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Researcher · University of California, San Francisco · United States

Cynthia J. Kenyon

Cynthia J. Kenyon publishes mostly in Aging, Molecular Biology and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, on topics such as Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms, Circadian rhythm and melatonin and Spaceflight effects on biology.

ORCID 0000-0003-3446-2636 OpenAlex
World rank
#72,289
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#27,902
of 1,627,098
Works
216
Citations
40k
Citations per work
185.9
h-index
80
i10-index 140Top 0.4% in Aging
Cynthia J. Kenyon

What does Cynthia J. Kenyon research?

Cynthia J. Kenyon's work is mostly in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (52%), Medicine (13%), Neuroscience (12%).

Life Sciences: 139 works · 64.5% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 113 works · 52.1% of their workAging: 62 works · 28.5% of their workMolecular Biology: 45 works · 20.7% of their workGenetics: 6 works · 2.9% of their workNeuroscience: 27 works · 12.4% of their workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 27 works · 12.4% of their workEverything else: 49 works · 22.9% of their workHealth Sciences: 27 works · 12.6% of their workMedicine: 27 works · 12.6% of their workPhysiology: 16 works · 7.6% of their workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 11 works · 5.0% of their workTHEIR WORKCynthia J. Kenyon216works
Life Sciences64%Health Sciences13%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11352.1%
    2. Neuroscience2712.4%
  2. Everything else4922.9%
    1. Medicine2712.6%
  1. 1Aging28% of their works
  2. 2Molecular Biology21% of their works
  3. 3Endocrine and Autonomic Systems12% of their works
  4. 4Physiology8% of their works
  5. 5Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism5% of their works
  6. 6Genetics3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Cynthia J. Kenyon's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Oxidative Stress, Aging, Insulin Signaling, Genetic Regulation, Longevity, Metabolism, Circadian Clock and Melatonin.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Oxidative Stress2394 topics
  2. Aging1743 topics
  3. Insulin Signaling1602 topics
  4. Genetic Regulation1491 topic
  5. Longevity1491 topic
  6. Metabolism762 topics
  7. Circadian Clock651 topic
  8. Melatonin651 topic
  9. Metabolic Syndrome302 topics
  10. Microgravity261 topic
  11. Spaceflight261 topic
  12. Aldosterone201 topic
  13. Primary Aldosteronism201 topic
  14. Genome Engineering141 topic
  15. Mitochondria141 topic
  16. RNA-Guided141 topic
  17. Reactive Oxygen Species141 topic
  18. FoxO Transcription Factors111 topic
  19. cell cycle regulation111 topic
  20. Early-Life Conditions101 topic
  21. Fetal Programming101 topic

Where does Cynthia J. Kenyon work?

Cynthia J. Kenyon's main affiliation in the publication record is University of California, San Francisco, United States.

How many publications and citations does Cynthia J. Kenyon have?

OpenAlex counts 216 works and 40,163 citations for Cynthia J. Kenyon, an h-index of 80, ranking #72,289 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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