Martin Richards

23.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
149 papers, 11.7k citations indexed

About

Martin Richards is a scholar working on Genetics, Archeology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Martin Richards has authored 149 papers receiving a total of 11.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 97 papers in Genetics, 32 papers in Archeology and 30 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Martin Richards's work include Forensic and Genetic Research (76 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (38 papers) and Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (30 papers). Martin Richards is often cited by papers focused on Forensic and Genetic Research (76 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (38 papers) and Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (30 papers). Martin Richards collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Portugal and Italy. Martin Richards's co-authors include Vincent Macaulay, Peter Forster, H. -J. Bandelt, Hans‐Jürgen Bandelt, Antonio Torroni, Bryan Sykes, Pedro Soares, Antonio Salas, Clive Gamble and Virginia Morrow and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Martin Richards

146 papers receiving 11.1k citations

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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 portraits of human populations using median networks.

1995 861 citations Martin Richards et al. profile →
Correcting for Purifying Selection: An Improved Human Mitochondrial Molecular Clock

2009 534 citations Pedro Soares, Maru Mormina et al. The American Journal of Human Genetics profile →
First Farmers: the Origins of Agricultural Societies, by Peter Bellwood. Malden (MA): Blackwell, 2005; ISBN 0-631-20565-9 hardback £60; ISBN 0-631-20566-7 paperback £17.99, xix+360 pp., 59 figs., 3 tables

2007 429 citations Martin Richards et al. profile →

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Contrasting Patterns of Genetic Diversity in European Mammals in the Context of Glacial Refugia 2024 ·Diversity ·(unknown), Emilie A. Hardouin, Debbi Pedreschi, Martin Richards, Richard Stafford, Jeremy B. Searle, John R. Stewart	1
2	Helena’s Many Daughters: More Mitogenome Diversity behind the Most Common West Eurasian mtDNA Control Region Haplotype in an Extended Italian Population Sample 2022 ·International Journal of Molecular Sciences ·Martin Bodner, (unknown), Anna Olivieri, Francesca Gandini, Irene Cardinali, Hovirag Lancioni, Gabriela Huber, Catarina Xavier, Maria Pala, Alessandro Fichera, (unknown), (unknown), Stefania Sarno, Davide Pettener, Donata Luiselli, Martin Richards, Ornella Semino, Alessandro Achilli, Antonio Torroni, Walther Parson	4
3	Phylogeography of Sub-Saharan Mitochondrial Lineages Outside Africa Highlights the Roles of the Holocene Climate Changes and the Atlantic Slave Trade 2022 ·International Journal of Molecular Sciences ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Ricardo Franco‐Duarte, Alberto Gómez‐Carballa, Antonio Salas, Anatóle Laleye, Alexandra Rosa, António Brehm, Martin Richards, Pedro Soares, Teresa Rito	3
4	Phylogeography of 27,000 SARS-CoV-2 Genomes: Europe as the Major Source of the COVID-19 Pandemic 2020 ·Microorganisms ·Teresa Rito, Martin Richards, Maria Pala, Margarida Correia‐Neves, Pedro Soares	14
5	Rectifying long-standing misconceptions about the ρ statistic for molecular dating 2019 ·PLoS ONE ·Vincent Macaulay, Pedro Soares, Martin Richards	15
6	A dispersal of Homo sapiens from southern to eastern Africa immediately preceded the out-of-Africa migration 2019 ·Scientific Reports ·Teresa Rito, Daniel Vieira, Marina Silva, Eduardo Conde‐Sousa, Luı́sa Pereira, Paul Mellars, Martin Richards, Pedro Soares	43
7	Reconciling evidence from ancient and contemporary genomes: a major source for the European Neolithic within Mediterranean Europe 2017 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Joana B. Pereira, Marta D. Costa, Daniel Vieira, Maria Pala, (unknown), Nourdin Harich, Lotfi Cherni, Farida Alshamali, Jiřı́ Hatina, (unknown), Gheorghe Ştefănescu, Turi King, Antonio Torroni, Pedro Soares, Luı́sa Pereira, Martin Richards	18
8	Quantifying the legacy of the Chinese Neolithic on the maternal genetic heritage of Taiwan and Island Southeast Asia 2016 ·Human Genetics ·Andreia Brandão, Ken Eng, Teresa Rito, Bruno Cavadas, David Bulbeck, Francesca Gandini, Maria Pala, Maru Mormina, (unknown), Joyce C. White, Tsang‐Ming Ko, Mokhtar Saidin, Zafarina Zainuddin, Stephen Oppenheimer, Martin Richards, Luı́sa Pereira, Pedro Soares	30
9	Relatedness in assisted reproduction : families, origins and identities 2014 ·Cambridge University Press eBooks ·Tabitha Freeman, (unknown), (unknown), Martin Richards	44
10	Mitogenomes from Two Uncommon Haplogroups Mark Late Glacial/Postglacial Expansions from the Near East and Neolithic Dispersals within Europe 2013 ·PLoS ONE ·Anna Olivieri, Maria Pala, Francesca Gandini, Baharak Hooshiar Kashani, Ugo A. Perego, Scott R. Woodward, Viola Grugni, Vincenza Battaglia, Ornella Semino, Alessandro Achilli, Martin Richards, Antonio Torroni	40
11	Reproductive donation: policy, practice, and bioethics 2012 ·Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University) ·Martin Richards, Guido Pennings, John Appleby	7
12	Reproductive Donation 2012 ·Cambridge University Press eBooks ·(unknown), Martin Richards, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Guido Pennings, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	28
13	Phylogeography and Ethnogenesis of Aboriginal Southeast Asians 2006 ·Molecular Biology and Evolution ·Catherine Hill, Pedro Soares, Maru Mormina, Vincent Macaulay, William J. Meehan, James Blackburn, Douglas J. Clarke, (unknown), Patimah Ismail, David Bulbeck, Stephen Oppenheimer, Martin Richards	139
14	Charting the Ancestry of African Americans 2005 ·The American Journal of Human Genetics ·Antonio Salas, Ãngel Carracedo, Martin Richards, Vincent Macaulay	101
15	High-Risk Premenopausal Women's Experiences of Undergoing Prophylactic Oophorectomy: A Descriptive Study 2004 ·Genetic Testing ·Nina Hallowell, James Mackay, Martin Richards, Martin Gore, Ian Jacobs	25
16	Beware the gene genies 2003 ·University of Huddersfield Repository (University of Huddersfield) ·Martin Richards	2
17	In Search of Geographical Patterns in European Mitochondrial DNA 2002 ·The American Journal of Human Genetics ·Martin Richards, Vincent Macaulay, Antonio Torroni, Hans‐Jürgen Bandelt	113
18	Reply to Barbujani et al. 1998 ·The American Journal of Human Genetics ·Martin Richards, Bryan Sykes	6
19	Paleolithic and Neolithic Lineages in the European Mitochondrial Gene Pool: a reply to Cavalli-Sforza and Minch 1997 ·University of Huddersfield Repository (University of Huddersfield) ·Martin Richards, Vincent Macaulay, (unknown), Paul Pettitt, Patrick Forster, Hans‐Jürgen Bandelt	1
20	The integration of a child into a social world 1979 ·Cambridge University Press eBooks ·Martin Richards	186

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