Life

83.1k citations
9.3k papers · · active since 1950

Impact in

    • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
    • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
    • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
    • Gut microbiota and health
    • Origins and Evolution of Life

Papers in

    • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms 185
    • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms 156
    • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies 154
    • Gut microbiota and health 141

Life

7.9k papers receiving 80.5k citations

Peers

Life
Comparison fields: 5 of 238
  • Molecular Biology 23.2k
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics 4.7k
  • Health Informatics 355
  • Biological Psychiatry 607
  • Biochemistry 1.4k
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Fields of papers published in Life

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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About Life

The 9.3k papers published in Life in the last decades have received a total of 83.1k indexed citations . Papers published in Life usually cover Physiology (801 papers), Molecular Biology (2.3k papers), Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (542 papers), Dermatology (221 papers) and Neurology (365 papers) specifically the topics of Origins and Evolution of Life (317 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (185 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (156 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (154 papers), COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies (152 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (150 papers), Gut microbiota and health (141 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (137 papers). The most active scholars publishing in Life are David W. Deamer, Pabulo Henrique Rampelotto, Hans W. Paerl, Bruce Damer, Roberto De Philippis, Federico Rossi, Jonghoe Byun, Michael J. Russell, Martin Hagemann and Dirk Schulze‐Makuch.

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