Luca Ermini

4.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
35 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Luca Ermini is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Archeology. According to data from OpenAlex, Luca Ermini has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Molecular Biology, 13 papers in Genetics and 8 papers in Archeology. Recurrent topics in Luca Ermini's work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (10 papers), Forensic and Genetic Research (8 papers) and Paleopathology and ancient diseases (7 papers). Luca Ermini is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (10 papers), Forensic and Genetic Research (8 papers) and Paleopathology and ancient diseases (7 papers). Luca Ermini collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Italy and Denmark. Luca Ermini's co-authors include Martin Richards, Pedro Soares, Ludovic Orlando, Clio Der Sarkissian, Arne Röhl, Teresa Rito, Stephen Oppenheimer, Maru Mormina, Antonio Salas and Vincent Macaulay and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Blood and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Luca Ermini

34 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

Correcting for Purifying Selection: An Improved Human Mit... 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 100 200 300 400 500
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  1. Correcting for Purifying Selection: An Improved Human Mitochondrial Molecular Clock
    2009 534 citations Pedro Soares, Luca Ermini et al. The American Journal of Human Genetics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Luca Ermini United Kingdom 19 983 843 443 373 257 35 2.0k
Matthias Höss Germany 9 925 0.9× 1.1k 1.3× 402 0.9× 382 1.0× 301 1.2× 9 2.0k
Juan José Martínez Sánchez Spain 23 1.3k 1.3× 1.2k 1.4× 254 0.6× 222 0.6× 96 0.4× 69 2.3k
Martin Sikora United States 23 1.2k 1.2× 516 0.6× 154 0.3× 339 0.9× 397 1.5× 54 2.3k
R. I. Sukernik Russia 24 2.0k 2.0× 1.2k 1.4× 212 0.5× 555 1.5× 215 0.8× 57 3.2k
Faisal Ali Anwarali Khan Malaysia 20 668 0.7× 438 0.5× 277 0.6× 165 0.4× 160 0.6× 98 1.7k
Priya Moorjani United States 18 2.3k 2.4× 770 0.9× 211 0.5× 492 1.3× 286 1.1× 30 3.0k
Cristian Capelli Italy 24 1.9k 1.9× 563 0.7× 241 0.5× 528 1.4× 300 1.2× 78 2.6k
Emilia Huerta‐Sánchez United States 22 2.3k 2.4× 925 1.1× 437 1.0× 234 0.6× 162 0.6× 40 3.3k
António Brehm Portugal 26 1.2k 1.2× 543 0.6× 111 0.3× 270 0.7× 63 0.2× 103 1.9k
Udo Stenzel Germany 16 1.6k 1.6× 1.4k 1.7× 614 1.4× 648 1.7× 544 2.1× 17 3.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Luca Ermini

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Luca Ermini

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ermini, Luca & Patrick Driguez. (2024). The Application of Long-Read Sequencing to Cancer. Cancers. 16(7). 1275–1275. 14 indexed citations
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Klein, Eliane, Aurélie Poli, Luca Ermini, et al.. (2024). Adenoviral delivery of the CIITA transgene induces T‐cell‐mediated killing in glioblastoma organoids. Molecular Oncology. 19(3). 682–697.
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Fukasawa, Yoshinori, Patrick Driguez, Salim Bougouffa, et al.. (2024). Plasticity of repetitive sequences demonstrated by the complete mitochondrial genome of Eucalyptus camaldulensis. Frontiers in Plant Science. 15. 1339594–1339594. 2 indexed citations
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Driguez, Patrick, Salim Bougouffa, Karen Carty, et al.. (2021). LeafGo: Leaf to Genome, a quick workflow to produce high-quality de novo plant genomes using long-read sequencing technology. Genome biology. 22(1). 256–256. 22 indexed citations
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Furness, Caroline L., Marcela Braga Mansur, Victoria Weston, et al.. (2018). The subclonal complexity of STIL-TAL1+ T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. Leukemia. 32(9). 1984–1993. 23 indexed citations
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Spiteri, Inmaculada, Giulio Caravagna, George D. Cresswell, et al.. (2018). Evolutionary dynamics of residual disease in human glioblastoma. Annals of Oncology. 30(3). 456–463. 45 indexed citations
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Lefébure, Tristan, Claire Morvan, Florian Malard, et al.. (2017). Less effective selection leads to larger genomes. Genome Research. 27(6). 1016–1028. 63 indexed citations
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Ermini, Luca, Michael E. Weale, Katherine Brown, et al.. (2015). Systematic assessment of the influence of complement gene polymorphisms on kidney transplant outcome. Immunobiology. 221(4). 528–534. 10 indexed citations
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Donaldson, Peter T., Ann K. Daly, Luca Ermini, & Debra J. Bevitt. (2015). Genetics of Complex Disease. 3 indexed citations
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Schubert, Mikkel, Luca Ermini, Clio Der Sarkissian, et al.. (2014). Characterization of ancient and modern genomes by SNP detection and phylogenomic and metagenomic analysis using PALEOMIX. Nature Protocols. 9(5). 1056–1082. 314 indexed citations
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Alpár, Donát, Dörte Wren, Luca Ermini, et al.. (2014). Clonal origins of ETV6-RUNX1+ acute lymphoblastic leukemia: studies in monozygotic twins. Leukemia. 29(4). 839–846. 38 indexed citations
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Ermini, Luca, Clio Der Sarkissian, Eske Willerslev, & Ludovic Orlando. (2014). Major transitions in human evolution revisited: A tribute to ancient DNA. Journal of Human Evolution. 79. 4–20. 23 indexed citations
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Potter, Nicola, Luca Ermini, Elli Papaemmanuil, et al.. (2013). Single-cell mutational profiling and clonal phylogeny in cancer. Genome Research. 23(12). 2115–2125. 86 indexed citations
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Ermini, Luca, Ermanno Rizzi, Giorgio Corti, et al.. (2012). Phylogenetic Position of a Copper Age Sheep (Ovis aries) Mitochondrial DNA. PLoS ONE. 7(3). e33792–e33792. 21 indexed citations
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Ermini, Luca, Timothy H.J. Goodship, Lisa Strain, et al.. (2011). Common genetic variants in complement genes other than CFH, CD46 and the CFHRs are not associated with aHUS. Molecular Immunology. 49(4). 640–648. 29 indexed citations
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Ermini, Luca, et al.. (2011). Complement polymorphisms: Geographical distribution and relevance to disease. Immunobiology. 217(2). 265–271. 10 indexed citations
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Ermini, Luca, Ermanno Rizzi, Giorgio Corti, et al.. (2010). Characterization of Nucleotide Misincorporation Patterns in the Iceman's Mitochondrial DNA. PLoS ONE. 5(1). e8629–e8629. 15 indexed citations
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Soares, Pedro, Luca Ermini, Maru Mormina, et al.. (2009). Correcting for Purifying Selection: An Improved Human Mitochondrial Molecular Clock. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 84(6). 740–759. 534 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ermini, Luca, Ermanno Rizzi, Giorgio Corti, et al.. (2008). Complete Mitochondrial Genome Sequence of the Tyrolean Iceman. Current Biology. 18(21). 1687–1693. 73 indexed citations
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Rollo, Franco, et al.. (2006). Fine characterization of the Iceman's mtDNA haplogroup. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 130(4). 557–564. 18 indexed citations

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