Laura Scheinfeldt

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
50 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Laura Scheinfeldt is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Laura Scheinfeldt has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Genetics, 11 papers in Molecular Biology and 9 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Laura Scheinfeldt's work include Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (14 papers), Genomics and Rare Diseases (9 papers) and BRCA gene mutations in cancer (9 papers). Laura Scheinfeldt is often cited by papers focused on Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (14 papers), Genomics and Rare Diseases (9 papers) and BRCA gene mutations in cancer (9 papers). Laura Scheinfeldt collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and France. Laura Scheinfeldt's co-authors include Sarah A. Tishkoff, Sameer Soi, Joseph P. Jarvis, William Beggs, Joshua M. Akey, Charla Lambert, Alessia Ranciaro, Tara Schmidlen, Dawit Woldemeskel and Simon R. Thompson and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Laura Scheinfeldt

47 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

Excavating Neandertal and Denisovan DNA from the genomes of Melanesian individuals

2016 254 citations Laura Scheinfeldt, George Koki et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Laura Scheinfeldt United States	18	905	337	157	155	105	50	1.4k
Albert Min‐Shan Ko Taiwan	24	493 0.5×	461 1.4×	254 1.6×	181 1.2×	100 1.0×	47	1.8k
L. P. Osipova Russia	19	1.1k 1.2×	420 1.2×	254 1.6×	91 0.6×	109 1.0×	107	1.9k
Thomas Nyambo United States	18	1.3k 1.5×	547 1.6×	191 1.2×	146 0.9×	250 2.4×	31	2.2k
David Witonsky United States	22	1.6k 1.8×	627 1.9×	111 0.7×	51 0.3×	225 2.1×	37	2.5k
Godfrey Lema Tanzania	7	1.0k 1.1×	375 1.1×	131 0.8×	105 0.7×	135 1.3×	8	1.5k
Davide Pettener Italy	25	1.4k 1.6×	394 1.2×	437 2.8×	89 0.6×	122 1.2×	87	2.1k
Yuval Itan United States	21	1.6k 1.8×	732 2.2×	98 0.6×	67 0.4×	250 2.4×	49	2.8k
Hong Shi China	25	1.3k 1.4×	628 1.9×	335 2.1×	110 0.7×	195 1.9×	86	2.4k
Qasim Ayub United Kingdom	28	1.8k 2.0×	806 2.4×	405 2.6×	72 0.5×	91 0.9×	93	2.5k
Hiroki Oota Japan	23	924 1.0×	758 2.2×	273 1.7×	77 0.5×	162 1.5×	68	1.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Laura Scheinfeldt

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Laura Scheinfeldt

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Mitchell, Matthew W., et al.. (2025). Human iPSC Reprogramming Success: The Impact of Approaches and Source Materials. Stem Cells International. 2025(1). 2223645–2223645. 2 indexed citations

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Kusic, Dara, Stefan Zajic, Neda Gharani, et al.. (2023). Genome-wide Association Study of Caffeine Consumption Using Coriell Personalized Medicine Collaborative Data. 5(1). 1 indexed citations

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Mathews, Debra, et al.. (2021). Microsatellite Markers in Biobanking: A New Multiplexed Assay. Biopreservation and Biobanking. 19(5). 438–443. 3 indexed citations

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Schmidlen, Tara, Amy C. Sturm, & Laura Scheinfeldt. (2020). Pharmacogenomic (PGx) Counseling: Exploring Participant Questions about PGx Test Results. Journal of Personalized Medicine. 10(2). 29–29. 7 indexed citations

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Piccoli, Benedetto, Yaping Feng, Laura Scheinfeldt, et al.. (2019). Habitat-Specific Clock Variation and Its Consequence on Reproductive Fitness. Journal of Biological Rhythms. 35(2). 134–144. 7 indexed citations

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Schmidlen, Tara, Amy C. Sturm, Shelly R. Hovick, et al.. (2018). Operationalizing the Reciprocal Engagement Model of Genetic Counseling Practice: a Framework for the Scalable Delivery of Genomic Counseling and Testing. Journal of Genetic Counseling. 27(5). 1111–1129. 22 indexed citations

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Sturm, Amy C., Tara Schmidlen, Laura Scheinfeldt, et al.. (2018). Early Outcome Data Assessing Utility of a Post-Test Genomic Counseling Framework for the Scalable Delivery of Precision Health. Journal of Personalized Medicine. 8(3). 25–25. 9 indexed citations

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Scheinfeldt, Laura, Kelly R. Hodges, Jonathan Pevsner, et al.. (2018). Genetic and genomic stability across lymphoblastoid cell line expansions. BMC Research Notes. 11(1). 558–558. 9 indexed citations

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Sweet, Kevin, Amy C. Sturm, Tara Schmidlen, et al.. (2017). Outcomes of a Randomized Controlled Trial of Genomic Counseling for Patients Receiving Personalized and Actionable Complex Disease Reports. Journal of Genetic Counseling. 26(5). 980–998. 17 indexed citations

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Sweet, Kevin, Shelly R. Hovick, Amy C. Sturm, et al.. (2016). Counselees’ Perspectives of Genomic Counseling Following Online Receipt of Multiple Actionable Complex Disease and Pharmacogenomic Results: a Qualitative Research Study. Journal of Genetic Counseling. 26(4). 738–751. 16 indexed citations

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Ko, Wen‐Ya, Felicia Gomez, Laura Scheinfeldt, et al.. (2013). Identifying Darwinian Selection Acting on Different Human APOL1 Variants among Diverse African Populations. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 93(1). 191–191. 2 indexed citations

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Ko, Wen‐Ya, Felicia Gomez, Laura Scheinfeldt, et al.. (2013). Identifying Darwinian Selection Acting on Different Human APOL1 Variants among Diverse African Populations. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 93(1). 54–66. 70 indexed citations

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Scheinfeldt, Laura, Sameer Soi, Simon R. Thompson, et al.. (2012). Genetic adaptation to high altitude in the Ethiopian highlands. Genome biology. 13(1). R1–R1. 217 indexed citations

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Jarvis, Joseph P., Laura Scheinfeldt, Sameer Soi, et al.. (2012). Patterns of Ancestry, Signatures of Natural Selection, and Genetic Association with Stature in Western African Pygmies. PLoS Genetics. 8(4). e1002641–e1002641. 101 indexed citations

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Scheinfeldt, Laura. (2011). Clusters of adaptive evolution in the human genome. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2. 50–50. 7 indexed citations

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Scheinfeldt, Laura & Sarah A. Tishkoff. (2010). Living the high life: high-altitude adaptation. Genome Biology. 11(9). 133–133. 65 indexed citations

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Biswas, Shameek, Laura Scheinfeldt, & Joshua M. Akey. (2009). Genome-wide Insights into the Patterns and Determinants of Fine-Scale Population Structure in Humans. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 84(5). 641–650. 42 indexed citations

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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

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Scheinfeldt, Laura. (2005). Y chromosome variation in the Bismarck Archipelago : disentangling genetic relationships among Austronesian and Papuan speaking populations. UMI Dissertation Services eBooks.

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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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