Alan Cooper
Impact in
- Paleontology top 0.05%
- Evolution and Paleontology Studies
- Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
- Genetics top 0.05%
- Forensic and Genetic Research
- Genetic diversity and population structure
Papers in
- Paleontology 87
- Evolution and Paleontology Studies 66
- Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology 20
- Archaeology and ancient environmental studies 16
- Genetics 137
- Forensic and Genetic Research 93
- Genetic diversity and population structure 60
- Co-authors
- Eske Willerslev (18 shared papers)Hendrik N. Poinar (4 shared papers)Simon Y. W. Ho (8 shared papers)Matthew J. Phillips (7 shared papers)Alexei J. Drummond (9 shared papers)David Penny (5 shared papers)Beth Shapiro (14 shared papers)Laura Susan Weyrich (16 shared papers)
- Journals
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (23 papers)Science (18 papers)Nature (14 papers)PLoS ONE (12 papers)Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences (10 papers)
- Partner nations
- AustraliaUnited StatesUnited Kingdom
In The Last Decade
Alan Cooper
269 papers receiving 28.1k citations
Alan Cooper's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 192
- Paleontology 6.7k
- Genetics 13.2k
- Ecology 4.5k
- Anthropology 2.7k
- Archeology 2k
Countries citing papers authored by Alan Cooper
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Fields of papers citing papers by Alan Cooper
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Co-authors
The 25 scholars most cited alongside Alan Cooper, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
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| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Massive migration from the steppe was a source for Indo-European languages in Europe Hit paper breakdown → | 2015 | 1305 |
| 2 | Genome-wide patterns of selection in 230 ancient Eurasians Hit paper breakdown → | 2015 | 1041 |
| 3 | Ancient DNA: Do It Right or Not at All Hit paper breakdown → | 2000 | 1015 |
| 4 | Ancient human genomes suggest three ancestral populations for present-day Europeans Hit paper breakdown → | 2014 | 1001 |
| 5 | Time Dependency of Molecular Rate Estimates and Systematic Overestimation of Recent Divergence Times Hit paper breakdown → | 2005 | 902 |
| 6 | Contamination in Low Microbial Biomass Microbiome Studies: Issues and Recommendations Hit paper breakdown → | 2018 | 767 |
| 7 | Worldwide Phylogeography of Wild Boar Reveals Multiple Centers of Pig Domestication Hit paper breakdown → | 2005 | 705 |
| 8 | Review Paper. Ancient DNA Hit paper breakdown → | 2004 | 591 |
| 9 | Species-specific responses of Late Quaternary megafauna to climate and humans Hit paper breakdown → | 2011 | 563 |
| 10 | Rise and Fall of the Beringian Steppe Bison Hit paper breakdown → | 2004 | 559 |
| 11 | 2003 | 543 | |
| 12 | Fifty thousand years of Arctic vegetation and megafaunal diet Hit paper breakdown → | 2014 | 484 |
| 13 | Sequencing ancient calcified dental plaque shows changes in oral microbiota with dietary shifts of the Neolithic and Industrial revolutions Hit paper breakdown → | 2013 | 479 |
| 14 | 2011 | 453 | |
| 15 | 1997 | 408 | |
| 16 | 2007 | 389 | |
| 17 | Neanderthal behaviour, diet, and disease inferred from ancient DNA in dental calculus Hit paper breakdown → | 2017 | 384 |
| 18 | 2001 | 360 | |
| 19 | 2002 | 337 | |
| 20 | 2010 | 331 |
About Alan Cooper
Alan Cooper is a scholar working on Paleontology, Genetics, Anthropology, Ecology and Atmospheric Science, having authored 274 papers that have together received 29.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Forensic and Genetic Research (93 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (66 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (60 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (35 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (26 papers), Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies (26 papers), Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology (20 papers) and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (16 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Paleontology (6.7k citations), Genetics (13.2k citations), Ecology (4.5k citations), Anthropology (2.7k citations) and Archeology (2k citations). Alan Cooper has collaborated with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Eske Willerslev, Hendrik N. Poinar, Simon Y. W. Ho, Matthew J. Phillips, Alexei J. Drummond, David Penny, Beth Shapiro, Laura Susan Weyrich, Jeremy J. Austin and Laura S. Weyrich. Their work appears in journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Science, Nature, PLoS ONE and Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.
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