David Gems

20.0k total citations · 4 hit papers
121 papers, 12.1k citations indexed

About

David Gems is a scholar working on Aging, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, David Gems has authored 121 papers receiving a total of 12.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 100 papers in Aging, 47 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems and 46 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in David Gems's work include Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (100 papers), Circadian rhythm and melatonin (47 papers) and Spaceflight effects on biology (33 papers). David Gems is often cited by papers focused on Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (100 papers), Circadian rhythm and melatonin (47 papers) and Spaceflight effects on biology (33 papers). David Gems collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Belgium. David Gems's co-authors include Linda Partridge, Donald L Riddle, Joshua McElwee, Eugene F. Schuster, David J. Clancy, Filipe Cabreiro, Ernst Hafen, Sally J. Leevers, David Weinkove and Ryan Doonan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

David Gems

120 papers receiving 11.8k citations

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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.

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

2001 1.1k citations David Gems, Linda Partridge et al. profile →
Metformin Retards Aging in C. elegans by Altering Microbial Folate and Methionine Metabolism

2013 753 citations Filipe Cabreiro, Catherine Au et al. Cell profile →
Unraveling the Biological Roles of Reactive Oxygen Species

2011 633 citations Linda Partridge, David Gems et al. Cell Metabolism profile →
Two Pleiotropic Classes of daf-2 Mutation Affect Larval Arrest, Adult Behavior, Reproduction and Longevity in Caenorhabditis elegans

1998 577 citations David Gems, Donald L Riddle et al. Genetics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
David Gems United Kingdom	52	7.2k	4.6k	3.4k	2.6k	933	121	12.1k
Ravi S. Kamath United States	24	8.5k 1.2×	8.2k 1.8×	2.1k 0.6×	2.1k 0.8×	914 1.0×	32	13.4k
Heidi A. Tissenbaum United States	36	6.6k 0.9×	4.8k 1.0×	2.9k 0.8×	2.3k 0.9×	449 0.5×	47	10.1k
Pankaj Kapahi United States	49	3.8k 0.5×	4.8k 1.0×	2.8k 0.8×	1.3k 0.5×	725 0.8×	107	11.1k
Gordon J. Lithgow United States	47	5.4k 0.8×	4.3k 0.9×	3.3k 1.0×	1.6k 0.6×	481 0.5×	109	10.7k
Andrew Fraser United Kingdom	43	8.1k 1.1×	10.0k 2.2×	1.8k 0.5×	1.9k 0.7×	1.2k 1.3×	123	15.9k
Siegfried Hekimi Canada	49	5.5k 0.8×	6.7k 1.5×	2.6k 0.8×	1.6k 0.6×	462 0.5×	114	11.9k
Coleen T. Murphy United States	43	6.1k 0.9×	4.1k 0.9×	2.0k 0.6×	2.2k 0.9×	565 0.6×	92	8.7k
Adam Antebi Germany	44	4.0k 0.6×	3.4k 0.7×	1.3k 0.4×	1.7k 0.7×	581 0.6×	106	7.7k
Valter D. Longo United States	70	6.6k 0.9×	9.6k 2.1×	11.0k 3.2×	2.9k 1.1×	1.4k 1.5×	184	23.8k
Monica Driscoll United States	56	5.1k 0.7×	5.6k 1.2×	2.3k 0.7×	2.0k 0.8×	582 0.6×	140	10.8k

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Ezcurra, Marina, et al.. (2026). A hierarchy of causes of death in senescent C. elegans. PubMed.

Wang, Yuting, et al.. (2023). Unraveling effects of anti-aging drugs on C. elegans using liposomes. GeroScience. 45(3). 1583–1603. 7 indexed citations

Srivastava, Shivangi, et al.. (2023). C. elegans ageing is accelerated by a self-destructive reproductive programme. Nature Communications. 14(1). 4381–4381. 18 indexed citations

Wong, Brian Li Han, et al.. (2021). Involving Young People in Healthy Ageing: A Crucial Facet to Achieving the Decade of Healthy Ageing (2021–2030). Frontiers in Public Health. 9. 723068–723068. 7 indexed citations

McCarthy, Elizabeth M., Hazel M. Dockrell, María Maximina Bertha Moreno‐Altamirano, et al.. (2020). Mitochondrial Signature in Human Monocytes and Resistance to Infection in C. elegans During Fumarate-Induced Innate Immune Training. Frontiers in Immunology. 11. 1715–1715. 14 indexed citations

Galimov, Evgeniy R., Jennifer Lohr, & David Gems. (2019). When and How Can Death Be an Adaptation?. Biochemistry (Moscow). 84(12-13). 1433–1437. 24 indexed citations

Benedetto, Alexandre, Catherine Au, Jennifer M. A. Tullet, et al.. (2019). New label‐free automated survival assays reveal unexpected stress resistance patterns during C. elegans aging. Aging Cell. 18(5). e12998–e12998. 11 indexed citations

Lohr, Jennifer, Evgeniy R. Galimov, & David Gems. (2019). Does senescence promote fitness in Caenorhabditis elegans by causing death?. Ageing Research Reviews. 50. 58–71. 32 indexed citations

Poole, Richard J., et al.. (2019). A fln-2 mutation affects lethal pathology and lifespan in C. elegans. Nature Communications. 10(1). 5087–5087. 28 indexed citations

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Ackerman, Daniel & David Gems. (2012). The mystery of C. elegans aging: An emerging role for fat. BioEssays. 34(6). 466–471. 52 indexed citations

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Gems, David & Linda Partridge. (2008). Stress-Response Hormesis and Aging: “That which Does Not Kill Us Makes Us Stronger”. Cell Metabolism. 7(3). 200–203. 369 indexed citations

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Vellai, Tibor, et al.. (2006). Effects of Sex and Insulin/Insulin-Like Growth Factor-1 Signaling on Performance in an Associative Learning Paradigm in Caenorhabditis elegans. Genetics. 174(1). 309–316. 36 indexed citations

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Gardner, Michael P., David Gems, & Mark Viney. (2006). Extraordinary plasticity in aging in Strongyloides ratti implies a gene‐regulatory mechanism of lifespan evolution. Aging Cell. 5(4). 315–323. 34 indexed citations

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Weinkove, David, Jonathan R. Halstead, David Gems, & Nullin Divecha. (2006). Long-term starvation and ageing induce AGE-1/PI 3-kinase-dependent translocation of DAF-16/FOXO to the cytoplasm. BMC Biology. 4(1). 1–1. 127 indexed citations

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Partridge, Linda, David Gems, & Dominic J. Withers. (2005). Sex and Death: What Is the Connection?. Cell. 120(4). 461–472. 365 indexed citations

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McElwee, Joshua, Eugene F. Schuster, Eric Blanc, James H. Thomas, & David Gems. (2004). Shared Transcriptional Signature in Caenorhabditis elegans Dauer Larvae and Long-lived daf-2 Mutants Implicates Detoxification System in Longevity Assurance. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(43). 44533–44543. 330 indexed citations

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Gems, David. (1999). Nematode ageing: Putting metabolic theories to the test. Current Biology. 9(16). R614–R616. 35 indexed citations

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Gems, David & Donald L Riddle. (1996). Longevity in Caenorhabditis elegans reduced by mating but not gamete production. Nature. 379(6567). 723–725. 172 indexed citations

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Gems, David, et al.. (1995). An Abundant, trans-spliced mRNA from Toxocara canis Infective Larvae Encodes a 26-kDa Protein with Homology to Phosphatidylethanolamine-binding Proteins. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 270(31). 18517–18522. 82 indexed citations

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Gems, David, et al.. (1994). An ‘instant gene bank’ method for gene cloning by mutant complementation. Molecular and General Genetics MGG. 242(4). 467–471. 28 indexed citations

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