Maanasa Raghavan

6.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Maanasa Raghavan is a scholar working on Genetics, Archeology and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Maanasa Raghavan has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Genetics, 8 papers in Archeology and 7 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Maanasa Raghavan's work include Forensic and Genetic Research (9 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (7 papers) and Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (7 papers). Maanasa Raghavan is often cited by papers focused on Forensic and Genetic Research (9 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (7 papers) and Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (7 papers). Maanasa Raghavan collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, United States and United Kingdom. Maanasa Raghavan's co-authors include Eske Willerslev, Helena Malmström, Anders Götherström, Pontus Skoglund, Per Hall, M. Thomas P. Gilbert, Jan Storå, Mattias Jakobsson, Ludovic Orlando and Julia T. Vilstrup and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Maanasa Raghavan

17 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Origins and Genetic Legacy of Neolithic Farmers and Hunter-Gatherers in Europe

2012 362 citations Pontus Skoglund, Helena Malmström et al. Science profile →

Peers

Maanasa Raghavan

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Sarah Nagel Germany

Courtney A. Hofman United States

Martina Lari Italy

Maja Paunović Croatia

Isabelle Glocke Germany

Stephan Schiffels Germany

Cara Monroe United States

Philipp W. Stockhammer Germany

Brian M. Kemp United States

Frido Welker Denmark

Sarah Nagel Germany

Maanasa Raghavan

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507 ×1.0

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605 ×1.6

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173 ×0.7

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477 ×1.8

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Countries citing papers authored by Maanasa Raghavan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Maanasa Raghavan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Maanasa Raghavan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Maanasa Raghavan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Maanasa Raghavan based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Maanasa Raghavan. Maanasa Raghavan is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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19 of 19 papers shown

Castro, Constanza de la Fuente, Arjun Biddanda, David Witonsky, et al.. (2025). Population histories of the Indigenous Adivasi and Sinhalese from Sri Lanka using whole genomes. Current Biology. 35(11). 2554–2566.e7.

Castro, Constanza de la Fuente, et al.. (2024). The Genomic and Cultural Diversity of the Inka Qhapaq Hucha Ceremony in Chile and Argentina. Genome Biology and Evolution. 16(9).

Ávila‐Arcos, María C., Maanasa Raghavan, & Carina M. Schlebusch. (2023). Going local with ancient DNA: A review of human histories from regional perspectives. Science. 382(6666). 53–58. 9 indexed citations

Castro, Constanza de la Fuente, et al.. (2022). The Articulation of Genomics, Mestizaje, and Indigenous Identities in Chile: A Case Study of the Social Implications of Genomic Research in Light of Current Research Practices. Frontiers in Genetics. 13. 817318–817318. 7 indexed citations

Ávila‐Arcos, María C., Constanza de la Fuente Castro, María A. Nieves-Colón, & Maanasa Raghavan. (2022). Recommendations for Sustainable Ancient DNA Research in the Global South: Voices From a New Generation of Paleogenomicists. Frontiers in Genetics. 13. 25 indexed citations

Rai, Niraj, et al.. (2017). Ancient genomics in India: Clarifying the maternal origins of 160-year-old human remains. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(Special Issue). 13–13. 5 indexed citations

Seersholm, Frederik Valeur, Mikkel Winther Pedersen, Martin Jensen Søe, et al.. (2016). DNA evidence of bowhead whale exploitation by Greenlandic Paleo-Inuit 4,000 years ago. Nature Communications. 7(1). 13389–13389. 57 indexed citations

Juras, Anna, Mirosława Dabert, Alena Kushniarevich, et al.. (2014). Ancient DNA Reveals Matrilineal Continuity in Present-Day Poland over the Last Two Millennia. PLoS ONE. 9(10). e110839–e110839. 23 indexed citations

Raghavan, Maanasa, et al.. (2014). The genetic prehistory of the New World Arctic. Science. 345(6200). 1255832–1255832. 3 indexed citations

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Skoglund, Pontus, Helena Malmström, Ayça Omrak, et al.. (2014). Genomic Diversity and Admixture Differs for Stone-Age Scandinavian Foragers and Farmers. Science. 344(6185). 747–750. 193 indexed citations

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Fabre, Pierre‐Henri, Julia T. Vilstrup, Maanasa Raghavan, et al.. (2014). Rodents of the Caribbean: origin and diversification of hutias unravelled by next-generation museomics. Biology Letters. 10(7). 20140266–20140266. 85 indexed citations

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Raghavan, Maanasa, Gonçalo Espregueira Themudo, Colin Smith, Grant D. Zazula, & Paula F. Campos. (2014). Musk ox (Ovibos moschatus) of the mammoth steppe: tracing palaeodietary and palaeoenvironmental changes over the last 50,000 years using carbon and nitrogen isotopic analysis. Quaternary Science Reviews. 102. 192–201. 24 indexed citations

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Vilstrup, Julia T., Andaine Seguin‐Orlando, Mathias Stiller, et al.. (2013). Mitochondrial Phylogenomics of Modern and Ancient Equids. PLoS ONE. 8(2). e55950–e55950. 99 indexed citations

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Skoglund, Pontus, Helena Malmström, Maanasa Raghavan, et al.. (2012). Origins and Genetic Legacy of Neolithic Farmers and Hunter-Gatherers in Europe. Science. 336(6080). 466–469. 362 indexed citations breakdown →

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Jenkins, Dennis L., Loren G. Davis, Thomas W. Stafford, et al.. (2012). Clovis Age Western Stemmed Projectile Points and Human Coprolites at the Paisley Caves. Science. 337(6091). 223–228. 157 indexed citations

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Orlando, Ludovic, Aurélien Ginolhac, Maanasa Raghavan, et al.. (2011). True single-molecule DNA sequencing of a pleistocene horse bone. Genome Research. 21(10). 1705–1719. 88 indexed citations

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Raghavan, Maanasa, James McCullagh, Niels Lynnerup, & R.E.M. Hedges. (2010). Amino acid δ¹³C analysis of hair proteins and bone collagen using liquid chromatography/isotope ratio mass spectrometry: paleodietary implications from intra‐individual comparisons. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 24(5). 541–548. 37 indexed citations

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Papageorgopoulou, Christina, Katharina Rentsch, Maanasa Raghavan, et al.. (2010). Preservation of cell structures in a medieval infant brain: A paleohistological, paleogenetic, radiological and physico-chemical study. NeuroImage. 50(3). 893–901. 20 indexed citations

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Suter, Bernhard, Michael J. Fetchko, Ralph Imhof, et al.. (2007). Examining protein–protein interactions using endogenously tagged yeast arrays: The Cross-and-Capture system. Genome Research. 17(12). 1774–1782. 20 indexed citations

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