Alan R. Rogers

14.2k total citations · 4 hit papers
95 papers, 10.8k citations indexed

About

Alan R. Rogers is a scholar working on Genetics, Anthropology and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan R. Rogers has authored 95 papers receiving a total of 10.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Genetics, 15 papers in Anthropology and 14 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Alan R. Rogers's work include Genetic diversity and population structure (26 papers), Forensic and Genetic Research (18 papers) and Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (18 papers). Alan R. Rogers is often cited by papers focused on Genetic diversity and population structure (26 papers), Forensic and Genetic Research (18 papers) and Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (18 papers). Alan R. Rogers collaborates with scholars based in United States, Poland and Belgium. Alan R. Rogers's co-authors include Henry Harpending, Lynn B. Jorde, Stephen T. Sherry, Mark Stoneking, Mark A. Batzer, W. Scott Watkins, Michael J. Bamshad, Michael Gurven, Stephen Wooding and Chad D. Huff and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and American Economic Review.

In The Last Decade

Alan R. Rogers

90 papers receiving 10.3k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Population growth makes waves in the distribution of pairwise genetic differences.

1992 4.0k citations Alan R. Rogers, Henry Harpending profile →
GENETIC EVIDENCE FOR A PLEISTOCENE POPULATION EXPLOSION

1995 930 citations Alan R. Rogers profile →
The Genetic Structure of Ancient Human Populations

1993 500 citations Henry Harpending, Alan R. Rogers et al. Current Anthropology profile →
Does Biology Constrain Culture?

1988 402 citations Alan R. Rogers profile →

Peers

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Henry Harpending United States

Francisco J. Ayala United States

David Houle United States

L. L. Cavalli‐Sforza United States

Thomas F. Hansen Norway

Mattias Jakobsson Sweden

Ranajit Chakraborty United States

Linda Vigilant Germany

Jody Hey United States

Sean Nee United Kingdom

Henry Harpending United States

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Countries citing papers authored by Alan R. Rogers

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alan R. Rogers

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alan R. Rogers

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Rogers, Alan R.. (2024). Aphid: A Novel Statistical Method for Dissecting Gene Flow and Lineage Sorting in Phylogenetic Conflict. 1 indexed citations

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Rogers, Alan R.. (2024). Genetic Evidence for Geographic Structure within the Neanderthal Population. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4.

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Rogers, Alan R., et al.. (2020). Neanderthal-Denisovan ancestors interbred with a distantly related hominin. Science Advances. 6(8). eaay5483–eaay5483. 35 indexed citations

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Rogers, Alan R.. (2019). Legofit: estimating population history from genetic data. BMC Bioinformatics. 20(1). 526–526. 12 indexed citations

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Wu, Wilfred, David J. Witherspoon, Erin Clark, et al.. (2015). The heritability of gestational age in a two-million member cohort: implications for spontaneous preterm birth. Human Genetics. 134(7). 803–808. 33 indexed citations

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Rogers, Alan R. & Ryan J. Bohlender. (2015). Bias in estimators of archaic admixture. Theoretical Population Biology. 100. 63–78. 15 indexed citations

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Rogers, Alan R.. (2011). The Evidence for Evolution. 11 indexed citations

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Rogers, Alan R.. (2007). Evolution and Human Choice Over Time. Novartis Foundation symposium. 208. 231–252. 2 indexed citations

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Eswaran, V., Henry Harpending, & Alan R. Rogers. (2005). Genomics refutes an exclusively African origin of humans. Journal of Human Evolution. 49(1). 1–18. 77 indexed citations

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Rogers, Alan R., et al.. (2004). Genetic Variation at the MC1R Locus and the Time since Loss of Human Body Hair. Current Anthropology. 45(1). 105–108. 73 indexed citations

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Rogers, Alan R.. (2004). Contacting Controls: Are We Working Harder for Similar Response Rates, and Does It Make a Difference?. American Journal of Epidemiology. 160(1). 85–90. 42 indexed citations

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Watkins, W. Scott, Alan R. Rogers, Christopher T. Ostler, et al.. (2003). Genetic Variation Among World Populations: Inferences From 100 Alu Insertion Polymorphisms. Genome Research. 13(7). 1607–1618. 168 indexed citations

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Jorde, Lynn B., Michael J. Bamshad, & Alan R. Rogers. (1998). Using mitochondrial and nuclear DNA markers to reconstruct human evolution. BioEssays. 20(2). 126–136. 124 indexed citations

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Josephson, Steven C., et al.. (1996). Estimating sexual dimorphism by method-of-moments. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 100(2). 191–206. 32 indexed citations

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Jorde, L. B., Michael J. Bamshad, W. Scott Watkins, et al.. (1995). Books received. American Journal of Medical Genetics. 57(3). 523–524. 178 indexed citations

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Rogers, Alan R.. (1994). Evolution of time preference by natural selection. American Economic Review. 84(3). 460–481. 229 indexed citations

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Rogers, Alan R.. (1991). Conserving resources for children. Human Nature. 2(1). 73–82. 52 indexed citations

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Rogers, Alan R.. (1988). Three components of genetic drift in subdivided populations. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 77(4). 435–449. 11 indexed citations

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Rogers, Alan R. & Aldur W. Eriksson. (1988). Statistical analysis of the migration component of genetic drift. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 77(4). 451–457. 6 indexed citations

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Rogers, Alan R. & Lynn B. Jorde. (1987). The effect of non‐random migration on genetic differences between populations. Annals of Human Genetics. 51(2). 169–176. 16 indexed citations

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