Birgit Nickel
Impact in
- Paleontology top 1%
- Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
- Evolution and Paleontology Studies
- Archeology top 0.1%
- Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
Papers in
- Genetics 14
- Forensic and Genetic Research 9
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- Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies 9
- Co-authors
- Svante Pääbo (12 shared papers)Matthias Meyer (16 shared papers)Juan Luís Arsuaga (3 shared papers)Isabelle Glocke (2 shared papers)Janet Kelso (9 shared papers)Antje Weihmann (2 shared papers)Ayinuer Aximu‐Petri (6 shared papers)Jesse Dabney (1 shared paper)
- Journals
- Molecular Biology and Evolution (3 papers)Nature (3 papers)Current Biology (2 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2 papers)Genome Biology and Evolution (2 papers)
- Partner nations
- GermanyUnited StatesUnited Kingdom
In The Last Decade
Birgit Nickel
27 papers receiving 3.6k citations
Birgit Nickel's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 139
- Paleontology 1.0k
- Archeology 1.1k
- Anthropology 865
- Genetics 1.7k
- Ecology 562
Countries citing papers authored by Birgit Nickel
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Co-authors
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All Works
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| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Complete mitochondrial genome sequence of a Middle Pleistocene cave bear reconstructed from ultrashort DNA fragments Hit paper breakdown → | 2013 | 869 |
| 2 | An early modern human from Romania with a recent Neanderthal ancestor Hit paper breakdown → | 2015 | 440 |
| 3 | Nuclear DNA sequences from the Middle Pleistocene Sima de los Huesos hominins Hit paper breakdown → | 2016 | 365 |
| 4 | A mitochondrial genome sequence of a hominin from Sima de los Huesos Hit paper breakdown → | 2013 | 339 |
| 5 | Transcriptional neoteny in the human brain Hit paper breakdown → | 2009 | 277 |
| 6 | 2014 | 255 | |
| 7 | 2005 | 220 | |
| 8 | 40,000-Year-Old Individual from Asia Provides Insight into Early Population Structure in Eurasia Hit paper breakdown → | 2017 | 136 |
| 9 | 2003 | 122 | |
| 10 | Pleistocene North African genomes link Near Eastern and sub-Saharan African human populations Hit paper breakdown → | 2018 | 120 |
| 11 | 2006 | 119 | |
| 12 | 2015 | 67 | |
| 13 | 2020 | 56 | |
| 14 | 2012 | 49 | |
| 15 | 2019 | 45 | |
| 16 | 2022 | 37 | |
| 17 | 2012 | 26 | |
| 18 | 2012 | 26 | |
| 19 | 2016 | 25 | |
| 20 | 2012 | 25 |
About Birgit Nickel
Birgit Nickel is a scholar working on Genetics, Archeology, Molecular Biology, Paleontology and Anthropology, having authored 27 papers that have together received 3.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (9 papers), Forensic and Genetic Research (9 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (5 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (5 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (2 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (2 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (2 papers) and MicroRNA in disease regulation (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Paleontology (1.0k citations), Archeology (1.1k citations), Anthropology (865 citations), Genetics (1.7k citations) and Ecology (562 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 Kelso, Antje Weihmann, Ayinuer Aximu‐Petri, Jesse Dabney, Marie-Theres Gansauge and Cristina Valdiosera. Their work appears in journals such as Molecular Biology and Evolution, Nature, Current Biology, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Genome Biology and Evolution.
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