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Methuselah Foundation

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Research works
7
fractional, all time
Citations
84
11.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
90.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
8%
world 40%
International
4%
world 18%
Methuselah Foundation

Not ranked overall: Methuselah Foundation is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Methuselah Foundation work in?

In all years, 39% of research at Methuselah Foundation is in Health Sciences, 38% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (39%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (38%), Physics and Astronomy (13%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Health Sciences: 3 fractional works · 39.2% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 39.2% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 19.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 5.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 4.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 4.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 4.4% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 38.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 38.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 22.8% of its workAging: 1 fractional works · 15.5% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1 fractional works · 13.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 13.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 13.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 9.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 9.0% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 9.0% of its workALL ITS WORKMethuselahFoundation7fractional works, all years
Life Sciences38%Physical Sciences13%Health Sciences39%Social Sciences9%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 4 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine339.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology338.3%
    1. Physics and Astronomy113.4%
    1. Social Sciences19.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What are the most cited papers from Methuselah Foundation?

The most cited paper from Methuselah Foundation is "Calorie Restriction, Post‐reproductive Life Span, and Programmed Aging" (Aubrey D.N.J. de Grey, 2007), with 24 citations. Next come "Protagonistic pleiotropy: Why cancer may be the only pathogenic effect of accumulating nuclear mutations and epimutations in aging" (21) and "A unified framework for systematic curation and evaluation of aging biomarkers" (20).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Calorie Restriction, Post‐reproductive Life Span, and Programmed Aging Aubrey D.N.J. de Grey · Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences Nov 2007 24
2 Protagonistic pleiotropy: Why cancer may be the only pathogenic effect of accumulating nuclear mutations and epimutations in aging Aubrey D.N.J. de Grey · Mechanisms of Ageing and Development 25 May 2007 21
3 A unified framework for systematic curation and evaluation of aging biomarkers Kejun Ying et al. · Nature Aging Open access 4 Nov 2025 20
4 A model of aging as accumulated damage matches observed mortality patterns and predicts the life-extending effects of prospective interventions Chris Phoenix, Aubrey D.N.J. de Grey · AGE Open access 17 Sep 2007 14
5 Invigorating discovery and clinical translation of aging biomarkers Erik Jacques et al. · Nature Aging Open access 31 Mar 2025 9
All 11 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Methuselah Foundation publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence, Diet and metabolism studies and Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms.

  1. 1 Epigenetics and DNA Methylation Molecular Biology 0 works
  2. 2 Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence Physiology 0 works
  3. 3 Diet and metabolism studies Physiology 0 works
  4. 4 Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms Aging 0 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available8.5%not open91.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors4.1%domestic only95.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Methuselah Foundation's research output changed?

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