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61
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37295
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11081
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4790

Leonard Hayflick publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Leonard Hayflick sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 196 publications — 48th percentile

48% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Leonard Hayflick D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Leonard Hayflick sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 72 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 61 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1986 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Leonard Hayflick is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco in the United States. The scientific work focuses primarily on the fields of aging and reproductive medicine, with specific attention to genetics, aging, and longevity in model organisms as well as science, research, and medicine.

Recent notable publications include:

  • The greatest risk factor for the leading cause of death is ignored, published in 2020 in Biogerontology
  • Don't abandon 14-day limit on embryo research, it makes sense, published in 2021 in Nature

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Leonard Hayflick have included Ronald M. Green and Michael D. West.

Among scholarly venues, the primary publication outlets have been Biogerontology and Nature.

The research topics covered are:

  • Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms
  • Science, Research, and Medicine

Subfields of investigation include:

  • Aging
  • Reproductive Medicine

Leonard Hayflick was awarded the Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1986.

Best Publications

  • The serial cultivation of human diploid cell strains.

    L. Hayflick;P.S. Moorhead

  • THE LIMITED IN VITRO LIFETIME OF HUMAN DIPLOID CELL STRAINS

    Leonard Hayflick

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

    S. Jay Olshansky;Douglas J. Passaro;Ronald C. Hershow;Jennifer Layden

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

    R. M. Chanock;L. Hayflick;M. F. Barile

  • Tissue cultures and mycoplasmas.

    Hayflick L

  • How and Why We Age

    Leonard Hayflick

  • The future of ageing

    Leonard Hayflick

  • Biological aging is no longer an unsolved problem.

    Leonard Hayflick

  • The cell biology of human aging.

    Leonard Hayflick

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

    Hayflick L

  • Theories of biological aging

    Leonard Hayflick

  • Entropy explains aging, genetic determinism explains longevity, and undefined terminology explains misunderstanding both.

    Leonard Hayflick

  • VARIATION IN THE LIFE-SPAN OF CLONES DERIVED FROM HUMAN DIPLOID CELL STRAINS

    J. R. Smith;L. Hayflick

  • Position Statement on Human Aging

    S. Jay Olshansky;Leonard Hayflick;Bruce A. Carnes

  • Mycoplasma Species of Man

    Leonard Hayflick;Leonard Hayflick;Robert M. Chanock;Robert M. Chanock

  • No truth to the fountain of youth.

    S Jay Olshansky;Leonard Hayflick;Bruce A Carnes

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

    Toshiharu Matsumura;Zenaida Zerrudo;Leonard Hayflick

  • The establishment of a line (WISH) of human amnion cells in continuous cultivation.

    L. Hayflick

  • Motion of fatty acid spin labels in the plasma membrane of mycoplasma.

    Shlomo Rottem;Wayne L. Hubbell;Leonard Hayflick;Harden M. McConnell

  • Aging under glass.

    Leonard Hayflick

Frequent Co-Authors

Woodring E. Wright
Woodring E. Wright The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Eric J. Stanbridge
Eric J. Stanbridge University of California, Irvine
David B. Allison
David B. Allison Indiana University
David S. Ludwig
David S. Ludwig Boston Children's Hospital
Robert T. Schimke
Robert T. Schimke Stanford University
Robert M. Chanock
Robert M. Chanock National Institutes of Health
Soldano Ferrone
Soldano Ferrone Harvard University
Hilary Koprowski
Hilary Koprowski Thomas Jefferson University
Harry Eagle
Harry Eagle National Institutes of Health
Shmuel Razin
Shmuel Razin Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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