Niels Lynnerup

11.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
230 papers, 6.4k citations indexed

About

Niels Lynnerup is a scholar working on Archeology, Genetics and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Niels Lynnerup has authored 230 papers receiving a total of 6.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 138 papers in Archeology, 52 papers in Genetics and 46 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Niels Lynnerup's work include Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (129 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (46 papers) and Paleopathology and ancient diseases (44 papers). Niels Lynnerup is often cited by papers focused on Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (129 papers), Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (46 papers) and Paleopathology and ancient diseases (44 papers). Niels Lynnerup collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, United Kingdom and United States. Niels Lynnerup's co-authors include Jan Heinemeier, Chiara Villa, Marie Louise Schjellerup Jørkov, M. Thomas P. Gilbert, Christina Jacobsen, Peter K. Larsen, Eske Willerslev, Cristina Cattaneo, Søren Nørby and Peter Forster and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Niels Lynnerup

225 papers receiving 6.1k citations

Hit Papers

The problem of aging huma... 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 100 200 300 400
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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.

  1. The problem of aging human remains and living individuals: A review
    2009 475 citations Eugénia Cunha, É. Baccino et al. Forensic Science International profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Niels Lynnerup 3.3k 1.9k 1.6k 993 826 230 6.4k
Douglas H. Ubelaker 8.0k 2.4× 2.9k 1.6× 2.3k 1.4× 966 1.0× 1.0k 1.2× 208 10.6k
Andrew Chamberlain 2.0k 0.6× 1.4k 0.8× 1.3k 0.8× 596 0.6× 202 0.2× 122 5.1k
Jane E. Buikstra 6.4k 1.9× 2.2k 1.2× 3.1k 1.9× 638 0.6× 382 0.5× 180 9.8k
John G. Clement 1.3k 0.4× 481 0.3× 821 0.5× 1.0k 1.0× 410 0.5× 206 8.0k
Richard S. Meindl 3.5k 1.0× 1.1k 0.6× 1.1k 0.7× 501 0.5× 531 0.6× 62 5.0k
Mehmet İşcan 4.7k 1.4× 2.1k 1.1× 525 0.3× 635 0.6× 1.1k 1.3× 118 6.1k
Paul O’Higgins 1.9k 0.6× 1.1k 0.6× 2.4k 1.5× 820 0.8× 322 0.4× 196 7.2k
Eugénia Cunha 3.6k 1.1× 1.3k 0.7× 505 0.3× 672 0.7× 912 1.1× 199 4.7k
Shelley R. Saunders 2.8k 0.8× 1.2k 0.7× 1.3k 0.8× 573 0.6× 241 0.3× 60 4.3k
Christopher B. Ruff 6.7k 2.0× 1.7k 0.9× 3.8k 2.3× 915 0.9× 422 0.5× 194 16.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Niels Lynnerup

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Niels Lynnerup

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Niels Lynnerup. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Niels Lynnerup based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Niels Lynnerup. Niels Lynnerup is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lynnerup, Niels, et al.. (2025). Forensic age estimation of the knee and clavicle using post-mortem CT. Forensic Imaging. 42. 200638–200638.
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Mannino, Marcello A., Stijn J. M. Van Malderen, Jan Garrevoet, et al.. (2023). Using SXRF and LA-ICP-TOFMS to Explore Evidence of Treatment and Physiological Responses to Leprosy in Medieval Denmark. Biology. 12(2). 184–184. 5 indexed citations
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Kontopoulos, Ioannis, Kirsty Penkman, Victoria E. Mullin, et al.. (2020). Screening archaeological bone for palaeogenetic and palaeoproteomic studies. PLoS ONE. 15(6). e0235146–e0235146. 44 indexed citations
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Rasmussen, Kaare Lund, George R. Milner, Lilian Skytte, et al.. (2020). Trace element distribution in human cortical bone microstructure: the potential for unravelling diet and social status in archaeological bones. Heritage Science. 8(1). 12 indexed citations
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Boer, Hans H. de, Zuzana Obertová, Eugénia Cunha, et al.. (2020). Strengthening the role of forensic anthropology in personal identification: Position statement by the Board of the Forensic Anthropology Society of Europe (FASE). Forensic Science International. 315. 110456–110456. 51 indexed citations
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Rasmussen, Kaare Lund, George R. Milner, Lilian Skytte, et al.. (2019). Mapping diagenesis in archaeological human bones. Heritage Science. 7(1). 33 indexed citations
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Frei, Karin Margarita, Sophie Bergerbrant, Karl-Göran Sjögren, et al.. (2019). Mapping human mobility during the third and second millennia BC in present-day Denmark. PLoS ONE. 14(8). e0219850–e0219850. 48 indexed citations
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Adalian, Pascal, É. Baccino, Eugénia Cunha, et al.. (2019). The Status of Forensic Anthropology in Europe and South Africa: Results of the 2016 FASE Questionnaire on Forensic Anthropology. Journal of Forensic Sciences. 64(4). 1017–1025. 13 indexed citations
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Hansen, Steen Holger, et al.. (2018). Forensic odontological examinations of alleged torture victims at the University of Copenhagen 1997-2011. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 24(1). 8–8. 7 indexed citations
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Guyomarc’h, Pierre, Petr Velemínský, Jaroslav Brůžek, et al.. (2018). Facial approximation of Tycho Brahe’s partial skull based on estimated data with TIVMI-AFA3D. Forensic Science International. 292. 131–137. 6 indexed citations
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Frei, Karin Margarita, Chiara Villa, Marie Louise Schjellerup Jørkov, et al.. (2017). A matter of months: High precision migration chronology of a Bronze Age female. PLoS ONE. 12(6). e0178834–e0178834. 50 indexed citations
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Scott, G. Richard, Simon R. Poulson, & Niels Lynnerup. (2017). Stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes of dental calculus from Greenlandic Inuit are consistent with a protein-rich and fat-rich diet. 1 indexed citations
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Lynnerup, Niels, et al.. (2012). *PRESENTATION WITHDRAWN* GPA, TW2RUS, TW3RUS and FELS – a comparative study on bone-age of the left hand and wrist. 1 indexed citations
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Hoppa, Robert D., et al.. (2012). Sex determination using 3D coordinate landmark data of the skull: a test using a CT sample. 1 indexed citations
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Larsen, P., et al.. (2010). Gait Recognition Using Joint Moments, Joint Angles,and Segment Angles.. 1. 1 indexed citations
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Stødkilde‐Jørgensen, Hans, et al.. (2001). [The Grauballe man. Medical examinations of a conserved moss man's corpse].. PubMed. 163(51). 7226–9. 1 indexed citations
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Saillard, Juliette, Peter Forster, Niels Lynnerup, Hans‐Jürgen Bandelt, & Søren Nørby. (2000). mtDNA Variation among Greenland Eskimos: The Edge of the Beringian Expansion. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 67(3). 718–726. 393 indexed citations
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Lynnerup, Niels. (1998). [The mummies from Greenland].. PubMed. 160(52). 7596–600. 1 indexed citations
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Lynnerup, Niels, Jørgen Lange Thomsen, & Bruno Frøhlich. (1998). Intra- and inter-observer variation in histological criteria used in age at death determination based on femoral cortical bone. Forensic Science International. 91(3). 219–230. 26 indexed citations
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Homøe, Preben, et al.. (1992). CT-scanning of Ancient Greenlandic Inuit Temporal Bones. Acta Oto-Laryngologica. 112(4). 674–679. 10 indexed citations

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