Heather Norton

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Heather Norton is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Dermatology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Heather Norton has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Cell Biology, 19 papers in Dermatology and 7 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Heather Norton's work include melanin and skin pigmentation (21 papers), Skin Protection and Aging (19 papers) and Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques (7 papers). Heather Norton is often cited by papers focused on melanin and skin pigmentation (21 papers), Skin Protection and Aging (19 papers) and Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques (7 papers). Heather Norton collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Brazil. Heather Norton's co-authors include Esteban J. Parra, Mark D. Shriver, Rick A. Kittles, Paul McKeigue, Kateryna D. Makova, S. Dios, Carolina Bonilla, Daniel G. Bradley, Keith C. Cheng and Victor A. Canfield and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Scientific Reports and Molecular Biology and Evolution.

In The Last Decade

Heather Norton

31 papers receiving 1.5k 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.

Excavating Neandertal and Denisovan DNA from the genomes of Melanesian individuals

2016 254 citations Heather Norton, George Koki et al. profile →

Peers

Heather Norton

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Angela van Daal Australia

Xianyun Mao United States

J. Michael Macpherson United States

N. A. Barnicot United Kingdom

Shinji Harihara Japan

Wenqing Fu China

Lawrence Hon United States

Gorka Alkorta‐Aranburu United States

Valentino Romano Italy

Neil Cameron Australia

Angela van Daal Australia

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352 ×0.6

186 ×0.4

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1.0k ×3.3

248 ×0.9

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Countries citing papers authored by Heather Norton

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Fields of papers citing papers by Heather Norton

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Heather Norton

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Simões, Aguinaldo Luíz, et al.. (2025). Assessment of a microhaplotype panel for human identification and ancestry inference in Brazil. International Journal of Legal Medicine. 139(6). 2659–2674.

Norton, Heather, et al.. (2024). Large-scale selection of highly informative microhaplotypes for ancestry inference and population specific informativeness. Forensic Science International Genetics. 74. 103153–103153. 1 indexed citations

Debortoli, Guilherme, Tábita Hünemeier, Heather Norton, et al.. (2020). Insights on hair, skin and eye color of ancient and contemporary Native Americans. Forensic Science International Genetics. 48. 102335–102335. 8 indexed citations

Debortoli, Guilherme, et al.. (2020). Novel insights on demographic history of tribal and caste groups from West Maharashtra (India) using genome-wide data. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 10075–10075. 8 indexed citations

Debortoli, Guilherme, Eduardo Antônio Donadi, Heather Norton, et al.. (2019). Applicability of the SNPforID 52-plex panel for human identification and ancestry evaluation in a Brazilian population sample by next-generation sequencing. Forensic Science International Genetics. 40. 201–209. 8 indexed citations

Norton, Heather, Ellen E. Quillen, Abigail W. Bigham, Laurel N. Pearson, & Holly Dunsworth. (2019). Human races are not like dog breeds: refuting a racist analogy. Evolution Education and Outreach. 12(1). 19 indexed citations

Norton, Heather, et al.. (2019). PACE. Oxford University Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations

Edwards, Melissa, S. Krithika, Phuong Le, et al.. (2017). Genome-wide association study of pigmentary traits (skin and iris color) in individuals of East Asian ancestry. PeerJ. 5. e3951–e3951. 24 indexed citations

Deka, Ranjan, et al.. (2017). Understanding influences of culture and history on mtDNA variation and population structure in three populations from Assam, Northeast India. American Journal of Human Biology. 29(3). 2 indexed citations

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Norton, Heather, et al.. (2015). MC1R diversity in Northern Island Melanesia has not been constrained by strong purifying selection and cannot explain pigmentation phenotype variation in the region. BMC Genetics. 16(1). 122–122. 8 indexed citations

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Murray, Nicole R., Heather Norton, & Esteban J. Parra. (2015). Distribution of two OCA2 polymorphisms associated with pigmentation in East-Asian populations. Human Genome Variation. 2(1). 15058–15058. 8 indexed citations

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Norton, Heather, et al.. (2015). Quantitative assessment of skin, hair, and iris variation in a diverse sample of individuals and associated genetic variation. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 160(4). 570–581. 18 indexed citations

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Norton, Heather, et al.. (2015). The rs387907171 SNP in TYRP1 is not associated with blond hair color on the Island of Bougainville. American Journal of Human Biology. 28(3). 431–435.

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Norton, Heather, Rick A. Kittles, Esteban J. Parra, et al.. (2006). Genetic Evidence for the Convergent Evolution of Light Skin in Europeans and East Asians. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 24(3). 710–722. 272 indexed citations

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Makova, Kateryna D. & Heather Norton. (2005). Worldwide polymorphism at the MC1R locus and normal pigmentation variation in humans. Peptides. 26(10). 1901–1908. 67 indexed citations

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Bonilla, Carolina, Tyisha Williams, Esteban J. Parra, et al.. (2005). The 8818G allele of the agouti signaling protein (ASIP) gene is ancestral and is associated with darker skin color in African Americans. Human Genetics. 116(5). 402–406. 98 indexed citations

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Norton, Heather, Jonathan S. Friedlaender, D. Andrew Merriwether, et al.. (2005). Skin and hair pigmentation variation in Island Melanesia. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 130(2). 254–268. 25 indexed citations

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Shriver, Mark D., Esteban J. Parra, S. Dios, et al.. (2003). Skin pigmentation, biogeographical ancestry and admixture mapping. Human Genetics. 112(4). 387–399. 394 indexed citations

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Wagner, Jennifer K., et al.. (2002). Skin Responses to Ultraviolet Radiation: Effects of Constitutive Pigmentation, Sex, and Ancestry. Pigment Cell Research. 15(5). 385–390. 60 indexed citations

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Wagner, Jennifer K., et al.. (2002). Comparing Quantitative Measures of Erythema, Pigmentation and Skin Response using Reflectometry. Pigment Cell Research. 15(5). 379–384. 75 indexed citations

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