Richard Villems

18.8k total citations
79 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Richard Villems is a scholar working on Genetics, Molecular Biology and Archeology. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard Villems has authored 79 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Genetics, 28 papers in Molecular Biology and 18 papers in Archeology. Recurrent topics in Richard Villems's work include Forensic and Genetic Research (54 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (27 papers) and Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (18 papers). Richard Villems is often cited by papers focused on Forensic and Genetic Research (54 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (27 papers) and Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (18 papers). Richard Villems collaborates with scholars based in Estonia, United Kingdom and Russia. Richard Villems's co-authors include Toomas Kivisild, Mait Metspalu, Ene Metspalu, Jüri Parik, Doron M. Behar, S.S. Papiha, Antonio Torroni, Saharon Rosset, Siiri Rootsi and Helle-Viivi Tolk and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

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Richard Villems

79 papers receiving 4.4k citations

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Brahui and Oraon: Tracing the Northern Dravidian genetic link back to Balochistan 2025 ·Lirias (KU Leuven) ·(unknown), Ajai Kumar Pathak, (unknown), (unknown), Rahul Mishra, Rakesh Tamang, Vasant Shinde, Richard Villems, Toomas Kivisild, Mait Metspalu, George van Driem, Gazi Nurun Nahar Sultana, Gyaneshwer Chaubey	1
2	Dissecting the paternal founders of Mundari (Austroasiatic) speakers associated with the language dispersal in South Asia 2020 ·European Journal of Human Genetics ·(unknown), (unknown), Gazi Nurun Nahar Sultana, (unknown), Monika Karmin, Siiri Rootsi, Richard Villems, Mait Metspalu, Doron M. Behar, Toomas Kivisild, George van Driem, Gyaneshwer Chaubey	5
3	The genetic legacy of continental scale admixture in Indian Austroasiatic speakers 2019 ·Scientific Reports ·(unknown), Luca Pagani, Ajai Kumar Pathak, Sulev Kõks, (unknown), Xuan Dung Ho, Gazi Nurun Nahar Sultana, (unknown), Md Asaduzzaman, Doron M. Behar, Yarin Hadid, Richard Villems, Gyaneshwer Chaubey, Toomas Kivisild, Mait Metspalu	28
4	Shared and Unique Components of Human Population Structure and Genome-Wide Signals of Positive Selection in South Asia 2012 ·The American Journal of Human Genetics ·Mait Metspalu, Irene Gallego Romero, Bayazit Yunusbayev, Gyaneshwer Chaubey, Chandana Basu Mallick, Georgi Hudjashov, Mari Nelis, Reedik Mägi, Ene Metspalu, Maido Remm, Ramasamy Pitchappan, Lalji Singh, Kumarasamy Thangaraj, Richard Villems, Toomas Kivisild	6
5	A “Copernican” Reassessment of the Human Mitochondrial DNA Tree from Its Root 2012 ·The American Journal of Human Genetics ·Doron M. Behar, Mannis van Oven, Saharon Rosset, Mait Metspalu, (unknown), Nuno Silva, Toomas Kivisild, Antonio Torroni, Richard Villems	7
6	Divorcing the Late Upper Palaeolithic demographic histories of mtDNA haplogroups M1 and U6 in Africa 2012 ·BMC Evolutionary Biology ·Erwan Pennarun, Toomas Kivisild, Ene Metspalu, Mait Metspalu, Tuuli Reisberg, Jean‐Paul Moisan, Doron M. Behar, Sacha Jones, Richard Villems	48
7	Herders of Indian and European Cattle Share Their Predominant Allele for Lactase Persistence 2011 ·Molecular Biology and Evolution ·Irene Gallego Romero, Chandana Basu Mallick, Anke Liebert, Federica Crivellaro, Gyaneshwer Chaubey, Yuval Itan, Mait Metspalu, Muthukrishnan Eaaswarkhanth, Ramasamy Pitchappan, Richard Villems, David Reich, Lalji Singh, Kumarasamy Thangaraj, Mark Thomas, Dallas M. Swallow, Marta Mìrazón Lahr, Toomas Kivisild	51
8	Explaining the Imperfection of the Molecular Clock of Hominid Mitochondria 2009 ·PLoS ONE ·(unknown), Toomas Kivisild, Tõnu Margus, Richard Villems	24
9	Counting the Founders: The Matrilineal Genetic Ancestry of the Jewish Diaspora 2008 ·PLoS ONE ·Doron M. Behar, Ene Metspalu, Toomas Kivisild, Saharon Rosset, Shay Tzur, Yarin Hadid, Guennady Yudkovsky, Dror Rosengarten, Luı́sa Pereira, António Amorim, Ildus Kutuev, David Gurwitz, Batsheva Bonné‐Tamir, Richard Villems, Karl Skorecki	88
10	The Dawn of Human Matrilineal Diversity 2008 ·The American Journal of Human Genetics ·Doron M. Behar, Richard Villems, Himla Soodyall, Jason Blue-Smith, Luı́sa Pereira, Ene Metspalu, Rosaria Scozzari, Heeran Makkan, Shay Tzur, David Comas, Jaume Bertranpetit, Lluís Quintana‐Murci, Chris Tyler‐Smith, R. Spencer Wells, Saharon Rosset	295
11	A prehistory of Indian Y chromosomes: Evaluating demic diffusion scenarios 2006 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Sanghamitra Sahoo, Anamika Singh, (unknown), (unknown), T Sitalaximi, (unknown), R. Trivedi, Phillip Endicott, Toomas Kivisild, Mait Metspalu, Richard Villems, V.K. Kashyap	117
12	A counter-clockwise northern route of the Y-chromosome haplogroup N from Southeast Asia towards Europe 2006 ·European Journal of Human Genetics ·Siiri Rootsi, Lev A. Zhivotovsky, Marián Baldovič, Manfred Kayser, Ildus Kutuev, Р. И. Хусаинова, Marina Bermisheva, Marina Gubina, С.А. Федорова, Anne-Mai IlumĂ¤E, Э. К. Хуснутдинова, М. И. Воевода, L. P. Osipova, Mark Stoneking, Alice Lin, V. Ferák, Jüri Parik, Toomas Kivisild, Peter A. Underhill, Richard Villems	120
13	The population history of the Croatian linguistic minority of Molise (southern Italy): a maternal view 2005 ·European Journal of Human Genetics ·Carla Babalini, Cristina Martínez‐Labarga, Helle-Viivi Tolk, Toomas Kivisild, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Lovorka Barać, Branka Janičijević, Irena Martinović Klarić, Marijana Peričić, Anita Sujoldžić, Richard Villems, Gianfranco Biondi, Pavao Rudan, Olga Rickards	23
14	High-Resolution Phylogenetic Analysis of Southeastern Europe Traces Major Episodes of Paternal Gene Flow Among Slavic Populations 2005 ·Molecular Biology and Evolution ·Marijana Peričić, Lovorka Barać Lauc, Irena Martinović Klarić, Siiri Rootsi, Branka Janičijević, Igor Rudan, Rifet Terzić, (unknown), Ante Kvesić, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Richard Villems, Pavao Rudan	82
15	Ethiopian Mitochondrial DNA Heritage: Tracking Gene Flow Across and Around the Gate of Tears 2004 ·The American Journal of Human Genetics ·Toomas Kivisild, Maere Reidla, Ene Metspalu, Alexandra Rosa, António Brehm, Erwan Pennarun, Jüri Parik, (unknown), E A Usanga, Richard Villems	199
16	Most of the extant mtDNA boundaries in South and Southwest Asia were likely shaped during the initial settlement of Eurasia by anatomically modern humans 2004 ·BMC Genetics ·Mait Metspalu, Toomas Kivisild, Ene Metspalu, Jüri Parik, Georgi Hudjashov, Katrin Kaldma, (unknown), Monika Karmin, Doron M. Behar, M. Thomas P. Gilbert, Phillip Endicott, Sarabjit Mastana, S.S. Papiha, Karl Skorecki, Antonio Torroni, Richard Villems	258
17	Identification of Native American Founder mtDNAs Through the Analysis of Complete mtDNA Sequences: Some Caveats 2003 ·Annals of Human Genetics ·H-J Bandelt, Corinna Herrnstadt, Yong‐Gang Yao, Qing‐Peng Kong, Toomas Kivisild, Chiara Rengo, Rosaria Scozzari, Martin Richards, Richard Villems, Vincent Macaulay, Neil Howell, Antonio Torroni, Yong Zhang	85
18	The Emerging Limbs and Twigs of the East Asian mtDNA Tree 2002 ·Molecular Biology and Evolution ·Toomas Kivisild, Helle-Viivi Tolk, Jüri Parik, Yiming Wang, S.S. Papiha, Hans‐Jürgen Bandelt, Richard Villems	339
19	The evidence of mtDNA haplogroup F in a European population and its ethnohistoric implications 2001 ·European Journal of Human Genetics ·Helle-Viivi Tolk, Lovorka Barać, Marijana Peričić, Irena Martinović Klarić, Branka Janičijević, Harry Campbell, Igor Rudan, Toomas Kivisild, Richard Villems, Pavao Rudan	25
20	The third ribosomal tRNA‐binding site, the E site, is occupied in native polysomes 1989 ·European Journal of Biochemistry ·Jaanus Rèmme, Tõnu Margus, Richard Villems, Knud H. Nierhaus	40

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