Marie-Theres Gansauge

3.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
14 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Marie-Theres Gansauge is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Archeology. According to data from OpenAlex, Marie-Theres Gansauge has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Genetics, 7 papers in Molecular Biology and 5 papers in Archeology. Recurrent topics in Marie-Theres Gansauge's work include Forensic and Genetic Research (6 papers), Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (5 papers) and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (3 papers). Marie-Theres Gansauge is often cited by papers focused on Forensic and Genetic Research (6 papers), Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (5 papers) and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (3 papers). Marie-Theres Gansauge collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Canada. Marie-Theres Gansauge's co-authors include Matthias Meyer, Svante Pääbo, Isabelle Glocke, Jesse Dabney, Cristina Valdiosera, Michael Knapp, Nuria Garcı́a, Juan Luís Arsuaga, Birgit Nickel and Antje Weihmann and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Marie-Theres Gansauge

14 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

Complete mitochondrial genome sequence of a Middle Pleist... 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 2015 250 500 750
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.

  1. Complete mitochondrial genome sequence of a Middle Pleistocene cave bear reconstructed from ultrashort DNA fragments
    2013 814 citations Jesse Dabney, Michael Knapp et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  2. Nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequences from two Denisovan individuals
    2015 124 citations Susanna Sawyer, Gabriel Renaud et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Marie-Theres Gansauge Germany 12 1.2k 659 606 563 479 14 2.0k
Susanna Sawyer Germany 9 711 0.6× 571 0.9× 427 0.7× 399 0.7× 376 0.8× 17 1.6k
Martina Lari Italy 21 1.1k 0.9× 355 0.5× 790 1.3× 513 0.9× 191 0.4× 63 1.8k
Enrico Cappellini Denmark 24 725 0.6× 706 1.1× 569 0.9× 498 0.9× 428 0.9× 54 2.0k
Stephan Schiffels Germany 13 1.3k 1.0× 461 0.7× 327 0.5× 268 0.5× 208 0.4× 25 1.7k
Hákon Jónsson Iceland 12 1.3k 1.1× 744 1.1× 343 0.6× 330 0.6× 417 0.9× 17 1.8k
Eva-María Geigl France 19 463 0.4× 457 0.7× 337 0.6× 273 0.5× 320 0.7× 41 1.2k
Jesse Dabney Germany 6 870 0.7× 566 0.9× 382 0.6× 344 0.6× 408 0.9× 6 1.4k
Clio Der Sarkissian France 18 856 0.7× 617 0.9× 213 0.4× 357 0.6× 652 1.4× 25 1.6k
Isabelle Glocke Germany 9 977 0.8× 492 0.7× 565 0.9× 530 0.9× 389 0.8× 10 1.6k
Jonas Binladen Denmark 9 520 0.4× 636 1.0× 177 0.3× 303 0.5× 707 1.5× 11 1.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Marie-Theres Gansauge

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Marie-Theres Gansauge

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All Works

14 of 14 papers shown
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Kwiecień, Jacek M., Marie-Theres Gansauge, Eli Greenbaum, et al.. (2023). Functional dissection and assembly of a small, newly evolved, W chromosome-specific genomic region of the African clawed frog Xenopus laevis. PLoS Genetics. 19(10). e1010990–e1010990. 4 indexed citations
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Evans, Ben J., Marie-Theres Gansauge, Matthew W. Tocheri, et al.. (2020). Mitogenomics of macaques (Macaca) across Wallace's Line in the context of modern human dispersals. Journal of Human Evolution. 146. 102852–102852. 20 indexed citations
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Weiß, Clemens L., Marie-Theres Gansauge, Ayinuer Aximu‐Petri, Matthias Meyer, & Hernán A. Burbano. (2020). Mining ancient microbiomes using selective enrichment of damaged DNA molecules. BMC Genomics. 21(1). 8 indexed citations
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Gansauge, Marie-Theres, Ayinuer Aximu‐Petri, Sarah Nagel, & Matthias Meyer. (2020). Manual and automated preparation of single-stranded DNA libraries for the sequencing of DNA from ancient biological remains and other sources of highly degraded DNA. Nature Protocols. 15(8). 2279–2300. 80 indexed citations
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Gansauge, Marie-Theres & Matthias Meyer. (2019). A Method for Single-Stranded Ancient DNA Library Preparation. Methods in molecular biology. 1963. 75–83. 14 indexed citations
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Gansauge, Marie-Theres, Benjamin L. S. Furman, Martin Knytl, et al.. (2019). Developmental Systems Drift and the Drivers of Sex Chromosome Evolution. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 37(3). 799–810. 31 indexed citations
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Gansauge, Marie-Theres, Tobias Gerber, Isabelle Glocke, et al.. (2017). Single-stranded DNA library preparation from highly degraded DNA usingT4DNA ligase. Nucleic Acids Research. 45(10). gkx033–gkx033. 136 indexed citations
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Slon, Viviane, Bence Viola, Gabriel Renaud, et al.. (2017). A fourth Denisovan individual. Science Advances. 3(7). e1700186–e1700186. 60 indexed citations
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Sawyer, Susanna, Gabriel Renaud, Bence Viola, et al.. (2015). Nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequences from two Denisovan individuals. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(51). 15696–15700. 124 indexed citations breakdown →
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Korlević, Petra, Tobias Gerber, Marie-Theres Gansauge, et al.. (2015). Reducing Microbial and Human Contamination in DNA Extractions from Ancient Bones and Teeth. BioTechniques. 59(2). 87–93. 141 indexed citations
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Gansauge, Marie-Theres & Matthias Meyer. (2014). Selective enrichment of damaged DNA molecules for ancient genome sequencing. Genome Research. 24(9). 1543–1549. 75 indexed citations
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Gerth, Michael, Marie-Theres Gansauge, Anne Weigert, & Christoph Bleidorn. (2014). Phylogenomic analyses uncover origin and spread of the Wolbachia pandemic. Nature Communications. 5(1). 5117–5117. 96 indexed citations
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Gansauge, Marie-Theres & Matthias Meyer. (2013). Single-stranded DNA library preparation for the sequencing of ancient or damaged DNA. Nature Protocols. 8(4). 737–748. 348 indexed citations
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Dabney, Jesse, Michael Knapp, Isabelle Glocke, et al.. (2013). Complete mitochondrial genome sequence of a Middle Pleistocene cave bear reconstructed from ultrashort DNA fragments. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110(39). 15758–15763. 814 indexed citations breakdown →

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