Alissa Mittnik

11.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 933 citations indexed

About

Alissa Mittnik is a scholar working on Archeology, Genetics and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Alissa Mittnik has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 933 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Archeology, 11 papers in Genetics and 8 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Alissa Mittnik's work include Forensic and Genetic Research (10 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (8 papers) and Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (8 papers). Alissa Mittnik is often cited by papers focused on Forensic and Genetic Research (10 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (8 papers) and Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (8 papers). Alissa Mittnik collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Italy. Alissa Mittnik's co-authors include Johannes Krause, Jiřı́ Svoboda, Kirsten I. Bos, Chuan‐Chao Wang, David Reich, Philipp W. Stockhammer, Philip L. F. Johnson, Sergi Castellano, Fabio Martini and Martina Lari and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and Current Biology.

In The Last Decade

Alissa Mittnik

15 papers receiving 895 citations

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A Revised Timescale for Human Evolution Based on Ancient Mitochondrial Genomes

2013 346 citations Qiaomei Fu, Alissa Mittnik et al. Current Biology profile →

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17 of 17 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Reconstructing ancient Southern African mitochondrial genomes at Faraoskop 2024 ·Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences ·Alan Morris, (unknown), Alissa Mittnik, George Rebello, Chiara Barbieri, John Parkington, (unknown), Raj Ramesar	2
2	Ancient DNA challenges prevailing interpretations of the Pompeii plaster casts 2024 ·Current Biology ·Elena Pilli, Stefania Vai, (unknown), (unknown), Martina Lari, Alessandra Modi, Maria Angela Diroma, (unknown), (unknown), Massimo Osanna, Douglas J. Kennett, Richard J. George, John Krigbaum, Nadin Rohland, Swapan Mallick, David Caramelli, David Reich, Alissa Mittnik	2
3	Finding Mycenaeans in Minoan Crete? Isotope and DNA analysis of human mobility in Bronze Age Crete 2022 ·PLoS ONE ·Michael P. Richards, Colin Smith, Olaf Nehlich, Vaughan Grimes, Darlene A. Weston, Alissa Mittnik, Johannes Krause, Keith Dobney, (unknown), Holley Martlew	2
4	Pedigree-based Bayesian modelling of radiocarbon dates 2022 ·PLoS ONE ·Ken Massy, Ronny Friedrich, Alissa Mittnik, Philipp W. Stockhammer	2
5	Ancient DNA sheds light on the genetic origins of early Iron Age Philistines 2019 ·Science Advances ·Michal Feldman, Daniel M. Master, Raffaela A. Bianco, Marta Burri, Philipp W. Stockhammer, Alissa Mittnik, (unknown), Choongwon Jeong, Johannes Krause	41
6	Inferring genetic origins and phenotypic traits of George Bähr, the architect of the Dresden Frauenkirche 2018 ·Scientific Reports ·Alexander Peltzer, Alissa Mittnik, Chuan‐Chao Wang, (unknown), Cosimo Posth, Kay Nieselt, Johannes Krause	9
7	Mobilität - Die wissenden Frauen vom Lechtal 2018 ·Philipp W. Stockhammer, Alissa Mittnik, Ken Massy, Corina Knipper	0
8	Reconciling material cultures in archaeology with genetic data: The nomenclature of clusters emerging from archaeogenomic analysis 2018 ·Scientific Reports ·Stefanie Eisenmann, Eszter Bánffy, Peter van Dommelen, Kerstin P. Hofmann, Joseph Maran, Iosif Lazaridis, Alissa Mittnik, Michael McCormick, Johannes Krause, David Reich, Philipp W. Stockhammer	58
9	Die wissenden Frauen vom Lechtal 2018 ·MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society) ·Philipp W. Stockhammer, Alissa Mittnik, Ken Massy, Corina Knipper	0
10	Female exogamy and gene pool diversification at the transition from the Final Neolithic to the Early Bronze Age in central Europe 2017 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Corina Knipper, Alissa Mittnik, Ken Massy, (unknown), (unknown), Michael Maus, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Johannes Krause, Philipp W. Stockhammer	133
11	Patterns of transformation from the Final Neolithic to the Early Bronze Age: a case study from the Lech Valley South of Augsburg 2017 ·MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society) ·Ken Massy, Corina Knipper, Alissa Mittnik, (unknown), Ernst Pernicka, (unknown), Johannes Krause, Philipp W. Stockhammer	5
12	A Molecular Approach to the Sexing of the Triple Burial at the Upper Paleolithic Site of Dolní Věstonice 2016 ·PLoS ONE ·Alissa Mittnik, Chuan‐Chao Wang, Jiřı́ Svoboda, Johannes Krause	98
13	Ancient human genomes suggest three ancestral populations for present-day Europeans 2015 ·Johannes Krause, David Reich, Iosif Lazaridis, Nick Patterson, Alissa Mittnik	16
14	present-day Europeans Ancient human genomes suggest three ancestral populations for 2014 ·Iosif Lazaridis, Nick Patterson, Alissa Mittnik	2
15	A Revised Timescale for Human Evolution Based on Ancient Mitochondrial Genomes breakdown → 2013 ·Current Biology ·Qiaomei Fu, Alissa Mittnik, Philip L. F. Johnson, Kirsten I. Bos, Martina Lari, Ruth Bollongino, Chengkai Sun, Liane Giemsch, Ralf W. Schmitz, Joachim Bürger, Anna María Ronchitelli, Fabio Martini, Renata Grifoni Cremonesi, Jiřı́ Svoboda, Peter Bauer, David Caramelli, Sergi Castellano, David Reich, Svante Pääbo, Johannes Krause	346
16	Targeted enrichment of ancient pathogens yielding the pPCP1 plasmid of Yersinia pestis from victims of the Black Death 2011 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Verena J. Schuenemann, Kirsten I. Bos, Sharon N. DeWitte, Sarah E. Schmedes, (unknown), Alissa Mittnik, Stephen Forrest, Brian K. Coombes, James W. Wood, David J. D. Earn, William E. White, Johannes Krause, Hendrik N. Poinar	145
17	Pleistocene bears in the Swabian Jura (Germany): Genetic replacement, ecological displacement, extinctions and survival 2011 ·Quaternary International ·Susanne C. Münzel, Mathias Stiller, Michael Hofreiter, Alissa Mittnik, Nicholas J. Conard, Hervé Bocherens	72

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