Birgit Nickel
Impact in
- Paleontology top 0.5%
- Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
- Archeology top 0.05%
- Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
Papers in
- Paleontology 15
- Archaeology and ancient environmental studies 14
- Archeology 17
- Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies 17
- Co-authors
- Svante Pääbo (12 shared papers)Matthias Meyer (16 shared papers)Juan Luís Arsuaga (3 shared papers)Isabelle Glocke (2 shared papers)Janet F. Kelso (9 shared papers)Antje Weihmann (2 shared papers)Marie-Theres Gansauge (1 shared paper)Jesse Dabney (1 shared paper)
- Journals
- Nature (9 papers)Science (5 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (4 papers)Molecular Biology and Evolution (3 papers)Molecular Ecology Resources (2 papers)
- Partner nations
- GermanyUnited StatesUnited Kingdom
In The Last Decade
Birgit Nickel
40 papers receiving 6.5k citations
Birgit Nickel's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 158
- Paleontology 2.0k
- Archeology 2.2k
- Anthropology 1.8k
- Genetics 3.2k
- Developmental Biology 86
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Co-authors
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All Works
Showing the 20 most-cited of 41 papers — load more, or switch the sort, to bring in the rest.
| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Complete mitochondrial genome sequence of a Middle Pleistocene cave bear reconstructed from ultrashort DNA fragments Hit paper breakdown → | 2013 | 1101 |
| 2 | The genetic history of Ice Age Europe Hit paper breakdown → | 2016 | 694 |
| 3 | An early modern human from Romania with a recent Neanderthal ancestor Hit paper breakdown → | 2015 | 543 |
| 4 | 2009 | 427 | |
| 5 | Nuclear DNA sequences from the Middle Pleistocene Sima de los Huesos hominins Hit paper breakdown → | 2016 | 393 |
| 6 | A mitochondrial genome sequence of a hominin from Sima de los Huesos Hit paper breakdown → | 2013 | 373 |
| 7 | Neandertal and Denisovan DNA from Pleistocene sediments Hit paper breakdown → | 2017 | 300 |
| 8 | Ancient DNA indicates human population shifts and admixture in northern and southern China Hit paper breakdown → | 2020 | 297 |
| 9 | 2009 | 288 | |
| 10 | 2014 | 253 | |
| 11 | 2005 | 216 | |
| 12 | 2014 | 190 | |
| 13 | Reconstructing the genetic history of late Neanderthals Hit paper breakdown → | 2018 | 185 |
| 14 | 40,000-Year-Old Individual from Asia Provides Insight into Early Population Structure in Eurasia Hit paper breakdown → | 2017 | 170 |
| 15 | 2018 | 147 | |
| 16 | Initial Upper Palaeolithic humans in Europe had recent Neanderthal ancestry Hit paper breakdown → | 2021 | 140 |
| 17 | 2006 | 115 | |
| 18 | Unearthing Neanderthal population history using nuclear and mitochondrial DNA from cave sediments Hit paper breakdown → | 2021 | 105 |
| 19 | 2018 | 84 | |
| 20 | Genetic insights into the social organization of Neanderthals Hit paper breakdown → | 2022 | 69 |
About Birgit Nickel
Birgit Nickel is a scholar working on Paleontology, Archeology, Anthropology, Genetics and Ecology, having authored 41 papers that have together received 6.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (17 papers), Forensic and Genetic Research (15 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (14 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (14 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (2 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (2 papers), Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders (2 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Paleontology (2.0k citations), Archeology (2.2k citations), Anthropology (1.8k citations), Genetics (3.2k citations) and Developmental Biology (86 citations). Birgit Nickel has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Svante Pääbo, Matthias Meyer, Juan Luís Arsuaga, Isabelle Glocke, Janet F. Kelso, Antje Weihmann, Marie-Theres Gansauge, Jesse Dabney, Cristina E. Valdiosera and Michael R. Knapp. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Molecular Biology and Evolution and Molecular Ecology Resources.
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