Évelyne Heyer

8.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
147 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Évelyne Heyer is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Évelyne Heyer has authored 147 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 82 papers in Genetics, 20 papers in Molecular Biology and 14 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Évelyne Heyer's work include Forensic and Genetic Research (41 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (32 papers) and Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (17 papers). Évelyne Heyer is often cited by papers focused on Forensic and Genetic Research (41 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (32 papers) and Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (17 papers). Évelyne Heyer collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Canada. Évelyne Heyer's co-authors include Franz Manni, Frédéric Austerlitz, Lluís Quintana‐Murci, Alain Froment, Laure Ségurel, Marc Adélard Tremblay, Tatyana Hegay, Raphaëlle Chaix, Jack Puymirat and Samuel Pavard and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Évelyne Heyer

140 papers receiving 4.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Geographic Patterns of (Genetic, Morphologic, Linguistic) Variation: How Barriers Can Be Detected by Using Monmonier's Algorithm

2004 922 citations Franz Manni, Évelyne Heyer et al. Human Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Évelyne Heyer France	37	2.6k	1.1k	404	351	314	147	4.8k
Guido Barbujani Italy	41	3.3k 1.3×	1.1k 1.0×	309 0.8×	218 0.6×	990 3.2×	145	5.7k
Francisco M. Salzano Brazil	45	4.7k 1.8×	2.0k 1.8×	518 1.3×	630 1.8×	635 2.0×	424	9.5k
Andrés Ruiz‐Linares United Kingdom	34	2.9k 1.1×	1.2k 1.1×	331 0.8×	211 0.6×	289 0.9×	109	5.1k
Joanna L. Mountain United States	36	5.1k 1.9×	1.9k 1.7×	995 2.5×	320 0.9×	403 1.3×	63	8.9k
Philip L. Johnson United States	43	1.7k 0.6×	1.6k 1.4×	754 1.9×	215 0.6×	483 1.5×	141	7.2k
Stephen Wooding United States	29	2.4k 0.9×	2.0k 1.8×	380 0.9×	401 1.1×	92 0.3×	50	5.5k
Kenneth M. Weiss United States	48	4.4k 1.7×	3.3k 2.9×	390 1.0×	333 0.9×	1.4k 4.4×	256	10.2k
L. Luca Cavalli-Sforza United States	36	5.5k 2.1×	1.5k 1.3×	391 1.0×	432 1.2×	812 2.6×	72	8.7k
Jeffrey C. Long United States	37	2.9k 1.1×	959 0.9×	785 1.9×	576 1.6×	444 1.4×	70	5.9k
Sriram Sankararaman United States	31	3.2k 1.2×	1.6k 1.4×	248 0.6×	187 0.5×	518 1.6×	87	5.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Évelyne Heyer

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Évelyne Heyer

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Balaresque, Patricia, Sébastien Delmotte, Tatyana Hegay, et al.. (2025). Sex and environment shape cochlear sensitivity in human populations worldwide. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 10475–10475. 1 indexed citations

Chambon, Philippe, et al.. (2023). beDNA : un projet visant à la collection systématique d’échantillons humains archéologiques à vocation paléogénétique – une première expérimentation. Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d anthropologie de Paris. 35(1).

Pemberton, Trevor J., Paul Verdu, Noémie S. Becker, et al.. (2018). A genome scan for genes underlying adult body size differences between Central African hunter-gatherers and farmers. Human Genetics. 137(6-7). 487–509. 13 indexed citations

Heyer, Évelyne, et al.. (2014). Lactase Persistence Variants in Arabia and in the African Arabs. Human Biology. 86(1). 7–18. 2 indexed citations

Heyer, Évelyne, Joanna L. Mergeche, & Samuel S. Bruce. (2013). Statins Reduce Neurologic Injury in Asymptomatic Carotid Endarterectomy Patients. Journal of Vascular Surgery. 58(1). 277–277. 1 indexed citations

Heyer, Évelyne. (2011). Faut-il revenir sur la défiscalisation des heures supplémentaires ? Simulation et première évaluation de ce dispositif. SPIRE (Sciences Po).

Heyer, Évelyne & Frédéric Austerlitz. (2009). Update to Heyer's "One Founder/One Gene Hypothesis in a New Expanding Population" (1999). Human Biology. 81(5-6). 657–662. 1 indexed citations

Heyer, Évelyne & Lluís Quintana‐Murci. (2009). PERSPECTIVE: Evolutionary genetics as a tool to target genes involved in phenotypes of medical relevance. Evolutionary Applications. 2(1). 71–80. 1 indexed citations

Verdu, Paul, Frédéric Austerlitz, Arnaud Estoup, et al.. (2009). Origins and Genetic Diversity of Pygmy Hunter-Gatherers from Western Central Africa. Current Biology. 19(4). 312–318. 153 indexed citations

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Chaix, Raphaëlle, Lluís Quintana‐Murci, Tatyana Hegay, et al.. (2007). From Social to Genetic Structures in Central Asia. Current Biology. 17(1). 43–48. 87 indexed citations

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Magalon, Hélène, Étienne Patin, Frédéric Austerlitz, et al.. (2007). Population genetic diversity of the NAT2 gene supports a role of acetylation in human adaptation to farming in Central Asia. European Journal of Human Genetics. 16(2). 243–251. 58 indexed citations

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Manni, Franz, Étienne Patin, Houssein Khodjet‐El‐Khil, et al.. (2005). A Y-chromosome portrait of the population of Jerba (Tunisia) to elucidate its complex demographic history. Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d anthropologie de Paris. 17(1-2). 103–114. 4 indexed citations

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Gagnon, Alain, Bruno Toupance, Marc Adélard Tremblay, Jan Beise, & Évelyne Heyer. (2005). Transmission of migration propensity increases genetic divergence between populations. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 129(4). 630–636. 15 indexed citations

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Chaix, Raphaëlle, Frédéric Austerlitz, Bharti Morar, Luba Kalaydjieva, & Évelyne Heyer. (2004). Vlax Roma history: what do coalescent-based methods tell us?. European Journal of Human Genetics. 12(4). 285–292. 22 indexed citations

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Pavard, Samuel, Alain Gagnon, Bertrand Desjardins, & Évelyne Heyer. (2004). MOTHER’S DEATH AND CHILD SURVIVAL: THE CASE OF EARLY QUEBEC. Journal of Biosocial Science. 37(2). 209–227. 36 indexed citations

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Manni, Franz, Bruno Toupance, Audrey Sabbagh, & Évelyne Heyer. (2004). New method for surname studies of ancient patrilineal population structures, and possible application to improvement of Y‐chromosome sampling. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 126(2). 214–228. 55 indexed citations

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Tremblay, Marc Adélard, Julie Arsenault, & Évelyne Heyer. (2003). Les probabilités de transmission des gènes fondateurs dans cinq populations régionales du Québec. Population. Vol. 58(3). 403–423. 3 indexed citations

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Hunter, Michael, Évelyne Heyer, Frédéric Austerlitz, et al.. (2002). The P28T Mutation in the GALK1 Gene Accounts for Galactokinase Deficiency in Roma (Gypsy) Patients across Europe. Pediatric Research. 51(5). 602–606. 21 indexed citations

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Gagnon, Alain & Évelyne Heyer. (2001). Fragmentation of the Qu�bec population genetic pool (Canada): Evidence from the genetic contribution of founders per region in the 17th and 18th centuries. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 114(1). 30–41. 37 indexed citations

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Mauro, Alexander, et al.. (1972). Time-Variant Conductance of Bilayer Membranes Treated with Monazomycin and Alamethicin. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 69(12). 3742–3744. 20 indexed citations

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