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SENS Research Foundation

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Research works
47
▼ 88% vs 2018-21
Citations
743
15.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
31%
world 40%
International
13%
world 18%
SENS Research Foundation

Not ranked overall: SENS Research Foundation is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does SENS Research Foundation work in?

In all years, 56% of research at SENS Research Foundation is in Life Sciences, 21% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (46%), Medicine (17%), Psychology (8%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 26 fractional works · 55.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 22 fractional works · 45.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 12 fractional works · 25.8% of its workAging: 5 fractional works · 9.6% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 5.3% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 5.9% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 21.2% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 7.8% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 3 fractional works · 5.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 7.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 4.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 8 fractional works · 17.4% of its workMedicine: 8 fractional works · 17.4% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 9.6% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 3 fractional works · 5.5% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSENS ResearchFoundation47fractional works, all years
Life Sciences56%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences17%Social Sciences21%

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 14 fields, with their numbers
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2245.5%
    2. Neuroscience35.9%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology23.8%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.7%
    1. Psychology47.8%
    2. Social Sciences47.6%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting24.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.6%
    1. Medicine817.4%
    1. Engineering12.8%
    2. Materials Science11.2%
    3. Environmental Science01.1%
    4. Physics and Astronomy00.4%
    5. Energy00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8.61× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 29.43× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.03× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceEngineering: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringMedicine: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksMedicineEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.38× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 29.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 7 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology29.43×1 works
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology8.61×2 works
  3. Neuroscience2.03×0 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.38×0 works
  5. Medicine0.62×0 works
  6. Social Sciences0.23×0 works
  7. Engineering0.22×0 works

Who are the top researchers at SENS Research Foundation?

Ranked on the quality score, Michael J. Rae, Matthew S. O’Connor and Benjamin Zealley lead among researchers whose main affiliation is SENS Research Foundation.

  1. 1 Michael J. Rae United States · #775,112 worldwide 889 citations · 27 works
  2. 2 Matthew S. O’Connor United States · #1,147,429 worldwide 2.2k citations · 29 works
  3. 3 Benjamin Zealley United States · #2,189,244 worldwide 420 citations · 55 works
  4. 4 Aubrey D.N.J. de Grey United States · #5,304,110 worldwide 4.8k citations · 325 works
All ranked researchers at SENS Research Foundation

What are the most cited papers from SENS Research Foundation?

The most cited paper from SENS Research Foundation is "Mitochondrial Dysfunction Induces Senescence with a Distinct Secretory Phenotype" (Christopher D. Wiley, Michael C. Velarde, Pacôme Lecot et al., 2015), with 1,273 citations. Next come "Role of immune cells in the removal of deleterious senescent cells" (360) and "A single heterochronic blood exchange reveals rapid inhibition of multiple tissues by old blood" (305).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Mitochondrial Dysfunction Induces Senescence with a Distinct Secretory Phenotype Christopher D. Wiley, Michael C. Velarde, Pacôme Lecot et al. · Cell Metabolism Open access 16 Dec 2015 1,273
2 Role of immune cells in the removal of deleterious senescent cells Abhijit Kale, Amit Kumar Sharma, Alexandra Stolzing et al. · Immunity & Ageing Open access 3 Jun 2020 360
3 A single heterochronic blood exchange reveals rapid inhibition of multiple tissues by old blood Justin Rebo, Melod Mehdipour, Ranveer Gathwala et al. · Nature Communications Open access 22 Nov 2016 305
4 Aging of the Immune System: Focus on Natural Killer Cells Phenotype and Functions Ashley Brauning, Michael J. Rae, Gina Zhu et al. · Cells Open access 17 Mar 2022 208
5 Dissecting primary and secondary senescence to enable new senotherapeutic strategies Tesfahun Dessale Admasu, Michael J. Rae, Alexandra Stolzing · Ageing Research Reviews ReviewOpen access 21 Jul 2021 97
All 51 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at SENS Research Foundation?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Aging, Oxidative Stress, Cell Death, Metabolic Regulation, Mitochondrial Dysfunction, Mitochondrial Function, Reactive Oxygen Species and Mitochondria.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Aging15▲ 60×6 topics
  2. Oxidative Stress12▲ 14×11 topics
  3. Inflammation6▲ 5.0×13 topics
  4. Cell Death5▲ 55×3 topics
  5. Metabolic Regulation5▲ 40×2 topics
  6. Mitochondrial Dysfunction5▲ 31×2 topics
  7. Mitochondrial Function5▲ 71×2 topics
  8. Mitochondria5▲ 61×1 topic
  9. Mitochondrial Fusion5▲ 134×1 topic
  10. Reactive Oxygen Species5▲ 21×2 topics
  11. Genetic Regulation4▲ 52×1 topic
  12. Longevity4▲ 123×1 topic
  13. Social Relationships3▲ 87×2 topics
  14. Emotion3▲ 30×1 topic
  15. Stem Cells3▲ 19×3 topics
  16. Successful Aging3▲ 265×1 topic
  17. Cancer3▲ 3.9×7 topics
  18. Senescence3▲ 378×1 topic
  19. Telomere3▲ 378×1 topic
  20. Brain Development2▲ 26×3 topics
  21. Metabolism2▲ 6.3×3 topics
  22. Health Effects2▲ 5.9×3 topics
  23. Macrophage2▲ 65×2 topics
  24. Polarization2▲ 39×2 topics
  25. Neurodegeneration2▲ 11×4 topics
  26. Transcriptional Regulation2▲ 13×2 topics
  27. Differentiation1▲ 37×2 topics
  28. Ethical Issues1▲ 30×3 topics
  29. Metastasis1▲ 8.1×3 topics
  30. Phosphorylation1▲ 104×2 topics
  31. Genome Engineering1▲ 42×1 topic
  32. Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells1▲ 74×1 topic
  33. Pluripotent Stem Cells1▲ 37×1 topic
  34. RNA-Guided1▲ 42×1 topic
  35. Cholesterol1▲ 13×2 topics
  36. LXR1▲ 105×1 topic
  37. Neuroinflammation1▲ 8.6×3 topics
  38. Aging Workforce1▲ 87×1 topic
  39. Anesthesia1▲ 18×1 topic
  40. Cancer Progression1▲ 9.2×2 topics

Which research topics does SENS Research Foundation publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Mitochondrial Function and Pathology, T-cell and B-cell Immunology, Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence and Immune Cell Function and Interaction.

Mitochondrial Function a…0Mitochondrial Function and Pathology: 0 fractional worksT-cell and B-cell Immuno…0T-cell and B-cell Immunology: 0 fractional worksTelomeres, Telomerase, a…0Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence: 0 fractional worksImmune Cell Function and…0Immune Cell Function and Interaction: 0 fractional worksMetabolism and Genetic Disorders: 0 fractional worksCRISPR and Genetic Engineering: 0 fractional worksImmune cells in cancer0Immune cells in cancer: 0 fractional worksReproductive System and Pregnancy: 0 fractional worksATP Synthase and ATPases Research: 0 fractional worksNeuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms: 0 fractional works
Molecular BiologyImmunologyPhysiologyClinical Biochemistry1 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Mitochondrial Function and Pathology Molecular Biology 0 works
  2. 2 T-cell and B-cell Immunology Immunology 0 works
  3. 3 Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence Physiology 0 works
  4. 4 Immune Cell Function and Interaction Immunology 0 works
  5. 5 Metabolism and Genetic Disorders Clinical Biochemistry 0 works
  6. 6 CRISPR and Genetic Engineering Molecular Biology 0 works
  7. 7 Immune cells in cancer Immunology 0 works
  8. 8 Reproductive System and Pregnancy Immunology 0 works
  9. 9 ATP Synthase and ATPases Research Molecular Biology 0 works
  10. 10 Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms Neurology 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 available30.9%not open69.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.7%domestic only87.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has SENS Research Foundation's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 88% lower than in 2018-2021.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is SENS Research Foundation as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000021% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%0.00030%SENS Research Foundation0.0000082% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of SENS Research Foundation over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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