Morten Rasmussen

13.4k citations

34 papers · 4.5k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 27

Co-authors: Eske Willerslev M. Thomas P. Gilbert Philip Francis Thomsen Lars Iversen Jos Kielgast Ludovic Orlando Peter Rask Møller Carsten Wiuf
Topics: Forensic and Genetic Research (13 papers)Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (8 papers)Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (7 papers)
Cited by: Ecology Ecological Modeling Paleontology
Journals: Nature Science Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Partner nations: Denmark United States United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Morten Rasmussen

34 papers receiving 4.3k 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.

Monitoring endangered freshwater biodiversity using environmental DNA

2011 892 citations Philip Francis Thomsen, Jos Kielgast et al. Molecular Ecology profile →
Detection of a Diverse Marine Fish Fauna Using Environmental DNA from Seawater Samples

2012 755 citations Philip Francis Thomsen, Jos Kielgast et al. PLoS ONE profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Morten Rasmussen

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Ancient individuals from the North American Northwest Coast reveal 10,000 years of regional genetic continuity 2017 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·John Lindo,Alessandro Achilli,Ugo A. Perego,David Archer,Cristina Valdiosera,Barbara Petzelt,Joycelynn Mitchell,Rosita Worl,E. James Dixon,T. E. Fifield,Morten Rasmussen,Eske Willerslev,Jerome S. Cybulski,Brian M. Kemp,Michael DeGiorgio,Ripan S. Malhi	66
2	A time transect of exomes from a Native American population before and after European contact 2016 ·Nature Communications ·John Lindo,Emilia Huerta‐Sánchez,Shigeki Nakagome,Morten Rasmussen,Barbara Petzelt,Joycelynn Mitchell,Jerome S. Cybulski,Eske Willerslev,Michael DeGiorgio,Ripan S. Malhi	96
3	The ancestry and affiliations of Kennewick Man 2015 ·Nature ·Morten Rasmussen,Martin Sikora,Anders Albrechtsen,Thorfinn Sand Korneliussen,J. Víctor Moreno-Mayar,G. David Poznik,Christoph P. E. Zollikofer,Marcia S. Ponce de León,Morten E. Allentoft,Ida Moltke,Hákon Jónsson,Cristina Valdiosera,Ripan S. Malhi,Ludovic Orlando,Carlos D. Bustamante,Thomas W. Stafford,David J. Meltzer,Rasmus Nielsen,Eske Willerslev	133
4	Genome-wide Ancestry Patterns in Rapanui Suggest Pre-European Admixture with Native Americans 2014 ·Current Biology ·J. Víctor Moreno-Mayar,Simon Rasmussen,Andaine Seguin‐Orlando,Morten Rasmussen,Mason Liang,Siri T. Flåm,Benedicte A. Lie,Gregor D. Gilfillan,Rasmus Nielsen,Erik Thorsby,Eske Willerslev,Anna‐Sapfo Malaspinas	31
5	bammds: a tool for assessing the ancestry of low-depth whole-genome data using multidimensional scaling (MDS) 2014 ·Bioinformatics ·Anna‐Sapfo Malaspinas,Ole Tange,J. Víctor Moreno-Mayar,Morten Rasmussen,Michael DeGiorgio,Yong Wang,Cristina Valdiosera,Gustavo G. Politis,Eske Willerslev,Rasmus Nielsen	33
6	Deep Sequencing of RNA from Ancient Maize Kernels 2013 ·PLoS ONE ·Sarah L. Fordyce,María C. Ávila‐Arcos,Morten Rasmussen,Enrico Cappellini,(unknown),Nathan Wales,David E. Alquezar‐Planas,Steven Penfield,Terence A. Brown,Jean‐Philippe Vielle‐Calzada,Rafaél Montiel,Tina Jørgensen,Nancy Odegaard,Michael A. Jacobs,Bernardo Arriaza,Thomas Higham,Christopher Bronk Ramsey,Eske Willerslev,M. Thomas P. Gilbert	35
7	Screening mammal biodiversity using DNA from leeches 2012 ·Current Biology ·Ida Bærholm Schnell,Philip Francis Thomsen,Nicholas Wilkinson,Morten Rasmussen,(unknown),Eske Willerslev,Mads F. Bertelsen,M. Thomas P. Gilbert	11
8	Improving the performance of true single molecule sequencing for ancient DNA 2012 ·BMC Genomics ·Aurélien Ginolhac,Julia T. Vilstrup,Jesper Stenderup,Morten Rasmussen,Mathias Stiller,Beth Shapiro,Grant D. Zazula,Duane Froese,Kathleen E. Steinmann,John F. Thompson,Khaled A. S. Al‐Rasheid,M. Thomas P. Gilbert,Eske Willerslev,Ludovic Orlando	32
9	mapDamage: testing for damage patterns in ancient DNA sequences 2011 ·Bioinformatics ·Aurélien Ginolhac,Morten Rasmussen,M. Thomas P. Gilbert,Eske Willerslev,Ludovic Orlando	233
10	True single-molecule DNA sequencing of a pleistocene horse bone 2011 ·Genome Research ·Ludovic Orlando,Aurélien Ginolhac,Maanasa Raghavan,Julia T. Vilstrup,Morten Rasmussen,(unknown),Kathleen E. Steinmann,Philipp Kapranov,John F. Thompson,Grant D. Zazula,Duane Froese,Ida Moltke,Beth Shapiro,Michael Hofreiter,Khaled A. S. Al‐Rasheid,M. Thomas P. Gilbert,Eske Willerslev	88
11	Application and comparison of large-scale solution-based DNA capture-enrichment methods on ancient DNA 2011 ·Scientific Reports ·María C. Ávila‐Arcos,Enrico Cappellini,(unknown),Nathan Wales,J. Víctor Moreno-Mayar,Morten Rasmussen,Sarah L. Fordyce,Rafaél Montiel,Jean‐Philippe Vielle‐Calzada,Eske Willerslev,M. Thomas P. Gilbert	86
12	Profiling the Dead: Generating Microsatellite Data from Fossil Bones of Extinct Megafauna—Protocols, Problems, and Prospects 2011 ·PLoS ONE ·Morten E. Allentoft,Charlotte L. Oskam,Jayne Houston,Marie L. Hale,M. Thomas P. Gilbert,Morten Rasmussen,Peter B. S. Spencer,(unknown),Eske Willerslev,Richard N. Holdaway,Michael Bunce	41
13	Islands in the ice: detecting past vegetation on Greenlandic nunataks using historical records and sedimentary ancient DNA Meta‐barcoding 2011 ·Molecular Ecology ·Tina Jørgensen,Kurt H. Kjær,James Haile,Morten Rasmussen,Sanne Boessenkool,Kenneth Geving Andersen,Éric Coissac,Pierre Taberlet,Christian Brochmann,Ludovic Orlando,M. Thomas P. Gilbert,Eske Willerslev	66
14	A simple method for the parallel deep sequencing of full influenza A genomes 2011 ·Journal of Virological Methods ·Marie‐Louise Kampmann,Sarah L. Fordyce,María C. Ávila‐Arcos,Morten Rasmussen,Eske Willerslev,Lars Peter Nielsen,M. Thomas P. Gilbert	38
15	Monitoring endangered freshwater biodiversity using environmental DNAbreakdown → 2011 ·Molecular Ecology ·Philip Francis Thomsen,Jos Kielgast,Lars Iversen,Carsten Wiuf,Morten Rasmussen,M. Thomas P. Gilbert,Ludovic Orlando,Eske Willerslev	892
16	A comparative study of ancient sedimentary DNA, pollen and macrofossils from permafrost sediments of northern Siberia reveals long‐term vegetational stability 2011 ·Molecular Ecology ·Tina Jørgensen,James Haile,Per Möller,Andrei Andreev,Sanne Boessenkool,Morten Rasmussen,Frank Kienast,Éric Coissac,Pierre Taberlet,Christian Brochmann,Nancy H. Bigelow,Kenneth Geving Andersen,Ludovic Orlando,M. Thomas P. Gilbert,Eske Willerslev	136
17	Molecular Diet Analysis of Two African Free-Tailed Bats (Molossidae) Using High Throughput Sequencing 2011 ·PLoS ONE ·Kristine Bohmann,Ara Monadjem,Christina Lehmkuhl Noer,Morten Rasmussen,Matt R. K. Zeale,Elizabeth L. Clare,Gareth Jones,Eske Willerslev,M. Thomas P. Gilbert	167
18	Complete mitochondrial genome phylogeographic analysis of killer whales (Orcinus orca) indicates multiple species 2010 ·Genome Research ·Phillip A. Morin,Frederick I. Archer,Andrew D. Foote,Julia T. Vilstrup,Eric E. Allen,Paul R. Wade,(unknown),Kim M. Parsons,Robert L. Pitman,Lewyn Li,Pascal Bouffard,Sandra C. A. Nielsen,Morten Rasmussen,Eske Willerslev,M. Thomas P. Gilbert,Timothy T. Harkins	317
19	Transcriptomes of the desiccation‐tolerant resurrection plant Craterostigma plantagineum 2010 ·The Plant Journal ·María Cecilia Rodriguez,Daniel Edsgärd,Syed Sarfraz Hussain,(unknown),Morten Rasmussen,M. Thomas P. Gilbert,(unknown),Dorothea Bartels,John Mundy	137
20	Ancient DNA reveals late survival of mammoth and horse in interior Alaska 2009 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·James Haile,Duane Froese,R. D. E. MacPhee,Richard G. Roberts,Lee J. Arnold,Alberto V. Reyes,Morten Rasmussen,Rasmus Nielsen,Barry W. Brook,Simon G. Robinson,Martina Demuro,M. Thomas P. Gilbert,Kasper Munch,Jeremy J. Austin,Alan Cooper,Ian Barnes,Per Möller,Eske Willerslev	186

About Morten Rasmussen

Morten Rasmussen is a scholar working on Paleontology, Archeology and Ecological Modeling, having authored 34 papers that have together received 4.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Forensic and Genetic Research (13 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (8 papers) and Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (7 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Ecology (2.9k citations), Ecological Modeling (427 citations) and Paleontology (611 citations). Morten Rasmussen has collaborated with scholars based in Denmark, United States and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Eske Willerslev, M. Thomas P. Gilbert, Philip Francis Thomsen, Lars Iversen, Jos Kielgast, Ludovic Orlando, Peter Rask Møller, Carsten Wiuf, Aurélien Ginolhac and James Haile. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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