S. Jay Olshansky

12.7k total citations · 5 hit papers
107 papers, 8.4k citations indexed

About

S. Jay Olshansky is a scholar working on Demography, General Health Professions and Aging. According to data from OpenAlex, S. Jay Olshansky has authored 107 papers receiving a total of 8.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Demography, 39 papers in General Health Professions and 37 papers in Aging. Recurrent topics in S. Jay Olshansky's work include Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management (38 papers), Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (37 papers) and Global Health Care Issues (36 papers). S. Jay Olshansky is often cited by papers focused on Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management (38 papers), Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms (37 papers) and Global Health Care Issues (36 papers). S. Jay Olshansky collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. S. Jay Olshansky's co-authors include Bruce A. Carnes, Leonard Hayflick, Jacob A. Brody, Robert N. Butler, David S. Ludwig, Ronald C. Hershow, Jennifer E. Layden, David B. Allison, ALICIA AULT and Dana P. Goldman and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

S. Jay Olshansky

103 papers receiving 7.6k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

A Potential Decline in Life Expectancy in the United States in the 21st Century

2005 1.7k citations S. Jay Olshansky, Ronald C. Hershow et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
A Potential Decline in Life Expectancy in the United States in the 21st Century

2005 1.6k citations S. Jay Olshansky, Ronald C. Hershow et al. profile →
The Fourth Stage of the Epidemiologic Transition: The Age of Delayed Degenerative Diseases

1986 486 citations S. Jay Olshansky et al. Milbank Quarterly profile →
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 →
Heterogeneity in Healthy Aging

2013 333 citations S. Jay Olshansky, Dana P. Goldman et al. The Journals of Gerontology Series A profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
S. Jay Olshansky United States	36	2.7k	1.9k	1.9k	1.7k	1.7k	107	8.4k
Robert N. Butler United States	35	1.8k 0.7×	1.5k 0.8×	1.2k 0.6×	1.9k 1.1×	1.4k 0.8×	172	10.2k
Bruce A. Carnes United States	30	1.5k 0.5×	1.2k 0.6×	1.0k 0.6×	795 0.5×	800 0.5×	68	4.9k
David Melzer United Kingdom	62	1.9k 0.7×	771 0.4×	1.6k 0.9×	980 0.6×	1.7k 1.0×	217	11.5k
Eileen M. Crimmins United States	73	6.0k 2.2×	3.5k 1.8×	6.9k 3.7×	2.3k 1.3×	2.7k 1.6×	333	19.8k
Yi Zeng China	51	1.7k 0.6×	1.9k 1.0×	2.5k 1.3×	1.1k 0.6×	1.2k 0.7×	237	9.5k
Jacob A. Brody United States	44	1.8k 0.7×	607 0.3×	1.3k 0.7×	1.9k 1.1×	1.5k 0.9×	140	9.7k
David R. Weir United States	46	2.2k 0.8×	866 0.4×	2.1k 1.1×	1.2k 0.7×	1.1k 0.6×	153	9.8k
Diana Kuh United Kingdom	60	2.3k 0.8×	582 0.3×	2.6k 1.4×	3.0k 1.8×	3.0k 1.8×	236	14.8k
Marja Jylhä Finland	44	3.1k 1.2×	796 0.4×	3.8k 2.0×	696 0.4×	891 0.5×	175	8.0k
Kenneth G. Mantón United States	52	4.9k 1.8×	4.2k 2.2×	4.0k 2.2×	573 0.3×	731 0.4×	217	11.4k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Olshansky, S. Jay, Bradley J. Willcox, Lloyd Demetrius, & Hiram Beltrán‐Sánchez. (2024). Implausibility of radical life extension in humans in the twenty-first century. Nature Aging. 4(11). 1635–1642. 20 indexed citations

Olshansky, S. Jay, et al.. (2023). Personalized Financial Planning Using Applied Genetics. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine. 13(5). a041206–a041206. 2 indexed citations

Olshansky, S. Jay. (2017). Is Life Extension Today a Faustian Bargain?. Frontiers in Medicine. 4. 215–215. 2 indexed citations

Olshansky, S. Jay & Leonard Hayflick. (2017). The Role of the WI-38 Cell Strain in Saving Lives and Reducing Morbidity. AIMS Public Health. 4(2). 127–138. 23 indexed citations

Olshansky, S. Jay. (2016). Articulating the Case for the Longevity Dividend. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine. 6(2). a025940–a025940. 26 indexed citations

Olshansky, S. Jay & Bruce A. Carnes. (2012). Zeno’s Paradox of Immortality. Gerontology. 59(1). 85–92. 11 indexed citations

Carnes, B.A., S. Jay Olshansky, & Leonard Hayflick. (2012). Can Human Biology Allow Most of Us to Become Centenarians?. The Journals of Gerontology Series A. 68(2). 136–142. 29 indexed citations

Olshansky, S. Jay. (2009). The Law of Mortality Revisited: Interspecies Comparisons of Mortality. Journal of Comparative Pathology. 142. S4–S9. 16 indexed citations

Olshansky, S. Jay, Dana P. Goldman, Yuhui Zheng, & John W. Rowe. (2009). Aging in America in the Twenty‐first Century: Demographic Forecasts from the MacArthur Foundation Research Network on an Aging Society. Milbank Quarterly. 87(4). 842–862. 125 indexed citations

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Olshansky, S. Jay, Daniel Perry, Richard A. Miller, & Robert N. Butler. (2006). In pursuit of the longevity dividend. 20(3). 28–36. 66 indexed citations

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Perls, Thomas T., Neal R. Reisman, & S. Jay Olshansky. (2005). Provision or Distribution of Growth Hormone for “Antiaging”. JAMA. 294(16). 2086–2086. 48 indexed citations

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Olshansky, S. Jay & Suresh I. S. Rattan. (2005). At the Heart of Aging: is it Metabolic Rate or Stability?. Biogerontology. 6(4). 291–295. 13 indexed citations

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Olshansky, S. Jay, Ronald C. Hershow, Jennifer E. Layden, et al.. (2005). A Potential Decline in Life Expectancy in the United States in the 21st Century. New England Journal of Medicine. 352(11). 1138–1145. 1740 indexed citations breakdown →

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Arking, Robert, Michael Fossel, Leonid A. Gavrilov, et al.. (2003). Anti-Aging Teleconference: What is Anti-Aging Medicine?. PubMed. 6(2). 91–106. 11 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, & B.A. Carnes. (2002). Position Statement on Human Aging. The Journals of Gerontology Series A. 57(8). B292–B297. 120 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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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., 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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Olshansky, S. Jay, et al.. (1987). The Effects on Property Values of Proximity to a Site Contaminated with Radioactive Waste. UNM’s Digital Repository (University of New Mexico). 5 indexed citations

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