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Researcher · Newcastle University · United Kingdom

Thomas B. L. Kirkwood

Thomas B. L. Kirkwood publishes mostly in Molecular Biology, Aging and Physiology, on topics such as Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms, Mitochondrial Function and Pathology and Circadian rhythm and melatonin.

ORCID 0000-0002-6675-8944 OpenAlex
World rank
#113,525
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United Kingdom
#10,101
of 367,258
Works
330
Citations
28k
Citations per work
84.2
h-index
76
i10-index 224Top 0.8% in Molecular Biology
Thomas B. L. Kirkwood

What does Thomas B. L. Kirkwood research?

Thomas B. L. Kirkwood's work is mostly in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (33%), Medicine (16%), Neuroscience (3%).

Everything else: 158 works · 48.0% of their workLife Sciences: 119 works · 36.0% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 108 works · 32.8% of their workMolecular Biology: 48 works · 14.4% of their workAging: 47 works · 14.3% of their workGenetics: 14 works · 4.1% of their workNeuroscience: 11 works · 3.2% of their workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 11 works · 3.2% of their workHealth Sciences: 53 works · 16.0% of their workMedicine: 53 works · 16.0% of their workPhysiology: 38 works · 11.4% of their workHematology: 15 works · 4.6% of their workTHEIR WORKThomas B. L.Kirkwood330works
Life Sciences36%Health Sciences16%

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. Everything else15848.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10832.8%
    2. Neuroscience113.2%
    1. Medicine5316.0%
  1. 1Molecular Biology14% of their works
  2. 2Aging14% of their works
  3. 3Physiology11% of their works
  4. 4Hematology5% of their works
  5. 5Genetics4% of their works
  6. 6Endocrine and Autonomic Systems3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Thomas B. L. Kirkwood's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Aging, Oxidative Stress, Genetic Regulation, Longevity, Inflammation, Mitochondria, Reactive Oxygen Species 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. Aging2004 topics
  2. Oxidative Stress1803 topics
  3. Genetic Regulation1221 topic
  4. Longevity1221 topic
  5. Inflammation452 topics
  6. Mitochondria331 topic
  7. Reactive Oxygen Species331 topic
  8. Circadian Clock251 topic
  9. Melatonin251 topic
  10. Senescence251 topic
  11. Telomere251 topic
  12. Mortality Forecasting231 topic
  13. Population Ageing231 topic
  14. Microgravity221 topic
  15. Spaceflight221 topic
  16. Cancer Cachexia201 topic
  17. Early-Life Conditions201 topic
  18. Fetal Programming201 topic
  19. Sarcopenia201 topic

Where does Thomas B. L. Kirkwood work?

Thomas B. L. Kirkwood's main affiliation in the publication record is Newcastle University, United Kingdom.

How many publications and citations does Thomas B. L. Kirkwood have?

OpenAlex counts 330 works and 27,788 citations for Thomas B. L. Kirkwood, an h-index of 76, ranking #113,525 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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