Adrian W. Briggs

14.9k total citations · 7 hit papers
28 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Adrian W. Briggs is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Adrian W. Briggs has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Molecular Biology, 13 papers in Genetics and 7 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Adrian W. Briggs's work include Forensic and Genetic Research (11 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (7 papers) and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (7 papers). Adrian W. Briggs is often cited by papers focused on Forensic and Genetic Research (11 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (7 papers) and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (7 papers). Adrian W. Briggs collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Adrian W. Briggs's co-authors include Johannes Krause, Svante Pääbo, Richard E. Green, Udo Stenzel, Matthias Meyer, M. T. Ronan, Martin Kircher, Michael Lachmann, Tomislav Maričić and Kay Prüfer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Adrian W. Briggs

28 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

Patterns of damage in genomic DNA sequences from a Neande... 2006 2026 2012 2019 2007 2006 2009 2009 2010 200 400 600
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Patterns of damage in genomic DNA sequences from a Neandertal
    2007 602 citations Adrian W. Briggs, Udo Stenzel et al. profile →
  2. Analysis of one million base pairs of Neanderthal DNA
    2006 445 citations Richard E. Green, Johannes Krause et al. Nature profile →
  3. Targeted Retrieval and Analysis of Five Neandertal mtDNA Genomes
    2009 342 citations Adrian W. Briggs, Jeffrey M. Good et al. Science profile →
  4. Removal of deaminated cytosines and detection of in vivo methylation in ancient DNA
    2009 293 citations Adrian W. Briggs, Udo Stenzel et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →
  5. Targeted Investigation of the Neandertal Genome by Array-Based Sequence Capture
    2010 202 citations Hernán A. Burbano, Emily Hodges et al. Science profile →
  6. A Complete mtDNA Genome of an Early Modern Human from Kostenki, Russia
    2010 192 citations Johannes Krause, Adrian W. Briggs et al. Current Biology profile →
  7. The Neandertal genome and ancient DNA authenticity
    2009 128 citations Richard E. Green, Adrian W. Briggs et al. The EMBO Journal profile →

Peers

Adrian W. Briggs
Udo Stenzel Germany
Anne C. Stone United States
Aurélien Ginolhac Luxembourg
Michael Knapp New Zealand
Matthias Krings Germany
Swapan Mallick United States
Mikkel Schubert Denmark
Alessandro Achilli Italy
Ayinuer Aximu‐Petri Germany
Vicente M. Cabrera Spain
Udo Stenzel Germany
Adrian W. Briggs
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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Adrian W. Briggs

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Burleigh, Stephen, Robert Fragoza, Yue Jiang, et al.. (2025). An engineered U7 small nuclear RNA scaffold greatly increases ADAR-mediated programmable RNA base editing. Nature Communications. 16(1). 4860–4860. 3 indexed citations
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Carter, Jason A., Jonathan Preall, Kristina Grigaityte, et al.. (2019). Single T Cell Sequencing Demonstrates the Functional Role of αβ TCR Pairing in Cell Lineage and Antigen Specificity. Frontiers in Immunology. 10. 1516–1516. 63 indexed citations
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Johnstone, Timothy G., David Koppstein, Ronald J. Hause, et al.. (2018). Abstract 1541: Directed, unbiased mapping of lentiviral integrations with next generation sequencing in CAR-T cells. Cancer Research. 78(13_Supplement). 1541–1541. 1 indexed citations
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Gupta, Namita T., et al.. (2017). Hierarchical Clustering Can Identify B Cell Clones with High Confidence in Ig Repertoire Sequencing Data. The Journal of Immunology. 198(6). 2489–2499. 84 indexed citations
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Cui, Ang, Roberto Di Niro, Jason A. Vander Heiden, et al.. (2016). A Model of Somatic Hypermutation Targeting in Mice Based on High-Throughput Ig Sequencing Data. The Journal of Immunology. 197(9). 3566–3574. 47 indexed citations
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Carmody, Rachel N., Michael Dannemann, Adrian W. Briggs, et al.. (2016). Genetic Evidence of Human Adaptation to a Cooked Diet. Genome Biology and Evolution. 8(4). 1091–1103. 21 indexed citations
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Yang, Luhan, Adrian W. Briggs, Wei Leong Chew, et al.. (2016). Engineering and optimising deaminase fusions for genome editing. Nature Communications. 7(1). 13330–13330. 61 indexed citations
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Tsioris, Konstantinos, Namita T. Gupta, Adebola O. Ogunniyi, et al.. (2015). Neutralizing antibodies against West Nile virus identified directly from human B cells by single-cell analysis and next generation sequencing. Integrative Biology. 7(12). 1587–1597. 48 indexed citations
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Rios, Xavier, Adrian W. Briggs, Danos C. Christodoulou, et al.. (2012). Stable Gene Targeting in Human Cells Using Single-Strand Oligonucleotides with Modified Bases. PLoS ONE. 7(5). e36697–e36697. 25 indexed citations
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Briggs, Adrian W. & Patricia Heyn. (2011). Preparation of Next-Generation Sequencing Libraries from Damaged DNA. Methods in molecular biology. 840. 143–154. 25 indexed citations
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Briggs, Adrian W.. (2011). Rapid Retrieval of DNA Target Sequences by Primer Extension Capture. Methods in molecular biology. 772. 145–154. 2 indexed citations
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Krause, Johannes, Adrian W. Briggs, Martin Kircher, et al.. (2010). A Complete mtDNA Genome of an Early Modern Human from Kostenki, Russia. Current Biology. 20(3). 231–236. 192 indexed citations breakdown →
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Heyn, Patricia, Udo Stenzel, Adrian W. Briggs, et al.. (2010). Road blocks on paleogenomes—polymerase extension profiling reveals the frequency of blocking lesions in ancient DNA. Nucleic Acids Research. 38(16). e161–e161. 42 indexed citations
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Burbano, Hernán A., Emily Hodges, Richard E. Green, et al.. (2010). Targeted Investigation of the Neandertal Genome by Array-Based Sequence Capture. Science. 328(5979). 723–725. 202 indexed citations breakdown →
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Briggs, Adrian W., Jeffrey M. Good, Richard E. Green, et al.. (2009). Primer Extension Capture: Targeted Sequence Retrieval from Heavily Degraded DNA Sources. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 1573–1573. 29 indexed citations
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Briggs, Adrian W., Udo Stenzel, Matthias Meyer, et al.. (2009). Removal of deaminated cytosines and detection of in vivo methylation in ancient DNA. Nucleic Acids Research. 38(6). e87–e87. 293 indexed citations breakdown →
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Green, Richard E., Adrian W. Briggs, Johannes Krause, et al.. (2009). The Neandertal genome and ancient DNA authenticity. The EMBO Journal. 28(17). 2494–2502. 128 indexed citations breakdown →
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Krause, Johannes, Tina Unger, Anna‐Sapfo Malaspinas, et al.. (2008). Mitochondrial genomes reveal an explosive radiation of extinct and extant bears near the Miocene-Pliocene boundary. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 8(1). 220–220. 200 indexed citations
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Meyer, Matthias, Adrian W. Briggs, Tomislav Maričić, et al.. (2007). From micrograms to picograms: quantitative PCR reduces the material demands of high-throughput sequencing. Nucleic Acids Research. 36(1). e5–e5. 98 indexed citations
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Green, Richard E., Johannes Krause, Susan E. Ptak, et al.. (2006). Analysis of one million base pairs of Neanderthal DNA. Nature. 444(7117). 330–336. 445 indexed citations breakdown →

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