Mark Stoneking

41.5k total citations · 5 hit papers
286 papers, 22.5k citations indexed

About

Mark Stoneking is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Archeology. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark Stoneking has authored 286 papers receiving a total of 22.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 210 papers in Genetics, 101 papers in Molecular Biology and 39 papers in Archeology. Recurrent topics in Mark Stoneking's work include Forensic and Genetic Research (167 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (87 papers) and Race, Genetics, and Society (43 papers). Mark Stoneking is often cited by papers focused on Forensic and Genetic Research (167 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (87 papers) and Race, Genetics, and Society (43 papers). Mark Stoneking collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and France. Mark Stoneking's co-authors include Allan C. Wilson, Rebecca L. Cann, Manfred Kayser, Brigitte Pakendorf, Anne C. Stone, Mingkun Li, Linda Vigilant, Kun Tang, Henry Harpending and Ivan Nasidze and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Mark Stoneking

281 papers receiving 21.3k 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.

Mitochondrial DNA and human evolution

1987 1.8k citations Mark Stoneking et al. profile →
Mitochondrial DNA and two perspectives on evolutionary genetics

1985 986 citations Mark Stoneking et al. profile →
African Populations and the Evolution of Human Mitochondrial DNA

1991 931 citations Mark Stoneking et al. profile →
Neandertal DNA Sequences and the Origin of Modern Humans

1997 796 citations Mark Stoneking et al. profile →
Denisova Admixture and the First Modern Human Dispersals into Southeast Asia and Oceania

2011 342 citations Irina Pugach, Albert Min‐Shan Ko et al. profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Neanderthal adaptive introgression shaped LCT enhancer region diversity without linking to lactase persistence in East Asian populations 2025 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Xixian Ma, Yan Lü, Mark Stoneking, Shuhua Xu	1
2	The genomic diversity of Taiwanese Austronesian groups: Implications for the “Into- and Out-of-Taiwan” models 2023 ·PNAS Nexus ·Dang Liu, Albert Min‐Shan Ko, Mark Stoneking	4
3	Genomic perspectives on human dispersals during the Holocene 2023 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Mark Stoneking, Leonardo Arias, Dang Liu, Sandra Oliveira, Irina Pugach, Jae Joseph Russell B. Rodriguez	17
4	Assessing Human Genome-wide Variation in the Massim Region of Papua New Guinea and Implications for the Kula Trading Tradition 2022 ·Molecular Biology and Evolution ·Dang Liu, Benjamin M. Peter, Wulf Schiefenhövel, Manfred Kayser, Mark Stoneking	1
5	The social lives of isolates (and small language families): the case of the Northwest Amazon 2022 ·Interface Focus ·Rik van Gijn, Sietze J. Norder, Leonardo Arias, Nicholas Q. Emlen, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Olga Krasnoukhova, Mark Stoneking, (unknown)	2
6	Interpreting mismatches between linguistic and genetic patterns among speakers of Tanimuka (Eastern Tukanoan) and Yukuna (Arawakan) 2022 ·Interface Focus ·Leonardo Arias, Nicholas Q. Emlen, Sietze J. Norder, (unknown), (unknown), Thiago Costa Chacon, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Mark Stoneking, Rik van Gijn	6
7	The transmission of human mitochondrial DNA in four‐generation pedigrees 2022 ·Human Mutation ·Qi Liu, (unknown), Tahir Yaqub, Sehrish Firyal, Yiqiang Zhao, Mark Stoneking, Mingkun Li	2
8	Reconstructing the Human Genetic History of Mainland Southeast Asia: Insights from Genome-Wide Data from Thailand and Laos 2021 ·Molecular Biology and Evolution ·Wibhu Kutanan, Dang Liu, Jatupol Kampuansai, Metawee Srikummool, (unknown), Rasmi Shoocongdej, (unknown), Sukhum Ruangchai, Pittayawat Pittayaporn, Leonardo Arias, Mark Stoneking	43
9	Extensive Ethnolinguistic Diversity in Vietnam Reflects Multiple Sources of Genetic Diversity 2020 ·Molecular Biology and Evolution ·Dang Liu, Nguyễn Thùy Dương, Nguyễn Đăng Tôn, (unknown), Brigitte Pakendorf, Nông Văn Hải, Mark Stoneking	56
10	The role of matrilineality in shaping patterns of Y chromosome and mtDNA sequence variation in southwestern Angola 2018 ·European Journal of Human Genetics ·Sandra Oliveira, Alexander Hübner, Anne‐Maria Fehn, (unknown), Fernanda Lages, Brigitte Pakendorf, Mark Stoneking, Jorge Rocha	10
11	Transmission of human mtDNA heteroplasmy in the Genome of the Netherlands families: support for a variable-size bottleneck 2016 ·Genome Research ·Mingkun Li, Rebecca Rothwell, Martijn Vermaat, Manja Wachsmuth, Roland Schröder, Jeroen F. J. Laros, Mannis van Oven, Paul I. W. de Bakker, Jasper Bovenberg, Cornelia M. van Duijn, Gert‐Jan B. van Ommen, P. Eline Slagboom, Morris A. Swertz, Cisca Wijmenga, Manfred Kayser, Dorret I. Boomsma, Sebastian Zöllner, Peter de Knijff, Mark Stoneking	64
12	Denisovan Ancestry in East Eurasian and Native American Populations 2015 ·Molecular Biology and Evolution ·Pengfei Qin, Mark Stoneking	78
13	High-throughput sequencing of complete human mtDNA genomes from the Philippines 2010 ·Genome Research ·Ellen D. Gunnarsdóttir, Mingkun Li, Marc Bauchet, Knut Finstermeier, Mark Stoneking	112
14	Genetic perspectives on forager‐farmer interaction in the Luangwa Valley of Zambia 2009 ·American Journal of Physical Anthropology ·Cesare de Filippo, Patricia Heyn, Lawrence Barham, Mark Stoneking, Brigitte Pakendorf	22
15	Increased constraints on MC4R during primate and human evolution 2008 ·Human Genetics ·David A. Hughes, Anke Hinney, Harald Brumm, Anne‐Kathrin Wermter, Heike Biebermann, Johannes Hebebrand, Mark Stoneking	29
16	Microsatellite polymorphism within pfcrt provides evidence of continuing evolution of chloroquine-resistant alleles in Papua New Guinea 2007 ·Malaria Journal ·(unknown), Rajeev K. Mehlotra, P Michon, Ivo Müeller, John C. Reeder, Yagya D. Sharma, Mark Stoneking, Peter A. Zimmerman	17
17	Genetic evidence for the Mongolian ancestry of Kalmyks 2005 ·American Journal of Physical Anthropology ·Ivan Nasidze, Dominique Quinque, Isabelle Dupanloup, Richard Cordaux, (unknown), Mark Stoneking	44
18	Phylogenetic Analysis of the Friedreich Ataxia GAA Trinucleotide Repeat 2001 ·Journal of Molecular Evolution ·Cristina M. Justice, Zhining Den, Son Nguyen, Mark Stoneking, Prescott L. Deininger, Mark A. Batzer, Bronya J.B. Keats	20
19	Polymorphic Alu insertions and the Asian origin of Native American populations. 1998 ·PubMed ·Gabriel E. Novick, (unknown), Juan J. Yunis, E.J. Yunis, (unknown), W. Douglas Scheer, Prescott L. Deininger, Mark Stoneking, Daniel York, Mark A. Batzer, René J. Herrera	95
20	AluInsertion Polymorphisms and Human Evolution: Evidence for a Larger Population Size in Africa 1997 ·Genome Research ·Mark Stoneking, (unknown), (unknown), Himla Soodyall, Santosh S. Arcot, Nilmani Saha, Trefor Jenkins, Mohammad Tahir, Prescott L. Deininger, Mark A. Batzer	268

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