Wolfgang Haak

23.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
53 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Wolfgang Haak is a scholar working on Genetics, Archeology and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Wolfgang Haak has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Genetics, 30 papers in Archeology and 17 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Wolfgang Haak's work include Forensic and Genetic Research (44 papers), Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (29 papers) and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (17 papers). Wolfgang Haak is often cited by papers focused on Forensic and Genetic Research (44 papers), Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (29 papers) and Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (17 papers). Wolfgang Haak collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Australia and United States. Wolfgang Haak's co-authors include Alan Cooper, Kurt W. Alt, Guido Brandt, Joachim Bürger, Barbara Bramanti, Christina Adler, Mark Thomas, Harald Meller, Bastien Llamas and Laura S. Weyrich and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Wolfgang Haak

50 papers receiving 3.3k 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.

Sequencing ancient calcified dental plaque shows changes in oral microbiota with dietary shifts of the Neolithic and Industrial revolutions

2013 409 citations Christina Adler, Keith Dobney et al. Nature Genetics profile →
Pleistocene North African genomes link Near Eastern and sub-Saharan African human populations

2018 105 citations Marieke S. van de Loosdrecht, Abdeljalil Bouzouggar et al. Science profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wolfgang Haak

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Wolfgang Haak. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Wolfgang Haak 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 Wolfgang Haak. Wolfgang Haak is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Bronze age Northern Eurasian genetics in the context of development of metallurgy and Siberian ancestry 2024 ·Communications Biology ·Ainash Childebayeva, (unknown), Adam B. Rohrlach, (unknown), Stephan Schiffels, Outi Vesakoski, Kristiina Mannermaa, (unknown), Franziska Aron, (unknown), Marina P. Rykun, Vyacheslav Moiseyev, Valery Khartanovich, (unknown), Johannes Krause, (unknown), Wolfgang Haak	0
2	Kinship practices at the early bronze age site of Leubingen in Central Germany 2024 ·Scientific Reports ·Sandra Penske, (unknown), Adam B. Rohrlach, Corina Knipper, (unknown), Ainash Childebayeva, Johannes Krause, Wolfgang Haak	1
3	Descent, marriage, and residence practices of a 3,800-year-old pastoral community in Central Eurasia 2023 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Jens Blöcher, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Yoan Diekmann, (unknown), Marina K. Karapetian, Laura Winkelbach, (unknown), (unknown), Astrid Stobbe, Wolfgang Haak, Christina Papageorgopoulou, Rüdiger Krause, (unknown), Joachim Bürger	13
4	Socio-cultural practices may have affected sex differences in stature in Early Neolithic Europe 2023 ·Nature Human Behaviour ·Samantha L. Cox, Nicole Nicklisch, Michael Francken, Joachim Wahl, Harald Meller, Wolfgang Haak, Kurt W. Alt, Eva Rosenstock, Iain Mathieson	7
5	The source of the Black Death in fourteenth-century central Eurasia 2022 ·Nature ·Maria A. Spyrou, Lyazzat Musralina, Guido Alberto Gnecchi‐Ruscone, Arthur Kocher, (unknown), Valeri Khartanovich, Alexandra Buzhilova, Leyla Djansugurova, Kirsten I. Bos, Denise Kühnert, Wolfgang Haak, Philip Slavin, Johannes Krause	61
6	Ancient DNA gives new insights into a Norman Neolithic monumental cemetery dedicated to male elites 2022 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Maïté Rivollat, (unknown), Emmanuel Ghesquière, Adam B. Rohrlach, (unknown), Marie‐Hélène Pemonge, Wolfgang Haak, Philippe Chambon, Marie‐France Deguilloux	17
7	Optimized Bone Sampling Protocols for the Retrieval of Ancient DNA from Archaeological Remains 2021 ·Journal of Visualized Experiments ·Cody Parker, Kirsten I. Bos, Wolfgang Haak, Johannes Krause	4
8	Predicting skeletal stature using ancient DNA 2021 ·American Journal of Biological Anthropology ·Samantha L. Cox, Hannah M. Moots, Jay T. Stock, (unknown), Bárbara Domingues Bitarello, Nicole Nicklisch, Kurt W. Alt, Wolfgang Haak, Eva Rosenstock, Christopher B. Ruff, Iain Mathieson	13
9	Ancient genomes reveal social and genetic structure of Late Neolithic Switzerland 2020 ·Nature Communications ·Anja Furtwängler, Adam B. Rohrlach, Thiseas C. Lamnidis, Luka Papac, Gunnar U. Neumann, Inga Siebke, Ella Reiter, (unknown), (unknown), Anthony Denaire, (unknown), Joachim Wahl, (unknown), Verena J. Schuenemann, Philipp W. Stockhammer, Albert Hafner, Sandra Lösch, Wolfgang Haak, Stephan Schiffels, Johannes Krause	44
10	Ancient Fennoscandian genomes reveal origin and spread of Siberian ancestry in Europe 2018 ·Nature Communications ·Thiseas C. Lamnidis, Kerttu Majander, Choongwon Jeong, Elina Salmela, Anna Wessman, Vyacheslav Moiseyev, Valery Khartanovich, Oleg Balanovsky, (unknown), Antje Weihmann, Antti Sajantila, Janet Kelso, Svante Pääbo, Päivi Onkamo, Wolfgang Haak, Johannes Krause, Stephan Schiffels	71
11	Pleistocene North African genomes link Near Eastern and sub-Saharan African human populations breakdown → 2018 ·Science ·Marieke S. van de Loosdrecht, Abdeljalil Bouzouggar, Louise Humphrey, Cosimo Posth, Nick Barton, Ayinuer Aximu‐Petri, Birgit Nickel, Sarah Nagel, (unknown), Mohamed Abdeljalil El Hajraoui, Saaïd Amzazi, Jean‐Jacques Hublin, Svante Pääbo, Stephan Schiffels, Matthias Meyer, Wolfgang Haak, Choongwon Jeong, Johannes Krause	105
12	Ancient Egyptian mummy genomes suggest an increase of Sub-Saharan African ancestry in post-Roman periods 2017 ·Nature Communications ·Verena J. Schuenemann, Alexander Peltzer, (unknown), (unknown), Martyna Molak, Chuan‐Chao Wang, Anja Furtwängler, Christian Urban, Ella Reiter, Kay Nieselt, (unknown), Michael Francken, (unknown), Wolfgang Haak, Stephan Schiffels, Johannes Krause	97
13	Human paleogenetics of Europe – The known knowns and the known unknowns 2014 ·Journal of Human Evolution ·Guido Brandt, Anna Szécsényi‐Nagy, Christina Roth, Kurt W. Alt, Wolfgang Haak	60
14	Neolithic human mitochondrial haplogroup H genomes and the genetic origins of Europeans 2013 ·Wolfgang Haak, Paul Brotherton, Jennifer E.L. Templeton, Guido Brandt, Julien Soubrier, Christina Adler, Stephen M. Richards, (unknown), Robert Ganslmeier, Susanne Friederich, Veit Dresely, Mannis van Oven, Jonas Korlach, Simon Y. W. Ho, Lluís Quintana‐Murci, Doron M. Behar, Harald Meller, Kurt W. Alt, Alan Cooper	2
15	Ancient DNA Reveals Key Stages in the Formation of Central European Mitochondrial Genetic Diversity 2013 ·Science ·Guido Brandt, Wolfgang Haak, Christina Adler, Christina Roth, Anna Szécsényi‐Nagy, (unknown), (unknown), Harald Meller, Robert Ganslmeier, Susanne Friederich, Veit Dresely, Nicole Nicklisch, Joseph K. Pickrell, Frank Sirocko, (unknown), Alan Cooper, Kurt W. Alt	196
16	Sequencing ancient calcified dental plaque shows changes in oral microbiota with dietary shifts of the Neolithic and Industrial revolutions breakdown → 2013 ·Nature Genetics ·Christina Adler, Keith Dobney, Laura S. Weyrich, John Kaidonis, Alan W. Walker, Wolfgang Haak, Corey J. A. Bradshaw, Grant C. Townsend, Arkadiusz Sołtysiak, Kurt W. Alt, Julian Parkhill, Alan Cooper	409
17	DNA capture and next-generation sequencing can recover whole mitochondrial genomes from highly degraded samples for human identification 2013 ·PubMed ·Jennifer E.L. Templeton, (unknown), Bastien Llamas, Julien Soubrier, Wolfgang Haak, Alan Cooper, Jeremy J. Austin	89
18	El ADN antiguo y la historia del poblamiento temprano del oeste de Sudamérica: lo que hemos aprendido y hacia dónde vamos 2011 ·Boletín de Arqueología PUCP ·Lars Fehren‐Schmitz, Bastien Llamas, (unknown), Wolfgang Haak	5
19	Early colonial burial practices for perinates at the Parramatta convict hospital, NSW 2008 ·MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society) ·(unknown), (unknown), Wolfgang Haak, Christina Adler	3
20	Molecular evidence of HLA–B27 in a historical case of ankylosing spondylitis 2005 ·Arthritis & Rheumatism ·Wolfgang Haak, (unknown), Frank Rühli, Thomas Böni, (unknown), (unknown), Joachim Bürger, Kurt W. Alt	8

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