Jonathan S. Friedlaender

5.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
58 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Jonathan S. Friedlaender is a scholar working on Genetics, Geography, Planning and Development and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jonathan S. Friedlaender has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Genetics, 21 papers in Geography, Planning and Development and 5 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Jonathan S. Friedlaender's work include Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (21 papers), Forensic and Genetic Research (14 papers) and Genetic diversity and population structure (13 papers). Jonathan S. Friedlaender is often cited by papers focused on Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (21 papers), Forensic and Genetic Research (14 papers) and Genetic diversity and population structure (13 papers). Jonathan S. Friedlaender collaborates with scholars based in United States, Papua New Guinea and Germany. Jonathan S. Friedlaender's co-authors include George Koki, D. Andrew Merriwether, Françoise R. Friedlaender, Kenneth K. Kídd, Baruch S. Blumberg, Jason A. Hodgson, Judith R. Kidd, W. Thomas London, A. I. Sutnick and Charles S. Mgone and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Jonathan S. Friedlaender

55 papers receiving 2.1k 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.

Excavating Neandertal and Denisovan DNA from the genomes of Melanesian individuals

2016 254 citations Heather Norton, Laura Scheinfeldt et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jonathan S. Friedlaender United States	27	1.1k	408	396	293	218	58	2.2k
Herawati Sudoyo Indonesia	27	785 0.7×	641 1.6×	289 0.7×	247 0.8×	260 1.2×	100	2.1k
Francisco Rothhammer Chile	31	1.4k 1.3×	546 1.3×	127 0.3×	694 2.4×	395 1.8×	155	3.3k
Moses S. Schanfield United States	22	1.1k 1.0×	604 1.5×	69 0.2×	235 0.8×	53 0.2×	88	2.2k
George Koki Papua New Guinea	20	613 0.6×	261 0.6×	253 0.6×	185 0.6×	166 0.8×	37	1.5k
P. A. Underhill United States	18	1.9k 1.7×	591 1.4×	101 0.3×	554 1.9×	123 0.6×	29	2.5k
Christopher R. Gignoux United States	27	2.3k 2.1×	749 1.8×	54 0.1×	349 1.2×	304 1.4×	74	3.8k
Martin Sikora United States	23	1.2k 1.1×	516 1.3×	77 0.2×	339 1.2×	234 1.1×	54	2.3k
D. Andrew Merriwether United States	23	1.3k 1.2×	535 1.3×	284 0.7×	379 1.3×	171 0.8×	45	2.2k
Alain Froment France	37	1.4k 1.3×	824 2.0×	23 0.1×	353 1.2×	306 1.4×	88	3.8k
Alicia Sanchez‐Mazas Switzerland	32	822 0.8×	656 1.6×	68 0.2×	113 0.4×	64 0.3×	105	2.8k

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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

Duggan, Ana T., Bethwyn Evans, Françoise R. Friedlaender, et al.. (2014). Maternal History of Oceania from Complete mtDNA Genomes: Contrasting Ancient Diversity with Recent Homogenization Due to the Austronesian Expansion. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 94(5). 721–733. 44 indexed citations

Weitz, Charles A., et al.. (2013). Adult lipids associated with early life growth in traditional melanesian societies undergoing rapid modernization: A longitudinal study of the mid‐20th century. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 153(4). 551–558. 4 indexed citations

Weitz, Charles A., et al.. (2012). Modernization and the onset of overweight and obesity in bougainville and solomon islands children: Cross‐sectional and longitudinal comparisons between 1966 and 1986. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 149(3). 435–446. 9 indexed citations

Friedlaender, Jonathan S., Françoise R. Friedlaender, Floyd A. Reed, et al.. (2008). The Genetic Structure of Pacific Islanders. PLoS Genetics. 4(1). e19–e19. 208 indexed citations

Friedlaender, Jonathan S.. (2007). Genes, language, and culture history in the Southwest Pacific. Oxford University Press eBooks. 62 indexed citations

Friedlaender, Jonathan S., Françoise R. Friedlaender, Jason A. Hodgson, et al.. (2007). Melanesian mtDNA Complexity. PLoS ONE. 2(2). e248–e248. 88 indexed citations

Scheinfeldt, Laura, Françoise R. Friedlaender, Jonathan S. Friedlaender, et al.. (2006). Unexpected NRY Chromosome Variation in Northern Island Melanesia. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 23(8). 1628–1641. 37 indexed citations

Friedlaender, Jonathan S., Theodore G. Schurr, George Koki, et al.. (2005). Expanding Southwest Pacific Mitochondrial Haplogroups P and Q. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 22(6). 1506–1517. 78 indexed citations

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Merriwether, D. Andrew, Jason A. Hodgson, Françoise R. Friedlaender, et al.. (2005). Ancient mitochondrial M haplogroups identified in the Southwest Pacific. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(37). 13034–13039. 59 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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Robledo, Renato, et al.. (2003). A 9.1-Kb Insertion/Deletion Polymorphism Suggests a Common Pattern of Genetic Diversity in Island Melanesia. Human Biology. 75(6). 941–949. 4 indexed citations

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Yanagihara, Richard, Vivek R. Nerurkar, Hansjürgen Agostini, et al.. (2002). JC Virus Genotypes in the Western Pacific Suggest Asian Mainland Relationships and Virus Association with Early Population Movements. Human Biology. 74(3). 473–488. 32 indexed citations

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Jobes, David V., Jonathan S. Friedlaender, Charles S. Mgone, et al.. (2000). A novel JC virus variant found in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea has a 21-base pair deletion in the agnoprotein gene.. PubMed. 2(6). 350–8. 11 indexed citations

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Kidd, Judith R., A.J. Pakstis, Hongyu Zhao, et al.. (2000). Haplotypes and Linkage Disequilibrium at the Phenylalanine Hydroxylase Locus, PAH, in a Global Representation of Populations. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 66(6). 1882–1899. 120 indexed citations

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Merriwether, D. Andrew, et al.. (1999). Mitochondrial DNA variation is an indicator of Austronesian influence in Island Melanesia. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 110(3). 243–270. 54 indexed citations

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Kottke, Bruce A., et al.. (1990). Lipid and apolipoprotein levels in six Solomon Island societies differ from those in a U.S. white population. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 81(4). 483–491. 2 indexed citations

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Armstrong, Martine Y. K., Daniel B. Hrdy, James R. Carlson, & Jonathan S. Friedlaender. (1990). Prevalence of antibodies interactive with HTLV‐I antigens in selected Solomon Islands population. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 81(4). 465–470. 10 indexed citations

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Zerba, Kim E., Jonathan S. Friedlaender, & Charles F. Sing. (1990). Heterogeneity of the blood pressure distribution among Solomon Islands societies with increasing acculturation. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 81(4). 493–511. 8 indexed citations

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Friedlaender, Jonathan S.. (1975). Patterns of Human Variation. Harvard University Press eBooks. 83 indexed citations

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