symbiotic stony and soft corals: Is their host-algae relationship really mutualistic at lower mesophotic reefs?, 2021, Limnology and Oceanography

Best Publications

  • Limitations of mitochondrial gene barcoding in Octocorallia.

    Catherine S. McFADDEN;Yehuda Benayahu;Eric Pante;Jana N. Thoma

  • Can artificial reefs mimic natural reef communities? The roles of structural features and age

    S. Perkol-Finkel;Nadav Shashar;Nadav Shashar;Y. Benayahu

  • Fish assemblage on natural versus vertical artificial reefs: the rehabilitation perspective

    G. Rilov;Y. Benayahu

  • Hemiasterlin and geodiamolide TA; two new cytotoxic peptides from the marine sponge Hemiasterella minor (Kirkpatrick)

    R. Talpir;Y. Benayahu;Y. Kashman;L. Pannell

  • Flow-dependent herbivory and growth in zooxanthellae-free soft corals

    Katharina E. Fabricius;Amatzia Genin;Yehuda Benayahu

  • Space partitioning by stony corals soft corals and benthic algae on the coral reefs of the northern Gulf of Eilat (Red Sea)

    Y. Benayahu;Y. Loya

  • SURFACE BROODING IN THE RED SEA SOFT CORAL PARERYTHROPODIUM FULVUM FULVUM (FORSKÅL, 1775).

    Y. Benayahu;Y. Loya

  • Recruitment of benthic organisms onto a planned artificial reef: shifts in community structure one decade post-deployment.

    S. Perkol-Finkel;Y. Benayahu

  • Vertical artificial structures as an alternative habitat for coral reef fishes in disturbed environments

    G. Rilov;Y. Benayahu

  • COLONY INTEGRATION DURING REGENERATION IN THE STONY CORAL FAVIA FAVUS

    U. Oren;Y. Benayahu;H. Lubinevsky;Y. Loya

  • Sexual reproduction in octocorals

    Samuel E. Kahng;Yehuda Benayahu;Howard R. Lasker

  • Herbivory in asymbiotic soft corals.

    Katharina E. Fabricius;Yehuda Benayahu;Amatzia Genin

  • Differential recruitment of benthic communities on neighboring artificial and natural reefs

    S. Perkol-Finkel;Y. Benayahu

  • Prolonged lag in population outbreak of an invasive mussel : a shifting-habitat model

    Gil Rilov;Yehuda Benayahu;Avital Gasith

  • SEXUAL REPRODUCTION OF A SOFT CORAL: SYNCHRONOUS AND BRIEF ANNUAL SPAWNING OF SARCOPHYTON GLAUCUM (QUOY & GAIMARD, 1833)

    Y. Benayahu;Y. Loya

  • Community structure of stony and soft corals on vertical unplanned artificial reefs in Eilat (Red Sea): comparison to natural reefs

    Shimrit Perkol-Finkel;Yehuda Benayahu

  • Polycitone A and Polycitrins A and B: New Alkaloids from the Marine Ascidian Polycitor sp..

    Amira Rudi;Israel Goldberg;Zafra Stein;Felix Frolow

  • SOFT CORALS (OCTOCORALLIA, ALCYONACEA) OF THE SOUTHERN RED SEA

    Yehuda Benayahu;Tesfamariam Yosief;Michael H. Schleyer;Michael H. SCHLEYERc

  • Soft corals (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) from southern Taiwan. II. Species diversity and distributional patterns

    Yehuda Benayahu;Ming-Shiou Jeng;Shimrit Perkol-Finkel;Chang-Feng Dai

  • A next generation approach to species delimitation reveals the role of hybridization in a cryptic species complex of corals.

    Andrea M. Quattrini;Tiana Wu;Keryea Soong;Ming-Shiou Jeng

  • Amino Acid Derivatives from the Marine Sponge Jaspis digonoxea

    Amira Rudi;Yoel Kashman;Yehuda Benayahu;Michael Schleyer

Frequent Co-Authors

Yoel Kashman
Yoel Kashman Tel Aviv University
Catherine S. McFadden
Catherine S. McFadden Harvey Mudd College
Yossi Loya
Yossi Loya Tel Aviv University
Israel Goldberg
Israel Goldberg Tel Aviv University
Gil Rilov
Gil Rilov Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research
Virginia M. Weis
Virginia M. Weis Oregon State University
Rami Haj-Ali
Rami Haj-Ali Tel Aviv University
Yair Achituv
Yair Achituv Bar-Ilan University
Uri Gophna
Uri Gophna Tel Aviv University
Robert J. Toonen
Robert J. Toonen University of Hawaii at Manoa

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