Mait Metspalu

Active 1999–2025

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Citations per year for Mait Metspalu1922: 1 citations1992: 5 citations1993: 1 citations1998: 1 citations2000: 9 citations2001: 11 citations2002: 6 citations2003: 16 citations2004: 27 citations2005: 16 citations2006: 28 citations2007: 28 citations2008: 28 citations2009: 36 citations2010: 56 citations2011: 65 citations2012: 89 citations2013: 109 citations2014: 131 citations2015: 123 citations2016: 233 citations2017: 301 citations2018: 296 citations2019: 601 citations2020: 603 citations2021: 615 citations2022: 403 citations2023: 338 citations2024: 416 citations2025: 247 citations2026: 16 citations1923–1991: no citations, so these years are not shown1994–1997: no citations, so these years are not shown1999: no citations, so this year is not shown

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World map of the countries and regions citing this authorUnited States: 1,270 citing papers, 14.4% of this breakdownUnited Kingdom: 711 citing papers, 8.1% of this breakdownGermany: 565 citing papers, 6.4% of this breakdownChina: 376 citing papers, 4.3% of this breakdownFrance: 348 citing papers, 4% of this breakdownAustralia: 322 citing papers, 3.7% of this breakdownDenmark: 303 citing papers, 3.4% of this breakdownItaly: 293 citing papers, 3.3% of this breakdownSpain: 285 citing papers, 3.2% of this breakdownRussia: 261 citing papers, 3% of this breakdownSweden: 229 citing papers, 2.6% of this breakdownCanada: 192 citing papers, 2.2% of this breakdown
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Fields

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology74.8%
  • Medicine7.6%
  • Social Sciences4.7%
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences2.5%
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.4%
  • Arts and Humanities2.1%
  • Other5.9%

Topics

  • Forensic and Genetic Research16.3%
  • Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies7.4%
  • Genetic diversity and population structure7.2%
  • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies4.7%
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies4.7%
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology4.3%
  • Other55.4%

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  1. The Simons Genome Diversity Project: 300 genomes from 142 diverse populations

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Tor Hervig, Andrés Moreno‐Estrada, Olga L. Posukh, Elena Balanovska, Oleg Balanovsky, Sena Karachanak-Yankova, Hovhannes Sahakyan, Драга Тончева, Levon Yepiskoposyan, Chris Tyler‐Smith, Yali Xue, Muhammad Syafiq Abdullah, Andrés Ruiz‐Linares, Cynthia M. Beall, Anna Di Rienzo, Choongwon Jeong, Elena B. Starikovskaya, Ene Metspalu, Jüri Parik, Richard Villems, Brenna M. Henn, Uğur Hodoğlugil, Robert W. Mahley, Antti Sajantila, George Stamatoyannopoulos, Joseph Wee, Р. И. Хусаинова, Э. К. Хуснутдинова, Sergey Litvinov, George Ayodo, David Comas, Michael F. Hammer, Toomas Kivisild, William Klitz, Cheryl A. Winkler, Damian Labuda, Michael J. Bamshad, Lynn B. Jorde, Sarah A. Tishkoff, W. Scott Watkins, Mait Metspalu, Stanislav Dryomov, R. I. Sukernik, Lalji Singh, Kumarasamy Thangaraj, Svante Pääbo, Janet Kelso, Nick Patterson, David Reich - Nature 2016 cited by 1,797

  2. Population genomics of Bronze Age Eurasia

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Valeri Khartanovich, Aleksandr Khokhlov, Viktória Kiss, Jan Kolář, Айвар Крийска, Irena Lasak, Cristina Longhi, George McGlynn, Algimantas Merkevičius, Inga Merkytė, Mait Metspalu, Ruzan Mkrtchyan, Vyacheslav Moiseyev, László Paja, György Pálfi, Dalia Pokutta, Łukasz Pospieszny, T. Douglas Price, Lehti Saag, Mikhail Sablin, Natalia Shishlina, Václav Smrčka, Vasilii Soenov, Vajk Szeverényi, Gusztáv Tóth, Synaru V. Trifanova, Liivi Varul, Magdolna Vicze, Levon Yepiskoposyan, В.С. Житенев, Ludovic Orlando, Thomas Sicheritz‐Pontén, Søren Brunak, Rasmus Nielsen, Kristian Kristiansen, Eske Willerslev - Nature 2015 cited by 1,653

  3. Upper Palaeolithic Siberian genome reveals dual ancestry of Native Americans

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Eske Willerslev - Nature 2013 cited by 1,037

  4. Early Divergent Strains of Yersinia pestis in Eurasia 5,000 Years Ago

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Eske Willerslev - Cell 2015 cited by 585

  5. An Aboriginal Australian Genome Reveals Separate Human Dispersals into Asia

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Shuaishuai Tai, Fei Xiao, Tsunehiko Hanihara, George van Driem, Aashish R. Jha, François‐Xavier Ricaut, Peter de Knijff, Andrea Bamberg Migliano, Irene Gallego Romero, Karsten Kristiansen, David M. Lambert, Søren Brunak, Peter Forster, Bernd Brinkmann, Olaf Nehlich, Michael Bunce, Michael P. Richards, Ramneek Gupta, Carlos D. Bustamante, Anders Krogh, Robert A. Foley, Marta Mìrazón Lahr, François Balloux, Thomas Sicheritz‐Pontén, Richard Villems, Rasmus Nielsen, Jun Wang, Eske Willerslev - Science 2011 cited by 818

  6. A genomic history of Aboriginal Australia

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Yali Xue, Farhang A. Aghakhanian, Nicolas Brucato, Søren Brunak, Paula F. Campos, Warren Clark, Sturla Ellingvåg, Gudjugudju Fourmile, Pascale Gerbault, Darren Injie, George Koki, Matthew Leavesley, Betty Logan, Aubrey Lynch, Elizabeth A. Matisoo-Smith, Peter J. McAllister, Alexander J. Mentzer, Mait Metspalu, Andrea B. Migliano, Les Murgha, Maude E. Phipps, William Pomat, Doc Reynolds, Francois-Xavier Ricaut, Peter Siba, Mark G. Thomas, Thomas Wales, Colleen Ma'run Wall, Stephen J. Oppenheimer, Chris Tyler-Smith, Richard Durbin, Joe Dortch, Andrea Manica, Mikkel H. Schierup, Robert A. Foley, Marta Mirazón Lahr, Claire Bowern, Jeffrey D. Wall, Thomas Mailund, Mark Stoneking, Rasmus Nielsen, Manjinder S. Sandhu, Laurent Excoffier, David M. Lambert, Eske Willerslev - Nature, Nat. 2016 cited by 697

  7. Ancestry deconvolution and partial polygenic score can improve susceptibility predictions in recently admixed individuals

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , - Nature Communications 2020 cited by 122

  8. Global diversity, population stratification, and selection of human copy-number variation

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Antti Sajantila, Ene Metspalu, Jüri Parik, Richard Villems, Elena B. Starikovskaya, George Ayodo, Cynthia M. Beall, Anna Di Rienzo, Michael F. Hammer, Р. И. Хусаинова, Э. К. Хуснутдинова, William Klitz, Cheryl A. Winkler, Damian Labuda, Mait Metspalu, Sarah A. Tishkoff, Stanislav Dryomov, R. I. Sukernik, Nick Patterson, David Reich, Evan E. Eichler - Science 2015 cited by 378

  9. Genomic analyses inform on migration events during the peopling of Eurasia

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Elvira Pocheshkhova, George Andriadze, Craig Muller, Michael Westaway, David M. Lambert, G. Zoraqi, Shahlo Тurdikulova, Dilbar Dalimova, Zhaxylyk Sabitov, Gazi Nurun Nahar Sultana, Joseph Lachance, Sarah A. Tishkoff, К. Т. Момыналиев, Jainagul Isakova, Larisa Damba, Marina Gubina, Pagbajabyn Nymadawa, Irina Evseeva, Л. А. Атраментова, Olga Utevska, François‐Xavier Ricaut, Nicolas Brucato, Herawati Sudoyo, Thierry Letellier, Murray P. Cox, Nikolay A. Barashkov, Vedrana Škaro, Lejla Mulahasanovic, Dragan Primorac, Hovhannes Sahakyan, Maru Mormina, Christina A. Eichstaedt, Daria V. Lichman, Syafiq Abdullah, Gyaneshwer Chaubey, Joseph Wee, Evelin Mihailov, А. С. Карунас, Sergei Litvinov, Р. И. Хусаинова, Natalya Ekomasova, Vita Akhmetova, I. M. Khidiyatova, Damir Marjanović, Levon Yepiskoposyan, Doron M. Behar, Elena Balanovska, Andres Metspalu, М. В. Деренко, B. А. Malyarchuk, М. И. Воевода, С.А. Федорова, L. P. Osipova, Marta Mìrazón Lahr, Pascale Gerbault, Matthew Leavesley, Andrea Bamberg Migliano, Michael D. Petraglia, Oleg Balanovsky, Э. К. Хуснутдинова, Ene Metspalu, Mark Thomas, Andrea Manica, Rasmus Nielsen, Richard Villems, Eske Willerslev, Toomas Kivisild, Mait Metspalu - Nature 2016 cited by 480

  10. A recent bottleneck of Y chromosome diversity coincides with a global change in culture

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Thorfinn Sand Korneliussen, Farida Akhatova, Joseph Lachance, Sarah A. Tishkoff, К. Т. Момыналиев, François‐Xavier Ricaut, Pradiptajati Kusuma, Harilanto Razafindrazaka, Denis Pierron, Murray P. Cox, Gazi Nurun Nahar Sultana, Rane Willerslev, Craig Muller, Michael Westaway, David M. Lambert, Vedrana Škaro, Lejla Kovačević, Shahlo Тurdikulova, Dilbar Dalimova, Р. И. Хусаинова, Natalya Trofimova, В. Р. Ахметова, I. M. Khidiyatova, Daria V. Lichman, Jainagul Isakova, Elvira Pocheshkhova, Zhaxylyk Sabitov, Nikolay A. Barashkov, Pagbajabyn Nymadawa, Evelin Mihailov, Joseph Wee Tien Seng, Irina Evseeva, Andrea Bamberg Migliano, Syafiq Abdullah, George Andriadze, Dragan Primorac, Л. А. Атраментова, Olga Utevska, Levon Yepiskoposyan, Damir Marjanović, Alena Kushniarevich, Doron M. Behar, Christian Gilissen, Lisenka E.L.M. Vissers, Joris A. Veltman, Elena Balanovska, М. В. Деренко, B. А. Malyarchuk, Andres Metspalu, С.А. Федорова, Anders Eriksson, Andrea Manica, Fernando L. Méndez, Tatiana M. Karafet, Krishna R. Veeramah, Neil Bradman, Michael F. Hammer, L. P. Osipova, Oleg Balanovsky, Э. К. Хуснутдинова, Knut Johnsen, Maido Remm, Mark Thomas, Chris Tyler‐Smith, Peter A. Underhill, Eske Willerslev, Rasmus Nielsen, Mait Metspalu, Richard Villems, Toomas Kivisild - Genome Research 2015 cited by 502

  11. Multiple Deeply Divergent Denisovan Ancestries in Papuans

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , - Cell 2019 cited by 375

  12. Genomic evidence for the Pleistocene and recent population history of Native Americans

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Thomas Stafford, Suyash Shringarpure, Andrés Moreno‐Estrada, Monika Karmin, Kristiina Tambets, Anders Bergström, Yali Xue, Vera Warmuth, A. D. Friend, Joy Singarayer, Paul J. Valdes, François Balloux, Ilán Leboreiro, José Luis Vera, Héctor Rangel‐Villalobos, Davide Pettener, Donata Luiselli, Loren G. Davis, Évelyne Heyer, Christoph P. E. Zollikofer, Marcia S. Ponce de León, Colin Smith, Vaughan Grimes, Kelly-Anne Pike, Michael Deal, Benjamin T. Fuller, Bernardo Arriaza, Vivien G. Standen, Maria Francisca Luz, François‐Xavier Ricaut, Niède Guidon, L. P. Osipova, Mikhail I. Voevoda, Olga L. Posukh, Oleg Balanovsky, Maria Lavryashina, Yuri Bogunov, Э. К. Хуснутдинова, Marina Gubina, Elena Balanovska, С.А. Федорова, Sergey Litvinov, B. А. Malyarchuk, М. В. Деренко, M. J. Mosher, David Archer, Jerome S. Cybulski, Barbara Petzelt, Joycelynn Mitchell, Rosita Worl, Paul J. Norman, Peter Parham, Brian M. Kemp, Toomas Kivisild, Chris Tyler-Smith, Manjinder S. Sandhu, Michael Crawford, Richard Villems, David Glenn Smith, Michael R. Waters, Ted Goebel, John R. Johnson, Ripan S. Malhi, Mattias Jakobsson, David J. Meltzer, Andrea Manica, Richard Durbin, Carlos D. Bustamante, Yun S. Song, Rasmus Nielsen and 1 more - Science 2015 cited by 573

  13. A “Copernican” Reassessment of the Human Mitochondrial DNA Tree from its Root

    Authors: , , , , , , , , - The American Journal of Human Genetics 2012 cited by 553

  14. The genome of a Late Pleistocene human from a Clovis burial site in western Montana

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Thomas Sicheritz‐Pontén, Ian Barnes, Matthew J. Collins, Ludovic Orlando, François Balloux, Andrea Manica, Ramneek Gupta, Mait Metspalu, Carlos D. Bustamante, Mattias Jakobsson, Rasmus Nielsen, Eske Willerslev - Nature 2014 cited by 586

  15. Ancient human genome sequence of an extinct Palaeo-Eskimo

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Karsten Kristiansen, Mads Bak, Niels Tommerup, Christian Bendixen, Tracey L. Pierre, Bjarne Grønnow, Morten Meldgaard, Claus Andreasen, С.А. Федорова, L. P. Osipova, Thomas Higham, Christopher Bronk Ramsey, Thomas van Overeem Hansen, Finn Cilius Nielsen, Michael H. Crawford, Søren Brunak, Thomas Sicheritz‐Pontén, Richard Villems, Rasmus Nielsen, Anders Krogh, Jun Wang, Eske Willerslev - Nature 2010 cited by 875

  16. The genetic history of admixture across inner Eurasia

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Vladimir Sergeevich Churakov, Nikolay Pislegin, Larissa D. Damba, Ludmila Saroyants, Khadizhat Dibirova, Л. А. Атраментова, Olga Utevska, Eldar Idrisov, Evgeniya Kamenshchikova, Irina Evseeva, Mait Metspalu, Alan K. Outram, Martine Robbeets, Leyla Djansugurova, Elena Balanovska, Stephan Schiffels, Wolfgang Haak, David Reich, Johannes Krause - Nature Ecology & Evolution 2019 cited by 252

  17. Ancient genomes reveal structural shifts after the arrival of Steppe-related ancestry in the Italian Peninsula

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , - Current Biology 2021 cited by 71

  18. The genome-wide structure of the Jewish people

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , - Nature 2010 cited by 427

  19. The Genomic Impact of European Colonization of the Americas

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Anna Olivieri, Ornella Semino, Kristiina Tambets, Toomas Kivisild, Donata Luiselli, Antonio Torroni, Cristian Capelli, Eduardo Tarazona‐Santos, Mait Metspalu, Luca Pagani, Francesco Montinaro - Current Biology 2019 cited by 124

  20. The Genetic Legacy of the Expansion of Turkic-Speaking Nomads across Eurasia

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , - PLoS Genetics 2015 cited by 193

  21. Archaeogenomic distinctiveness of the Isthmo-Colombian area

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Richard G. Cooke, Francesco Montinaro, Jorge Motta, Antonio Torroni, Juan Guillermo Martín, Ornella Semino, Ripan S. Malhi, Alessandro Achilli - Cell 2021 cited by 102

  22. Genome-Wide Analysis of Cold Adaptation in Indigenous Siberian Populations

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , - PLoS ONE 2014 cited by 182

  23. The Arrival of Siberian Ancestry Connecting the Eastern Baltic to Uralic Speakers further East

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , - Current Biology 2019 cited by 166

  24. Ancient human parallel lineages within North America contributed to a coastal expansion

    Authors: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Brian Holguin, Ernestine Ygnacio-De Soto, JohnTommy Rosas, Mait Metspalu, Jay T. Stock, Andrea Manica, Aylwyn Scally, Daniel Wegmann, Ripan S. Malhi, Toomas Kivisild - Science 2018 cited by 160