Aaron Panofsky

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
42 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Aaron Panofsky is a scholar working on Genetics, Sociology and Political Science and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Aaron Panofsky has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Genetics, 10 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 8 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Aaron Panofsky's work include Race, Genetics, and Society (18 papers), Philosophy and History of Science (5 papers) and Zoonotic diseases and public health (4 papers). Aaron Panofsky is often cited by papers focused on Race, Genetics, and Society (18 papers), Philosophy and History of Science (5 papers) and Zoonotic diseases and public health (4 papers). Aaron Panofsky collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Hungary. Aaron Panofsky's co-authors include Hannah Landecker, Neal Caren, Joan Donovan, Christopher Kelty, David Peterson, Catherine Bliss, Adam Fish, Karen Albright, Courtney Abrams and Morgan Currie and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Aaron Panofsky

40 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

Getting genetic ancestry right for science and society 2022 2026 2023 2024 2022 25 50 75 100
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Getting genetic ancestry right for science and society
    2022 105 citations Anna Lewis, Paul S. Appelbaum et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Aaron Panofsky United States 16 479 354 165 117 93 42 1.1k
Alondra Nelson United States 13 562 1.2× 386 1.1× 150 0.9× 54 0.5× 105 1.1× 27 1.3k
Richard Tutton United Kingdom 22 390 0.8× 316 0.9× 375 2.3× 103 0.9× 136 1.5× 44 1.3k
Anne Kerr United Kingdom 23 351 0.7× 395 1.1× 289 1.8× 104 0.9× 217 2.3× 49 1.5k
Mike Fortun United States 12 220 0.5× 166 0.5× 149 0.9× 99 0.8× 47 0.5× 23 741
Herbert Gottweis Austria 23 192 0.4× 187 0.5× 542 3.3× 224 1.9× 123 1.3× 41 1.2k
David Zeitlyn United Kingdom 16 170 0.4× 409 1.2× 19 0.1× 59 0.5× 52 0.6× 96 1.3k
Susan M. Adams United States 18 338 0.7× 137 0.4× 42 0.3× 327 2.8× 63 0.7× 47 1.3k
Eric Matthews United Kingdom 18 156 0.3× 221 0.6× 64 0.4× 42 0.4× 72 0.8× 48 902
Simon A. Cole United States 20 457 1.0× 392 1.1× 116 0.7× 43 0.4× 41 0.4× 78 1.5k
Jane Green United Kingdom 24 96 0.2× 556 1.6× 83 0.5× 102 0.9× 64 0.7× 66 2.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Aaron Panofsky

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Fields of papers citing papers by Aaron Panofsky

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Aaron Panofsky

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Panofsky, Aaron. (2024). Tabula raza: mapping race and human diversity in American genome science. Ethnic and Racial Studies. 49(3). 714–715.
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Panofsky, Aaron, et al.. (2024). Confronting the “Weaponization” of Genetics by Racists Online and Elsewhere. The Hastings Center Report. 54(S2). S14–S21. 3 indexed citations
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Dauda, Bege, Danielle S. Allen, Agustín Fuentes, et al.. (2023). Ancestry: How researchers use it and what they mean by it. Frontiers in Genetics. 14. 1044555–1044555. 11 indexed citations
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Panofsky, Aaron, et al.. (2023). The Self-Fulfilling Process of Clinical Race Correction: The Case of Eighth Joint National Committee Recommendations. Health Equity. 7(1). 793–802. 3 indexed citations
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Reardon, Jenny, Sandra Soo‐Jin Lee, Sara Goering, et al.. (2023). Trustworthiness matters: Building equitable and ethical science. Cell. 186(5). 894–898. 16 indexed citations
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Panofsky, Aaron, et al.. (2023). Beyond Biological Essentialism: White Nationalism, Health Disparities Data, and the Cultivation of Lay Agnotology. Social Problems. 71(4). 1200–1215. 3 indexed citations
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Lewis, Anna, Paul S. Appelbaum, Bege Dauda, et al.. (2022). Getting genetic ancestry right for science and society. Science. 376(6590). 250–252. 105 indexed citations breakdown →
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Panofsky, Aaron, et al.. (2022). Trying to make race science the “civil” science: charisma in the race and intelligence debates. Theory and Society. 51(4). 595–627. 3 indexed citations
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Panofsky, Aaron, et al.. (2020). VAM on trial: judging science in teacher evaluation lawsuits. Journal of Cultural Economy. 13(4). 444–460.
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Panofsky, Aaron, et al.. (2020). How White nationalists mobilize genetics: From genetic ancestry and human biodiversity to counterscience and metapolitics. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 175(2). 387–398. 53 indexed citations
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Panofsky, Aaron & Catherine Bliss. (2017). Ambiguity and Scientific Authority. American Sociological Review. 82(1). 59–87. 44 indexed citations
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Panofsky, Aaron. (2017). Political Biology: Science and Social Values in Human Heredity from Eugenics to Epigenetics. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 47(1). 90–92. 33 indexed citations
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Panofsky, Aaron. (2015). What Does Behavioral Genetics Offer for Improving Education?. The Hastings Center Report. 45(S1). S43–9. 5 indexed citations
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Kelty, Christopher & Aaron Panofsky. (2014). Disentangling Public Participation In Science and Biomedicine. Genome Medicine. 6(1). 8–8. 38 indexed citations
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Fish, Adam, et al.. (2011). Birds of the internet : a field guide to understanding action, organization, and the governance of participation. Hospital Topics. 50(2). 36–36. 6 indexed citations
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Schleifer, David & Aaron Panofsky. (2011). Patient, Parent, Advocate, Investor: The Contours of Markets, Medicine, and Government. 1 indexed citations
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Panofsky, Aaron. (2009). Behavior genetics and the prospect of “personalized social policy”. Policy and Society. 28(4). 327–340. 3 indexed citations
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Caren, Neal & Aaron Panofsky. (2005). TQCA. Sociological Methods & Research. 34(2). 147–172. 100 indexed citations
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Abrams, Courtney, Karen Albright, & Aaron Panofsky. (2004). Contesting the New York Community: From Liminality to the “New Normal” in the Wake of September 11. City and Community. 3(3). 189–220. 33 indexed citations

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