Nadin Rohland

36.7k total citations · 6 hit papers
50 papers, 7.9k citations indexed

About

Nadin Rohland is a scholar working on Genetics, Paleontology and Archeology. According to data from OpenAlex, Nadin Rohland has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 7.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Genetics, 22 papers in Paleontology and 20 papers in Archeology. Recurrent topics in Nadin Rohland's work include Forensic and Genetic Research (28 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (19 papers) and Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (17 papers). Nadin Rohland is often cited by papers focused on Forensic and Genetic Research (28 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (19 papers) and Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (17 papers). Nadin Rohland collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Austria. Nadin Rohland's co-authors include David Reich, Michael Hofreiter, Swapan Mallick, Nick Patterson, Yiping Zhan, Priya Moorjani, Teresa Webster, Svante Pääbo, Hendrik N. Poinar and Johannes Krause and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Nadin Rohland

49 papers receiving 7.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Ancient Admixture in Human History

2012 1.5k citations Swapan Mallick, Nadin Rohland et al. profile →
Genetic Analyses from Ancient DNA

2004 914 citations Svante Pääbo, Nadin Rohland et al. profile →
Cost-effective, high-throughput DNA sequencing libraries for multiplexed target capture

2012 786 citations Nadin Rohland, David Reich Genome Research profile →
Genomically Recoded Organisms Expand Biological Functions

2013 645 citations J. G. Lajoie, Alexis J. Rovner et al. Science profile →
Ancient DNA extraction from bones and teeth

2007 404 citations Nadin Rohland, Michael Hofreiter Nature Protocols profile →
An early modern human from Romania with a recent Neanderthal ancestor

2015 393 citations Qiaomei Fu, Mateja Hajdinjak et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nadin Rohland United States	33	4.7k	2.8k	1.9k	1.8k	1.7k	50	7.9k
Matthias Meyer Germany	46	6.0k 1.3×	4.1k 1.5×	2.6k 1.4×	3.0k 1.6×	2.9k 1.8×	93	11.4k
Johannes Krause Germany	56	6.8k 1.4×	3.5k 1.2×	2.0k 1.1×	3.6k 1.9×	2.9k 1.7×	140	11.6k
Ludovic Orlando Denmark	56	5.3k 1.1×	4.8k 1.7×	4.8k 2.6×	1.6k 0.9×	2.4k 1.4×	151	11.9k
Daniel G. Bradley Ireland	65	9.0k 1.9×	2.8k 1.0×	1.2k 0.6×	1.2k 0.7×	1.3k 0.8×	172	13.5k
Beth Shapiro United States	56	4.0k 0.9×	2.7k 1.0×	3.6k 1.9×	830 0.5×	2.1k 1.2×	195	9.8k
Greger Larson United Kingdom	43	3.5k 0.7×	1.1k 0.4×	1.5k 0.8×	581 0.3×	1.2k 0.7×	100	6.7k
Ian Barnes United Kingdom	37	2.9k 0.6×	1.4k 0.5×	2.3k 1.3×	821 0.4×	1.5k 0.9×	97	5.9k
Alan R. Rogers United States	39	6.5k 1.4×	2.5k 0.9×	2.7k 1.4×	547 0.3×	893 0.5×	95	10.8k
Nick Patterson United States	33	6.1k 1.3×	3.8k 1.4×	507 0.3×	1.0k 0.5×	749 0.4×	46	10.1k
Jeffrey M. Good United States	36	3.7k 0.8×	2.0k 0.7×	1.7k 0.9×	431 0.2×	607 0.4×	88	6.0k

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Szécsényi‐Nagy, Anna, Cristian Virag, Nadin Rohland, et al.. (2025). Ancient DNA reveals diverse community organizations in the 5th millennium BCE Carpathian Basin. Nature Communications. 16(1). 5318–5318.

Lipson, Mark, Harald Ringbauer, Giulio Lucarini, et al.. (2025). High continuity of forager ancestry in the Neolithic period of the eastern Maghreb. Nature. 641(8064). 925–931. 1 indexed citations

Pilli, Elena, Stefania Vai, Martina Lari, et al.. (2024). Ancient DNA challenges prevailing interpretations of the Pompeii plaster casts. Current Biology. 34(22). 5307–5318.e7. 2 indexed citations

Rohland, Nadin, Swapan Mallick, Matthew Mah, et al.. (2022). Three assays for in-solution enrichment of ancient human DNA at more than a million SNPs. Genome Research. 32(11-12). 2068–2078. 45 indexed citations

Dryomov, Stanislav, Elena B. Starikovskaya, Nadin Rohland, et al.. (2021). Mitochondrial genome diversity on the Central Siberian Plateau with particular reference to the prehistory of northernmost Eurasia. PLoS ONE. 16(1). e0244228–e0244228. 2 indexed citations

Kennett, Douglas J., Stephen Plog, Richard J. George, et al.. (2017). Archaeogenomic evidence reveals prehistoric matrilineal dynasty. Nature Communications. 8(1). 14115–14115. 149 indexed citations

Kuznetsov, Gleb, Daniel B. Goodman, Gabriel Filsinger, et al.. (2017). Optimizing complex phenotypes through model-guided multiplex genome engineering. Genome biology. 18(1). 100–100. 23 indexed citations

Fu, Qiaomei, Mateja Hajdinjak, Oana Teodora Moldovan, et al.. (2015). An early modern human from Romania with a recent Neanderthal ancestor. Nature. 524(7564). 216–219. 393 indexed citations breakdown →

Rand, Kristin A., Nadin Rohland, Arti Tandon, et al.. (2015). Whole-exome sequencing of over 4100 men of African ancestry and prostate cancer risk. Human Molecular Genetics. 25(2). 371–381. 20 indexed citations

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Rohland, Nadin, Éadaoin Harney, Swapan Mallick, Susanne Nordenfelt, & David Reich. (2014). Partial uracil–DNA–glycosylase treatment for screening of ancient DNA. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 370(1660). 20130624–20130624. 226 indexed citations

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Lajoie, J. G., Alexis J. Rovner, Daniel B. Goodman, et al.. (2013). Genomically Recoded Organisms Expand Biological Functions. Science. 342(6156). 357–360. 645 indexed citations breakdown →

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Rohland, Nadin & David Reich. (2012). Cost-effective, high-throughput DNA sequencing libraries for multiplexed target capture. Genome Research. 22(5). 939–946. 786 indexed citations breakdown →

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Rohland, Nadin. (2011). DNA Extraction of Ancient Animal Hard Tissue Samples via Adsorption to Silica Particles. Methods in molecular biology. 840. 21–28. 11 indexed citations

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Rohland, Nadin, David Reich, Swapan Mallick, et al.. (2010). Genomic DNA Sequences from Mastodon and Woolly Mammoth Reveal Deep Speciation of Forest and Savanna Elephants. PLoS Biology. 8(12). e1000564–e1000564. 117 indexed citations

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Knapp, Michael, Nadin Rohland, Jacobo Weinstock, et al.. (2009). First DNA sequences from Asian cave bear fossils reveal deep divergences and complex phylogeographic patterns. Molecular Ecology. 18(6). 1225–1238. 78 indexed citations

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Rohland, Nadin, Anna‐Sapfo Malaspinas, Joshua L. Pollack, et al.. (2007). Proboscidean Mitogenomics: Chronology and Mode of Elephant Evolution Using Mastodon as Outgroup. PLoS Biology. 5(8). e207–e207. 139 indexed citations

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Rohland, Nadin & Michael Hofreiter. (2007). Comparison and Optimization of Ancient DNA Extraction. BioTechniques. 42(3). 343–352. 285 indexed citations

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Lalueza‐Fox, Carles, Holger Römpler, David Caramelli, et al.. (2007). A Melanocortin 1 Receptor Allele Suggests Varying Pigmentation Among Neanderthals. Science. 318(5855). 1453–1455. 201 indexed citations

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Römpler, Holger, Paul H. Dear, Johannes Krause, et al.. (2006). Multiplex amplification of ancient DNA. Nature Protocols. 1(2). 720–728. 70 indexed citations

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Noonan, James P., Michael Hofreiter, Doug Smith, et al.. (2005). Genomic Sequencing of Pleistocene Cave Bears. Science. 309(5734). 597–599. 170 indexed citations

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