Fernando A. Villanea

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Fernando A. Villanea is a scholar working on Genetics, Archeology and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Fernando A. Villanea has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Genetics, 6 papers in Archeology and 5 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Fernando A. Villanea's work include Forensic and Genetic Research (10 papers), Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (5 papers) and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (4 papers). Fernando A. Villanea is often cited by papers focused on Forensic and Genetic Research (10 papers), Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (5 papers) and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (4 papers). Fernando A. Villanea collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Ireland. Fernando A. Villanea's co-authors include George H. Perry, Nathaniel J. Dominy, Charles Lee, Katrina G. Claw, Arthur S. Lee, Richard Redon, Heike Fiegler, John C. Werner, Joanna L. Mountain and Nigel P. Carter and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Genetics and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Fernando A. Villanea

16 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

Diet and the evolution of human amylase gene copy number ... 2007 2026 2013 2019 2007 250 500 750
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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. Diet and the evolution of human amylase gene copy number variation
    2007 965 citations George H. Perry, Nathaniel J. Dominy et al. Nature Genetics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Fernando A. Villanea United States 8 641 387 211 144 98 17 1.2k
Godfrey Lema Tanzania 7 1.0k 1.6× 375 1.0× 94 0.4× 135 0.9× 104 1.1× 8 1.5k
Arthur S. Lee United States 8 769 1.2× 558 1.4× 352 1.7× 148 1.0× 104 1.1× 10 1.5k
Sergio Tofanelli Italy 23 920 1.4× 427 1.1× 297 1.4× 30 0.2× 178 1.8× 59 1.5k
Pascale Gerbault United Kingdom 14 577 0.9× 180 0.5× 28 0.1× 125 0.9× 102 1.0× 22 1.1k
Maha M. Osman Sudan 3 707 1.1× 199 0.5× 58 0.3× 117 0.8× 42 0.4× 6 953
Sandra Beleza Portugal 20 805 1.3× 387 1.0× 61 0.3× 22 0.2× 118 1.2× 35 1.4k
Corinna Herrnstadt United States 15 655 1.0× 1.1k 2.8× 122 0.6× 57 0.4× 15 0.2× 16 1.6k
Choongwon Jeong South Korea 16 662 1.0× 180 0.5× 27 0.1× 59 0.4× 20 0.2× 35 1.0k
Karen Oliver Australia 20 589 0.9× 908 2.3× 221 1.0× 203 1.4× 9 0.1× 50 1.9k
R. C. Roberts United Kingdom 18 511 0.8× 252 0.7× 134 0.6× 118 0.8× 12 0.1× 36 1.1k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Fernando A. Villanea

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All Works

17 of 17 papers shown
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Villanea, Fernando A., David Peede, Kelsey E. Witt, et al.. (2025). The MUC19 gene: An evolutionary history of recurrent introgression and natural selection. Science. 389(6762). eadl0882–eadl0882. 1 indexed citations
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Witt, Kelsey E. & Fernando A. Villanea. (2024). Computational Genomics and Its Applications to Anthropological Questions. American Journal of Biological Anthropology. 186(S78). e70010–e70010. 1 indexed citations
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Villanea, Fernando A.. (2023). Defense against dark anthropology. American Anthropologist. 125(1). 184–185. 1 indexed citations
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Witt, Kelsey E., Seung‐been Lee, Ripan S. Malhi, et al.. (2023). Pharmacogenetic Variation in Neanderthals and Denisovans and Implications for Human Health and Response to Medications. Genome Biology and Evolution. 15(12). 2 indexed citations
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Witt, Kelsey E., et al.. (2022). Apportioning archaic variants among modern populations. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 377(1852). 20200411–20200411. 14 indexed citations
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Villanea, Fernando A. & Kelsey E. Witt. (2022). Underrepresented Populations at the Archaic Introgression Frontier. Frontiers in Genetics. 13. 821170–821170. 4 indexed citations
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Villanea, Fernando A., Emilia Huerta‐Sánchez, & Keolu Fox. (2021). ABO Genetic Variation in Neanderthals and Denisovans. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 38(8). 3373–3382. 7 indexed citations
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Villanea, Fernando A., et al.. (2021). Our Tangled Family Tree: New Genomic Methods Offer Insight into the Legacy of Archaic Admixture. Genome Biology and Evolution. 13(7). 18 indexed citations
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Villanea, Fernando A., Andrew Kitchen, & Brian M. Kemp. (2019). Applications of Bayesian Skyline Plots and Approximate Bayesian Computation for Human Demography. Human Biology. 91(4). 279–279. 3 indexed citations
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Villanea, Fernando A. & Joshua G. Schraiber. (2018). Multiple episodes of interbreeding between Neanderthal and modern humans. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 3(1). 39–44. 112 indexed citations
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Villanea, Fernando A., et al.. (2017). Genetic diversity in Svaneti and its implications for the human settlement of the Highland Caucasus. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 164(4). 837–852. 4 indexed citations
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Villanea, Fernando A., Christine Parent, & Brian M. Kemp. (2016). Reviving Galápagos snails: ancient DNA extraction and amplification from shells of probably extinct endemic land snails. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 82(3). 449–456. 15 indexed citations
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Villanea, Fernando A., et al.. (2015). A General Model of Negative Frequency Dependent Selection Explains Global Patterns of Human ABO Polymorphism. PLoS ONE. 10(5). e0125003–e0125003. 8 indexed citations
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Villanea, Fernando A., et al.. (2013). Global patterns of ABO polymorphism suggest strong balancing selection and very low effective population size after the human colonization of America.
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Villanea, Fernando A., Deborah A. Bolnick, Cara Monroe, et al.. (2013). Brief communication: Evolution of a specific O allele (O1vG542A) supports unique ancestry of Native Americans. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 151(4). 649–657. 11 indexed citations
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Villanea, Fernando A., George H. Perry, Gustavo A. Gutiérrez‐Espeleta, & Nathaniel J. Dominy. (2012). ASPM and the Evolution of Cerebral Cortical Size in a Community of New World Monkeys. PLoS ONE. 7(9). e44928–e44928. 4 indexed citations
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Perry, George H., Nathaniel J. Dominy, Katrina G. Claw, et al.. (2007). Diet and the evolution of human amylase gene copy number variation. Nature Genetics. 39(10). 1256–1260. 965 indexed citations breakdown →

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