Maru Mormina

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Maru Mormina is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Maru Mormina has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Genetics, 8 papers in Molecular Biology and 5 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. Recurrent topics in Maru Mormina's work include Forensic and Genetic Research (10 papers), Neuroscience of respiration and sleep (5 papers) and High Altitude and Hypoxia (5 papers). Maru Mormina is often cited by papers focused on Forensic and Genetic Research (10 papers), Neuroscience of respiration and sleep (5 papers) and High Altitude and Hypoxia (5 papers). Maru Mormina collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, France and United States. Maru Mormina's co-authors include Pedro Soares, Martin Richards, Vincent Macaulay, Stephen Oppenheimer, Teresa Rito, Antonio Salas, Luca Ermini, Arne Röhl, David Bulbeck and Douglas J. Clarke and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Scientific Reports and The American Journal of Human Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Maru Mormina

27 papers receiving 1.5k 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.

Correcting for Purifying Selection: An Improved Human Mitochondrial Molecular Clock

2009 534 citations Pedro Soares, Luca Ermini et al. The American Journal of Human Genetics profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Maru Mormina	990	490	375	211	171	28	1.6k
François‐Xavier Ricaut	860 0.9×	219 0.4×	481 1.3×	144 0.7×	275 1.6×	64	1.3k
Alan J. Redd	1.7k 1.7×	704 1.4×	371 1.0×	221 1.0×	121 0.7×	28	2.1k
Herawati Sudoyo	785 0.8×	641 1.3×	247 0.7×	289 1.4×	260 1.5×	100	2.1k
Georgi Hudjashov	711 0.7×	300 0.6×	323 0.9×	145 0.7×	193 1.1×	32	1.2k
Mait Metspalu	2.1k 2.1×	636 1.3×	869 2.3×	110 0.5×	351 2.1×	68	2.9k
Cristian Capelli	1.9k 1.9×	563 1.1×	528 1.4×	76 0.4×	255 1.5×	78	2.6k
Richard Villems	1.0k 1.0×	376 0.8×	464 1.2×	61 0.3×	110 0.6×	37	1.5k
Davide Pettener	1.4k 1.5×	394 0.8×	437 1.2×	36 0.2×	89 0.5×	87	2.1k
Christopher R. Gignoux	2.3k 2.4×	749 1.5×	349 0.9×	54 0.3×	304 1.8×	74	3.8k
Gyaneshwer Chaubey	1.1k 1.1×	563 1.1×	382 1.0×	44 0.2×	163 1.0×	115	2.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Maru Mormina

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20 of 20 papers shown

Mormina, Maru, Guido Caniglia, Eivind Engebretsen, et al.. (2024). Where to after COVID-19? Systems thinking for a human-centred approach to pandemics. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications. 11(1). 1 indexed citations

Mormina, Maru, et al.. (2024). Is the UN receiving ethical approval for its research with human participants?. Journal of Medical Ethics. 51(3). 178–181.

Rainey, Stephen, et al.. (2021). The Post-Normal Challenges of COVID-19: Constructing Effective and Legitimate Responses. Science and Public Policy. 48(4). 592–601. 14 indexed citations

Mormina, Maru, et al.. (2021). ‘Capacity for what? Capacity for whom?’ A decolonial deconstruction of Research Capacity Development practices in the Global South and a proposal for a value-centred approach.. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations

Mormina, Maru, et al.. (2018). A conceptual framework for training of trainers (ToT) interventions in global health. Globalization and Health. 14(1). 100–100. 87 indexed citations

Mormina, Maru. (2018). Science, Technology and Innovation as Social Goods for Development: Rethinking Research Capacity Building from Sen’s Capabilities Approach. Science and Engineering Ethics. 25(3). 671–692. 55 indexed citations

Eichstaedt, Christina A., Luca Pagani, Tiago Antão, et al.. (2017). Evidence of Early-Stage Selection on EPAS1 and GPR126 Genes in Andean High Altitude Populations. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 13042–13042. 33 indexed citations

Brandão, Andreia, Ken Eng, Teresa Rito, et al.. (2016). Quantifying the legacy of the Chinese Neolithic on the maternal genetic heritage of Taiwan and Island Southeast Asia. Human Genetics. 135(4). 363–376. 30 indexed citations

Eichstaedt, Christina A., Tiago Antão, Alexia Cardona, et al.. (2015). Positive selection of AS3MT to arsenic water in Andean populations. Mutation research. Fundamental and molecular mechanisms of mutagenesis. 780. 97–102. 27 indexed citations

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Gomes, Verónica, Maria Pala, Antonio Salas, et al.. (2015). Mosaic maternal ancestry in the Great Lakes region of East Africa. Human Genetics. 134(9). 1013–1027. 18 indexed citations

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Eichstaedt, Christina A., Tiago Antão, Luca Pagani, et al.. (2014). The Andean Adaptive Toolkit to Counteract High Altitude Maladaptation: Genome-Wide and Phenotypic Analysis of the Collas. PLoS ONE. 9(3). e93314–e93314. 49 indexed citations

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Scholes, Clarissa, Katherine J. Siddle, Axel Ducourneau, et al.. (2011). Genetic diversity and evidence for population admixture in Batak Negritos from Palawan. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 146(1). 62–72. 27 indexed citations

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Soares, Pedro, Teresa Rito, J. Tréjaut, et al.. (2011). Ancient Voyaging and Polynesian Origins. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 88(2). 239–247. 107 indexed citations

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Soares, Pedro, Luca Ermini, Maru Mormina, et al.. (2009). Correcting for Purifying Selection: An Improved Human Mitochondrial Molecular Clock. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 84(6). 740–759. 534 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ricaut, François‐Xavier, Harilanto Razafindrazaka, Murray P. Cox, et al.. (2009). A new deep branch of eurasian mtDNA macrohaplogroup M reveals additional complexity regarding the settlement of Madagascar. BMC Genomics. 10(1). 605–605. 19 indexed citations

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Razafindrazaka, Harilanto, François‐Xavier Ricaut, Murray P. Cox, et al.. (2009). Complete mitochondrial DNA sequences provide new insights into the Polynesian motif and the peopling of Madagascar. European Journal of Human Genetics. 18(5). 575–581. 43 indexed citations

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Soares, Pedro, J. Tréjaut, Catherine Hill, et al.. (2008). Climate Change and Postglacial Human Dispersals in Southeast Asia. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 25(6). 1209–1218. 150 indexed citations

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Hill, Catherine, Pedro Soares, Maru Mormina, et al.. (2006). Phylogeography and Ethnogenesis of Aboriginal Southeast Asians. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 23(12). 2480–2491. 139 indexed citations

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Hill, Catherine, Pedro Soares, Maru Mormina, et al.. (2006). A Mitochondrial Stratigraphy for Island Southeast Asia. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 80(1). 29–43. 191 indexed citations

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Mormina, Maru, et al.. (2006). Cannabinoid signalling in TNF-α induced IL-8 release. European Journal of Pharmacology. 540(1-3). 183–190. 20 indexed citations

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