Eske Willerslev

73.6k citations
240 papers · 25.1k · 13 hit papers · h-index 87

Impact in

  • Paleontology top 0.05%
    • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
  • Ecology top 0.02%
    • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
    • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology

Papers in

    • Forensic and Genetic Research 82
    • Genetic diversity and population structure 32
    • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies 35

Eske Willerslev

237 papers receiving 24.3k citations

Eske Willerslev's Hit Papers

Ancient DNA analysis 2021 · 183 citations
1830+7+14Years since publication4008001.2k

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Eske Willerslev
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  • Paleontology 4.1k
  • Ecology 11.8k
  • Genetics 8.4k
  • Ecological Modeling 1.3k
  • Archeology 3.0k
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The 25 scholars most cited alongside Eske Willerslev, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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1
Environmental DNA – An emerging tool in conservation for monitoring past and present biodiversity
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20141466
2
Towards next‐generation biodiversity assessment using DNA metabarcoding
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20121295
3
Monitoring endangered freshwater biodiversity using environmental DNA
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2011907
4
Power and limitations of the chloroplast trnL (UAA) intron for plant DNA barcoding
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2006899
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Detection of a Diverse Marine Fish Fauna Using Environmental DNA from Seawater Samples
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2012775
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Worldwide Phylogeography of Wild Boar Reveals Multiple Centers of Pig Domestication
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2005636
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Review Paper. Ancient DNA
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2004536
8 2003462
9 2007399
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The half-life of DNA in bone: measuring decay kinetics in 158 dated fossils
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2012395
11
Tracing the peopling of the world through genomics
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2017374
12
Origins and Genetic Legacy of Neolithic Farmers and Hunter-Gatherers in Europe
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2012364
13 2014324
14 2010324
15 2016311
16 2009293
17
Postglacial viability and colonization in North America’s ice-free corridor
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2016257
18 2011243
19 2011237
20 2014235

About Eske Willerslev

Eske Willerslev is a scholar working on Genetics, Ecology, Molecular Biology, Paleontology and Archeology, having authored 240 papers that have together received 25.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Forensic and Genetic Research (82 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (45 papers), Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (41 papers), Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies (35 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (32 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (25 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (19 papers) and Identification and Quantification in Food (18 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Paleontology (4.1k citations), Ecology (11.8k citations), Genetics (8.4k citations), Ecological Modeling (1.3k citations) and Archeology (3.0k citations). Eske Willerslev has collaborated with scholars based in Denmark, United Kingdom and United States. Frequent co-authors include Philip Francis Thomsen, M. Thomas P. Gilbert, Ludovic Orlando, Alan Cooper, Morten Rasmussen, Éric Coissac, Christian Brochmann, Pierre Taberlet, François Pompanon and Anders J. Hansen. Their work appears in journals such as PLoS ONE, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Science, Molecular Ecology and Current Biology.

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