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Researcher · Howard Hughes Medical Institute · United States

H. Robert Horvitz

H. Robert Horvitz 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 Mitochondrial Function and Pathology.

ORCID 0000-0002-9964-9613 OpenAlex
World rank
#22,029
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#8,080
of 1,627,098
Works
326
Citations
76k
Citations per work
233.4
h-index
125
i10-index 235Top 0.1% in Aging
H. Robert Horvitz

What does H. Robert Horvitz research?

H. Robert Horvitz's work is mostly in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (57%), Neuroscience (10%), Medicine (8%).

Life Sciences: 218 works · 66.9% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 187 works · 57.3% of their workAging: 95 works · 29.2% of their workMolecular Biology: 81 works · 24.8% of their workCell Biology: 11 works · 3.3% of their workNeuroscience: 31 works · 9.6% of their workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 31 works · 9.6% of their workEverything else: 82 works · 25.3% of their workHealth Sciences: 25 works · 7.8% of their workMedicine: 25 works · 7.8% of their workPhysiology: 15 works · 4.7% of their workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 10 works · 3.1% of their workTHEIR WORKH. Robert Horvitz326works
Life Sciences67%Health Sciences8%

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 Biology18757.3%
    2. Neuroscience319.6%
  2. Everything else8225.3%
    1. Medicine257.8%
  1. 1Aging29% of their works
  2. 2Molecular Biology25% of their works
  3. 3Endocrine and Autonomic Systems10% of their works
  4. 4Physiology5% of their works
  5. 5Cell Biology3% of their works
  6. 6Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe H. Robert Horvitz's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Oxidative Stress, Aging, Genetic Regulation, Longevity, Circadian Clock, Melatonin, Mitochondria and Reactive Oxygen Species.

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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Oxidative Stress3483 topics
  2. Aging2702 topics
  3. Genetic Regulation2371 topic
  4. Longevity2371 topic
  5. Circadian Clock781 topic
  6. Melatonin781 topic
  7. Mitochondria331 topic
  8. Reactive Oxygen Species331 topic
  9. Genome Engineering301 topic
  10. RNA-Guided301 topic
  11. Microgravity291 topic
  12. Spaceflight291 topic
  13. Fertility Preservation231 topic
  14. Ovarian Tissue Cryopreservation231 topic
  15. FUS/TLS191 topic
  16. TDP-43191 topic
  17. Alternative Splicing161 topic
  18. RNA-Binding Proteins161 topic

Where does H. Robert Horvitz work?

H. Robert Horvitz's main affiliation in the publication record is Howard Hughes Medical Institute, United States.

How many publications and citations does H. Robert Horvitz have?

OpenAlex counts 326 works and 76,086 citations for H. Robert Horvitz, an h-index of 125, ranking #22,029 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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