Lev A. Zhivotovsky

10.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
125 papers, 7.2k citations indexed

About

Lev A. Zhivotovsky is a scholar working on Genetics, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Lev A. Zhivotovsky has authored 125 papers receiving a total of 7.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 93 papers in Genetics, 36 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 25 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Lev A. Zhivotovsky's work include Genetic diversity and population structure (54 papers), Forensic and Genetic Research (36 papers) and Fish Ecology and Management Studies (33 papers). Lev A. Zhivotovsky is often cited by papers focused on Genetic diversity and population structure (54 papers), Forensic and Genetic Research (36 papers) and Fish Ecology and Management Studies (33 papers). Lev A. Zhivotovsky collaborates with scholars based in Russia, United States and Australia. Lev A. Zhivotovsky's co-authors include Marcus W. Feldman, Noah A. Rosenberg, James L. Weber, Kenneth K. Kídd, Howard M. Cann, Jonathan K. Pritchard, Dmitri V. Zaykin, Peter A. Underhill, Peter H. Westfall and Bruce S. Weir and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Lev A. Zhivotovsky

121 papers receiving 6.8k 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.

Genetic Structure of Human Populations

2002 2.0k citations Lev A. Zhivotovsky, Marcus W. Feldman et al. profile →
Estimating population structure in diploids with multilocus dominant DNA markers

1999 647 citations Lev A. Zhivotovsky profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Lev A. Zhivotovsky	5.1k	1.6k	784	670	637	125	7.2k
Francisco M. Salzano	4.7k 0.9×	2.0k 1.2×	749 1.0×	635 0.9×	630 1.0×	424	9.5k
Joanna L. Mountain	5.1k 1.0×	1.9k 1.2×	524 0.7×	403 0.6×	320 0.5×	63	8.9k
Jeffrey C. Long	2.9k 0.6×	959 0.6×	420 0.5×	444 0.7×	576 0.9×	70	5.9k
Nick Patterson	5.7k 1.1×	2.3k 1.4×	784 1.0×	739 1.1×	445 0.7×	37	8.4k
Anna Di Rienzo	5.4k 1.1×	3.2k 2.0×	622 0.8×	354 0.5×	506 0.8×	118	9.4k
John Novembre	8.3k 1.6×	2.8k 1.7×	1.5k 1.9×	449 0.7×	830 1.3×	85	11.9k
Graham Coop	7.3k 1.4×	3.2k 2.0×	1.4k 1.8×	262 0.4×	1000 1.6×	84	10.1k
L. L. Cavalli‐Sforza	6.8k 1.3×	2.5k 1.6×	996 1.3×	914 1.4×	726 1.1×	97	10.9k
Joseph K. Pickrell	5.7k 1.1×	4.2k 2.6×	601 0.8×	373 0.6×	390 0.6×	52	9.3k
Isabelle Dupanloup	3.7k 0.7×	1.6k 1.0×	971 1.2×	330 0.5×	974 1.5×	39	5.7k

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Zhivotovsky, Lev A., et al.. (2024). A New Species of Pacific Salmon—Rosy Salmon Oncorhynchus gorbuschka sp. nova: Description and Genesis of the Taxon. Russian Journal of Marine Biology. 50(3). 116–125. 1 indexed citations

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Zhivotovsky, Lev A.. (2023). Typification of Plant Populations on the Basis of Their Ontogenetic Spectra. Contemporary Problems of Ecology. 16(3). 265–273. 1 indexed citations

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Zhivotovsky, Lev A.. (2023). ExOS: Excel Package for the Analysis of Ontogenetic Spectra of Plant Populations. Contemporary Problems of Ecology. 16(6). 720–725.

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Zhivotovsky, Lev A., et al.. (2021). Ecogeographic Units and Management Units of Chum Salmon Oncorhynchus keta of the Amur Zoogeographic Province. Journal of Ichthyology. 61(4). 585–593. 2 indexed citations

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Zhivotovsky, Lev A., et al.. (2016). New findings to discussion on local versus fluctuating stocks of pink salmon <i>Oncorhynchus gorbuscha</i>. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 187(4). 122–144. 4 indexed citations

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Zhivotovsky, Lev A.. (2015). Genetic history of salmonid fishes of the genus Oncorhynchus. Russian Journal of Genetics. 51(5). 491–505. 10 indexed citations

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Zhivotovsky, Lev A.. (2015). Relationships Between Wright's FST and FIS Statistics in a Context of Wahlund Effect. Journal of Heredity. 106(3). 306–309. 24 indexed citations

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Zhivotovsky, Lev A., et al.. (2008). An STR database on the Volga-Ural population. Forensic Science International Genetics. 3(4). e133–e136. 6 indexed citations

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Zhivotovsky, Lev A., et al.. (2008). A reference data base on STR allele frequencies in the Belarus population developed from paternity cases. Forensic Science International Genetics. 3(3). e107–e109. 9 indexed citations

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Gayden, Tenzin, Alicia M. Cadenas, María Regueiro, et al.. (2007). The Himalayas as a Directional Barrier to Gene Flow. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 80(5). 884–894. 109 indexed citations

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Zaykin, Dmitri V. & Lev A. Zhivotovsky. (2005). Ranks of Genuine Associations in Whole-Genome Scans. Genetics. 171(2). 813–823. 64 indexed citations

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Semino, Ornella, Chiara Magri, Alice Lin, et al.. (2004). Origin, Diffusion, and Differentiation of Y-Chromosome Haplogroups E and J: Inferences on the Neolithization of Europe and Later Migratory Events in the Mediterranean Area. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 74(5). 1023–1034. 304 indexed citations

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Knight, Alec, Peter A. Underhill, Holly M. Mortensen, et al.. (2003). African Y Chromosome and mtDNA Divergence Provides Insight into the History of Click Languages. Current Biology. 13(8). 705–705. 8 indexed citations

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Zaykin, Dmitri V., Lev A. Zhivotovsky, Peter H. Westfall, & Bruce S. Weir. (2002). Truncated product method for combiningP‐values. Genetic Epidemiology. 22(2). 170–185. 389 indexed citations

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Feldman, Marcus W., Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza, & Lev A. Zhivotovsky. (1999). On the complexity of cultural transmission and evolution. Complexity. 47–64. 2 indexed citations

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Zhivotovsky, Lev A., et al.. (1999). Distribution and evolution of mobile elements in the virilis species group of Drosophila. Chromosoma. 108(7). 443–456. 34 indexed citations

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Imasheva, Alexandra G., Volker Loeschcke, Lev A. Zhivotovsky, & O. E. Lazebny. (1998). Stress temperatures and quantitative variation in Drosophila melanogaster. Heredity. 81(3). 246–253. 10 indexed citations

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Imasheva, Alexandra G., Volker Loeschcke, Lev A. Zhivotovsky, & O. E. Lazebny. (1998). Stress temperatures and quantitative variation in Drosophila melanogaster. Heredity. 81(3). 246–253. 68 indexed citations

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Goldstein, David B., et al.. (1996). Statistical properties of the variation at linked microsatellite loci: implications for the history of human Y chromosomes [published erratum appears in Mol Biol Evol 1997 Mar;14(3):354]. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 13(9). 1213–1218. 68 indexed citations

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Zhivotovsky, Lev A., Aviv Bergman, & Marcus W. Feldman. (1994). A Model of Individual Adaptive Behavior in a Fluctuating Environment. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 131–153. 6 indexed citations

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