Alessandra Modi

2.7k total citations
28 papers, 448 citations indexed

About

Alessandra Modi is a scholar working on Genetics, Archeology and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alessandra Modi has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 448 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Genetics, 18 papers in Archeology and 10 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Alessandra Modi's work include Forensic and Genetic Research (19 papers), Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (16 papers) and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (10 papers). Alessandra Modi is often cited by papers focused on Forensic and Genetic Research (19 papers), Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (16 papers) and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (10 papers). Alessandra Modi collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Germany and Spain. Alessandra Modi's co-authors include Martina Lari, David Caramelli, Stefania Vai, Elena Pilli, Guido Barbujani, Hovirag Lancioni, Sauro Gelichi, Alessandro Achilli, Annamaria Ronchitelli and Matteo Girardi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, PLoS ONE and Current Biology.

In The Last Decade

Alessandra Modi

26 papers receiving 438 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alessandra Modi Italy 9 196 136 126 81 60 28 448
Stefania Vai Italy 12 236 1.2× 153 1.1× 180 1.4× 104 1.3× 59 1.0× 43 550
Ricardo Kanitz Switzerland 8 256 1.3× 109 0.8× 92 0.7× 76 0.9× 32 0.5× 14 416
Saleh A. Alquraishi Saudi Arabia 10 228 1.2× 193 1.4× 59 0.5× 79 1.0× 104 1.7× 12 488
Mark Whitten Germany 7 443 2.3× 193 1.4× 130 1.0× 94 1.2× 93 1.6× 8 591
Sonja Meyer Germany 10 337 1.7× 205 1.5× 183 1.5× 156 1.9× 103 1.7× 14 659
Elmira Mohandesan Austria 10 195 1.0× 106 0.8× 35 0.3× 94 1.2× 115 1.9× 22 429
Juliette Saillard Denmark 4 349 1.8× 167 1.2× 135 1.1× 47 0.6× 51 0.8× 4 479
Richard Hagan United Kingdom 12 213 1.1× 133 1.0× 187 1.5× 218 2.7× 96 1.6× 20 668
Keri A. Brown United Kingdom 13 276 1.4× 70 0.5× 285 2.3× 246 3.0× 67 1.1× 29 573
Claudio Ottoni Italy 14 280 1.4× 106 0.8× 186 1.5× 113 1.4× 60 1.0× 32 501

Countries citing papers authored by Alessandra Modi

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alessandra Modi

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alessandra Modi

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alessandra Modi. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alessandra Modi based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Alessandra Modi. Alessandra Modi is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Loosdrecht, Marieke S. van de, Stefania Vai, Alexander Hübner, et al.. (2025). Ancient DNA from the Green Sahara reveals ancestral North African lineage. Nature. 641(8061). 144–150. 1 indexed citations
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Catalano, Giulio, Dawid A. Iurino, Alessandra Modi, et al.. (2024). Palaeogenomic data from a Late Pleistocene coprolite clarifies the phylogenetic position of Sicilian cave hyena. Quaternary Science Reviews. 340. 108859–108859.
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Pilli, Elena, Stefania Vai, Martina Lari, et al.. (2024). Ancient DNA challenges prevailing interpretations of the Pompeii plaster casts. Current Biology. 34(22). 5307–5318.e7. 2 indexed citations
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Modi, Alessandra, Giulio Catalano, Stefania Vai, et al.. (2022). Genetic structure and differentiation from early bronze age in the mediterranean island of sicily: Insights from ancient mitochondrial genomes. Frontiers in Genetics. 13. 945227–945227. 2 indexed citations
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Modi, Alessandra, Stefania Vai, Luigi Dei, et al.. (2022). Performance of innovative nanomaterials for bone remains consolidation and effect on 14C dating and on palaeogenetic analysis. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 6975–6975. 6 indexed citations
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Modi, Alessandra, Stefania Vai, David Caramelli, et al.. (2021). Combined metagenomic and archaeobotanical analyses on human dental calculus: A cross-section of lifestyle conditions in a Copper Age population of central Italy. Quaternary International. 653-654. 69–81. 5 indexed citations
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Cilli, Elisabetta, Stefania Sarno, Alessandra Modi, et al.. (2021). First Bronze Age Human Mitogenomes from Calabria (Grotta Della Monaca, Southern Italy). Genes. 12(5). 636–636. 2 indexed citations
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Modi, Alessandra, Chiara Vergata, Stefania Vai, et al.. (2021). Successful extraction of insect DNA from recent copal inclusions: limits and perspectives. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 6851–6851. 6 indexed citations
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Modi, Alessandra, Stefania Vai, David Caramelli, & Martina Lari. (2021). The Illumina Sequencing Protocol and the NovaSeq 6000 System. Methods in molecular biology. 2242. 15–42. 130 indexed citations
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Modi, Alessandra, C. Degli Esposti, Cristina Beltrami, et al.. (2021). Whole-exome sequencing of the mummified remains of Cangrande della Scala (1291–1329 CE) indicates the first known case of late-onset Pompe disease. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 21070–21070. 2 indexed citations
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Modi, Alessandra, Stefania Vai, Cosimo Posth, et al.. (2021). More data on ancient human mitogenome variability in Italy: new mitochondrial genome sequences from three Upper Palaeolithic burials. Annals of Human Biology. 48(3). 213–222. 9 indexed citations
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Boschin, Francesco, Federico Bernardini, Elena Pilli, et al.. (2020). The first evidence for Late Pleistocene dogs in Italy. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 13313–13313. 23 indexed citations
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Modi, Alessandra, Stefania Vai, Chiara Vergata, et al.. (2020). Combined methodologies for gaining much information from ancient dental calculus: testing experimental strategies for simultaneously analysing DNA and food residues. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences. 12(1). 11 indexed citations
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Vai, Stefania, Stefania Sarno, Martina Lari, et al.. (2019). Ancestral mitochondrial N lineage from the Neolithic ‘green’ Sahara. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 3530–3530. 10 indexed citations
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Modi, Alessandra, et al.. (2019). Mitochondrial ancestry of medieval individuals carelessly interred in a multiple burial from southeastern Romania. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 961–961. 5 indexed citations
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Modi, Alessandra, Desislava Nesheva, Stefania Sarno, et al.. (2019). Ancient human mitochondrial genomes from Bronze Age Bulgaria: new insights into the genetic history of Thracians. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 5412–5412. 8 indexed citations
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Modi, Alessandra, Stefania Vai, Elena Pilli, et al.. (2018). Maternal DNA lineages at the gate of Europe in the 10th century AD. PLoS ONE. 13(3). e0193578–e0193578. 8 indexed citations
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Modi, Alessandra, Francesca Tassi, Stefania Vai, et al.. (2017). Complete mitochondrial sequences from Mesolithic Sardinia. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 42869–42869. 30 indexed citations
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Pilli, Elena, Alessandra Modi, Alessandro Achilli, et al.. (2013). Monitoring DNA Contamination in Handled vs. Directly Excavated Ancient Human Skeletal Remains. PLoS ONE. 8(1). e52524–e52524. 67 indexed citations
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Caramelli, David, Lucio Milani, Stefania Vai, et al.. (2008). A 28,000 Years Old Cro-Magnon mtDNA Sequence Differs from All Potentially Contaminating Modern Sequences. PLoS ONE. 3(7). e2700–e2700. 76 indexed citations

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