Bruce A. Carnes

6.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
68 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Bruce A. Carnes is a scholar working on Aging, Demography and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Bruce A. Carnes has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Aging, 17 papers in Demography and 12 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Bruce A. Carnes's work include Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (23 papers), Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management (17 papers) and Global Health Care Issues (10 papers). Bruce A. Carnes is often cited by papers focused on Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (23 papers), Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management (17 papers) and Global Health Care Issues (10 papers). Bruce A. Carnes collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Italy. Bruce A. Carnes's co-authors include S. Jay Olshansky, Christine K. Cassel, Jacob A. Brody, Leonard Hayflick, Robert N. Butler, David S. Ludwig, Ronald C. Hershow, Jennifer E. Layden, David B. Allison and Douglas J. Passaro and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Bruce A. Carnes

65 papers receiving 4.5k citations

Hit Papers

A Potential Decline in Life Expectancy in the United Stat... 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 2012 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. A Potential Decline in Life Expectancy in the United States in the 21st Century
    2005 1.6k citations S. Jay Olshansky, Bruce A. Carnes et al. profile →
  2. Differences In Life Expectancy Due To Race And Educational Differences Are Widening, And Many May Not Catch Up
    2012 459 citations S. Jay Olshansky, Bruce A. Carnes et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Bruce A. Carnes United States 30 1.5k 1.2k 1.0k 800 795 68 4.9k
S. Jay Olshansky United States 36 2.7k 1.8× 1.9k 1.7× 1.9k 1.8× 1.7k 2.1× 1.7k 2.2× 107 8.4k
Yi Zeng China 51 1.7k 1.2× 1.9k 1.6× 2.5k 2.4× 1.2k 1.5× 1.1k 1.3× 237 9.5k
Anatoli I. Yashin United States 44 1.2k 0.8× 1.7k 1.5× 1.1k 1.1× 1.7k 2.1× 384 0.5× 187 8.3k
Eric Stallard United States 35 2.5k 1.7× 2.2k 1.9× 1.8k 1.8× 409 0.5× 274 0.3× 141 6.1k
Niels V. Holm Denmark 43 573 0.4× 766 0.7× 589 0.6× 773 1.0× 502 0.6× 99 9.3k
Belinda L. Needham United States 34 723 0.5× 275 0.2× 875 0.8× 1.1k 1.3× 634 0.8× 136 4.4k
Thomas T. Perls United States 46 651 0.4× 552 0.5× 805 0.8× 2.1k 2.6× 403 0.5× 156 6.8k
Ivan A. Iachine Denmark 23 477 0.3× 708 0.6× 461 0.4× 359 0.4× 169 0.2× 44 2.9k
Natalia S. Gavrilova United States 28 783 0.5× 930 0.8× 577 0.6× 244 0.3× 112 0.1× 91 2.9k
Kenneth G. Mantón United States 52 4.9k 3.3× 4.2k 3.6× 4.0k 3.9× 731 0.9× 573 0.7× 217 11.4k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Carnes, Bruce A., et al.. (2013). Impact of Climate Change on Elder Health. The Journals of Gerontology Series A. 69(9). 1087–1091. 47 indexed citations
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Olshansky, S. Jay & Bruce A. Carnes. (2012). Zeno’s Paradox of Immortality. Gerontology. 59(1). 85–92. 11 indexed citations
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Carnes, Bruce A.. (2011). What is lifespan regulation and why does it exist?. Biogerontology. 12(4). 367–374. 30 indexed citations
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Carnes, Bruce A., et al.. (2008). Does senescence give rise to disease?. Mechanisms of Ageing and Development. 129(12). 693–699. 34 indexed citations
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Carnes, Bruce A., et al.. (2003). If Humans were Built to Last. Nature. 13(2). 94. 3 indexed citations
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Carnes, Bruce A., Douglas Grahn, & David G. Hoel. (2003). Mortality of Atomic Bomb Survivors Predicted from Laboratory Animals. Radiation Research. 160(2). 159–167. 25 indexed citations
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Carnes, Bruce A., S. Jay Olshansky, & Douglas Grahn. (2003). Biological evidence for limits to the duration of life. Biogerontology. 4(1). 31–45. 101 indexed citations
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Gavrilov, Leonid A., Natalia S. Gavrilova, S. Jay Olshansky, & Bruce A. Carnes. (2002). Genealogical data and the biodemography of human longevity. Biodemography and Social Biology. 49(3-4). 160–173. 30 indexed citations
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Olshansky, S. Jay, Leonard Hayflick, & Bruce A. Carnes. (2002). No Truth to the Fountain of Youth. Scientific American. 286(6). 92–95. 104 indexed citations
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Olshansky, S. Jay, Leonard Hayflick, & Bruce A. Carnes. (2002). No Truth to the Fountain of Youth. Science of Aging Knowledge Environment. 2002(27). vp5–vp5. 13 indexed citations
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Carnes, Bruce A., Natalia S. Gavrilova, & Douglas Grahn. (2002). Pathology Effects at Radiation Doses below those Causing Increased Mortality. Radiation Research. 158(2). 187–194. 19 indexed citations
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Carnes, Bruce A., et al.. (2001). If Humans Were Built to Last. Scientific American. 284(3). 50–55. 34 indexed citations
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Carnes, Bruce A. & Natalia S. Gavrilova. (2001). Risk Analysis: Divergent Models and Convergent Interpretations. Radiation Research. 156(5). 628–630. 2 indexed citations
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Carnes, Bruce A., S. Jay Olshansky, Leonid A. Gavrilov, Natalia S. Gavrilova, & Douglas Grahn. (1999). Human Longevity: Nature vs. Nurture—Fact or Fiction. Perspectives in biology and medicine. 42(3). 422–441. 25 indexed citations
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Carnes, Bruce A. & Douglas Grahn. (1998). Confronting the Boundaries of Human Longevity. American Scientist. 86(1). 52–52. 1 indexed citations
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Carnes, Bruce A., Christine K. Cassel, & S. Jay Olshansky. (1993). Envejecimiento de la raza humana. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 22(201). 8–15. 1 indexed citations
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Carnes, Bruce A., et al.. (1993). The aging of the Human Species. Scientific American. 268(4). 46–52. 120 indexed citations
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