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Leonard Hayflick

Active 1961–2020

44
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24,325
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Citations per year for Leonard Hayflick1967: 31 citations1968: 18 citations1969: 23 citations1970: 31 citations1971: 50 citations1972: 42 citations1973: 53 citations1974: 53 citations1975: 52 citations1976: 68 citations1977: 45 citations1978: 27 citations1979: 36 citations1980: 41 citations1981: 28 citations1982: 31 citations1983: 43 citations1984: 28 citations1985: 22 citations1986: 25 citations1987: 28 citations1988: 22 citations1989: 28 citations1990: 46 citations1991: 30 citations1992: 21 citations1993: 25 citations1994: 33 citations1995: 40 citations1996: 38 citations1997: 54 citations1998: 63 citations1999: 70 citations2000: 124 citations2001: 92 citations2002: 109 citations2003: 117 citations2004: 122 citations2005: 118 citations2006: 143 citations2007: 148 citations2008: 168 citations2009: 163 citations2010: 119 citations2011: 156 citations2012: 138 citations2013: 152 citations2014: 138 citations2015: 120 citations2016: 116 citations2017: 116 citations2018: 115 citations2019: 330 citations2020: 408 citations2021: 385 citations2022: 331 citations2023: 269 citations2024: 377 citations2025: 169 citations2026: 13 citations

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Countries

World map of the countries and regions citing this authorUnited States: 2,380 citing papers, 33.9% of this breakdownUnited Kingdom: 621 citing papers, 8.8% of this breakdownChina: 440 citing papers, 6.3% of this breakdownGermany: 374 citing papers, 5.3% of this breakdownJapan: 288 citing papers, 4.1% of this breakdownItaly: 246 citing papers, 3.5% of this breakdownCanada: 232 citing papers, 3.3% of this breakdownFrance: 217 citing papers, 3.1% of this breakdownAustralia: 180 citing papers, 2.6% of this breakdownSpain: 171 citing papers, 2.4% of this breakdownNetherlands: 147 citing papers, 2.1% of this breakdownSweden: 119 citing papers, 1.7% of this breakdown
0%33.9%Other 22.9%

Institutions

Fields

  • Medicine59.3%
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology24.6%
  • Immunology and Microbiology6.2%
  • Neuroscience2.9%
  • Social Sciences1.4%
  • Health Professions1.2%
  • Other4.4%

Topics

  • Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence14.1%
  • Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms4.9%
  • Mesenchymal stem cell research2.2%
  • DNA Repair Mechanisms2%
  • Neutrophil, Myeloperoxidase and Oxidative Mechanisms1.9%
  • Cancer-related Molecular Pathways1.7%
  • Other73.2%

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  1. The serial cultivation of human diploid cell strains

    Authors: Leonard Hayflick, Paul S. Moorhead - Experimental Cell Research 1961 cited by 8,408

  2. The limited in vitro lifetime of human diploid cell strains

    Authors: Leonard Hayflick - Experimental Cell Research 1965 cited by 5,833

  3. A Potential Decline in Life Expectancy in the United States in the 21st Century

    Authors: S. Jay Olshansky, Douglas J. Passaro, Ronald C. Hershow, Jennifer E. Layden, Bruce A. Carnes, Jacob A. Brody, Leonard Hayflick, Robert N. Butler, David B. Allison, David S. Ludwig - New England Journal of Medicine 2005 cited by 2,528

  4. Biological Aging Is No Longer an Unsolved Problem

    Authors: Leonard Hayflick - Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 2007 cited by 421

  5. Entropy Explains Aging, Genetic Determinism Explains Longevity, and Undefined Terminology Explains Misunderstanding Both

    Authors: Leonard Hayflick - PLoS Genetics 2007 cited by 261

  6. How and why we age

    Authors: Leonard Hayflick - Experimental Gerontology 1998 cited by 469

  7. The future of ageing

    Authors: Leonard Hayflick - Nature 2000 cited by 345

  8. Highlights of mycoplasma research—An historical perspective

    Authors: Shmuel Razin, Leonard Hayflick - Biologicals 2010 cited by 186

  9. GROWTH ON ARTIFICIAL MEDIUM OF AN AGENT ASSOCIATED WITH ATYPICAL PNEUMONIA AND ITS IDENTIFICATION AS A PPLO

    Authors: Robert M. Chanock, Leonard Hayflick, Michael F. Barile - National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 1962 cited by 733

  10. Mortality and immortality at the cellular level. A review.

    Authors: Leonard Hayflick - 1997 cited by 204

  11. Position Statement on Human Aging

    Authors: S. Jay Olshansky, Leonard Hayflick, B.A. Carnes - The Journals of Gerontology Series A 2002 cited by 190

  12. The illusion of cell immortality

    Authors: Leonard Hayflick - British Journal of Cancer 2000 cited by 125

  13. Mycoplasma pneumoniae: Proposed Nomenclature for Atypical Pneumonia Organism (Eaton Agent)

    Authors: Robert M. Chanock, L. Dienes, Monroe D. Eaton, D. G. ff. Edward, E. A. Freundt, Leonard Hayflick, J. Hers, Keith E. Jensen, C. Liu, B. P. Marmion, Harry E. Morton, Maurice A. Mufson, Paul F. Smith, Norman L. Somerson, D Taylor‐Robinson - Science 1963 cited by 114

  14. Senescent Human Diploid Cells in Culture: Survival, DNA Synthesis and Morphology

    Authors: Tomoko Matsumura, Z. Zerrudo, Leonard Hayflick - Journal of Gerontology 1979 cited by 151

  15. Mycoplasma Species of Man

    Authors: Leonard Hayflick, Robert M. Chanock - Bacteriological Reviews 1965 cited by 150

  16. Human Cells and Aging

    Authors: Leonard Hayflick - Scientific American 1968 cited by 107

  17. Recent advances in the cell biology of aging

    Authors: Leonard Hayflick - Mechanisms of Ageing and Development 1980 cited by 106

  18. Current theories of biological aging

    Authors: Leonard Hayflick - Biology of Aging and Development 1975 cited by 89

  19. Aging: The Reality: "Anti-Aging" Is an Oxymoron

    Authors: Leonard Hayflick - The Journals of Gerontology Series A 2004 cited by 85

  20. Direct Agar Isolation of Mycoplasmas from Human Leukaemic Bone Marrow

    Authors: Leonard Hayflick, Hilary Koprowski - Nature 1965 cited by 84

  21. Living forever and dying in the attempt

    Authors: Leonard Hayflick - Experimental Gerontology 2003 cited by 81

  22. Debates: The Not-So-Close Relationship Between Biological Aging and Age-Associated Pathologies in Humans

    Authors: Leonard Hayflick - The Journals of Gerontology Series A 2004 cited by 77

  23. The greatest risk factor for the leading cause of death is ignored

    Authors: Leonard Hayflick - Biogerontology 2020 cited by 26

  24. Tissue cultures and mycoplasmas.

    Authors: Leonard Hayflick - 1965 cited by 634