Mark Beaumont

18.5k total citations · 5 hit papers
105 papers, 12.4k citations indexed

About

Mark Beaumont is a scholar working on Genetics, Ecology and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark Beaumont has authored 105 papers receiving a total of 12.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 71 papers in Genetics, 30 papers in Ecology and 17 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Mark Beaumont's work include Genetic diversity and population structure (58 papers), Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (24 papers) and Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (19 papers). Mark Beaumont is often cited by papers focused on Genetic diversity and population structure (58 papers), Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock (24 papers) and Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals (19 papers). Mark Beaumont collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, France and United States. Mark Beaumont's co-authors include David J. Balding, Wenyang Zhang, Jay F. Storz, Bruce Rannala, Gordon Luikart, Lounès Chikhi, Jean‐Michel Marin, Jean‐Marie Cornuet, Christian P. Robert and Arnaud Estoup 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

Mark Beaumont

101 papers receiving 12.0k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Approximate Bayesian Computation in Population Genetics

2002 1.9k citations Mark Beaumont et al. Genetics profile →
Identifying adaptive genetic divergence among populations from genome scans

2004 880 citations Mark Beaumont et al. Molecular Ecology profile →
Approximate Bayesian Computation in Evolution and Ecology

2010 735 citations Mark Beaumont profile →
Inferring population history withDIY ABC: a user-friendly approach to approximate Bayesian computation

2008 563 citations Mark Beaumont et al. Bioinformatics profile →
Climate-induced phenology shifts linked to range expansions in species with multiple reproductive cycles per year

2019 334 citations Callum J. Macgregor, Chris D. Thomas et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mark Beaumont United Kingdom	49	7.7k	3.4k	2.2k	1.7k	1.6k	105	12.4k
Olivier François France	42	5.3k 0.7×	2.2k 0.6×	1.9k 0.9×	1.5k 0.9×	1.2k 0.8×	143	9.9k
Jean‐Marie Cornuet France	54	11.1k 1.4×	3.9k 1.2×	2.6k 1.2×	5.5k 3.3×	2.6k 1.6×	80	15.1k
David J. Balding United Kingdom	58	9.3k 1.2×	1.2k 0.3×	4.7k 2.1×	638 0.4×	582 0.4×	169	15.0k
R. M. Cormack United Kingdom	27	2.9k 0.4×	4.6k 1.4×	1.2k 0.5×	1.6k 0.9×	2.7k 1.6×	55	11.5k
Korbinian Strimmer Germany	29	4.8k 0.6×	4.1k 1.2×	8.5k 3.9×	4.3k 2.6×	2.3k 1.4×	47	21.2k
Hidetoshi Shimodaira Japan	17	2.6k 0.3×	2.7k 0.8×	5.0k 2.3×	2.4k 1.4×	923 0.6×	53	11.2k
Oscar E. Gaggiotti United Kingdom	41	6.7k 0.9×	3.8k 1.1×	1.9k 0.9×	1.8k 1.1×	2.6k 1.6×	86	10.4k
A. W. F. Edwards United Kingdom	34	12.7k 1.7×	2.9k 0.9×	4.1k 1.9×	5.0k 3.0×	2.8k 1.7×	141	26.4k
Michaël G. B. Blum France	31	3.0k 0.4×	840 0.3×	1.1k 0.5×	562 0.3×	621 0.4×	60	5.3k
Bruce S. Weir United States	31	10.1k 1.3×	3.3k 1.0×	3.6k 1.6×	2.1k 1.3×	2.0k 1.2×	72	15.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mark Beaumont

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Lawson, Daniel J., et al.. (2024). How admixed captive breeding populations could be rescued using local ancestry information. Molecular Ecology. 34(19). e17349–e17349.

Jamieson, Alexandra, Alberto Carmagnini, Isa‐Rita M. Russo, et al.. (2023). Genetic swamping of the critically endangered Scottish wildcat was recent and accelerated by disease. Current Biology. 33(21). 4761–4769.e5. 15 indexed citations

Schiebelhut, Lauren M., Rena M. Schweizer, Ellie E. Armstrong, et al.. (2023). Genomics and conservation: Guidance from training to analyses and applications. Molecular Ecology Resources. 24(2). e13893–e13893. 8 indexed citations

Beaumont, Mark, et al.. (2023). Estimating Temporally Variable Selection Intensity from Ancient DNA Data. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 40(3). 7 indexed citations

Beaumont, Mark, et al.. (2021). Inferring the timing and strength of natural selection and gene migration in the evolution of chicken from ancient DNA data. Molecular Ecology Resources. 22(4). 1362–1379. 1 indexed citations

Beaumont, Mark, et al.. (2020). Estimation of Natural Selection and Allele Age from Time Series Allele Frequency Data Using a Novel Likelihood-Based Approach. Genetics. 216(2). 463–480. 6 indexed citations

Beaumont, Mark, et al.. (2020). Detecting and Quantifying Natural Selection at Two Linked Loci from Time Series Data of Allele Frequencies with Forward-in-Time Simulations. Genetics. 216(2). 521–541. 8 indexed citations

Macgregor, Callum J., Chris D. Thomas, David B. Roy, et al.. (2019). Climate-induced phenology shifts linked to range expansions in species with multiple reproductive cycles per year. Nature Communications. 10(1). 4455–4455. 334 indexed citations breakdown →

Beaumont, Mark, et al.. (2017). Effects of the Ordering of Natural Selection and Population Regulation Mechanisms on Wright-Fisher Models. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 7(7). 2095–2106. 7 indexed citations

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Beaumont, Mark, et al.. (2015). Calibration and evaluation of individual-based models using Approximate Bayesian Computation. Ecological Modelling. 312. 182–190. 97 indexed citations

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Aeschbacher, Simon, Mark Beaumont, & Andreas Futschik. (2012). A Novel Approach for Choosing Summary Statistics in Approximate Bayesian Computation. Genetics. 192(3). 1027–1047. 64 indexed citations

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Sousa, Vítor C., Mark Beaumont, Pedro Fernandes, Maria M. Coelho, & Lounès Chikhi. (2011). Population divergence with or without admixture: selecting models using an ABC approach. Heredity. 108(5). 521–530. 42 indexed citations

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Antão, Tiago & Mark Beaumont. (2011). Mcheza: a workbench to detect selection using dominant markers. Bioinformatics. 27(12). 1717–1718. 81 indexed citations

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Nielsen, Rasmus & Mark Beaumont. (2009). Statistical inferences in phylogeography. Molecular Ecology. 18(6). 1034–1047. 202 indexed citations

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Beaumont, Mark. (2008). Joint determination of topology, divergence time, and immigration in population trees. Bristol Research (University of Bristol). 35(6). 22–4. 107 indexed citations

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Fagundes, Nelson J. R., Nicolas Ray, Mark Beaumont, et al.. (2007). Statistical evaluation of alternative models of human evolution. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(45). 17614–17619. 397 indexed citations

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Panchal, Mahesh & Mark Beaumont. (2007). THE AUTOMATION AND EVALUATION OF NESTED CLADE PHYLOGEOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS. Evolution. 61(6). 1466–1480. 134 indexed citations

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Kitchener, Andrew C., et al.. (2006). Geographical Variation in the Clouded Leopard, Neofelis nebulosa, Reveals Two Species. Current Biology. 16(23). 2377–2383. 51 indexed citations

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Cornuet, J. M. & Mark Beaumont. (2006). A note on the accuracy of PAC-likelihood inference with microsatellite data. Theoretical Population Biology. 71(1). 12–19. 12 indexed citations

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Butlin, Roger K., Mark Beaumont, & G. M. Hewitt. (1992). Selection for assortative mating between parapatric subspecies of grasshopper. Animal Behaviour. 43(6). 1045–1047. 1 indexed citations

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