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Linda Partridge

Linda Partridge

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Biology and Biochemistry
Germany
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Best Female Scientists

D-Index
142
Citations
86912
World Ranking
221
National Ranking
11

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
145
Citations
93804
World Ranking
216
National Ranking
12

Linda Partridge 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 Linda Partridge sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 522 publications — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Linda Partridge 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 Linda Partridge 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: 145 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% 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

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Germany Leader Award
  • 1996 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom

Overview

Linda Partridge is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany and has made significant contributions to the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their research spans various subfields including molecular biology, aging, physiology, epidemiology, and the endocrine and autonomic systems.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Genetics, aging, and longevity in model organisms
  • Autophagy in disease and therapy
  • Circadian rhythm and melatonin
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis research
  • Adipose tissue and metabolism
  • FOXO transcription factor regulation
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments

Frequent publication venues for their research include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Aging
  • The Lancet Healthy Longevity
  • Nature Communications
  • eLife

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Linda Partridge are:

  • "Hallmarks of aging: An expanding universe" (2023), published in Cell
  • "Autophagy in healthy aging and disease" (2021), published in Nature Aging
  • "The quest to slow ageing through drug discovery" (2020), published in Nature Reviews Drug Discovery
  • "Common genetic associations between age-related diseases" (2021), published in Nature Aging
  • "Ageing-associated changes in transcriptional elongation influence longevity" (2023), published in Nature

Frequent co-authors involved in their work include:

  • Sebastian Grönke
  • Janet M. Thornton
  • Maarouf Baghdadi
  • Magda L. Atilano
  • Yuxuan Lu

Linda Partridge was recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom, in 1996.

Best Publications

  • The Hallmarks of Aging

    Carlos López-Otín;Maria A. Blasco;Linda Partridge;Manuel Serrano

  • Extending Healthy Life Span-From Yeast to Humans

    Luigi Fontana;Linda Partridge;Valter D. Longo

  • Extension of Life-Span by Loss of CHICO, a Drosophila Insulin Receptor Substrate Protein

    David J. Clancy;David Gems;Lawrence G. Harshman;Sean Oldham

  • Ageing as a Risk Factor for Disease

    Teresa Niccoli;Linda Partridge

  • Cost of mating in Drosophila melanogaster females is mediated by male accessory gland products

    Tracey Chapman;Lindsay F. Liddle;John M. Kalb;Mariana F. Wolfner

  • Ribosomal Protein S6 Kinase 1 Signaling Regulates Mammalian Life Span

    Colin Selman;Jennifer M A Tullet;Daniela Wieser;Elaine Elizabeth Irvine

  • Promoting Health and Longevity through Diet: From Model Organisms to Humans

    Luigi Fontana;Linda Partridge

  • Mechanisms of Life Span Extension by Rapamycin in the Fruit Fly Drosophila melanogaster

    Ivana Bjedov;Janne M. Toivonen;Fiona Kerr;Cathy Slack

  • Oxford Surveys in Evolutionary Biology

    Mark Ridley;Richard Dawkins;Paul H. Harvey;Linda Partridge

  • Facing up to the global challenges of ageing.

    Linda Partridge;Joris Deelen;Joris Deelen;P. Eline Slagboom;P. Eline Slagboom

  • Longer lifespan, altered metabolism, and stress resistance in Drosophila from ablation of cells making insulin-like ligands

    Susan J. Broughton;Matthew D. W. Piper;Tomoatsu Ikeya;Timothy M. Bass

  • Unraveling the biological roles of reactive oxygen species.

    Michael P. Murphy;Arne Holmgren;Nils Göran Larsson;Barry Halliwell

  • Amino-acid imbalance explains extension of lifespan by dietary restriction in Drosophila.

    Richard C. Grandison;Matthew D. W. Piper;Linda Partridge

  • Autophagy in healthy aging and disease

    Yahyah Aman;Yahyah Aman;Tomas Schmauck-Medina;Malene Hansen;Richard I. Morimoto

  • Signaling by IL-6 promotes alternative activation of macrophages to limit endotoxemia and obesity-associated resistance to insulin

    Jan Mauer;Bhagirath Chaurasia;Julia Goldau;Merly C Vogt

  • Optimality, mutation and the evolution of ageing

    L. Partridge;N. H. Barton

  • C9orf72 repeat expansions cause neurodegeneration in Drosophila through arginine-rich proteins.

    Sarah Mizielinska;Sebastian Grönke;Teresa Niccoli;Charlotte E. Ridler

  • Absence of effects of Sir2 overexpression on lifespan in C. elegans and Drosophila

    Camilla Burnett;Sara Valentini;Filipe Gomes Cabreiro;Martin Goss

  • The Ecological Context of Life History Evolution

    Linda Partridge;Paul H. Harvey

  • Mechanisms of ageing: public or private?

    Linda Partridge;David Gems

Frequent Co-Authors

Janet M. Thornton
Janet M. Thornton European Bioinformatics Institute
David Gems
David Gems University College London
Tracey Chapman
Tracey Chapman University of East Anglia
Kevin Fowler
Kevin Fowler University College London
Paul H. Harvey
Paul H. Harvey University of Oxford
Nils-Göran Larsson
Nils-Göran Larsson Karolinska Institute
Dominic J. Withers
Dominic J. Withers Imperial College London
Colin Selman
Colin Selman University of Glasgow
Michael P. Murphy
Michael P. Murphy University of Cambridge
Ary A. Hoffmann
Ary A. Hoffmann University of Melbourne

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