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Researcher · Massachusetts General Hospital · United States

Gary Ruvkun

Gary Ruvkun publishes mostly in Molecular Biology, Aging and Astronomy and Astrophysics, on topics such as Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms, CRISPR and Genetic Engineering and Circadian rhythm and melatonin.

ORCID 0000-0002-7473-8484 OpenAlex
World rank
#26,838
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#10,063
of 1,627,098
Works
290
Citations
57k
Citations per work
197.2
h-index
104
i10-index 203Top 0.2% in Molecular Biology
Gary Ruvkun

What does Gary Ruvkun research?

Gary Ruvkun's work is mostly in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (54%), Physics and Astronomy (6%), Neuroscience (5%).

Life Sciences: 187 works · 64.6% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 157 works · 54.1% of their workMolecular Biology: 91 works · 31.3% of their workAging: 66 works · 22.8% of their workNeuroscience: 16 works · 5.4% of their workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 16 works · 5.4% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 15 works · 5.1% of their workPlant Science: 15 works · 5.1% of their workEverything else: 76 works · 26.1% of their workPhysical Sciences: 16 works · 5.5% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 16 works · 5.5% of their workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 16 works · 5.5% of their workHealth Sciences: 11 works · 3.8% of their workMedicine: 11 works · 3.8% of their workPhysiology: 11 works · 3.8% of their workTHEIR WORKGary Ruvkun290works
Life Sciences65%Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences4%

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 Biology15754.1%
    2. Neuroscience165.4%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences155.1%
  2. Everything else7626.1%
    1. Physics and Astronomy165.5%
    1. Medicine113.8%
  1. 1Molecular Biology31% of their works
  2. 2Aging23% of their works
  3. 3Astronomy and Astrophysics6% of their works
  4. 4Endocrine and Autonomic Systems5% of their works
  5. 5Plant Science5% of their works
  6. 6Physiology4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Gary Ruvkun's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Oxidative Stress, Aging, Genetic Regulation, Longevity, Gene Expression, Genome Engineering, RNA-Guided and Circadian Clock.

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 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Oxidative Stress2413 topics
  2. Aging2002 topics
  3. Genetic Regulation1741 topic
  4. Longevity1741 topic
  5. Gene Expression612 topics
  6. Genome Engineering441 topic
  7. RNA-Guided441 topic
  8. Circadian Clock411 topic
  9. Melatonin411 topic
  10. Mitochondria261 topic
  11. Reactive Oxygen Species261 topic
  12. Mars241 topic
  13. Martian Surface241 topic
  14. Alternative Splicing221 topic
  15. RNA-Binding Proteins221 topic
  16. Cancer201 topic
  17. MicroRNA201 topic
  18. Microgravity171 topic
  19. Spaceflight171 topic

Where does Gary Ruvkun work?

Gary Ruvkun's main affiliation in the publication record is Massachusetts General Hospital, United States.

How many publications and citations does Gary Ruvkun have?

OpenAlex counts 290 works and 57,189 citations for Gary Ruvkun, an h-index of 104, ranking #26,838 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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