Thomas Nyambo

7.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Thomas Nyambo is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Nyambo has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Molecular Biology, 11 papers in Genetics and 6 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Thomas Nyambo's work include Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (5 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (5 papers) and Forensic and Genetic Research (4 papers). Thomas Nyambo is often cited by papers focused on Genetic Associations and Epidemiology (5 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (5 papers) and Forensic and Genetic Research (4 papers). Thomas Nyambo collaborates with scholars based in United States, Tanzania and Kenya. Thomas Nyambo's co-authors include Sarah A. Tishkoff, Sabah A. Omar, Alessia Ranciaro, Godfrey Lema, Jibril Hirbo, Muntaser E. Ibrahim, Holly M. Mortensen, Floyd A. Reed, Alain Froment and Jonathan K. Pritchard and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Nyambo

31 papers receiving 2.1k 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.

Convergent adaptation of human lactase persistence in Africa and Europe

2006 937 citations Sarah A. Tishkoff, Floyd A. Reed et al. Nature Genetics profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Thomas Nyambo	1.3k	547	250	191	146	31	2.2k
Neil Bradman	2.0k 1.5×	565 1.0×	177 0.7×	297 1.6×	110 0.8×	50	3.0k
Yuval Itan	1.6k 1.2×	732 1.3×	250 1.0×	98 0.5×	67 0.5×	49	2.8k
Alessia Ranciaro	1.2k 0.9×	463 0.8×	281 1.1×	93 0.5×	63 0.4×	22	1.9k
Jibril Hirbo	1.2k 0.9×	429 0.8×	233 0.9×	92 0.5×	64 0.4×	30	1.9k
Ida Moltke	1.2k 0.9×	658 1.2×	170 0.7×	152 0.8×	87 0.6×	48	2.2k
Godfrey Lema	1.0k 0.8×	375 0.7×	135 0.5×	131 0.7×	105 0.7×	8	1.5k
Fernando Racimo	1.6k 1.2×	658 1.2×	151 0.6×	342 1.8×	304 2.1×	41	2.7k
Luca Pagani	1.4k 1.0×	499 0.9×	234 0.9×	420 2.2×	314 2.2×	82	2.4k
Simon Gravel	2.5k 1.9×	768 1.4×	94 0.4×	219 1.1×	129 0.9×	40	3.4k
Pedro Moral	2.2k 1.7×	767 1.4×	201 0.8×	604 3.2×	154 1.1×	167	3.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas Nyambo

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20 of 20 papers shown

Feng, Yuanqing, Fumitaka Inoue, Shaohua Fan, et al.. (2024). Integrative functional genomic analyses identify genetic variants influencing skin pigmentation in Africans. Nature Genetics. 56(2). 258–272. 11 indexed citations

Verhulst, Simon, Matthew E.B. Hansen, William Beggs, et al.. (2024). Association between telomere length and Plasmodium falciparum malaria endemicity in sub-Saharan Africans. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 111(5). 927–938. 5 indexed citations

Kelly, Derek E., Shweta Ramdas, Rong Ma, et al.. (2023). The genetic and evolutionary basis of gene expression variation in East Africans. Genome biology. 24(1). 6 indexed citations

Fan, Shaohua, Jeffrey P. Spence, Yuanqing Feng, et al.. (2023). Whole-genome sequencing reveals a complex African population demographic history and signatures of local adaptation. Cell. 186(5). 923–939.e14. 44 indexed citations

Harris, Daniel, Alexander Platt, Matthew E.B. Hansen, et al.. (2023). Diverse African genomes reveal selection on ancient modern human introgressions in Neanderthals. Current Biology. 33(22). 4905–4916.e5. 12 indexed citations

Hansen, Matthew E.B., Meagan Rubel, Aubrey Bailey, et al.. (2019). Population structure of human gut bacteria in a diverse cohort from rural Tanzania and Botswana. Genome biology. 20(1). 16–16. 61 indexed citations

Tluway, Furahini, et al.. (2019). PREVALENCE AND FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH HUMAN PARVOVIRUS B19 INFECTION IN SICKLE CELL PATIENTS HOSPITALIZED IN TANZANIA. Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases. 11(1). e2019054–e2019054. 2 indexed citations

Fan, Shaohua, Derek E. Kelly, Márcia Holsbach Beltrame, et al.. (2019). African evolutionary history inferred from whole genome sequence data of 44 indigenous African populations. Genome biology. 20(1). 82–82. 78 indexed citations

Hansen, Matthew E.B., Steven C. Hunt, R. Stone, et al.. (2016). Shorter telomere length in Europeans than in Africans due to polygenetic adaptation. Human Molecular Genetics. 25(11). 2324–2330. 81 indexed citations

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Ranciaro, Alessia, Michael C. Campbell, Jibril Hirbo, et al.. (2014). Genetic Origins of Lactase Persistence and the Spread of Pastoralism in Africa. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 94(4). 496–510. 135 indexed citations

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Ko, Wen‐Ya, Felicia Gomez, Laura Scheinfeldt, et al.. (2013). Identifying Darwinian Selection Acting on Different Human APOL1 Variants among Diverse African Populations. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 93(1). 191–191. 2 indexed citations

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Gomez, Felicia, Wen‐Ya Ko, Alessia Ranciaro, et al.. (2013). Patterns of nucleotide and haplotype diversity at ICAM-1 across global human populations with varying levels of malaria exposure. Human Genetics. 132(9). 987–999. 4 indexed citations

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Campbell, Michael C., Alessia Ranciaro, Jibril Hirbo, et al.. (2013). Origin and Differential Selection of Allelic Variation at TAS2R16 Associated with Salicin Bitter Taste Sensitivity in Africa. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 31(2). 288–302. 39 indexed citations

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Aminkeng, Folefac, Colin J.D. Ross, Shahrad R. Rassekh, et al.. (2013). Higher frequency of genetic variants conferring increased risk for ADRs for commonly used drugs treating cancer, AIDS and tuberculosis in persons of African descent. The Pharmacogenomics Journal. 14(2). 160–170. 25 indexed citations

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Lachance, Joseph, Benjamin Vernot, Clara C. Elbers, et al.. (2012). Evolutionary History and Adaptation from High-Coverage Whole-Genome Sequences of Diverse African Hunter-Gatherers. Cell. 150(3). 457–469. 204 indexed citations

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Nyambo, Thomas, et al.. (2008). AMPFlSTR^® Identifiler™ STR Allele Frequencies in Tanzania, Africa. Journal of Forensic Sciences. 53(1). 245–247. 16 indexed citations

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Tishkoff, Sarah A., Mary Katherine Gonder, Brenna M. Henn, et al.. (2007). History of Click-Speaking Populations of Africa Inferred from mtDNA and Y Chromosome Genetic Variation. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 24(10). 2180–2195. 142 indexed citations

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Mbugi, Erasto V., et al.. (2006). Multiplicity of infections and level of recrudescence in Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Mlimba, Tanzania. AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY. 5(18). 1655–1662. 5 indexed citations

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Tishkoff, Sarah A., Floyd A. Reed, Alessia Ranciaro, et al.. (2006). Convergent adaptation of human lactase persistence in Africa and Europe. Nature Genetics. 39(1). 31–40. 937 indexed citations breakdown →

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Aoki, Kazuo, et al.. (2004). Seroprevalences ofHelicobacter pylori infection and chronic atrophic gastritis in the united Republic of Tanzania and the Dominican Republic. Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine. 9(4). 170–175. 13 indexed citations

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