Helena Malmström

5.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
38 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Helena Malmström is a scholar working on Genetics, Archeology and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Helena Malmström has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Genetics, 24 papers in Archeology and 16 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Helena Malmström's work include Forensic and Genetic Research (33 papers), Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (23 papers) and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (16 papers). Helena Malmström is often cited by papers focused on Forensic and Genetic Research (33 papers), Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (23 papers) and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (16 papers). Helena Malmström collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, South Africa and Denmark. Helena Malmström's co-authors include Anders Götherström, Mattias Jakobsson, Jan Storå, Eske Willerslev, M. Thomas P. Gilbert, Gunilla Holmlund, Pontus Skoglund, Torsten Günther, Maanasa Raghavan and Per Hall and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Helena Malmström

36 papers receiving 2.2k citations

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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.

Origins and Genetic Legacy of Neolithic Farmers and Hunter-Gatherers in Europe

2012 362 citations Pontus Skoglund, Helena Malmström et al. Science profile →
Southern African ancient genomes estimate modern human divergence to 350,000 to 260,000 years ago

2017 259 citations Carina M. Schlebusch, Helena Malmström et al. Science profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Helena Malmström Sweden	21	1.5k	989	867	401	282	38	2.2k
Jan Storå Sweden	25	1.4k 0.9×	1.1k 1.1×	1.1k 1.3×	443 1.1×	221 0.8×	67	2.4k
Torsten Günther Sweden	23	1.7k 1.1×	637 0.6×	586 0.7×	304 0.8×	781 2.8×	50	2.9k
David Caramelli Italy	25	1.5k 1.0×	997 1.0×	628 0.7×	418 1.0×	472 1.7×	86	2.4k
Martina Lari Italy	21	1.1k 0.7×	790 0.8×	513 0.6×	322 0.8×	355 1.3×	63	1.8k
Mait Metspalu Estonia	29	2.1k 1.4×	869 0.9×	362 0.4×	351 0.9×	636 2.3×	68	2.9k
Anna Olivieri Italy	30	1.8k 1.2×	647 0.7×	392 0.5×	222 0.6×	764 2.7×	52	2.7k
Brian M. Kemp United States	28	1.1k 0.7×	613 0.6×	755 0.9×	400 1.0×	427 1.5×	47	2.0k
Maanasa Raghavan Denmark	13	659 0.4×	389 0.4×	520 0.6×	261 0.7×	200 0.7×	19	1.2k
Ugo A. Perego Italy	18	1.2k 0.8×	408 0.4×	338 0.4×	179 0.4×	368 1.3×	25	1.7k
Dennis H. O’Rourke United States	22	841 0.5×	454 0.5×	647 0.7×	479 1.2×	206 0.7×	62	1.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Helena Malmström

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Jakobsson, Mattias, Carolina Bernhardsson, James McKenna, et al.. (2025). Homo sapiens-specific evolution unveiled by ancient southern African genomes. Nature. 650(8100). 156–163.

Högberg, Anders, et al.. (2025). Transdisciplinary Theoretical Approaches to Migration Studies in Archaeology. Cambridge Archaeological Journal. 35(3). 418–434.

Naidoo, Thijessen, Ekin Sağlıcan, Kıvılcım Başak Vural, et al.. (2024). READv2: advanced and user-friendly detection of biological relatedness in archaeogenomics. Genome biology. 25(1). 216–216. 9 indexed citations

Oskolkov, Nikolay, Claudio Mirabello, Per Unneberg, et al.. (2024). Identification of microbial pathogens in Neolithic Scandinavian humans. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 5630–5630. 2 indexed citations

Blank, Malou, Karl-Göran Sjögren, Corina Knipper, et al.. (2023). Interdisciplinary analyses of the remains from three gallery graves at Kinnekulle: tracing Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age societies in inland Southwestern Sweden. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences. 15(7). 1 indexed citations

Juras, Anna, Edvard Ehler, Maciej Chyleński, et al.. (2021). Maternal genetic origin of the late and final Neolithic human populations from present‐day Poland. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 176(2). 223–236. 5 indexed citations

Juras, Anna, Przemysław Makarowicz, Maciej Chyleński, et al.. (2020). Mitochondrial genomes from Bronze Age Poland reveal genetic continuity from the Late Neolithic and additional genetic affinities with the steppe populations. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 172(2). 176–188. 10 indexed citations

Sánchez‐Quinto, Federico, Helena Malmström, Magdalena Fraser, et al.. (2019). Megalithic tombs in western and northern Neolithic Europe were linked to a kindred society. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(19). 9469–9474. 70 indexed citations

Malmström, Helena, Torsten Günther, Emma Svensson, et al.. (2019). The genomic ancestry of the Scandinavian Battle Axe Culture people and their relation to the broader Corded Ware horizon. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 286(1912). 20191528–20191528. 32 indexed citations

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Valdiosera, Cristina, Torsten Günther, Juan Carlos Vera Rodríguez, et al.. (2018). Four millennia of Iberian biomolecular prehistory illustrate the impact of prehistoric migrations at the far end of Eurasia. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(13). 3428–3433. 69 indexed citations

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Juras, Anna, Maciej Chyleński, Edvard Ehler, et al.. (2018). Mitochondrial genomes reveal an east to west cline of steppe ancestry in Corded Ware populations. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 11603–11603. 33 indexed citations

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Schlebusch, Carina M., Helena Malmström, Torsten Günther, et al.. (2017). Southern African ancient genomes estimate modern human divergence to 350,000 to 260,000 years ago. Science. 358(6363). 652–655. 259 indexed citations breakdown →

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Chyleński, Maciej, Anna Juras, Edvard Ehler, et al.. (2017). Late Danubian mitochondrial genomes shed light into the Neolithisation of Central Europe in the 5th millennium BC. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 17(1). 80–80. 14 indexed citations

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Juras, Anna, Maciej Chyleński, Marta Krenz‐Niedbała, et al.. (2016). Investigating kinship of Neolithic post-LBK human remains from Krusza Zamkowa, Poland using ancient DNA. Forensic Science International Genetics. 26. 30–39. 30 indexed citations

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Łukasik, Sylwia, et al.. (2015). Anthropological Description of Skeletal Material from the Dniester Barrowcemetery Complex, Yampil Region, Vinnitsa Oblast (Ukraine). 20(1). 293–336. 2 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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Malmström, Helena, Anna Linderholm, Kerstin Lidén, et al.. (2010). High frequency of lactose intolerance in a prehistoric hunter-gatherer population in northern Europe. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 10(1). 89–89. 63 indexed citations

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Malmström, Helena, Carles Vilà, M. Thomas P. Gilbert, et al.. (2008). Barking up the wrong tree: Modern northern European dogs fail to explain their origin. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 8(1). 71–71. 23 indexed citations

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Malmström, Helena, Emma Svensson, M. Thomas P. Gilbert, et al.. (2007). More on Contamination: The Use of Asymmetric Molecular Behavior to Identify Authentic Ancient Human DNA. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 24(4). 998–1004. 100 indexed citations

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Malmström, Helena, Jan Storå, Love Dalén, Gunilla Holmlund, & Anders Götherström. (2005). Extensive Human DNA Contamination in Extracts from Ancient Dog Bones and Teeth. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 22(10). 2040–2047. 121 indexed citations

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