Austin Quach

9.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
12 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Austin Quach is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Emergency Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Austin Quach has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Genetics and 3 papers in Emergency Medicine. Recurrent topics in Austin Quach's work include Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (5 papers), Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (3 papers) and HIV-related health complications and treatments (3 papers). Austin Quach is often cited by papers focused on Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (5 papers), Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (3 papers) and HIV-related health complications and treatments (3 papers). Austin Quach collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Italy. Austin Quach's co-authors include Steve Horvath, Themistocles L. Assimes, Ake T. Lu, Luigi Ferrucci, Eric A. Whitsel, Yun Li, Andrea Baccarelli, James G. Wilson, James D. Stewart and Lifang Hou and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Austin Quach

11 papers receiving 3.8k citations

Hit Papers

An epigenetic biomarker of aging for lifespan and healthspan 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 2019 500 1000 1.5k
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. An epigenetic biomarker of aging for lifespan and healthspan
    2018 1.9k citations Morgan E. Levine, Ake T. Lu et al. Aging profile →
  2. DNA methylation GrimAge strongly predicts lifespan and healthspan
    2019 1.3k citations Ake T. Lu, Austin Quach et al. Aging profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Austin Quach United States 8 2.3k 966 824 503 502 12 3.9k
James G. Wilson United States 21 2.3k 1.0× 940 1.0× 991 1.2× 585 1.2× 473 0.9× 41 4.4k
Brian H. Chen United States 20 1.9k 0.8× 710 0.7× 747 0.9× 531 1.1× 368 0.7× 39 3.5k
Alex P. Reiner United States 36 2.8k 1.2× 1.1k 1.1× 1.2k 1.4× 939 1.9× 508 1.0× 115 6.5k
Ake T. Lu United States 28 3.4k 1.5× 1.3k 1.3× 1.1k 1.3× 797 1.6× 665 1.3× 55 5.9k
Kurt Lohman United States 19 2.0k 0.8× 512 0.5× 703 0.9× 591 1.2× 309 0.6× 31 3.6k
Gregory Hannum United States 9 2.7k 1.1× 878 0.9× 473 0.6× 626 1.2× 265 0.5× 9 3.7k
SriniVas R. Sadda United States 14 2.0k 0.9× 611 0.6× 461 0.6× 435 0.9× 263 0.5× 23 3.2k
Guy Hughes United States 10 2.1k 0.9× 611 0.6× 467 0.6× 451 0.9× 263 0.5× 16 2.9k
Lene Christiansen Denmark 35 1.9k 0.8× 783 0.8× 1.1k 1.3× 1.0k 2.0× 243 0.5× 140 4.2k
Sara Hägg Sweden 33 1.3k 0.6× 458 0.5× 1.5k 1.9× 507 1.0× 388 0.8× 135 4.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Austin Quach

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Fields of papers citing papers by Austin Quach

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Austin Quach

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Austin Quach. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Austin Quach based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Austin Quach. Austin Quach is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Afshar, Yalda, Austin Quach, Hannah Sunshine, et al.. (2023). Transcriptional drifts associated with environmental changes in endothelial cells. eLife. 12. 19 indexed citations
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Quach, Austin, et al.. (2022). Severe COVID-19 in pregnancy has a distinct serum profile, including greater complement activation and dysregulation of serum lipids. PLoS ONE. 17(11). e0276766–e0276766. 7 indexed citations
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Lu, Ake T., Austin Quach, James G. Wilson, et al.. (2019). DNA methylation GrimAge strongly predicts lifespan and healthspan. Aging. 11(2). 303–327. 1349 indexed citations breakdown →
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Quach, Austin, Steve Horvath, Dimitrios N. Vatakis, et al.. (2018). No reliable gene expression biomarkers of current or impending neurocognitive impairment in peripheral blood monocytes of persons living with HIV. Journal of NeuroVirology. 24(3). 350–361. 5 indexed citations
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Levine, Morgan E., Ake T. Lu, Austin Quach, et al.. (2018). An epigenetic biomarker of aging for lifespan and healthspan. Aging. 10(4). 573–591. 1931 indexed citations breakdown →
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Chuang, Yu‐Hsuan, Austin Quach, Devin Absher, et al.. (2017). Coffee consumption is associated with DNA methylation levels of human blood. European Journal of Human Genetics. 25(5). 608–616. 30 indexed citations
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Levine, Morgan E., Ake T. Lu, Brian H. Chen, et al.. (2016). Menopause accelerates biological aging. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(33). 9327–9332. 319 indexed citations
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Rickabaugh, Tammy M., Mary E. Sehl, Janet S. Sinsheimer, et al.. (2015). Acceleration of Age-Associated Methylation Patterns in HIV-1-Infected Adults. PLoS ONE. 10(3). e0119201–e0119201. 90 indexed citations
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Levine, Andrew J., Austin Quach, David J. Moore, et al.. (2015). Accelerated epigenetic aging in brain is associated with pre-mortem HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders. Journal of NeuroVirology. 22(3). 366–375. 88 indexed citations
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Emolo, Carla, Austin Quach, Hwan Keun Kim, et al.. (2013). N-Acetylglucosaminylation of Serine-Aspartate Repeat Proteins Promotes Staphylococcus aureus Bloodstream Infection. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 289(6). 3478–3486. 24 indexed citations

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