Eske Willerslev

72.3k total citations · 12 hit papers
238 papers, 24.6k citations indexed

About

Eske Willerslev is a scholar working on Genetics, Ecology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Eske Willerslev has authored 238 papers receiving a total of 24.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 126 papers in Genetics, 82 papers in Ecology and 74 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Eske Willerslev's work include Forensic and Genetic Research (83 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (47 papers) and Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (41 papers). Eske Willerslev is often cited by papers focused on Forensic and Genetic Research (83 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (47 papers) and Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (41 papers). Eske Willerslev collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, United Kingdom and United States. Eske Willerslev's co-authors include Philip Francis Thomsen, M. Thomas P. Gilbert, Ludovic Orlando, Alan Cooper, Morten Rasmussen, Éric Coissac, Christian Brochmann, Pierre Taberlet, Anders J. Hansen and François Pompanon and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Eske Willerslev

235 papers receiving 23.8k citations

Hit Papers

Environmental DNA – An em... 2004 2026 2011 2018 2014 2012 2011 2006 2012 400 800 1.2k

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Eske Willerslev 11.7k 9.9k 8.6k 4.1k 3.1k 238 24.6k
M. Thomas P. Gilbert 9.9k 0.8× 9.7k 1.0× 8.3k 1.0× 3.2k 0.8× 2.6k 0.8× 387 24.4k
Alan Cooper 5.8k 0.5× 5.8k 0.6× 7.2k 0.8× 4.3k 1.0× 2.0k 0.6× 475 21.9k
Michael Hofreiter 5.1k 0.4× 4.6k 0.5× 8.4k 1.0× 3.8k 0.9× 3.2k 1.0× 243 15.4k
Ludovic Orlando 4.8k 0.4× 4.8k 0.5× 5.3k 0.6× 2.4k 0.6× 1.6k 0.5× 151 11.9k
Rasmus Nielsen 7.0k 0.6× 17.9k 1.8× 23.7k 2.8× 2.5k 0.6× 832 0.3× 293 43.5k
Beth Shapiro 3.6k 0.3× 2.7k 0.3× 4.0k 0.5× 2.1k 0.5× 830 0.3× 195 9.8k
Simon Y. W. Ho 5.3k 0.5× 6.7k 0.7× 8.5k 1.0× 4.0k 1.0× 355 0.1× 226 22.1k
Matthias Meyer 2.6k 0.2× 4.1k 0.4× 6.0k 0.7× 2.9k 0.7× 3.0k 1.0× 93 11.4k
Øyvind Hammer 6.0k 0.5× 2.2k 0.2× 1.8k 0.2× 3.9k 0.9× 491 0.2× 124 19.9k
Paul D. Ryan 5.5k 0.5× 2.1k 0.2× 1.7k 0.2× 3.1k 0.7× 465 0.1× 56 18.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Eske Willerslev

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Eske Willerslev

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ravn, Kirstine, Jonas Meisner, Michael E. Benros, et al.. (2025). Tracing the evolutionary history of the CCR5delta32 deletion via ancient and modern genomes. Cell. 188(14). 3679–3695.e16.
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Margaryan, Ashot, Anders Fischer, Karl-Göran Sjögren, et al.. (2021). Genomic Steppe ancestry in skeletons from the Neolithic Single Grave Culture in Denmark. PLoS ONE. 16(1). e0244872–e0244872. 12 indexed citations
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Segawa, Takahiro, Takahiro Yonezawa, Hiroshi Mori, et al.. (2021). Ancient DNA reveals multiple origins and migration waves of extinct Japanese brown bear lineages. Royal Society Open Science. 8(8). 210518–210518. 10 indexed citations
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Orlando, Ludovic, Robin G. Allaby, Pontus Skoglund, et al.. (2021). Ancient DNA analysis. Nature Reviews Methods Primers. 1(1). 169 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cappellini, Enrico, et al.. (2019). Enamel proteome sequences from Dmanisi (Georgia) enable molecular phylogeny beyond the limits of ancient DNA preservation. Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen). 1 indexed citations
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Wasef, Sally, Sankar Subramanian, Richard O’Rorke, et al.. (2019). Mitogenomic diversity in Sacred Ibis Mummies sheds light on early Egyptian practices. PLoS ONE. 14(11). e0223964–e0223964. 16 indexed citations
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Lindo, John, Alessandro Achilli, Ugo A. Perego, et al.. (2017). Ancient individuals from the North American Northwest Coast reveal 10,000 years of regional genetic continuity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(16). 4093–4098. 66 indexed citations
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Frei, Karin Margarita, Chiara Villa, Marie Louise Schjellerup Jørkov, et al.. (2017). A matter of months: High precision migration chronology of a Bronze Age female. PLoS ONE. 12(6). e0178834–e0178834. 50 indexed citations
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Kristiansen, Kristian, Morten E. Allentoft, Karin Margarita Frei, et al.. (2017). Re-theorising mobility and the formation of culture and language among the Corded Ware Culture in Europe. Antiquity. 91(356). 334–347. 128 indexed citations breakdown →
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Castro, Constanza de la Fuente, María C. Ávila‐Arcos, Meredith L. Carpenter, et al.. (2016). Insight into the population history of the Chilean Patagonia through the analysis of ancient and modern genomic data. 1 indexed citations
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Skoglund, Pontus, Helena Malmström, Maanasa Raghavan, et al.. (2012). Origins and Genetic Legacy of Neolithic Farmers and Hunter-Gatherers in Europe. Science. 336(6080). 466–469. 362 indexed citations breakdown →
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Oskam, Charlotte L., James Haile, Paul Rigby, et al.. (2010). Fossil avian eggshell preserves ancient DNA. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 277(1690). 1991–2000. 94 indexed citations
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Binladen, Jonas & Eske Willerslev. (2010). Why study ancient DNA damage?. 17. 11–14. 2 indexed citations
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Haile, James, Duane Froese, R. D. E. MacPhee, et al.. (2009). Ancient DNA reveals late survival of mammoth and horse in interior Alaska. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106(52). 22352–22357. 186 indexed citations
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Hebsgaard, Martin B., M. Thomas P. Gilbert, Jette Arneborg, et al.. (2009). ‘The Farm Beneath the Sand’ – an archaeological case study on ancient ‘dirt’ DNA. Antiquity. 83(320). 430–444. 51 indexed citations
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Davydov, S. P., A. Sher, Г. Г. Боескоров, et al.. (2009). Unique Locality of Wooly Rhinoceros in Arctic Siberia. AGUFM. 2009. 1 indexed citations
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Larson, Greger, Keith Dobney, Umberto Albarella, et al.. (2005). Worldwide Phylogeography of Wild Boar Reveals Multiple Centers of Pig Domestication. Science. 307(5715). 1618–1621. 636 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lydolph, Magnus Christian, J. Steven Jacobsen, Peter Arctander, et al.. (2005). Beringian Paleoecology Inferred from Permafrost-Preserved Fungal DNA. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 71(2). 1012–1017. 104 indexed citations
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Hansen, Anders J., et al.. (2002). JAWS: just add water system - a device for detection of nucleic acids in Martian ice caps. UCL Discovery (University College London). 518. 309–312. 1 indexed citations
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Sørensen, Martin V., Peter Funch, Eske Willerslev, Anders J. Hansen, & Jørgen Olesen. (2000). On the phylogeny of the Metazoa in the light of Cycliophora and Micrognathozoa.. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 239. 297–318. 88 indexed citations

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