Pedro Soares

6.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
64 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Pedro Soares is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Archeology. According to data from OpenAlex, Pedro Soares has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Genetics, 26 papers in Molecular Biology and 21 papers in Archeology. Recurrent topics in Pedro Soares's work include Forensic and Genetic Research (30 papers), Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (20 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (10 papers). Pedro Soares is often cited by papers focused on Forensic and Genetic Research (30 papers), Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (20 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (10 papers). Pedro Soares collaborates with scholars based in Portugal, United Kingdom and United States. Pedro Soares's co-authors include Martin Richards, Vincent Macaulay, Luı́sa Pereira, Teresa Rito, Maru Mormina, Stephen Oppenheimer, Luca Ermini, Verónica Fernandes, Antonio Salas and David C. Samuels 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

Pedro Soares

62 papers receiving 3.0k citations

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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 →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Analysis of Selective Pressure on Ancient Human Mitochondrial Genomes Reveals the Presence of Widespread Sequencing Artefacts 2025 ·International Journal of Molecular Sciences ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Teresa Rito, Pedro Soares	1
2	Phylogenomics and functional annotation of 530 non-Saccharomyces yeasts from winemaking environments reveals their fermentome and flavorome 2025 ·Studies in Mycology ·Ricardo Franco‐Duarte, Tiago A. Fernandes, Maria João Sousa, Paula Sampaio, Teresa Rito, Pedro Soares	0
3	Benchmarking the discrimination power of commonly used markers and amplicons in marine fish (e)DNA (meta)barcoding 2024 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·(unknown), Kazutaka Katoh, (unknown), Pedro Soares, Filipe O. Costa	3
4	Structural characterization of the Aspergillus niger citrate transporter CexA uncovers the role of key residues S75, R192 and Q196 2023 ·Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal ·(unknown), (unknown), Pedro Soares, Michael Sauer, Margarida Casal, Isabel Soares‐Silva	4
5	Evaluating Data Sharing of SARS-CoV-2 Genomes for Molecular Epidemiology across the COVID-19 Pandemic 2023 ·Viruses ·Teresa Rito, (unknown), Raquel Duarte, Pedro Soares	3
6	Functional and sequence-based metagenomics to uncover carbohydrate-degrading enzymes from composting samples 2023 ·Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology ·Cátia Santos‐Pereira, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Teresa Rito, Pedro Soares, Ricardo Franco‐Duarte, Sara C. Silvério, L. R. Rodrigues	15
7	Whole-Genome Sequencing and Annotation of the Yeast Clavispora santaluciae Reveals Important Insights about Its Adaptation to the Vineyard Environment 2022 ·Journal of Fungi ·Ricardo Franco‐Duarte, Neža Čadež, Teresa Rito, (unknown), (unknown), Célia Pais, Maria João Sousa, Pedro Soares	4
8	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
9	Improvement of Torulaspora delbrueckii Genome Annotation: Towards the Exploitation of Genomic Features of a Biotechnologically Relevant Yeast 2021 ·Journal of Fungi ·(unknown), Teresa Rito, (unknown), (unknown), Célia Pais, Maria João Sousa, Pedro Soares, Ricardo Franco‐Duarte	12
10	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
11	BAGS: An automated Barcode, Audit & Grade System for DNA barcode reference libraries 2020 ·Molecular Ecology Resources ·(unknown), Pedro E. Vieira, Torbjørn Ekrem, Pedro Soares, Filipe O. Costa	37
12	Rectifying long-standing misconceptions about the ρ statistic for molecular dating 2019 ·PLoS ONE ·Vincent Macaulay, Pedro Soares, Martin Richards	15
13	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
14	The acetate uptake transporter family motif “NPAPLGL(M/S)” is essential for substrate uptake 2018 ·Fungal Genetics and Biology ·(unknown), Isabel Soares‐Silva, Daniel Vieira, (unknown), Joana Sá‐Pessoa, João Azevedo‐Silva, Sandra C. Viegas, Cecília M. Arraiano, George Diallinas, Sandra Paiva, Pedro Soares, Margarida Casal	21
15	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
16	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
17	Extensive Admixture and Selective Pressure Across the Sahel Belt 2015 ·Genome Biology and Evolution ·Petr Tříska, Pedro Soares, Étienne Patin, Verónica Fernandes, Viktor Černý, Luı́sa Pereira	55
18	The Arabian Cradle: Mitochondrial Relicts of the First Steps along the Southern Route out of Africa 2012 ·The American Journal of Human Genetics ·Verónica Fernandes, Farida Alshamali, Marco G. Alves, Marta D. Costa, Joana B. Pereira, Nuno Silva, Lotfi Cherni, Nourdin Harich, Viktor Černý, Pedro Soares, Martin Richards, Luı́sa Pereira	95
19	Complete Mitochondrial Genome Sequence of the Tyrolean Iceman 2008 ·Current Biology ·Luca Ermini, (unknown), Ermanno Rizzi, Giorgio Corti, Raoul J.P. Bonnal, Pedro Soares, Stefania Luciani, Isolina Marota, Gianluca De Bellis, Martin Richards, Franco Rollo	73
20	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

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