Birgit Nickel

9.9k total citations · 6 hit papers
27 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Birgit Nickel is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Archeology. According to data from OpenAlex, Birgit Nickel has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Genetics, 9 papers in Molecular Biology and 9 papers in Archeology. Recurrent topics in Birgit Nickel's work include Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (9 papers), Forensic and Genetic Research (9 papers) and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (5 papers). Birgit Nickel is often cited by papers focused on Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (9 papers), Forensic and Genetic Research (9 papers) and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (5 papers). Birgit Nickel collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Birgit Nickel's co-authors include Svante Pääbo, Matthias Meyer, Juan Luís Arsuaga, Isabelle Glocke, Janet Kelso, Antje Weihmann, Cristina Valdiosera, Nuria Garcı́a, Jesse Dabney and Michael Knapp and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Birgit Nickel

27 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

Complete mitochondrial genome sequence of a Middle Pleist... 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 2015 2016 2013 2017 250 500 750
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.

  1. Complete mitochondrial genome sequence of a Middle Pleistocene cave bear reconstructed from ultrashort DNA fragments
    2013 814 citations Jesse Dabney, Michael Knapp et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  2. An early modern human from Romania with a recent Neanderthal ancestor
    2015 393 citations Qiaomei Fu, Mateja Hajdinjak et al. Nature profile →
  3. Nuclear DNA sequences from the Middle Pleistocene Sima de los Huesos hominins
    2016 325 citations Matthias Meyer, Juan Luís Arsuaga et al. Nature profile →
  4. A mitochondrial genome sequence of a hominin from Sima de los Huesos
    2013 307 citations Matthias Meyer, Qiaomei Fu et al. Nature profile →
  5. 40,000-Year-Old Individual from Asia Provides Insight into Early Population Structure in Eurasia
    2017 131 citations Melinda A. Yang, Xing Gao et al. Current Biology profile →
  6. Pleistocene North African genomes link Near Eastern and sub-Saharan African human populations
    2018 105 citations Marieke S. van de Loosdrecht, Abdeljalil Bouzouggar et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Birgit Nickel Germany 21 1.7k 1.1k 1.0k 965 786 27 3.4k
Swapan Mallick United States 21 3.1k 1.9× 1.2k 1.1× 1.1k 1.1× 901 0.9× 700 0.9× 30 4.5k
Kay Prüfer Germany 28 2.5k 1.5× 1.9k 1.7× 1.5k 1.4× 1.2k 1.3× 1.3k 1.7× 45 5.2k
Catherine Hänni France 34 1.9k 1.1× 1.5k 1.3× 488 0.5× 729 0.8× 506 0.6× 68 3.9k
Mathias Currat Switzerland 30 3.1k 1.9× 793 0.7× 357 0.4× 410 0.4× 290 0.4× 57 4.3k
Carles Lalueza‐Fox Spain 41 2.4k 1.4× 1.0k 1.0× 2.2k 2.2× 1.9k 2.0× 1.8k 2.2× 142 5.5k
Bence Viola Germany 20 945 0.6× 414 0.4× 1.4k 1.4× 1.3k 1.3× 1.6k 2.0× 42 3.0k
Giorgio Bertorelle Italy 38 3.1k 1.9× 938 0.9× 409 0.4× 311 0.3× 160 0.2× 112 4.7k
Alessandro Achilli Italy 40 3.1k 1.9× 1.9k 1.7× 1.1k 1.1× 579 0.6× 330 0.4× 102 5.0k
Mietje Germonpré Belgium 30 941 0.6× 289 0.3× 543 0.5× 1.2k 1.2× 1.2k 1.5× 73 2.7k
Jeffrey M. Good United States 36 3.7k 2.3× 2.0k 1.8× 431 0.4× 607 0.6× 405 0.5× 88 6.0k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Birgit Nickel

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Zavala, Elena I., Kimberly Sturk‐Andreaggi, Ayinuer Aximu‐Petri, et al.. (2022). Ancient DNA Methods Improve Forensic DNA Profiling of Korean War and World War II Unknowns. Genes. 13(1). 129–129. 34 indexed citations
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Lang, Patricia L. M., Clemens L. Weiß, Sonja Kersten, et al.. (2020). Hybridization ddRAD‐sequencing for population genomics of nonmodel plants using highly degraded historical specimen DNA. Molecular Ecology Resources. 20(5). 1228–1247. 21 indexed citations
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Massilani, Diyendo, Laurits Skov, Mateja Hajdinjak, et al.. (2020). Denisovan ancestry and population history of early East Asians. Science. 370(6516). 579–583. 54 indexed citations
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Devièse, Thibaut, Diyendo Massilani, Seonbok Yi, et al.. (2019). Compound-specific radiocarbon dating and mitochondrial DNA analysis of the Pleistocene hominin from Salkhit Mongolia. Nature Communications. 10(1). 274–274. 42 indexed citations
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Loosdrecht, Marieke S. van de, Abdeljalil Bouzouggar, Louise Humphrey, et al.. (2018). Pleistocene North African genomes link Near Eastern and sub-Saharan African human populations. Science. 360(6388). 548–552. 105 indexed citations breakdown →
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Paijmans, Johanna L. A., Axel Barlow, Daniel W. Förster, et al.. (2018). Historical biogeography of the leopard (Panthera pardus) and its extinct Eurasian populations. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 18(1). 156–156. 20 indexed citations
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Klotz, Barbara, Susanne Kneitz, Martina Regensburger, et al.. (2017). Expression signatures of early-stage and advanced medaka melanomas. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C Toxicology & Pharmacology. 208. 20–28. 10 indexed citations
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Yang, Melinda A., Xing Gao, Christoph Theunert, et al.. (2017). 40,000-Year-Old Individual from Asia Provides Insight into Early Population Structure in Eurasia. Current Biology. 27(20). 3202–3208.e9. 131 indexed citations breakdown →
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Meyer, Matthias, Juan Luís Arsuaga, Cesare de Filippo, et al.. (2016). Nuclear DNA sequences from the Middle Pleistocene Sima de los Huesos hominins. Nature. 531(7595). 504–507. 325 indexed citations breakdown →
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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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Fu, Qiaomei, Mateja Hajdinjak, Oana Teodora Moldovan, et al.. (2015). An early modern human from Romania with a recent Neanderthal ancestor. Nature. 524(7564). 216–219. 393 indexed citations breakdown →
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Weigert, Anne, Conrad Helm, Matthias Meyer, et al.. (2014). Illuminating the Base of the Annelid Tree Using Transcriptomics. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 31(6). 1391–1401. 234 indexed citations
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Dabney, Jesse, Michael Knapp, Isabelle Glocke, et al.. (2013). Complete mitochondrial genome sequence of a Middle Pleistocene cave bear reconstructed from ultrashort DNA fragments. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(39). 15758–15763. 814 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hartmann, Stefanie, Birgit Nickel, Matthias Meyer, et al.. (2012). Exploiting Gene Families for Phylogenomic Analysis of Myzostomid Transcriptome Data. PLoS ONE. 7(1). e29843–e29843. 23 indexed citations
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Dannemann, Michael, Kay Prüfer, Esther Lizano, et al.. (2012). Transcription Factors Are Targeted by Differentially Expressed miRNAs in Primates. Genome Biology and Evolution. 4(4). 552–564. 25 indexed citations
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Helm, Conrad, Stephan Wolf, Christian Höner zu Siederdissen, Birgit Nickel, & Christoph Bleidorn. (2012). Deep sequencing of small RNAs confirms an annelid affinity of Myzostomida. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 64(1). 198–203. 23 indexed citations
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Somel, Mehmet, Henriette Franz, Yan Zheng, et al.. (2009). Transcriptional neoteny in the human brain. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(14). 5743–5748. 253 indexed citations
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Ptak, Susan E., David A. Hinds, Katrin Koehler, et al.. (2005). Fine-scale recombination patterns differ between chimpanzees and humans. Nature Genetics. 37(4). 429–434. 215 indexed citations
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Hellmann, Ines, Sebastian Zöllner, Wolfgang Enard, et al.. (2003). Selection on Human Genes as Revealed by Comparisons to Chimpanzee cDNA. Genome Research. 13(5). 831–837. 121 indexed citations
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Nickel, Birgit, Walter Riegel, Thomas Schönherr, & E. Velitzelos. (1996). Environments of coal formation in the Pleistocene lignite at Megalopolis, Peloponnesus (Greece) - reconstructions from palynological and petrological investigations. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen. 200(1-2). 201–220. 16 indexed citations

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