Torsten Günther

6.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
50 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Torsten Günther is a scholar working on Genetics, Archeology and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Torsten Günther has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Genetics, 19 papers in Archeology and 17 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Torsten Günther's work include Forensic and Genetic Research (26 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (20 papers) and Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (18 papers). Torsten Günther is often cited by papers focused on Forensic and Genetic Research (26 papers), Genetic diversity and population structure (20 papers) and Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (18 papers). Torsten Günther collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, Germany and United States. Torsten Günther's co-authors include Graham Coop, Mattias Jakobsson, Karl Schmid, Helena Malmström, Carl Nettelblad, Anders Götherström, Jan Storå, José Manuel Monroy Kuhn, Carlos Alonso‐Blanco and Felix Ott and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Torsten Günther

47 papers receiving 2.8k citations

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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.

Whole-genome sequencing of multiple Arabidopsis thaliana populations

2011 689 citations Torsten Günther, Karl Schmid et al. profile →
Robust Identification of Local Adaptation from Allele Frequencies

2013 415 citations Torsten Günther et al. Genetics profile →
Southern African ancient genomes estimate modern human divergence to 350,000 to 260,000 years ago

2017 259 citations Carina M. Schlebusch, Helena Malmström et al. Science profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Revised phylogeny of mouflon based on expanded sampling of mitogenomes 2025 ·PLoS ONE ·Paolo Mereu, (unknown), Pedro Morell Miranda, (unknown), Kıvılcım Başak Vural, (unknown), André E. R. Soares, (unknown), Marco Zedda, (unknown), Mario Barbato, Salvatore Naitana, Eleftherios Hadjisterkotis, Mehmet Somel, Füsun Özer, Torsten Günther, Giovanni Giuseppe Leoni	0
2	Estimating allele frequencies, ancestry proportions and genotype likelihoods in the presence of mapping bias 2025 ·G3 Genes Genomes Genetics ·Torsten Günther, Amy Goldberg, Joshua G. Schraiber	0
3	Ancient Sheep Genomes Reveal Four Millennia of North European Short-Tailed Sheep in the Baltic Sea Region 2024 ·Genome Biology and Evolution ·(unknown), Pedro Morell Miranda, (unknown), Kıvılcım Başak Vural, (unknown), André E. R. Soares, (unknown), Juha Kantanen, Mehmet Somel, Füsun Özer, Anna M. Johansson, Jan Storå, Torsten Günther	5
4	READv2: advanced and user-friendly detection of biological relatedness in archaeogenomics 2024 ·Genome biology ·(unknown), Thijessen Naidoo, (unknown), Ekin Sağlıcan, (unknown), (unknown), Kıvılcım Başak Vural, Mehmet Somel, Helena Malmström, Torsten Günther	9
5	Genomic ancestry and social dynamics of the last hunter-gatherers of Atlantic France 2024 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Luciana G. Simões, (unknown), Grégor Marchand, Carolina Bernhardsson, Amélie Vialet, (unknown), (unknown), Hanna Edlund, (unknown), Christian Dina, (unknown), Torsten Günther, Mattias Jakobsson	3
6	Imputed genomes and haplotype-based analyses of the Picts of early medieval Scotland reveal fine-scale relatedness between Iron Age, early medieval and the modern people of the UK 2023 ·PLoS Genetics ·(unknown), Kate Britton, Gordon Noble, Torsten Günther, Anders Götherström, Ricardo Varela, (unknown), Rui Martiniano, Sahra Talamo, Nicholas Evans, Joel D. Irish, (unknown), Linus Girdland-Flink	3
7	Northwest African Neolithic initiated by migrants from Iberia and Levant 2023 ·Nature ·Luciana G. Simões, Torsten Günther, Rafael María Martínez Sánchez, Juan Carlos Vera Rodríguez, Eneko Iriarte, Ricardo Varela, Youssef Bokbot, Cristina Valdiosera, Mattias Jakobsson	24
8	Bioarchaeological evidence of one of the earliest Islamic burials in the Levant 2022 ·Communications Biology ·(unknown), Héctor Bolívar, Irène Ureña, Jonathan Santana, Andrew Petersen, Eneko Iriarte, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Mattias Jakobsson, (unknown), Frank Braemer, Colin Smith, Juan José Ibáñez, Anders Götherström, Torsten Günther, Cristina Valdiosera	4
9	Ancient DNA from a 2700-year-old goitered gazelle ( Gazella subgutturosa ) supports gazelle hunting in Iron Age Central Asia 2022 ·Royal Society Open Science ·André E. R. Soares, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Norbert Benecke, Torsten Günther	1
10	Disentangling adaptation from drift in bottlenecked and reintroduced populations of Alpine ibex 2021 ·Molecular Ecology Resources ·Deborah M. Leigh, Heidi E. L. Lischer, Frédéric Guillaume, Christine Grossen, Torsten Günther	9
11	The presence and impact of reference bias on population genomic studies of prehistoric human populations 2019 ·PLoS Genetics ·Torsten Günther, Carl Nettelblad	120
12	The genomic ancestry of the Scandinavian Battle Axe Culture people and their relation to the broader Corded Ware horizon 2019 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Helena Malmström, Torsten Günther, Emma Svensson, Anna Juras, Magdalena Fraser, Arielle R. Munters, Łukasz Pospieszny, Mari Tõrv, Jonathan Lindström, Anders Götherström, Jan Storå, Mattias Jakobsson	32
13	Four millennia of Iberian biomolecular prehistory illustrate the impact of prehistoric migrations at the far end of Eurasia 2018 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Cristina Valdiosera, Torsten Günther, Juan Carlos Vera Rodríguez, Irène Ureña, Eneko Iriarte, Ricardo Varela, Luciana G. Simões, Rafael María Martínez Sánchez, Emma Svensson, Helena Malmström, Laura Rodríguez, José Marı́a Bermúdez de Castro, Eudald Carbonell, Alfonso Alday Ruiz, (unknown), Anders Götherström, José Miguel Carretero, Juan Luís Arsuaga, Colin Smith, Mattias Jakobsson	69
14	Estimating genetic kin relationships in prehistoric populations 2018 ·PLoS ONE ·José Manuel Monroy Kuhn, Mattias Jakobsson, Torsten Günther	137
15	Northeast African genomic variation shaped by the continuity of indigenous groups and Eurasian migrations 2017 ·PLoS Genetics ·Nina Hollfelder, Carina M. Schlebusch, Torsten Günther, Hiba Babiker, Hisham Y. Hassan, Mattias Jakobsson	35
16	Ancient X chromosomes reveal contrasting sex bias in Neolithic and Bronze Age Eurasian migrations 2017 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Amy Goldberg, Torsten Günther, Noah A. Rosenberg, Mattias Jakobsson	71
17	Southern African ancient genomes estimate modern human divergence to 350,000 to 260,000 years ago breakdown → 2017 ·Science ·Carina M. Schlebusch, Helena Malmström, Torsten Günther, Per Sjödin, Alexandra Coutinho, Hanna Edlund, Arielle R. Munters, Mário Vicente, Maryna Steyn, Himla Soodyall, Marlize Lombard, Mattias Jakobsson	259
18	Genomic and phenotypic differentiation of Arabidopsis thaliana along altitudinal gradients in the North Italian Alps 2016 ·Molecular Ecology ·Torsten Günther, Christian Lampei, Ivan Barilar, Karl Schmid	28
19	Inferring Past Effective Population Size from Distributions of Coalescent Times 2016 ·Genetics ·Lucie M. Gattepaille, Torsten Günther, Mattias Jakobsson	21
20	Genes mirror migrations and cultures in prehistoric Europe — a population genomic perspective 2016 ·Current Opinion in Genetics & Development ·Torsten Günther, Mattias Jakobsson	24

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