Henry Harpending

18.7k total citations · 7 hit papers
95 papers, 13.4k citations indexed

About

Henry Harpending is a scholar working on Genetics, Sociology and Political Science and Archeology. According to data from OpenAlex, Henry Harpending has authored 95 papers receiving a total of 13.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Genetics, 16 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 13 papers in Archeology. Recurrent topics in Henry Harpending's work include Forensic and Genetic Research (24 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (19 papers) and Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (15 papers). Henry Harpending is often cited by papers focused on Forensic and Genetic Research (24 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (19 papers) and Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (15 papers). Henry Harpending collaborates with scholars based in United States, Russia and Belgium. Henry Harpending's co-authors include Alan R. Rogers, Patricia Draper, Linda Vigilant, Allan C. Wilson, Stephen T. Sherry, Mark Stoneking, Renee Pennington, Kristen Hawkes, Gregory Cochran and Lynn B. Jorde and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

In The Last Decade

Henry Harpending

88 papers receiving 12.6k citations

Hit Papers

Population growth makes waves in the distribution of pair... 1982 2026 1996 2011 1992 1994 1991 1992 1982 1000 2.0k 3.0k
What are hit papers?

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. Population growth makes waves in the distribution of pairwise genetic differences.
    1992 4.0k citations Alan R. Rogers, Henry Harpending Molecular Biology and Evolution profile →
  2. Signature of ancient population growth in a low-resolution mitochondrial DNA mismatch distribution.
    1994 1.6k citations Henry Harpending profile →
  3. African Populations and the Evolution of Human Mitochondrial DNA
    1991 931 citations Henry Harpending et al. profile →
  4. The Osteological Paradox: Problems of Inferring Prehistoric Health from Skeletal Samples [and Comments and Reply]
    1992 868 citations James W. Wood, George R. Milner et al. Current Anthropology profile →
  5. Father Absence and Reproductive Strategy: An Evolutionary Perspective
    1982 542 citations Patricia Draper, Henry Harpending profile →
  6. The Genetic Structure of Ancient Human Populations
    1993 500 citations Henry Harpending, Alan R. Rogers et al. Current Anthropology profile →
  7. Mitochondrial DNA sequences in single hairs from a southern African population.
    1989 444 citations Renee Pennington, Henry Harpending et al. profile →

Peers

Henry Harpending
Alan R. Rogers United States
L. L. Cavalli‐Sforza United States
Andrea Manica United Kingdom
Linda Vigilant Germany
Mark Stoneking Germany
Allan C. Wilson United States
Ranajit Chakraborty United States
David Reich United States
Carlos D. Bustamante United States
Christophe Boesch Germany
Alan R. Rogers United States
Henry Harpending
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Countries citing papers authored by Henry Harpending

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Fields of papers citing papers by Henry Harpending

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Henry Harpending

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Henry Harpending. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Henry Harpending 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 Henry Harpending. Henry Harpending 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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Harpending, Henry, et al.. (2016). SOME USES OF MODELS OF QUANTITATIVE GENETIC SELECTION IN SOCIAL SCIENCE. Journal of Biosocial Science. 49(1). 15–30.
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Cochran, Gregory & Henry Harpending. (2013). Paternal Age and Genetic Load. Human Biology. 85(4). 515–528. 3 indexed citations
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Huff, Chad D., Henry Harpending, & Alan R. Rogers. (2010). Detecting positive selection from genome scans of linkage disequilibrium. BMC Genomics. 11(1). 8–8. 25 indexed citations
4.
Hawks, John, Gregory Cochran, Henry Harpending, & Bruce T. Lahn. (2007). A genetic legacy from archaic Homo. Trends in Genetics. 24(1). 19–23. 20 indexed citations
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Bulayeva, Kazima, Lynn B. Jorde, Scott Watkins, et al.. (2006). Ethnogenomic diversity of Caucasus, Daghestan. American Journal of Human Biology. 18(5). 610–620. 17 indexed citations
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Eswaran, V., Henry Harpending, & Alan R. Rogers. (2005). Genomics refutes an exclusively African origin of humans. Journal of Human Evolution. 49(1). 1–18. 77 indexed citations
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Cochran, Gregory, et al.. (2005). NATURAL HISTORY OF ASHKENAZI INTELLIGENCE. Journal of Biosocial Science. 38(5). 659–693. 86 indexed citations
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Bulayeva, Kazima, Lynn B. Jorde, Christopher T. Ostler, et al.. (2003). Genetics and Population History of Caucasus Populations. Human Biology. 75(6). 837–853. 42 indexed citations
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Yao, Yong‐Gang, et al.. (2002). Genetic relationship of Chinese ethnic populations revealed by mtDNA sequence diversity. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 118(1). 63–76. 143 indexed citations
10.
Paine, Richard R. & Henry Harpending. (1998). Effect of sample bias on paleodemographic fertility estimates. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 105(2). 231–240. 26 indexed citations
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Harpending, Henry. (1994). Infertility and forager demography. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 93(3). 385–390. 26 indexed citations
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Fry, Christine L., et al.. (1994). The Aging Experience: Diversity and Commonality across Cultures. 79 indexed citations
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Wood, James W., George R. Milner, Henry Harpending, et al.. (1992). The Osteological Paradox: Problems of Inferring Prehistoric Health from Skeletal Samples [and Comments and Reply]. Current Anthropology. 33(4). 343–370. 868 indexed citations breakdown →
14.
Rogers, Alan R. & Henry Harpending. (1992). Population growth makes waves in the distribution of pairwise genetic differences.. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 9(3). 552–69. 3958 indexed citations breakdown →
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Pennington, Renee & Henry Harpending. (1991). Effect of infertility on the population structure of the Herero and Mbanderu of southern Africa. Biodemography and Social Biology. 38(1-2). 127–139. 1 indexed citations
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Harpending, Henry & Renee Pennington. (1990). Herero households. Human Ecology. 18(4). 417–439. 12 indexed citations
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Milner, George R., et al.. (1989). Pattern matching of age‐at‐death distributions in paleodemographic analysis. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 80(1). 49–58. 69 indexed citations
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Pennington, Renee & Henry Harpending. (1988). Fitness and fertility among kalahari !Kung. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 77(3). 303–319. 96 indexed citations
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Nurse, G.T., et al.. (1979). Sero-Genetic Studies on the 'Masarwa' of Northeastern Botswana. Botswana notes and records. 11. 15–23. 6 indexed citations
20.
Yellen, John E. & Henry Harpending. (1972). Hunter‐gatherer populations and archaeological inference. World Archaeology. 4(2). 244–253. 88 indexed citations

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