David Reich

108.3k total citations · 23 hit papers
181 papers, 34.2k citations indexed

About

David Reich is a scholar working on Genetics, Archeology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, David Reich has authored 181 papers receiving a total of 34.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 146 papers in Genetics, 47 papers in Archeology and 40 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in David Reich's work include Forensic and Genetic Research (80 papers), Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (55 papers) and Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (40 papers). David Reich is often cited by papers focused on Forensic and Genetic Research (80 papers), Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (55 papers) and Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (40 papers). David Reich collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. David Reich's co-authors include Alkes L. Price, Nick Patterson, Robert M. Plenge, Nancy A. Shadick, Michael E. Weinblatt, Nick Patterson, Nadin Rohland, Swapan Mallick, Eric S. Lander and David Altshuler and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

David Reich

176 papers receiving 33.5k citations

Hit Papers

Principal components analysis corrects for stratification... 2001 2026 2009 2017 2006 2006 2012 2002 2001 2.0k 4.0k 6.0k
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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.

  1. Principal components analysis corrects for stratification in genome-wide association studies
    2006 6.4k citations David Reich et al. profile →
  2. Population Structure and Eigenanalysis
    2006 3.2k citations Nick Patterson, David Reich et al. PLoS Genetics profile →
  3. Ancient Admixture in Human History
    2012 1.5k citations Nick Patterson, Priya Moorjani et al. Genetics profile →
  4. Detecting recent positive selection in the human genome from haplotype structure
    2002 1.4k citations David Reich, Daniel J. Richter et al. Nature profile →
  5. Linkage disequilibrium in the human genome
    2001 1.3k citations David Reich, Daniel J. Richter et al. Nature profile →
  6. Reconstructing Indian population history
    2009 1.1k citations David Reich, Nick Patterson et al. Nature profile →
  7. Testing for Ancient Admixture between Closely Related Populations
    2011 865 citations Nick Patterson, David Reich et al. Molecular Biology and Evolution profile →
  8. New approaches to population stratification in genome-wide association studies
    2010 799 citations David Reich et al. profile →
  9. On the allelic spectrum of human disease
    2001 799 citations David Reich et al. profile →
  10. Cost-effective, high-throughput DNA sequencing libraries for multiplexed target capture
    2012 786 citations David Reich et al. profile →
  11. Genetic Signatures of Strong Recent Positive Selection at the Lactase Gene
    2004 693 citations Nick Patterson, David Reich et al. The American Journal of Human Genetics profile →
  12. The genomic landscape of Neanderthal ancestry in present-day humans
    2014 596 citations Sriram Sankararaman, Swapan Mallick et al. Nature profile →
  13. Assessing the impact of population stratification on genetic association studies
    2004 546 citations Matthew L. Freedman, David Reich et al. profile →
  14. Population differentiation as a test for selective sweeps
    2010 524 citations Nick Patterson, David Reich et al. profile →
  15. The Genetic Ancestry of African Americans, Latinos, and European Americans across the United States
    2014 415 citations David Reich et al. The American Journal of Human Genetics profile →
  16. An early modern human from Romania with a recent Neanderthal ancestor
    2015 393 citations Qiaomei Fu, Swapan Mallick et al. Nature profile →
  17. A Revised Timescale for Human Evolution Based on Ancient Mitochondrial Genomes
    2013 346 citations Qiaomei Fu, David Reich et al. profile →
  18. Denisova Admixture and the First Modern Human Dispersals into Southeast Asia and Oceania
    2011 342 citations David Reich, Nick Patterson et al. The American Journal of Human Genetics profile →
  19. Inferring Admixture Histories of Human Populations Using Linkage Disequilibrium
    2013 272 citations Po‐Ru Loh, Mark Lipson et al. Genetics profile →
  20. The Combined Landscape of Denisovan and Neanderthal Ancestry in Present-Day Humans
    2016 263 citations Sriram Sankararaman, Swapan Mallick et al. profile →
  21. Polygenic adaptation on height is overestimated due to uncorrected stratification in genome-wide association studies
    2019 228 citations Mashaal Sohail, Robert Maier et al. eLife profile →
  22. The Allen Ancient DNA Resource (AADR) a curated compendium of ancient human genomes
    2024 93 citations Swapan Mallick, Harald Ringbauer et al. profile →
  23. On the limits of fitting complex models of population history to f-statistics
    2023 78 citations Robert Maier, Pavel Flegontov et al. eLife profile →

Peers

David Reich
Comparison fields: 5 of 222
  • Genetics 22.6k
  • Molecular Biology 9.7k
  • Plant Science 3.2k
  • Archeology 2.7k
  • Paleontology 2.2k
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
# Work Indexed citations
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Multi-model assurance analysis showing large language models are highly vulnerable to adversarial hallucination attacks during clinical decision support
2025 ·Communications Medicine ·Mahmud Omar, Vera Sorin, Jeremy D. Collins, David Reich, Robert Freeman, Nicholas Gavin, Alexander W. Charney, (unknown), Nicola Luigi Bragazzi, Girish N. Nadkarni, Eyal Klang
6
2
Assembling ancestors: the manipulation of Neolithic and Gallo-Roman skeletal remains at Pommerœul, Belgium
2024 ·Antiquity ·Barbara Veselka, David Reich, Giacomo Capuzzo, Íñigo Olalde, Kimberly Callan, Fatma Zalzala, Eveline Altena, (unknown), Harald Ringbauer, (unknown), Caroline Polet, Michel Toussaint, Christophe Snoeck, (unknown)
0
3
High levels of consanguinity in a child from Paquimé, Chihuahua, Mexico
2024 ·Antiquity ·Jakob Sedig, Meradeth Snow, (unknown), (unknown), Steven A. LeBlanc, Frank C. Ramos, Laurie Eccles, David Reich
0
4
Ethical considerations when co-analyzing ancient DNA and data from private genetic databases
2023 ·The American Journal of Human Genetics ·Éadaoin Harney, Kendra Sirak, Jakob Sedig, Steven J. Micheletti, (unknown), (unknown), David Reich
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Ancient mitogenomes from the Southern Pampas of Argentina reflect local differentiation and limited extra‐regional linkages after rapid initial colonization
2023 ·American Journal of Biological Anthropology ·Josefina M. B. Motti, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Cristina Bayón, (unknown), Darío Alfredo Demarchi, Cláudio M. Bravi, David Reich, Graciela S. Cabana, Rodrigo Nores
3
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On the limits of fitting complex models of population history to f-statistics breakdown →
2023 ·eLife ·Robert Maier, Pavel Flegontov, Olga Flegontova, Ulaş Işıldak, Piya Changmai, David Reich
78
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Middle Neolithic Burials in Baikal-Yenisey Siberia: Problems of Cultural Identity and Genesis
2023 ·Archaeology Ethnology and Anthropology of Eurasia ·(unknown), (unknown), Tatyana M. Savenkova, (unknown), (unknown), Alexander M. Kim, David Reich
0
8
A unified genealogy of modern and ancient genomes
2022 ·Science ·Anthony Wilder Wohns, Yan Wong, Ben Jeffery, Ali Akbari, Swapan Mallick, Ron Pinhasi, Nick Patterson, David Reich, Jerome Kelleher, Gil McVean
70
9
Indian genetic heritage in Southeast Asian populations
2022 ·PLoS Genetics ·Piya Changmai, (unknown), Jatupol Kampuansai, Wibhu Kutanan, N. Ezgi Altınışık, Olga Flegontova, Angkhana Inta, Eren Yüncü, (unknown), Horolma Pamjav, David Reich, Pavel Flegontov
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10
Assessing the performance of qpAdm: a statistical tool for studying population admixture
2021 ·Genetics ·Éadaoin Harney, Nick Patterson, David Reich, John Wakeley
73
11
Dairying enabled Early Bronze Age Yamnaya steppe expansions
2021 ·Nature ·Shevan Wilkin, Alicia Ventresca Miller, Ricardo Fernandes, Robert N. Spengler, William Taylor, Dorcas Brown, David Reich, Douglas J. Kennett, Brendan J. Culleton, Laura Kunz, Claudia Fortes, (unknown), Pavel Kuznetsov, Andrey Epimakhov, Victor F. Zaibert, Alan K. Outram, Еgor Kitov, Aleksandr Khokhlov, David W. Anthony, Nicole Boivin
49
12
Combining ancient DNA and radiocarbon dating data to increase chronological accuracy
2021 ·Journal of Archaeological Science ·Jakob Sedig, (unknown), Nick Patterson, Éadaoin Harney, David Reich
6
13
Natural hybridization reveals incompatible alleles that cause melanoma in swordtail fish
2020 ·Science ·Daniel L. Powell, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Kang Du, (unknown), Shreya M. Banerjee, (unknown), David Reich, Peter Andolfatto, Gil G. Rosenthal, Manfred Schartl, Molly Schumer
67
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Polygenic adaptation on height is overestimated due to uncorrected stratification in genome-wide association studies breakdown →
2019 ·eLife ·Mashaal Sohail, Robert Maier, Andrea Ganna, Alex Bloemendal, Alicia R. Martin, Michael C. Turchin, Charleston W. K. Chiang, Joel N. Hirschhorn, Mark J. Daly, (unknown), Benjamin M. Neale, Iain Mathieson, David Reich, Shamil Sunyaev
228
15
Current evidence allows multiple models for the peopling of the Americas
2018 ·Science Advances ·Ben A. Potter, James F. Baichtal, Alwynne B. Beaudoin, Lars Fehren‐Schmitz, C. Vance Haynes, Vance T. Holliday, Charles E. Holmes, John W. Ives, Robert L. Kelly, Bastien Llamas, Ripan S. Malhi, D. Shane Miller, David Reich, Joshua D. Reuther, Stephan Schiffels, Todd A. Surovell
86
16
A genetic method for dating ancient genomes provides a direct estimate of human generation interval in the last 45,000 years
2016 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Priya Moorjani, Sriram Sankararaman, Qiaomei Fu, Molly Przeworski, Nick Patterson, David Reich
81
17
Inference of Admixture Parameters in Human Populations Using Weighted Linkage Disequilibrium
2012 ·arXiv (Cornell University) ·Po‐Ru Loh, Mark Lipson, Nick Patterson, Priya Moorjani, Joseph K. Pickrell, David Reich, Bonnie Berger
2
18
An Admixture Scan in 1,484 African American Women with Breast Cancer
2009 ·Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention ·Laura Fejerman, Christopher A. Haiman, David Reich, Arti Tandon, Rahul C. Deo, Esther M. John, Sue A. Ingles, Christine B. Ambrosone, Dana H. Bovbjerg, Lina Jandorf, (unknown), Gregory Ciupak, Alice S. Whittemore, Michael F. Press, Giske Ursin, Leslie Bernstein, Scott Huntsman, Brian E. Henderson, Elad Ziv, Matthew L. Freedman
42
19
Microsatellites Are Molecular Clocks That Support Accurate Inferences about History
2009 ·Molecular Biology and Evolution ·Jing Sun, James C. Mullikin, Nick Patterson, David Reich
58
20
Comparison of Fine-Scale Recombination Rates in Humans and Chimpanzees
2005 ·Science ·Wendy Winckler, Simon Myers, Daniel J. Richter, Robert C. Onofrio, Gavin J. McDonald, Ronald E. Bontrop, Gil McVean, Stacey Gabriel, David Reich, Peter Donnelly, David Altshuler
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