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Bruce Ames

1928 - Today

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Bruce Nathan Ames (born December 16, 1928) is a prominent American biochemist. He is a professor of biochemistry and Molecular Biology Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley, and was a senior scientist at Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute (CHORI). Throughout his career, Dr. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bruce Ames has received more than 175,854 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Bruce Ames is the 519th most popular chemist (down from 493rd in 2019), the 9,651st most popular biography from United States (down from 9,404th in 2019) and the 92nd most popular American Chemist.

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  • 180k

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  • 41.88

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.51

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Bruce Ames ranks 519 out of 509. Before him are Robert Jarvik, Alexander Pavlovich Vinogradov, Peter Jacob Hjelm, Mildred Cohn, Jürgen Hennig, and Sabir Yunusov. After him are Hugo Erdmann, Yellapragada Subbarow, F. Albert Cotton, Margaret Oakley Dayhoff, Mary L. Good, and Gilbert Stork.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Bruce Ames ranks 463. Before him are Yakov Rylsky, George Deukmejian, Pat O'Connor, Cy Young, Joseph Vissers, and Joseph Kruskal. After him are Gino Munaron, Ted Sorensen, Martin Davis, Surya Bahadur Thapa, Vern Mikkelsen, and Fred Ebb.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bruce Ames ranks 9,651 out of 18,182. Before him are John Cullum (1930), Joseph Kruskal (1928), George Mostow (1923), Joanna Kerns (1953), Inari Vachs (1974), and Thomas Pollock Anshutz (1851). After him are Richard Grieco (1965), Wendell Pierce (1963), Cliff DeYoung (1945), Pauline Starke (1901), Miriam A. Ferguson (1875), and Nelson W. Aldrich (1841).

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Among CHEMISTS In United States

Among chemists born in United States, Bruce Ames ranks 92. Before him are George M. Whitesides (1939), James Crafts (1839), Allen J. Bard (1933), Barbara Askins (1939), Robert Jarvik (1946), and Mildred Cohn (1913). After him are F. Albert Cotton (1930), Margaret Oakley Dayhoff (1925), Mary L. Good (1931), Darleane C. Hoffman (1926), Anna J. Harrison (1912), and Karen Wetterhahn (1948).

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