Himla Soodyall

7.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
58 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Himla Soodyall is a scholar working on Genetics, Archeology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Himla Soodyall has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Genetics, 14 papers in Archeology and 11 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Himla Soodyall's work include Forensic and Genetic Research (37 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (21 papers) and Race, Genetics, and Society (17 papers). Himla Soodyall is often cited by papers focused on Forensic and Genetic Research (37 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (21 papers) and Race, Genetics, and Society (17 papers). Himla Soodyall collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United States and Sweden. Himla Soodyall's co-authors include Carina M. Schlebusch, Mark Stoneking, Michael F. Hammer, Mattias Jakobsson, Marlize Lombard, Per Sjödin, Trefor Jenkins, T Jenkins, David Comas and Tatiana M. Karafet and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Communications and Current Biology.

In The Last Decade

Himla Soodyall

57 papers receiving 3.3k 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.

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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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Himla Soodyall South Africa	29	2.0k	876	635	442	268	58	3.5k
Brenna M. Henn United States	31	2.0k 1.0×	710 0.8×	462 0.7×	361 0.8×	261 1.0×	68	3.4k
Christopher R. Gignoux United States	27	2.3k 1.1×	749 0.9×	349 0.5×	304 0.7×	206 0.8×	74	3.8k
Sriram Sankararaman United States	31	3.2k 1.6×	1.6k 1.9×	518 0.8×	541 1.2×	337 1.3×	87	5.0k
Luı́sa Pereira Portugal	44	3.2k 1.6×	1.7k 2.0×	1.2k 1.9×	466 1.1×	372 1.4×	169	5.2k
Évelyne Heyer France	37	2.6k 1.3×	1.1k 1.3×	314 0.5×	156 0.4×	174 0.6×	147	4.8k
Pedro Moral Spain	28	2.2k 1.1×	767 0.9×	604 1.0×	154 0.3×	149 0.6×	167	3.4k
Shuhua Xu China	31	2.1k 1.0×	1.2k 1.4×	348 0.5×	145 0.3×	139 0.5×	199	3.6k
María Cátira Bortolini Brazil	30	1.4k 0.7×	598 0.7×	351 0.6×	252 0.6×	212 0.8×	108	2.6k
Bing Su China	41	3.1k 1.5×	2.0k 2.3×	719 1.1×	229 0.5×	281 1.0×	174	5.3k
Anne C. Stone United States	32	2.9k 1.4×	1.7k 1.9×	1.1k 1.7×	467 1.1×	671 2.5×	96	5.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Himla Soodyall

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Himla Soodyall

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Adams, Rachel, et al.. (2021). Drafting a Code of Conduct for Research under the Protection of Personal Information Act No. 4 of 2013 (with corrigendum). South African Journal of Science. 117(5/6). 4 indexed citations

Pepper, Michael S., Collet Dandara, Jantina de Vries, et al.. (2018). ASSAf consensus study on the ethical, legal and social implications of genetics and genomics in South Africa. South African Journal of Science. 114(11/12). 12 indexed citations

Crowther, Nigel J., Himla Soodyall, Richard J. Munthali, et al.. (2018). Genetic variants in SEC16B are associated with body composition in black South Africans. Nutrition and Diabetes. 8(1). 43–43. 21 indexed citations

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 →

Ramsay, Michèle, Jantina de Vries, Himla Soodyall, Shane A. Norris, & Osman Sankoh. (2014). Ethical issues in genomic research on the African continent: experiences and challenges to ethics review committees. Human Genomics. 8(1). 15–15. 46 indexed citations

Schlebusch, Carina M., Marlize Lombard, & Himla Soodyall. (2013). MtDNA control region variation affirms diversity and deep sub-structure in populations from southern Africa. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 13(1). 56–56. 59 indexed citations

Kromberg, Jennifer G.R., Michèle Ramsay, Amanda Krause, & Himla Soodyall. (2013). Professor Trefor Jenkins: A tribute. South African Medical Journal. 103(12). 956–956.

Schlebusch, Carina M., Pontus Skoglund, Per Sjödin, et al.. (2012). Genomic Variation in Seven Khoe-San Groups Reveals Adaptation and Complex African History. Science. 338(6105). 374–379. 258 indexed citations

Moodley, Yoshan, Bodo Linz, Robert P. Bond, et al.. (2012). Age of the Association between Helicobacter pylori and Man. PLoS Pathogens. 8(5). e1002693–e1002693. 240 indexed citations

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Ramsay, Michèle, Caroline T. Tiemessen, Ananyo Choudhury, & Himla Soodyall. (2011). Africa: the next frontier for human disease gene discovery?. Human Molecular Genetics. 20(R2). R214–R220. 21 indexed citations

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Veeramah, Krishna R., Daniel Wegmann, August E. Woerner, et al.. (2011). An Early Divergence of KhoeSan Ancestors from Those of Other Modern Humans Is Supported by an ABC-Based Analysis of Autosomal Resequencing Data. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 29(2). 617–630. 98 indexed citations

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Schlebusch, Carina M., Thijessen Naidoo, & Himla Soodyall. (2009). SNaPshot minisequencing to resolve mitochondrial macro‐haplogroups found in Africa. Electrophoresis. 30(21). 3657–3664. 36 indexed citations

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Soodyall, Himla, Heeran Makkan, Philip Haycock, & Thijessen Naidoo. (2008). The genetic prehistory of the Khoe and San. Southern African humanities. 20(1). 37–48. 13 indexed citations

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Sirugo, Giorgio, Branwen J. Hennig, Adebowale Adeyemo, et al.. (2008). Genetic studies of African populations: an overview on disease susceptibility and response to vaccines and therapeutics. Human Genetics. 123(6). 557–598. 64 indexed citations

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Behar, Doron M., Richard Villems, Himla Soodyall, et al.. (2008). The Dawn of Human Matrilineal Diversity. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 82(5). 1130–1140. 295 indexed citations

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Wood, Elizabeth T, Daryn A. Stover, Christopher Ehret, et al.. (2005). Contrasting patterns of Y chromosome and mtDNA variation in Africa: evidence for sex-biased demographic processes. European Journal of Human Genetics. 13(7). 867–876. 150 indexed citations

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Stoneking, Mark, Himla Soodyall, Santosh S. Arcot, et al.. (1997). AluInsertion Polymorphisms and Human Evolution: Evidence for a Larger Population Size in Africa. Genome Research. 7(11). 1061–1071. 268 indexed citations

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Soodyall, Himla, Trefor Jenkins, Arindam Mukherjee, et al.. (1997). The founding mitochondrial DNA lineages of Tristan da Cunha Islanders. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 104(2). 157–166. 26 indexed citations

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Soodyall, Himla, et al.. (1994). Mitochondrial DNA control region sequence variation suggests an independent origin of an {open_quotes}Asian-specific{close_quotes} 9-bp deletion in Africans. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 55. 2 indexed citations

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Merriwether, D. Andrew, Andrew G. Clark, Scott W. Ballinger, et al.. (1991). The structure of human mitochondrial DNA variation. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 33(6). 543–555. 183 indexed citations

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