Stephen Oppenheimer

6.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
64 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Stephen Oppenheimer is a scholar working on Genetics, Genetics and Hematology. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen Oppenheimer has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Genetics, 13 papers in Genetics and 12 papers in Hematology. Recurrent topics in Stephen Oppenheimer's work include Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders (13 papers), Iron Metabolism and Disorders (12 papers) and Forensic and Genetic Research (10 papers). Stephen Oppenheimer is often cited by papers focused on Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders (13 papers), Iron Metabolism and Disorders (12 papers) and Forensic and Genetic Research (10 papers). Stephen Oppenheimer collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Hong Kong and Malaysia. Stephen Oppenheimer's co-authors include Martin Richards, Maru Mormina, Pedro Soares, Vincent Macaulay, Teresa Rito, J. B. Moody, Sarah Macfarlane, Arne Röhl, Luca Ermini and Antonio Salas and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Stephen Oppenheimer

63 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

Correcting for Purifying Selection: An Improved Human Mit... 2001 2026 2009 2017 2009 2001 100 200 300 400 500
What are hit papers?

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. 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 →
  2. Iron and Its Relation to Immunity and Infectious Disease
    2001 502 citations Stephen Oppenheimer profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Stephen Oppenheimer United Kingdom 28 1.0k 761 592 538 520 64 3.4k
Marie Lin Taiwan 31 1.0k 1.0× 889 1.2× 242 0.4× 106 0.2× 838 1.6× 137 4.1k
Mark Hudson United Kingdom 40 900 0.9× 240 0.3× 52 0.1× 129 0.2× 440 0.8× 218 6.8k
Takafumi Ishida Japan 44 1.3k 1.3× 149 0.2× 216 0.4× 379 0.7× 2.5k 4.7× 317 7.7k
Arthur G. Steinberg United States 36 1.1k 1.1× 767 1.0× 221 0.4× 87 0.2× 903 1.7× 169 4.6k
Maria Luiza Petzl‐Erler Brazil 30 978 1.0× 255 0.3× 252 0.4× 35 0.1× 707 1.4× 134 3.6k
Howard M. Cann United States 31 4.0k 3.9× 257 0.3× 234 0.4× 95 0.2× 3.2k 6.2× 122 8.3k
Partha P. Majumder India 41 2.2k 2.1× 82 0.1× 95 0.2× 365 0.7× 1.5k 2.9× 220 5.8k
Sidney Emanuel Batista dos Santos Brazil 29 1.5k 1.5× 168 0.2× 175 0.3× 58 0.1× 1.4k 2.7× 219 3.7k
Alicia Sanchez‐Mazas Switzerland 32 822 0.8× 463 0.6× 90 0.2× 47 0.1× 656 1.3× 105 2.8k
Ândrea Ribeiro‐dos‐Santos Brazil 31 1.4k 1.4× 151 0.2× 151 0.3× 66 0.1× 1.7k 3.2× 204 4.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Stephen Oppenheimer

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Fields of papers citing papers by Stephen Oppenheimer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stephen Oppenheimer

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Stephen Oppenheimer. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Stephen Oppenheimer 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 Stephen Oppenheimer. Stephen Oppenheimer 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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Gandini, Francesca, Teresa Rito, M. George B. Foody, et al.. (2025). Leveraging known Pacific colonisation times to test models for the ancestry of Southeast Asians. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 37044–37044.
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Quinto-Cortés, Consuelo D., Stephen Oppenheimer, William Pomat, et al.. (2024). Genetic Signatures of Positive Selection in Human Populations Adapted to High Altitude in Papua New Guinea. Genome Biology and Evolution. 16(8). 1 indexed citations
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Shortt, Jonathan, Sudan Tao, Neda Nemat‐Gorgani, et al.. (2019). Conservation, Extensive Heterozygosity, and Convergence of Signaling Potential All Indicate a Critical Role for KIR3DL3 in Higher Primates. Frontiers in Immunology. 10. 24–24. 20 indexed citations
4.
Brandão, Andreia, Ken Eng, Teresa Rito, et al.. (2016). Quantifying the legacy of the Chinese Neolithic on the maternal genetic heritage of Taiwan and Island Southeast Asia. Human Genetics. 135(4). 363–376. 30 indexed citations
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Ang, K.C., Arthur Berg, Stephen Oppenheimer, et al.. (2012). Correction: Skin Color Variation in Orang Asli Tribes of Peninsular Malaysia. PLoS ONE. 7(9). 3 indexed citations
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Ang, K.C., Arthur Berg, Stephen Oppenheimer, et al.. (2012). Skin Color Variation in Orang Asli Tribes of Peninsular Malaysia. PLoS ONE. 7(8). e42752–e42752. 21 indexed citations
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Soares, Pedro, Luca Ermini, Maru Mormina, et al.. (2009). Correcting for Purifying Selection: An Improved Human Mitochondrial Molecular Clock. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 84(6). 740–759. 534 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hill, Catherine, Pedro Soares, Maru Mormina, et al.. (2006). Phylogeography and Ethnogenesis of Aboriginal Southeast Asians. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 23(12). 2480–2491. 139 indexed citations
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Oppenheimer, Stephen. (2006). The origins of the British : a genetic detective story : the surprising roots of the English, Irish, Scottish, and Welsh. 14 indexed citations
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Senok, Abiola, et al.. (2005). Ultrastructural assessment of Plasmodium falciparum in age-fractionated thalassaemic erythrocytes. Parasitology Research. 98(4). 381–384. 3 indexed citations
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Oppenheimer, Stephen. (2004). Out of Eden : the peopling of the world. 113 indexed citations
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Sung, Rita Yn Tz, Guoying Huang, Ming Kong Shing, et al.. (1997). Echocardiographic evaluation of cardiac function in paediatric oncology patients treated with or without anthracycline. International Journal of Cardiology. 60(3). 239–248. 46 indexed citations
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Wong, Gary, et al.. (1995). Goitre in southern Chinese children in Hong Kong. Annals of Tropical Paediatrics. 15(1). 27–31. 3 indexed citations
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Choo, K. E., Stephen Oppenheimer, Ahmad Badri Ismail, & Kiat Hoe Ong. (1994). Rapid Serodiagnosis of Typhoid Fever by Dot Enzyme Immunoassay in an Endemic Area. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 19(1). 172–176. 45 indexed citations
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Chan, Y. L., et al.. (1994). Childhood abdominal tuberculosis. Surgical Endoscopy. 8(4). 326–328. 2 indexed citations
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Choo, K. E., et al.. (1993). Usefulness of the Widal test in diagnosing childhood typhoid fever in endemic areas. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 29(1). 36–39. 23 indexed citations
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Choo, K. E., et al.. (1991). Glucose‐6‐phosphate dehydrogenase enzyme activity in normal, hemizygote and heterozygote Kelantanese Malays. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 27(6). 376–379. 6 indexed citations
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Oppenheimer, Stephen, et al.. (1989). Behavioral effects of iron supplementation in infants in Madang, Papua New Guinea. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 50(3). 630–640. 36 indexed citations
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Oppenheimer, Stephen. (1989). Iron and Infection: The Clinical Evidence. Acta Paediatrica. 78(S361). 53–62. 31 indexed citations
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Oppenheimer, Stephen. (1982). Student elective in Papua New Guinea. BMJ. 285(6348). 1116.1–1116. 2 indexed citations

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