Alexandra Coutinho

906 total citations · 1 hit paper
8 papers, 305 citations indexed

About

Alexandra Coutinho is a scholar working on Genetics, Archeology and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexandra Coutinho has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 305 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Genetics, 4 papers in Archeology and 1 paper in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Alexandra Coutinho's work include Forensic and Genetic Research (7 papers), Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (4 papers) and Race, Genetics, and Society (3 papers). Alexandra Coutinho is often cited by papers focused on Forensic and Genetic Research (7 papers), Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (4 papers) and Race, Genetics, and Society (3 papers). Alexandra Coutinho collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, South Africa and Norway. Alexandra Coutinho's co-authors include Mattias Jakobsson, Helena Malmström, Torsten Günther, Arielle R. Munters, Hanna Edlund, Marlize Lombard, Carina M. Schlebusch, Himla Soodyall, Per Sjödin and Maryna Steyn and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Alexandra Coutinho

7 papers receiving 295 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Southern African ancient genomes estimate modern human divergence to 350,000 to 260,000 years ago

2017 259 citations Carina M. Schlebusch, Helena Malmström et al. Science profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alexandra Coutinho Sweden	5	144	114	100	95	55	8	305
Arielle R. Munters Sweden	8	200 1.4×	128 1.1×	142 1.4×	125 1.3×	72 1.3×	11	400
Matthew J. Jobin United States	6	222 1.5×	70 0.6×	71 0.7×	44 0.5×	77 1.4×	6	367
Thijessen Naidoo Sweden	8	218 1.5×	60 0.5×	118 1.2×	90 0.9×	65 1.2×	10	327
Kathryn Weedman Arthur United States	7	136 0.9×	166 1.5×	103 1.0×	126 1.3×	36 0.7×	16	351
Marsha Levine United Kingdom	10	148 1.0×	109 1.0×	99 1.0×	174 1.8×	29 0.5×	12	432
Jason Blue-Smith United Kingdom	5	366 2.5×	68 0.6×	154 1.5×	53 0.6×	133 2.4×	6	535
Tammy Buonasera United States	10	59 0.4×	131 1.1×	147 1.5×	177 1.9×	30 0.5×	16	339
Liane Giemsch Germany	6	309 2.1×	109 1.0×	201 2.0×	144 1.5×	70 1.3×	7	450
Matthew C. Curtis United States	6	142 1.0×	65 0.6×	89 0.9×	45 0.5×	37 0.7×	16	291
John Muke Australia	7	76 0.5×	102 0.9×	45 0.5×	92 1.0×	21 0.4×	10	283

Countries citing papers authored by Alexandra Coutinho

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alexandra Coutinho

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alexandra Coutinho

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alexandra Coutinho. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alexandra Coutinho 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 Alexandra Coutinho. Alexandra Coutinho is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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8 of 8 papers shown

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Jakobsson, Mattias, Carolina Bernhardsson, James McKenna, et al.. (2025). Homo sapiens-specific evolution unveiled by ancient southern African genomes. Nature. 650(8100). 156–163.

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Coutinho, Alexandra, Helena Malmström, Hanna Edlund, et al.. (2021). Later Stone Age human hair from Vaalkrans Shelter, Cape Floristic Region of South Africa, reveals genetic affinity to Khoe groups. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 174(4). 701–713. 3 indexed citations

3.

Coutinho, Alexandra, Mário Vicente, & Carina M. Schlebusch. (2020). DNA is the key to unlocking our ancient African past. The Biochemist. 42(1). 12–17. 1 indexed citations

4.

Coutinho, Alexandra, Torsten Günther, Arielle R. Munters, et al.. (2020). The Neolithic Pitted Ware culture foragers were culturally but not genetically influenced by the Battle Axe culture herders. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 172(4). 638–649. 16 indexed citations

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Lombard, Marlize, Helena Malmström, Carina M. Schlebusch, et al.. (2019). Genetic data and radiocarbon dating question Plovers Lake as a Middle Stone Age hominin-bearing site. Journal of Human Evolution. 131. 203–209. 6 indexed citations

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Schlebusch, Carina M., Helena Malmström, Torsten Günther, et al.. (2017). Southern African ancient genomes estimate modern human divergence to 350,000 to 260,000 years ago. Science. 358(6363). 652–655. 259 indexed citations breakdown →

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Coutinho, Alexandra, Guido Valverde, Lars Fehren‐Schmitz, et al.. (2014). AmericaPlex26: A SNaPshot Multiplex System for Genotyping the Main Human Mitochondrial Founder Lineages of the Americas. PLoS ONE. 9(3). e93292–e93292. 16 indexed citations

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Hedge, I C, et al.. (2004). Apiaceae subfamily Apioideae in Madagascar. South African Journal of Botany. 70(3). 446–448. 4 indexed citations

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