The DOI matches its Crossref record.
The Century of Biology
Overview
Integrity signals
Registry
Cites
Statistics
Verification
Claims the paper makes
Claims other papers make about this one
Each is checked against this paper’s own text: does it say what the citing paper says it does?
In the citing paper
“Traditionally, it has actually roughly been estimated over the last decades that the total length of human diploid DNA is around 2 m (Table 1) [7–13].”
From On the length, weight and GC content of the human genome (2019) · cites this paper as [10]
Citations
Cited by
Sorted by citations
The Human Sciences in a Biological Age
Rose, N. (2013) · Theory Culture & Society · doi:10.1177/0263276412456569 · Cited by 405
“But in what some have termed ‘the century of biology’ (Venter and Cohen, 2004), this issue is being re-posed – in politics, in the life sciences and in the human sciences.”
BackgroundOn the length, weight and GC content of the human genome
Piovesan, A., Pelleri, M. C., Antonaros, F., Strippoli, P., Caracausi, M., & Vitale, L. (2019) · BMC Research Notes · doi:10.1186/s13104-019-4137-z · Cited by 283
Synthetic and systems biology for microbial production of commodity chemicals
Chubukov, V., Mukhopadhyay, A., Petzold, C. J., Keasling, J. D., & Martín, H. G. (2016) · npj Systems Biology and Applications · doi:10.1038/npjsba.2016.9 · Cited by 235
Earth, D. O. (2014) · International Linear Collider · Cited by 223
Expanding the metabolic engineering toolbox: more options to engineer cells
Tyo, K. E. J., Alper, H. S., & Stephanopoulos, G. N. (2007) · Trends in biotechnology · doi:10.1016/j.tibtech.2007.01.003 · Cited by 215
“Somepeoplebelievethatcellscontaintheanswertomanyof theproblemsoftheworld.Ahealthybody,acurefordisease, the answer to our energy problems, production of pharmaceuticals and much more are promised in this new ‘century of biology’ [ 1 ].”
BackgroundA Brief Compendium of Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory
Ullrich, C. A., & Yang, Z.-H. (2013) · Brazilian Journal of Physics · doi:10.1007/s13538-013-0141-2 · Cited by 137
The evolved apprentice. How evolution made humans unique
Farina, M. (2012) · Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences · doi:10.1007/s11097-012-9276-9 · Cited by 97
Perspectives in mathematical modelling for microbial ecology
Wade, M. J., Harmand, J., Benyahia, B., et al. (2015) · Ecological Modelling · doi:10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2015.11.002 · Cited by 79
“Many have predicted that the twenty-first century would be the century of biology (Venter and Cohen, 2004).”
BackgroundOptimizing the strain engineering process for industrial-scale production of bio-based molecules
Abbate, E., Andrion, J., Apel, A. R., Biggs, M., Chaves, J. E., Cheung, K., Ciesla, A., Clark‐ElSayed, A., Clay, M. D., Contridas, R., et al. (2023) · Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology · doi:10.1093/jimb/kuad025 · Cited by 75
“At the turn of this century, Craig Venter coined the famous phrase: “If the 20th century was the century of physics, the 21st century will be the century of biology” (Venter & Cohen, 2004 ).”
A Brief Compendium of Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory
Ullrich, C. A., & Yang, Z.-H. (2014) · Redalyc (Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México) · Cited by 65
Efstathiou, S. (2015) · Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences · doi:10.1016/j.shpsc.2015.10.009 · Cited by 56
From Biotechnology to Bioeconomy: A Review of Development Dynamics and Pathways
Wei, X., Luo, J., Pu, A., Liu, Q., Zhang, L., Wu, S.-W., Long, Y., Leng, Y., Dong, Z.-Y., & Wan, X. (2022) · Sustainability · doi:10.3390/su141610413 · Cited by 34
“As early as the turn of the mil-lennium, it was proposed that the 21st century would be the century of biology [1].”
BackgroundIs There Any Common Curriculum for Undergraduate Biology Majors in the 21st Century?
Cheesman, K., French, D. P., Cheesman, I., et al. (2007) · BioScience · doi:10.1641/b570609 · Cited by 40
Mirski, R., & Gut, A. (2018) · Synthese · doi:10.1007/s11229-018-01976-y · Cited by 31
The fluidity of biosocial identity and the effects of place, space, and time
Wiese, D., Escobar, J. R., Hsu, Y., Kulathinal, R. J., & Conroy, A. H. (2017) · Social Science & Medicine · doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.12.023 · Cited by 31
“In this paper, we provide a conceptual framework for understanding identity in the context of this century of biological enlightenment (Rose, 2012; Venter and Cohen, 2004).”
MethodUnlocking the societal potential of engineered living materials
Heveran, C. M., Gerlach, R., Hernandez, C. J., et al. (2024) · Matter · doi:10.1016/j.matt.2024.07.011 · Cited by 26
Single DNA denaturation and bubble dynamics
Metzler, R., Ambjörnsson, T., Hanke, A., & Fogedby, H. C. (2008) · Journal of Physics Condensed Matter · doi:10.1088/0953-8984/21/3/034111 · Cited by 28
Oh, you're racist? I've got a cure for that!
Thomas, J. M., & Brunsma, D. L. (2013) · Ethnic and Racial Studies · doi:10.1080/01419870.2013.783223 · Cited by 23
Biological and Medical Big Data Mining
Tzanis, G. S. (2014) · International Journal of Knowledge Discovery in Bioinformatics · doi:10.4018/ijkdb.2014010104 · Cited by 20
“However, as it is widely believed we are now living in the century of biology, which promises important advances that will enlighten the constitutive details and rules that characterize and govern life (Venter & Cohen, 2004).”
BackgroundThe human sciences in a biological age
Rose, N. (2012) · doi:10.4225/35/57a960870ac60 · Cited by 21
Introduction—Grand Challenges and small steps
Grandis, G. D., & Efstathiou, S. (2015) · Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences · doi:10.1016/j.shpsc.2015.11.009 · Cited by 20
“…that their growing importance and impact makes this the century of biology and biotechnology (Dwyer, 2008; Dyson, 2007; Rifkin, 1998; Rose, 2007; Venter & Cohen, 2004) and because the life sciences and medicine have a fundamental role to play in addressing many urgent human, social and…”
BackgroundGrandis, G. D. (2015) · Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences · doi:10.1016/j.shpsc.2015.10.004 · Cited by 22
“…and its increasing social relevance see Palsson 2000; National Research Council 2009; Robinson et al 2010; Wake, 2008; Losos et al 2013; on the growing importance of biotechnologies and on the growth of biotech industry see Rifkin, 1999; Venter & Cohen, 2004; Dyson, 2007; and Rasmussen, 2014.”
McNeil, M., & Haran, J. (2013) · Science as Culture · doi:10.1080/09505431.2013.812383 · Cited by 17
“…Aspects of Genomics) Sociology Department, Lancaster University, UK, ∗∗Cesagen (ESRC Centre for Economic and Social Aspects of Genomics) and Cardiff University School of Social Sciences, Cardiff, UK The twenty-first century has been hailed as ‘the century of biology’ (Venter and Cohen, 2004).”
BackgroundPutting the anthropos back in consumer research: Beyond reductionisms
Askegaard, S. (2021) · Recherche et Applications en Marketing (English Edition) · doi:10.1177/2051570720980430 · Cited by 17
Integration, Networking, and Global Biobanking in the Age of New Biology
Karimi‐Busheri, F., & Rasouli‐Nia, A. (2015) · Advances in experimental medicine and biology · doi:10.1007/978-3-319-20579-3_1 · Cited by 15
“Today, almost 70 years later, we are witnessing the contribution and the paramount signifi cance of this massive discovery in every corner of biological, health, and pharmaceutical sciences [ 2 ].”
Nambisan, P. (2017) · Elsevier eBooks · doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-809231-6.00001-6 · Cited by 16
Hester, R. J., & Williams, O. D. (2019) · Review of International Political Economy · doi:10.1080/09692290.2019.1625801 · Cited by 11
“Rather than managing birth, illness, reproduction and death, the biopolitics of the ‘century of biology’ look quite different (Dyson, 2007; Venter & Cohen, 2004).”
BackgroundThomas, J. M., & Byrd, W. C. (2016) · Du Bois Review Social Science Research on Race · doi:10.1017/s1742058x16000023 · Cited by 10
Human Cloning: Four Fallacies and their Legal Consequences
Macintosh, K. L. (2012) · Medical Entomology and Zoology · Cited by 8
Agricultural Research at a Crossroads
Gray, R. (2008) · Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d agroeconomie · doi:10.1111/j.1744-7976.2007.00113.x · Cited by 5
Emerging optical imaging of three-dimensional cellular-scale mechanics in mechanobiology
Wijesinghe, P., Choi, Y. S., Guck, J. R., et al. (2025) · Newton · doi:10.1016/j.newton.2025.100251 · Cited by 4
Sociology of bio-knowledge at the limits of life
Kowal, E., & Petersen, A. (2015) · Journal of Sociology · doi:10.1177/1440783314562312 · Cited by 3
“Sociology, School of Social Sciences, Monash University, Australia In what has been called ‘the century of biology’ (Venter and Cohen, 2004), the reach of the ‘bio’ seems limitless.”
BackgroundChallenges facing systematic biology
Stuessy, T. F. (2020) · Taxon · doi:10.1002/tax.12279 · Cited by 3
Collecting Biomeasures in the Panel Study of Income Dynamics: Ethical and Legal Concerns
Greely, H. T. (2009) · Biodemography and Social Biology · doi:10.1080/19485560903382452 · Cited by 3
“(Venter and Cohen 2004) Whether or not biology turns out to be the science of the twenty-first century, it is already clear that biological research and biological explanations are in fashion.”
BackgroundResearch-driven education: An introductory course to systems and synthetic biology
Smith, R. W., Morales, L. G., dos Santos, V. A. P. M., et al. (2022) · Frontiers in Systems Biology · doi:10.3389/fsysb.2022.981800 · Cited by 2
“We are living in the century of biology (Venter and Cohen, 2004).”
BackgroundLife, Mind and Matter: Chemistry for an Ecological Era
Armstrong, R. (2024) · Social Epistemology · doi:10.1080/02691728.2024.2414447 · Cited by 2
Modulation of Biological Targets Using Allosteric Ligands: Food for Thought
Doller, D., & Huang, X. (2016) · Royal Society of Chemistry eBooks · doi:10.1039/9781782629276-00001 · Cited by 2
Smadbeck, P. (2014) · University of Minnesota Digital Conservancy (University of Minnesota) · Cited by 2
The “Century of Biology” and the Evolving Role of Medicinal Chemists in Neuroscience
Doller, D. (2016) · ACS Chemical Neuroscience · doi:10.1021/acschemneuro.6b00394 · Cited by 2
From Outreach to Inreach: Connecting Young Learners with the World of Emerging Science.
Buell, J. G. (2011) · Illinois Digital Environment for Access to Learning and Scholarship (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) · Cited by 1
Levin, R. I. (2014) · The FASEB Journal · doi:10.1096/fj.14-0801ufm · Cited by 1
Intellectual Property and Transfer of Innovation in Biotechnology
Popa, C., Babeanu, N. E., & Popa, O. (2019) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-030-22141-6_12 · Cited by 1
Biological and Medical Big Data Mining
TZANIS, G. L. (2015) · IGI Global eBooks · doi:10.4018/978-1-4666-9562-7.ch013 · Cited by 1
Krytyka natywizmu jawnego i ukrytego w badaniach nad dziecięcymi teoriami umysłu
Mirski, R. (2019) · Psychologia Rozwojowa · doi:10.4467/20843879pr.19.007.10890 · Cited by 1
Rétablir l’ anthropos dans la recherche sur le consommateur : au-delà des réductionnismes
Askegaard, S. (2021) · Recherche et Applications en Marketing (French Edition) · doi:10.1177/0767370120971526 · Cited by 1
Undergraduate Student Conceptions of DNA and Their Understanding of Basic Science
Nieberding, M. N., Buxner, S. R., Elfring, L. K., et al. (2021) · The journal of college science teaching · doi:10.1080/0047231x.2021.12290526 · Cited by 1
OBSOLETE: Reference Module in Life Sciences – Editor’s Note
(2017) · Elsevier eBooks · doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-809633-8.90021-9 · Cited by 1
Legal Policy and Cognitive Biases. Petrażycki’s LegacyPreprint
Zyzik, R. (2013) · SSRN Electronic Journal · doi:10.2139/ssrn.2358317
Macintosh, K. L. (2012) · doi:10.1017/cbo9781139410526.017
Synthetic Biology Strategies for Polyhydroxyalkanoate Synthesis
Arora, G., Sajid, A., Kundu, P., & Saxena, M. (2015) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-81-322-2595-9_5 · Cited by 1
Albanese, A. (2014) · TSpace (University of Toronto)
Stefanile, A. (2020) · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · doi:10.7916/d8-94kq-e983
Introduction: History and Politics of Big Science in Europe
Cramer, K. C. (2020) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-030-50049-8_1
Parra-Salas, L. E., & Edgar, L. (2021) · LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas)
La II República en la Galicia rural
Villaverde, M. C. (2007) · Cuadernos republicanos
Morgan, S. E. (2017) · Springer theses · doi:10.1007/978-3-319-63399-2_1
Kidney Genetics: Continuing Discoveries and a Roadmap to the Clinic
Sedor, J. R. (2023) · Journal of the American Society of Nephrology · doi:10.1681/asn.0000000000000077
Bio-digital ‘Material Systems’: New Hybrid Ways for Material-Driven Design Innovation
Lucibello, S., & Rotondi, C. (2024) · Environmental footprints and eco-design of products and processes · doi:10.1007/978-3-031-51311-4_3
Medicinal Chemistry “in the System”: A CNS Drug Design Narrative Fit for the Century of Biology
Doller, D. (2025) · Wiley eBooks · doi:10.1002/9783527844678.ch14
CNS Drug Discovery in “The Century of Biology”
Doller, D. (2025) · Wiley eBooks · doi:10.1002/9783527844678.ch1
Gerontas, A. K. (2026) · Foundations of Chemistry · doi:10.1007/s10698-026-09569-1
Towards a Post-Cladistic Biological Systematics: Some Conceptual-Historical Reflections
Pavlinov, I. Y. (2026) · Biology Bulletin · doi:10.1134/s1062359025612807
“…switch to the integrative trend to make the next-generation systematics a consolidated part of the vision of the 21st century as a “century of biology” (Venter and Cohen, 2004; Bar-berousse et al., 2009), with one of its central ideas promising to be the ‘philosophy of organismal biology,’ or…”
Inteligência e inteligência artificial
Guimarães, F. G., Casas, E. B. D. L., Fujita, A., et al. (2024) · Revista da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais · doi:10.35699/2965-6931.2023.53063
Metadata
- Authors
- VENTER, C., & COHEN, D.
- ORCID
- COHEN, DANIEL
- Venue
- New Perspectives Quarterly
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2004-09
- Volume
- 21
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 73-77
- ISSN
- 0893-7850 (ISSN-L)
- 1540-5842
- OpenAlex
- W2135658169
- Cited by
- 67
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 8 · 2014: 7 · 2013: 5 · 2012: 4
- FWCI
- 6.49
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- New Perspectives Quarterly (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Philosophy of Biology and Scientific Explanation
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › History of Science and Medicine
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › History of Science and Natural History
- Keywords
- history of biology, biology, 20th century
About these checks
Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.
Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.
Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.
What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›
Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review
