Kelsey E. Witt

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 452 citations indexed

About

Kelsey E. Witt is a scholar working on Genetics, Archeology and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kelsey E. Witt has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 452 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Genetics, 7 papers in Archeology and 5 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Kelsey E. Witt's work include Forensic and Genetic Research (8 papers), Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (6 papers) and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (4 papers). Kelsey E. Witt is often cited by papers focused on Forensic and Genetic Research (8 papers), Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (6 papers) and Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (4 papers). Kelsey E. Witt collaborates with scholars based in United States, Denmark and Mexico. Kelsey E. Witt's co-authors include Emilia Huerta‐Sánchez, Ripan S. Malhi, Tatiana R. Feuerborn, Greger Larson, Angela Perri, David J. Meltzer, Laurent Frantz, Xinjun Zhang, Kristin M. Hedman and Fernando A. Villanea and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Kelsey E. Witt

20 papers receiving 440 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.

Dog domestication and the dual dispersal of people and dogs into the Americas

2021 118 citations Angela Perri, Tatiana R. Feuerborn et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kelsey E. Witt United States	11	289	112	94	86	63	20	452
Nikolai D. Ovodov Russia	7	245 0.8×	156 1.4×	51 0.5×	99 1.2×	93 1.5×	8	390
Erik Ersmark Sweden	10	360 1.2×	268 2.4×	127 1.4×	96 1.1×	61 1.0×	16	506
Tomoko Anezaki Japan	12	126 0.4×	117 1.0×	40 0.4×	111 1.3×	90 1.4×	31	329
Mark Whitten Germany	7	443 1.5×	93 0.8×	193 2.1×	94 1.1×	52 0.8×	8	591
John McDonough United States	7	202 0.7×	52 0.5×	69 0.7×	96 1.1×	53 0.8×	7	470
Ricardo Kanitz Switzerland	8	256 0.9×	32 0.3×	109 1.2×	76 0.9×	64 1.0×	14	416
K. Ann Horsburgh United States	14	355 1.2×	152 1.4×	92 1.0×	241 2.8×	158 2.5×	26	639
Elwira Szuma Poland	12	118 0.4×	386 3.4×	67 0.7×	333 3.9×	216 3.4×	19	574
Lisa Mertz United States	11	251 0.9×	198 1.8×	93 1.0×	173 2.0×	20 0.3×	13	576
Melanie Fillios Australia	11	135 0.5×	223 2.0×	12 0.1×	161 1.9×	147 2.3×	22	412

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Villanea, Fernando A., David Peede, Kelsey E. Witt, et al.. (2025). The MUC19 gene: An evolutionary history of recurrent introgression and natural selection. Science. 389(6762). eadl0882–eadl0882. 1 indexed citations

Lanoë, François, Joshua D. Reuther, Stanley Fields, et al.. (2024). Late Pleistocene onset of mutualistic human/canid ( Canis spp.) relationships in subarctic Alaska. Science Advances. 10(49). eads1335–eads1335. 2 indexed citations

Hill, Matthew E., et al.. (2024). The Dogs of Tsenacomoco: Ancient DNA Reveals the Presence of Local Dogs at Jamestown Colony in the Early Seventeenth Century. American Antiquity. 89(3). 341–359. 1 indexed citations

Witt, Kelsey E. & Fernando A. Villanea. (2024). Computational Genomics and Its Applications to Anthropological Questions. American Journal of Biological Anthropology. 186(S78). e70010–e70010. 1 indexed citations

Rivera‐Colón, Angel G., Julian C. Kerbis Peterhans, Nobuyuki Yamaguchi, et al.. (2023). Genomic analysis supports Cape Lion population connectivity prior to colonial eradication and extinction. Journal of Heredity. 115(2). 155–165. 2 indexed citations

Witt, Kelsey E., et al.. (2023). The Impact of Modern Admixture on Archaic Human Ancestry in Human Populations. Genome Biology and Evolution. 15(5). 9 indexed citations

Witt, Kelsey E., Seung‐been Lee, Ripan S. Malhi, et al.. (2023). Pharmacogenetic Variation in Neanderthals and Denisovans and Implications for Human Health and Response to Medications. Genome Biology and Evolution. 15(12). 2 indexed citations

Villanea, Fernando A. & Kelsey E. Witt. (2022). Underrepresented Populations at the Archaic Introgression Frontier. Frontiers in Genetics. 13. 821170–821170. 4 indexed citations

Witt, Kelsey E., et al.. (2022). Apportioning archaic variants among modern populations. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 377(1852). 20200411–20200411. 14 indexed citations

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Perri, Angela, Tatiana R. Feuerborn, Laurent Frantz, et al.. (2021). Dog domestication and the dual dispersal of people and dogs into the Americas. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(6). 118 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhang, Xinjun, Kelsey E. Witt, Amy Ko, et al.. (2021). The history and evolution of the Denisovan- EPAS1 haplotype in Tibetans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(22). 57 indexed citations

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Witt, Kelsey E., Julie M. Allen, Alyssa C. Bader, et al.. (2021). Integrative analysis of DNA, macroscopic remains and stable isotopes of dog coprolites to reconstruct community diet. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 3113–3113. 13 indexed citations

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Villanea, Fernando A., et al.. (2021). Our Tangled Family Tree: New Genomic Methods Offer Insight into the Legacy of Archaic Admixture. Genome Biology and Evolution. 13(7). 18 indexed citations

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Lu, Yao, Kelsey E. Witt, Kai Li, et al.. (2020). Population genetics of wild Macaca fascicularis with low‐coverage shotgun sequencing of museum specimens. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 173(1). 21–33. 10 indexed citations

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Emerson, Thomas E., et al.. (2020). Isotopic Confirmation of the Timing and Intensity of Maize Consumption in Greater Cahokia. American Antiquity. 85(2). 241–262. 41 indexed citations

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Witt, Kelsey E., et al.. (2019). Ancient DNA analysis of a nineteenth century tobacco pipe from a Maryland slave quarter. Journal of Archaeological Science. 105. 11–18. 13 indexed citations

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Oswald, Jessica A., Kelsey E. Witt, Ryan A. Folk, et al.. (2019). Ancient DNA from a 2,500-year-old Caribbean fossil places an extinct bird (Caracara creightoni) in a phylogenetic context. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 140. 106576–106576. 13 indexed citations

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Witt, Kelsey E. & Emilia Huerta‐Sánchez. (2019). Convergent evolution in human and domesticate adaptation to high-altitude environments. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 374(1777). 20180235–20180235. 90 indexed citations

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Groot, Peter J. Van Coeverden de, Kelsey E. Witt, Kristofer M. Helgen, et al.. (2018). Genetic Structure and Diversity Among Historic and Modern Populations of the Sumatran Rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis). Journal of Heredity. 109(5). 553–565. 7 indexed citations

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Witt, Kelsey E., Andrew Kitchen, Colin Grier, et al.. (2014). DNA analysis of ancient dogs of the Americas: Identifying possible founding haplotypes and reconstructing population histories. Journal of Human Evolution. 79. 105–118. 36 indexed citations

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